How to Tame Doedicurus in ARK
The best stone gatherer in the game. Can curl into a ball for massive damage reduction. Essential for building stone structures.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Passive
- Tame Method
- Passive
- Rideable
- Yes
Doedicurus Taming Details
Doedicurus is a passive tame — feed it Kibble (preferred) or Crops by hand or from its inventory without knocking it out. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Crops.
Alternative foods: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Doedicurus drops Raw Meat, Hide, Keratin.
Taming Steps
1. Prepare your gear
Bring Kibble (preferred) or Crops, bug repellent (if applicable), and a shield for emergencies.
2. Locate the creature
Find a wild Doedicurus on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Approach passively
Doedicurus is a passive tame. Approach slowly with no weapons drawn, drop or hand-feed its preferred food, and avoid sudden movements.
4. Feed the right food
Place Kibble (preferred) or Crops in its inventory (alternatives: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables). Higher-tier food gives faster taming and higher level bonuses.
5. Maintain torpor
Keep wild predators away — passive tames are vulnerable while feeding.
6. Claim & saddle
Once tamed, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Doedicurus.
Doedicurus base stats
Level 1 wild values, with the gain each point adds in the wild and after taming.
| Stat | Base | Per wild level | Per tamed level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 850 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 250 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +2.0% |
| Torpidity | 800 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Doedicurus spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, Astraeos, Scorched Earth, Genesis Part 1, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center.
Doedicurus variants
- Aberrant Doedicurus
- Doedicurus Vastus
- Eerie Doedicurus
Related tools & resources
Doedicurus — Background & Lore
The Doedicurus is the stone specialist: a big armored mammal that farms 
Stone faster than anything else and carries it at a fraction of its weight. It can also curl into a ball to shrug off damage.
Where to find it
It lives on rocky slopes and in hills on most maps, in both ASA and ASE. It is especially common on Lost Colony, Extinction and Astraeos in ASA, and on Extinction, Fjordur and Genesis Part 2 in ASE.
Taming
A knockout tame and a herbivore. It is docile until provoked. Knock it out and feed it crops, berries or herbivore kibble. The saddle unlocks at level 34. See the taming calculator.
Breeding
The Doedicurus is a mammal, so the mother carries the baby, with no egg. In ASE gestation takes about 5 hours, and the baby matures in about 2.4 days at 1x.
Uses
- Stone: it has the top Stone yield in our data, and Stone weighs much less in its inventory.
Sand: it also gathers Sand well on maps that have it.
Tips
Pair it with an 
Argentavis or 
Quetzal for transport. When something attacks, curl it up and let your other creatures handle the fight.