Dododex: ARK Survival Ascended
Companion & Taming Calculator
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Elevate your ARK game with the Dododex taming calculator and companion app used by over 12 million ARK players. Compatible with all versions: ARK: Survival Ascended, ARK: Survival Evolved, and ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition.
Dododex provides a comprehensive and frequently-updated guide for every creature in ARK: Survival Ascended (and ARK: Survival Evolved), including taming calculations, kibble and saddle recipes, admin commands, stats, timers, knock-out information for any weapon, as well as original tips and crowdsourced data from thousands of ARK players.
Updated regularly for over 10 years!
FEATURES
- Taming calculator and guide for every dinosaur in ARK: Survival Ascended/Evolved
- Player tips on taming, battling, and utilizing every ARK creature
- Kibble recipes and flow chart
- Saddle recipes
- Breeding timers
- Knock-out details for each creature and weapon, including custom weapons
- Stat calculator
- List of dropped items and gathering efficiency ratings for every creature from 300,000+ Dododex users.
- Breeding times and egg incubation temperatures
- Starve timer for starve taming
- Torpor timer
- Recipes & dyes
- Find out which creatures are carryable by flyers
- Creature stats and rankings
- Taming multipliers for unofficial ARK servers
- Admin commands, ARK IDs, and cheats
- Maps
- Access the official ARK: Survival Ascened/Evolved Wiki directly from the app
- Details on Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis, Fjordur and all DLCs!
- PLUS: Dino stickers for iMessage!
Details on new creatures are added as soon as information becomes available in ARK: Survival Ascended.
"A must-have app for any ARK player — new or veteran." —Proof187, App Store Review
"Best taming calculator out there" —Troy Richards, App Store Review
Have a feature request? Share it here: dododex.com/discord
Dododex is an unofficial ARK: Survival Ascended app.
more I love it so much it helps me in tough times but when is the new updated version please fix it
I love it so much it helps me in tough times but when is the new updated version please fix it
Please I can no longer see the utilities of the dinosaurs anymoreEven the ones that I have seen before aren't there anymoreLike it was deleted or something
Developer Response Hi! Just wanted to follow up again — This bug has been fixed! It was a brief outage. Is it working fine for you now? 🥰
Please I can no longer see the utilities of the dinosaurs anymoreEven the ones that I have seen before aren't there anymoreLike it was deleted or something
Hi! Just wanted to follow up again — This bug has been fixed! It was a brief outage. Is it working fine for you now? 🥰
What's New:
- Built-in admin commands for dino and item
- Item categories, including "Resources" (by popular demand)
- Cloning Chamber cost calculator
- Creatures now prominently display game version availability (ASA/ASE/UME)
- Carryable by: Aureliax and Gigadesmodus
- Tools are included in "top gatherers" lists again (Sorry! Those were accidentally removed!)
- Additional info on foods and recipes like XP, stack size, health, food, and more.
- Breeding and stats tabs now only display if data is available for a creature
- On recipes, you can now tap an ingredient's icon to open that item
- ASE single player presets added to settings
- Visual design and icon updates
Bug fixes:
- Ads on the ARK Wiki (spawn maps, etc.) would sometimes open full-screen. This was a technical glitch on Dododex's side. These were not Dododex ads.
- Images for some items were not displaying
- Last selected food was sometimes not correctly remembered when switching creatures
- Some creatures were displaying slightly incorrect "hits until flee"
2.8 18 Feb
- Advanced knock out details, including ideal shooting tempo and weapon details
- Tribe tower bonus
- Easily open a creature's spawn commands
- Search in capabilities
- Combined resources & items feature with more item information
- ASA/ASE toggle for headshots & body modifiers
- Indicator in KO section if a dino doesn't need to be KOed
- Minor localization improvements
- Added Engram list to Wiki shortcuts
- Minor design updates
BUGS:
- In carrier list, Wyvern and Crystal Wyvern columns were reversed
- Fixed issues with offline mode
- Selecting Tamed / Want to Tame / Favorites categories and then leaving search would deselect those categories
- Google Translate feature would not show full translation if a player tip included an apostrophe
2.7 28/10/2025
- Resource Calculator for crafting needs (available under Recipes feature)
- Track your tames with a "want to tame" and "already tamed" checklist
- List of recipes made with a resource
- Search now searches dino categories (tamable, ridable...)
- Net Projectile added to capabilities list
- Made it easier to tap small buttons, such as the +/- buttons on the stat calculator
- Some creatures were missing base stats due to a bug
- Some creatures were showing incorrect stat rankings for damage
- In-app browser has easier-to-click navigation buttons
- Many missing items added, broken spawn commands fixed
- Added many more translations for various languages
- Fixed issue where level picker would cause crash
2.6.1 12/11/2024
- Resource Calculator for crafting needs (available under Recipes feature)
- Track your tames with a "want to tame" and "already tamed" checklist
- List of recipes made with a resource
- Search now searches dino categories (tamable, ridable...)
- Net Projectile added to capabilities list
- Made it easier to tap small buttons, such as the +/- buttons on the stat calculator
- Some creatures were missing base stats due to a bug
- Some creatures were showing incorrect stat rankings for damage
- In-app browser has easier-to-click navigation buttons
- Many missing items added, broken spawn commands fixed
- Added many more translations for various languages
2.6 11/11/2024
- Fixed issue where some flyers were repeated twice on the "more" menu
2.5.3 31/12/2023
- NEW: Custom Recipe calculator
- Added item weights
- Added ASA toggle to stat calculator since ASA does not have wasted stats
- Mods + Tek Variant categories added (ARK Additions mod coming soon!)
- Fixed bug where dino categories could not be combined
- Tapejara and Griffin were missing from the carryable "More" tab
- Fixed bug where taming foods were cut off on small screens
- Fixed issue where Traditional Chinese devices would crash on some creatures
2.5.2 29/12/2023
- ARK: Survival Ascended dye picker and single player presets
- Main search now includes items and recipes for easier access
- Favorite recipes now show in main search dropdown
- Sort tips by newest and top rated
- New tips now have a hidden score to prevent early voting bias
- Sanguine Elixir
- Tap on any taming food to see the % taming increase per feeding
- Deselected food are now more slightly faded out to make it clear which are selected
- Fixed issue where tips would say "read more" without... more to read
- Fixed crashing issue when changing levels
- "Night Mode" (available on Dododex Pro) renamed to "Dark Mode"
2.5.1 14/11/2023
- Spawn Maps are back!
- Improved passive tame calculations
- Rhyniognatha and Desmodus added to "Carryable By"
- New "Everything Else" tips category
- Check ARK's current official server rates
- View your tips
- New languages: Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese, Latvian, and improvements to existing languages
- Adjusted "max level after taming" to +88 levels.
- Added Net Projectile
- Fixed issue where +/- buttons on recipes were invisible
- ARK 2 news
- A ton of other small updates :)
2.5 12/07/2023
- Fixed issue when upgrading to Dododex Pro
- Updates to Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese translations
2.4.1 28/08/2020
- Dododex now includes 2x taming, matching ARK’s new update on PC and console. Visit Settings for details.
- Tips for recipes! Share tips on any recipe: consumable strategies, saddle ideas...
- Tips for resources! Best ways to gather, farm, obtain, and use each resource.
- Tools in gathering efficiency
- Offline mode
- Carryable by: Crystal Wyvern
- New setting presets
- “Read more” button now displays on longer tips and text
- Opening Dododex from ARK Mobile for the first time would show an blank confirmation pop-up
- Fixed crash when selecting a level
- "Consumption Speed" is now labeled "Dino Character Food Drain" (as it is in-game)
- Delete button on the Edit Weapons screen showed HTML code
- When you have more than 5 timers, switching pages would sometimes not work properly
- Fixed issue where "Pause All" timers button would not work
- Minor design updates
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.4 25/08/2020
- Breeding timers are now here!
- Primitive Plus support
- New tips category: Stories!
Share memorable moments, wild encounters, or even fan fiction about your favorite dinos
- Spawn maps directly linked on each creature profile
- Categories now indicate if a creature spawns on each map or not
- Carryable by: Tropeognathus
- Crystal Isles Maps
- Trophy requirements for bosses
- Translation updates (Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)
- Absolute weapon damage (for ARK Mobile)
- Major performance improvements across the app
- Kibble recipes have a larger scroll area to see more dinos at once
BUG FIXES:
- Finally(!) fixed issue where app would reset every ~30 seconds or so
- Increasing a recipe’s quantity would multiply the ingredients exponentially
- Minor updates and bug fixes
2.3 02/08/2020
- Fixed bug where annoying ads on the ARK Wiki would repetitively pop-up full screen. (Note: These were not Dododex ads.)
- App would sometimes reset every 30 seconds for a small amount of users.
- Kibbles are now in proper order rather than alphabetical.
- Tranq Darts would display as impossible or too high for some creatures.
- Base stats would not update when switching between creatures.
- Removed the total % progress on breeding timer. Having the % progress in two areas caused a lot of confusion.
- Fixed issue where chance of death would display “NaN” for dinos on Lvl 1.
- Added ability for other languages to filter out English tips.
2.2.1 29/04/2020
- Genesis X-Creatures toggle on KO calculator
- Improved dino search. You can now search for common names like “beaver” or “frog”
- Favorite creatures
- New Resources feature includes Gathering Efficiency, Drops, and Weight Reduction
- Improved stat calculator design making it easier to input stats. Now defaults to a creature’s average stats.
- Improved Capabilities feature includes all capabilities and sorting
- Redesigned Knock Out calculator now includes torpor depletion between hits for improved accuracy.
- Number of hits before a dino flees
- Chance of death added for headshots
- Improved speed of image loading
- New tips are marked as “NEW” and now have emojis on categories
- Increased text size of name ideas
- Tip algorithm prioritizes newer tips
- Quick links to Wiki Spawn Maps and Resource Maps
- Karkinos KO calculator
- New Recipes
- Mobile Kibble moved to separate recipe category
- Gathering screen now shows meter for easy comparison
- Fits through: Double Doors
- When Single Player Settings is enabled, it now shows your your new multipliers
- You can now combine up to 5 dino categories instead of 3
- Performance improvements across the app
- Some third party tools may voluntarily hide ads for Dododex Pro users
- New translations added
Bug Fixes:
- Favorite recipes would sometimes duplicate, or be unable to remove.
- Bug caused the app to randomly redirect you back to the main screen
- Torpor timer would not sync properly if narcs were being consumed
- Adjusted some fonts that were too thin to read
- App turns music off
2.2 12/03/2020
- Added increment setting on level picker to allow for intervals of 4, 5, etc.
- Resource Calculator! Third party tool by Tristian Gregory.
- Upon opening level picker, the level is now automatically highlighted so you don't have to tap backspace
- Fixed issue where pressing +/- on the level picker would sometimes skip a level
- Implemented Dododex URLs (dododex://creature/raptor/30) to allow other apps/sites to deep link to Dododex
- Recipes of new Kibble now show color of Kibble
- Fixed issue where top navigation (info / stats / etc) would not scroll when menu is too large (more noticeable on Spanish, Russian, and some languages)
- Abbreviated many translations for those menu items to require less scrolling
- Breeding input would not support decimals
- Fixed issue where Restore Purchases button would cause app to crash (users needed to use upgrade button instead)
- Pre-Rework Kibbles now include a “Mobile / Switch” indicator
- Open (or install) Ark Mobile from Dododex
- On gathering, fixed rare issue where a dino will show another dino's image after switching between items
- Minor design improvements to the creature tabs
2.1 31/03/2019
- Dododex Pro is now available. Fixed bug that displayed it as unavailable.
- New ARK Buddy by Tristian Gregory includes forge calculator, tek calculators, and more
- Improved display of long item names
Note: I'm looking into performance issues with loading creature images. Hoping to have it fixed soon!
2.0.1 17/03/2019
Dododex Version 2 is finally here!
- Brand new look! (Updates with each creature!)
- Creature search!
- Creature categories allow you to slice and dice the creature list
- (Pro tip: Switch to “List” view and select the “All” category for an alphabetical list of all creatures)
- Night mode (Dododex Pro feature)
- New “More” tab, including a brand new redesigned capabilities list
- Updated stats tab design with new sharing ability
- Last food selection is remembered when switching dinos
- Find the minimum wall gap size to fit each Dino
- See which dinos fit through Hatchframes and Giant Hatchframes
- See which dinos can be carried in a Procoptodon pouch
- Reorder your weapons
- Torpor and Starve Timer designs updated
- Bio Toxin and Ascerbic Mushroom added to Torpor Timer
- Share button on player tips
- Share button to show off (or save) your new tame's stats
- Saved settings redesign makes it easier to switch between saved settings
- GFI Commands now available in Admin Commands
- New ARK Buddy by Tristian Gregory includes forge calculator, tek calculators, and more
- Cloning chamber calculator (Ark Wiki)
- List of related dinos
- Merch now available!
- 6 New Languages: Arabic, Croatian, Dutch, Finish, Greek, Hebrew, and Norwegian
- Translate player tips (when app language is not set to English)
PLUS:
- "Help" button on Settings to access common multiplier configurations
- Increased training level cap to +73
- Bad tips are now permanently removed
- Older tips now display year posted
- Basilisk added as KO weapon
- Carriers are now clickable
- App now remembers last selected tab upon reopening
BUG FIXES:
- On Kibble recipes, dino list would not scroll
- Restore purchases was not working on some devices
- Fixed Rock Elemental Boulder data
- Double recipes were showing for some creatures
- Fixed issue where shortcuts would crash
- Fixed bug that made it look like you could upvote a tip many times
- Fixed Titanosaur stat calculator
- Better error handling when offline
2 16/03/2019
- Updated Maps interface to support future maps
- Forge Calculator fixed (Note: The forge calculator is a third party tool developed by Tristan Gregory)
- Added dinosaur name translations for Russian, partial Danish and Russian. (Translators needed! dododex.com/translate)
- More translations added for French, Italian, Japanese, and Russian
- Fixed crashing issue related to upgrading to Dododex Pro
With iOS 12, you can add dino stickers to your selfies! In iMessage, tap the camera feature and you'll be able to add Dododex stickers on your face as you take a photo or video, even with your Memoji!
1.14.2 26/09/2018
- Fixed issue where keyboard would not always have a close button
- Fixed a [rare] crashing issue when entering certain values into the stat calculator
- Keyboard close button was accidentally in Vietnamese for all users. Oops!
Want to help translate Dododex? Visit dododex.com/translate
1.14.1 28/03/2018
- iPhone X support
- New Stats tab shows all dino stats in one consolidated tab
- Updated taming table. Tap on a food item to easily increment quantity, view intervals, and food value for each item.
- Added Aberration map (Thanks, 3xhumed!)
- Updated Ragnarok map
- Find out which land dinos can carry other dinos
- Stat comparisons highlight really low or high stats
- Added Ascerbic Mushrooms to list of Narcotics
- Creatures with large amounts of food are collapsed
- Removed rocket launcher from Rock Elemental
- More admin commands added
- Various minor design updates
TRANSLATIONS:
- New languages: Czech, Thai, Turkish, Swedish, Danish
- Updates: Russian, German, Portuguese
- Support for translated Dino names (contribute translations at dododex.com/translate!)
BUG FIXES:
- Some creatures listed recipes twice
- Fixed incubation temperature display issue for Rock Drake
- Fixed broken Xbox patch notes link
- Fixed crashing issues when not connected to the internet
1.14 21/03/2018
- The original breeding timeline has returned! So many people have said they prefer the old timeline view, so it's back!
- Ragnorak map (by 3xhumed) updated!
- Find out which dinos can be carried by the Kaprosuchus, Megalosaurus, Tusoteuthis, and humans (suggested by Cameron D. and many other users!)
- Breeding tab now shows the chance of twins and triplets
- Fixed bug where KO estimates would not update when you switched dinos or levels
- Stat calculator now shows a notice for flyers, who no longer have wasted stats
- Larger favorite star button on recipe cards (suggested by KensonPlays)
- Increased amount of tips loaded when you click "load more”
- Maturation is now entered as a percent instead of by weight
- Editing your weapon's damage wouldn't always work (thanks for spotting, u/nlappe!)
- New “Use Single Player Settings” now matches Ark's settings
- French patch notes (thanks, ark-france.fr!)
- Minor translation updates
1.13.1 15/08/2017
- New breeding calculator lets you calculate when your new baby will reach every stage of maturation! (Timer coming soon!)
- New tabbed design!
- Fixed major crashing issues! Sorry about that!
- Name Ideas! Browse through hundreds of original names for every dino! Submit your own and see how much other Ark players love it!
- By popular demand, funny tips now have their own category, and are filtered out of the default "all" mode.
- New Map: Ragnorak (Plus: Updates to The Island and Scorched Earth)
- Dododex's original torpor ranking system classifies each dino by how fast their torpor drops.
- Stat calculator now classifies stats into five categories: very low, low, average, high, very high.
- Recipes needed to tame or battle a dino now show on dino profiles (Bug Repellent, Broth of Enlightenment, etc.).
- New Forge Calculator built by Tristan Gregory!
- New Weapons for KO calculations: Harpoon Gun, Thorny Dragon, Equus
- Find out which dinos can be Lassoed, damage Tek Structures.
- Find out which creatures can be carried by the Griffin!
- Torpor Buffer — Torpor timer now shows you how many Narcotics you'll need to max out your dino.
- Tips with a rating below 0 now show their score.
- New Languages: Japanese, Romanian, and Dutch! (Plus: Updates to German, Portuguese, and French)
Minor updates:
- New contact form
- Increased max level after taming from 61 to 71.
- Button to access the Dododex Discord
- Fixed “chance of death” calculation error for custom weapons.
- Fixed bug where quantity of foods could not be changed.
- Fixed bug where stats would sometimes “round” to numbers like .9999
- Ability to copy/paste tips
- Various design uplifts
1.13 29/07/2017
• NEW: Troodon taming calculator! Find out how many dinos you need to sacrifice! (Thanks to everyone who requested this!)
• Major caching and performance improvements of the Player Tips feature.
• Sulfur added to Gathering Efficiency list. (More Scorched Earth items will be added once they receive enough votes. Please use the "Rate This Creature" button to contribute ratings!)
• Some times would be incorrectly labeled as "Today" or "Tomorrow". (Thanks for spotting, Ampspinz!)
• The "Report Data Error" button under “About/Feedback” would crash faster than a doedicurus rolling indoors.
• Report Data Error form would sometimes behave wonkier than a pteranodon set on follow.
1.12.3 23/01/2017
• Shocking Tranquilizer Dart and Compound Bow added to available weapons. Tap “Edit Weapons” to add them!
• Bio Toxins added as narcotic method! (Coming soon to Torpor Timer as well!)
• By request, the volume of Narcotic eating sound effect on Starve Timer has been decreased. Sorry to the users who said it has startled them countless times or woke up their significant others. :P
• Fixed bug where Dododex Pro would cause app to crash. (Thanks for pointing out, Jesse and @Suma_134!)
• More Korean, German, and Polish Translations!
Dododex is working on new breeding features and your input is needed! Take the 5-minute survey: bit.ly/dodobreed
1.12.2 10/01/2017
• Fixed bug where level would reset to 1 when navigating between screens, but still appear as if it were the correct level. (Some users mistook this as multipliers not being applied correctly.)
• Fixed bug where starve timer push notification would be sent twice.
• Redesigned text inputs in settings.
What would you like to see added next to Dododex? Share and vote on your favorite ideas: dododex.com/feedback
1.12.1 05/01/2017
Thank you for half a million downloads!
• Ark's new 2x multipliers are now built-in to calculations. Please set your Taming Multiplier and XP Multiplier to "1" for official servers.
• New recipes feature
• Build your own recipe book by saving your most frequently used recipes!
• New maps by Exhumed! (Includes new underwater cave locations!)
• Saved Server Settings - Now you can easily switch between a set server multipliers.
• Button to quickly access your multipliers!
• By popular demand, the starve timer now shows the "target food" value.
• By request, creatures tamed non-violently now show knock-out estimates (for players who like to KO and airlift to a taming pen).
• Will my bronto fit through this door? Find out with the new "fits through" section!
• Korean (partial translation) is Dododex's 10th language! Thanks to kohm6012 for translating! More to come!
• PS4 Patch Notes
BUG FIXES:
• Tips submitted after December 1st wouldn't display proper date.
• The delete button on timers would not work.
• Some users have reported intermittent crashing when scrolling. This is still being investigated.
1.12 03/01/2017
What's New:
- Built-in admin commands for dino and item
- Item categories, including "Resources" (by popular demand)
- Cloning Chamber cost calculator
- Creatures now prominently display game version availability (ASA/ASE/UME)
- Carryable by: Aureliax and Gigadesmodus
- Tools are included in "top gatherers" lists again (Sorry! Those were accidentally removed!)
- Additional info on foods and recipes like XP, stack size, health, food, and more.
- Breeding and stats tabs now only display if data is available for a creature
- On recipes, you can now tap an ingredient's icon to open that item
- ASE single player presets added to settings
- Visual design and icon updates
Bug fixes:
- Ads on the ARK Wiki (spawn maps, etc.) would sometimes open full-screen. This was a technical glitch on Dododex's side. These were not Dododex ads.
- Images for some items were not displaying
- Last selected food was sometimes not correctly remembered when switching creatures
- Some creatures were displaying slightly incorrect "hits until flee"
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