FlagrantVagrant Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Daeodon - someone explain the food insanity. I get that it has a healing mechanic. I get that the healing mechanic requires vast amounts of food. What I don't get is when the daeodon is standing in base doing nothing, he's almost starved to 5xx/74xx food. Anything placed into the inventory vanishes immediately as it eats. No other dino burns through food just standing there doing nothing from what I have seen. It's impossible to bring its food up since this stupid thing burns through it immediately. No, none of the healing is turned on. Please tell me there is a bug that its food always shows low, because if the end game of Ark is just to stand around and push food through a pig (though it wouldn't surprise me), it can starve and die for all i care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyme Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Sometimes it does bug out but it also requires a lot of food normally. Should probably keep it in a cryopod when not in use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordguy Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Its yet another dino on the long list of deprecated dinos in ARK that need some TLC. In theory Daeodons were omnivores (given their mix of teeth), but ARK developers aren't big on realism sometimes. If they were omnivores ingame like they should be, feeding them wouldn't be as big of a chore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHammer Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 13 hours ago, FlagrantVagrant said: Daeodon - someone explain the food insanity. They are pigs. They 'pig out'. The Daeodon is a deprecated 'white elephant'. Give it as a gift to someone you don't like, and hope they don't 'thank' you. That's it's most useful purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowgirl Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I podded mine after I calculated that they were each eating about 20 stacks of meat (it would now be 10 as I calculated that before the QOL update that I love) I never had the problem of them not eating enough ever though. If your pig has eaten enough that it is actively starving (as in the food has fully drained and the HP is starting to drain because of that) then it will take more food because it needs the food to fill the bar and the food to replace what is used for non powered healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodoRaptor Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 They eat a disturbing amount, which makes a snow owl far better, since the amount of food they consume isn't as ridiculous. They need a TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlagrantVagrant Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 It's a bug. No surprise there. After I logged back in and got their food topped off, it more or less remained there and didn't deplete nearly as fast. i think it's food consumption gets stuck once tamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlagrantVagrant Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 makes a snow owl far better no snow owls on The Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 3 hours ago, FlagrantVagrant said: makes a snow owl far better no snow owls on The Island. Then transfer .. duh. Before you come back with a smartass comment - you can transfer on any map given you didnt restrict yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard03 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 yeah, the pig is a bit of a pig, but once you start hitting the ocean biome, your gonna be eyeball deep in fish meat.....I find its best to refill the pigs food reserve after a couple of black pearl runs......nothing like dumping 5000 fish meat into the garbage disposal XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlagrantVagrant Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 2:40 PM, d1nk said: Then transfer .. duh. Before you come back with a smartass comment - you can transfer on any map given you didnt restrict yourself. What smartass comment, you are the one with the attitude. I never mentioned the map I was on originally, so I pointed out that there is no snow owl on my map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyNotPL Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Deodon consumes way more than snow owl cause it's better. I mean not only stronger heal, but also has wider radius of healing wave which makes it better for larger groups of dinos + it doesn't freeze dinos in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgar Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Be aware that food has not the same value for Daeodons as for the other dinos. For example, raw meat restores 50 points of food for dinos, but only 10 points for Daeodons. That means that Daeodons eats raw meat 5 x faster than other dinos. Wiki has the exact values for each type of food : https://ark.gamepedia.com/Daeodon#Utility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodoRaptor Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 If you don't want to transfer in a snow owl/prefer the daeodon's range and not freezing, then my advice would be a) make a saddle, helps manage it a bit better, b) only use it for boss fights, c) leave it near the obelisk, but not in the actual arena, since that will let you bring more rexes, d) make a ton of basic kibble with an industrial cooker (all you need is a berry gatherer, a fiber gather, and some dodos), and e) heal until it's out of food, and then spam all that kibble in. Otherwise, you'll need a few hours worth of meat for one heal session. That's just my advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piffguru Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just an FYI, you can drop all the food you want into a daedon (or any other creature) and leave render and come back and it will have eaten all it can till its food is full immediately. Atleast thats how it works online, not sure about single player but its immeasurably better than force feeding for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 hours ago, FlagrantVagrant said: What smartass comment, you are the one with the attitude. I never mentioned the map I was on originally, so I pointed out that there is no snow owl on my map. It's true. I'll own up to it. It's kind of my schtick but I'll admit when I'm especislly dink-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlagrantVagrant Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 12 hours ago, DodoRaptor said: If you don't want to transfer in a snow owl/prefer the daeodon's range and not freezing, then my advice would be a) make a saddle, helps manage it a bit better, b) only use it for boss fights, c) leave it near the obelisk, but not in the actual arena, since that will let you bring more rexes, d) make a ton of basic kibble with an industrial cooker (all you need is a berry gatherer, a fiber gather, and some dodos), and e) heal until it's out of food, and then spam all that kibble in. Otherwise, you'll need a few hours worth of meat for one heal session. That's just my advice. I'm not familiar with the transfer of anything since I"ve only being playing for a couple months now. So to be fair, in a sense, I'll deal with what I am provided or able to obtain. Being that I only do SP/Local Host setup and not playing very long, I still have to do tons of grinding for resources constantly. While not difficult, it is time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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