Melee Attack
Strikes enemies at close range when ordered to attack.
Controls
- WhistleAttack This Target
Aberrant Dung Beetle
CreatureVariant
- Spawns on
- 14 maps
- Abundance
- Rare
- Kill XP
- 0
- Taming method
- Passive
- Diet
- Coprophagic
Overview
The Aberrant Dung Beetle is a small, coprophagic variant creature found in the Aberration biome. It is passively tamed and provides significant weight reduction for organic resources, making it a specialized pack animal for resource transport. It can be airlifted by Argentavis, Desmodus, Karkinos, Megalosaurus, Kaprosuchus, Quetzal, or Tusoteuthis for rapid deployment across the map.
Players typically tame it to streamline the transport of harvested organic materials in challenging cave environments.
Base statsLevel 1 values and gain per level
| Stat | Base | Wild +/lvl | Tamed +/lvl | Wild growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 192 | +38.4 | +2% | |
| Stamina | 100 | +10 | +2% | |
| Torpidity | 200 | +12 | +0% | |
| Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +2% | |
| Food | 900 | +90 | +2% | |
| Weight | 5 | +0.1 | +1.6% | |
| Melee damage | 106% | +5.3% | +10% | |
| Movement speed | 100% | +0% | +1% |
Base statsOpen calculator
MethodPassive
Base torpor200+12 per level
Affinity needed900+50 per level
- Taming time
- 2m 6s
- Effectiveness
- 95.6%
- Tamed level
- 221 from 150
More about taming the Aberrant Dung Beetle
The Aberrant Dung Beetle is passively tamed by feeding it directly. The best food is Large Animal Feces, which provides the highest affinity gain. Medium Animal Feces also works well, offering a strong alternative when large feces are scarce. No narcotics are needed. The tame time is about 2 minutes using the best food. Use the calculator below for your settings.
Abilities
Default PC controls. Custom keybindings may differ.
Abilities
About spawn zones
Aberrant Dung Beetle has recorded spawns on 14 maps: Aberration, Althemia, Amissa, Bjarnheim, Forglar, Forglar Part II and 8 more.
Weight reduction
Immobilized by
About weight reduction
Drops & harvest resources
Compare recorded corpse resource yields by harvesting tool.
SettingsHarvest body HP 120 · Player melee % 100 · Weapon damage % 100 · Harvest rate × 1
Chitin
Raw MeatEach harvest event rolls resources independently. Actual yields vary.
Killing an Aberrant Dung Beetle yields Chitin and Raw Meat. The Pick is the best tool for maximizing Raw Meat harvest, while the Dino (Omnivore) yields the most Chitin.
Gathering abilities
Attacks and abilities
BreaksThatchWoodStoneMetalTek
- Melee attack
Base damage5
- Thatch27.5
- Wood-
- Stone-
- Metal-
- Tek-
More abilities
- Melee Attack
- Collect FecesHold E
- Fertilizer and OilPassive
Damage taken
ResistsWeak to
Weapons
- Mining DrillImmune
- Stone weapons-34%
- Player melee-20%
- Piercing projectiles+40%
- Anti-creature damage+120%
Explosives
- Demolition explosives+50%
Creatures
- Creature attacks-50%
- Strong creature attacks+50%
- Raid creature attacks+55%
Environment & other
- Plant Species X-50%
- Environmental damage-25%
Base damage at level 1, 100% taming effectiveness, no imprint. Open damage calculator
Combat notes
The Aberrant Dung Beetle has a strong weakness to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% more damage from them. It is highly resistant to Mining Drill Harvest and Melee WithProjectileImpactFX, taking -50% damage from these sources. It also resists Ranged Turret Small DefensePlant damage by -50%. Exploits involving piercing or explosive damage are especially effective.
Can break Thatch. Build at least in Wood.
Experience
- The Aberrant Dung Beetle takes +120% more damage from Instant HurtDinos, making it vulnerable to certain environmental hazards.
- It is resistant to Mining Drill Harvest, reducing damage from automated mining systems by -100%.
- Melee attacks with impact effects deal -50% damage to it, making standard metal weapons less effective.
- It can be carried by flyers like Argentavis and Quetzal, enabling fast, safe transport through dangerous zones.
- Its inventory reduces weight for Organic Polymer and Chitin, optimizing it for polymer farming runs.
This page details the Aberrant Dung Beetle's stats, taming, breeding, harvest data, and combat properties. For precise planning, refer to the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map located below.
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