What is the use of making dinosaurs poop in Ark?

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What is the use of making dinosaurs poop in Ark?
Posted On: June 20, 2023

I'm kinda new to Ark, and exploring the (awkward) menus I've discovered that it's possible to force a tamed animal/dinosaur to poop. Why?


Is there any actual advantage for doing this? Or is this just an easy way to collect poop for the composter?


Question from user pinckerman at stackexchange.


Answer:

There are two use-cases I found for the making your dino poop:.


1. Fertilization of Crops.


As @DisplayNameNotFound describes in their answer, poop can be used to fertilize your crops. The larger the poop, the longer it fertilizes.


You can feed your dino and then ride it in circles to make it poop faster.


2. Preparation for Escape.


When riding on a dino, it needs to stop to poop. This doesn't take long, but when chased by a raptor or something, this can cost you some precious seconds.


If you wait too long, the dino will poop by itself - and running (e.g. from an enemy) consumes the most energy. Therefore, whenever I'm exploring and I see my dino ready to poop, I trigger the command myself.


Answer from user Dominique at stackexchange.



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What is the use of making dinosaurs poop in Ark?
Posted On: June 20, 2023

I'm kinda new to Ark, and exploring the (awkward) menus I've discovered that it's possible to force a tamed animal/dinosaur to poop. Why?


Is there any actual advantage for doing this? Or is this just an easy way to collect poop for the composter?


Question from user pinckerman at stackexchange.


Answer:

There are two use-cases I found for the making your dino poop:.


1. Fertilization of Crops.


As @DisplayNameNotFound describes in their answer, poop can be used to fertilize your crops. The larger the poop, the longer it fertilizes.


You can feed your dino and then ride it in circles to make it poop faster.


2. Preparation for Escape.


When riding on a dino, it needs to stop to poop. This doesn't take long, but when chased by a raptor or something, this can cost you some precious seconds.


If you wait too long, the dino will poop by itself - and running (e.g. from an enemy) consumes the most energy. Therefore, whenever I'm exploring and I see my dino ready to poop, I trigger the command myself.


Answer from user Dominique at stackexchange.



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