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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Kaprosuchus
Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
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Health | 200 | +40 | — | AVG Ranked 113 of 153 |
Stamina | 350 | +35 | — | AVG Ranked 40 |
Oxygen | — | — | — | |
Food | 1,200 | +120 | — | AVG Ranked 95 |
Weight | 140 | +2.8 | — | AVG Ranked 116 |
Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +1.7% | AVG Ranked 77 |
Movement Speed | 100% | — | +2.5% | |
Torpor | 200 | +12 | — | AVG Ranked 106 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Kaprosuchus vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) |
ABSOLUTE STATS
MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
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Walking | 180 | 675 | 675 |
Swimming | 220 | ||
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Regular Kibble
- Medium Egg
- Cooked Meat Jerky
- ×2 Longrass
- ×2 Savoroot
- ×5 Fiber
- Water
Tapejara Kibble (MOBILE)
- Tapejara Egg
- Rockarrot
- Cooked Prime Meat
- ×2 Mejoberry
- ×3 Fiber
- Water
SADDLES
Kaprosuchus Saddle
- ×165 Hide
- ×120 Fiber
- ×65 Chitin or Keratin
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
My name is kai the Dino guy and here’s how to tame a Kaprosuches
1. Bolas do work so first you bola the Karpo you’ve Ben watching
2. Club him in the rear end until he knocks out .
3. Put your choice of narcotics or narcoberries in its inventory .well I use bio toxin from jellyfish so easy to get and very effective .
4. Use meat or prime meat prime works the best
5 123 you’ve tamed a Karpo
If this gets 20 l!kes I’ll do how to take carno
Signed kai the Dino guy
decided to fly low in a swamp with my argie, a kapro jumped and kidnapped me off my argie. I live to tell my story, they do not have candy, don’t trust them.
The kaprosuchus is a pretty versatile tame that can be used most effectively as a terrestrial killing machine but also works for fishing (not recommended, mainly because of piranhas and baryonyx) and caving. For the kapro to be a good tame however, you’ll need to tame one that is a relatively high level since kapros at level up to 90 usually only have hp ranging from 200 to 600 in the wild.
But how do you actually use it to fight things effectively?
Well the leap attack and the idle grab can pick up pretty much anything the size of a raptor or smaller but the leap can also be utilized for a combo of sorts or getting out of sticky situations. The combo I’m talking about is really just using the leap on something too big to be picked up, following up with an m1 attack. When fighting something larger than the kapro you need to spam the leap in between regular attacks to do extra damage as much as you possibly can and it’ll make you pretty much impossible to kill for a lot of creatures (I’ve killed therizinos with this method on a lvl 230 kapro)
The leap can also be used for a more cautious approach to combat but leaping towards something, running away and leaping back in, run away, leap attack, run away and I think you get the point now lol. You can also do the opposite and run towards things, do some m1’s, leap away and repeat. Both these methods will slow down the rate that you kill things but it’ll also make you take less damage if you do it right so it’s worth it mainly if there’s a lot of threats in the area.
My favorite use of the leap though is the possibility to just utterly jumpscare small creatures, grabbing them in your mouth in the process and eat them alive with no resistance. Works with players too but be careful because players might be able to defend themselves, so be careful who you pick up.
The kapro is useful for a lot of caves because of the grabbing and leaping letting you escape danger and PICK UP any araneo and a bunch of other cave creatures and kill them pretty easily.
That’s all from me! I hope this made you
Most legitimate taming method for Kapros lvl 50 or lower(I did this at level 8, barely leveled health, and haven’t tested on high levels so it might work on them as well)
Step 1: find yourself a nice spot in the swamp to sit down near the water with your club and relax
Step 2: Get jumped by Kapro
Step 3: start clubbing/punching Kapro, it won’t be able to escape as you are in its mouth
Step 4: feed it literally any meat, I haven’t had problems with kapros actually waking up
Easy tame, you’re welcome
On mobile they ARE affected by bolas
DO NOT LAND FOR STAMINA IN THE SWAMP!!!! i lost my best Pteranodon and all my gear to a lvl 100 these guys arent ment to be taken likely and make Sarcos look like dodos
Kaprosuchus are incredibly annoying in the wild but once you manage to tame one at a high enough level they can genuinely be some of the most fun creatures to use in ark. Running around grabbing smaller dinos and EATING THEM ALIVE WHILE THEY CAN’T FIGHT BACK is surprisingly fun to do. I also quite enjoy just walking up to a random wild raptor, grabbing it and running around with it in the kapro’s mouth while it fumbles and spams it’s attacks. I just carry wild raptors around and bring them near their natural prey letting them attack WHILE I’m carrying them. Lots of fun things can be done with this thing
Ever seen a frail old lady in the supermarket get randomly dump-tackled while she was browsing the clementines?
Well guess what, if you go to the swamp, you're going to be the old lady.
I don’t even think it’s that hard
Honestly, all I did was when it grabbed me. I hit in the head with a bat.
And then fed it meat It was only a level three though.
DONT PICK THEM UP WITH ARGYS THEY CAN STILL CATCH YOU
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The Kaprosuchus is a crocodile-like reptile commonly found around swamps. Though it is a smaller, weaker version of the Sarco, some survivors perfer it for its speed — both on land and in water.
What does a Kaprosuchus eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Kaprosuchus eats Regular Kibble, Tapejara Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, Cooked Meat, Raw Fish Meat, and Cooked Fish Meat.
Translations: Kaprosuchus, קאפרוסוצ'וס, Caprosuco, カプロスクス, 카프로수쿠스, Crocodilo-Javali, Капрозух, 猪鳄, 豬鱷.