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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips
How do I kill a karkinos? karkinos battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
I’d say I’m having pretty bad day. So, I just bought Abberation and I was so excited, so I went over to the water. I don’t know much about Abberation, so I thought the Karkinos was just a kind little crab. Oh boy was I wrong.. I went closer to the water, as I was thirsty. But the Karkinos comes running up to me, picks me up and shreds me to pieces. Let’s just say I took a little break from Abberation 1 minute after I bought it.
It's a Giant crab that can throw it's enemies far away
Karkinos can perform a grab attack that will pull you off of almost any creature. However, they can only do this grab if they are standing in water. Even the slightest puddle of water will let them grab. For your own safety, don’t fight them while they are standing in water, unless you would like to be slammed into the floor repeatedly by a giant spider crab.
They spawn in Genesis in several caves in the Lunar biome
Make sure to carry around grappling hooks
If picked you can graple the crab and it will let go
Available at floating island caves in Crystal Isles.
They're very rare in there so be patient
In the wild crabs and spinos are buddies... they use the buddy system...
They can walk over spiked walls.
If you want to kill one use a Dino or a crossbow. Don't use guns because it Tales less damage from them! Thank me later!
I was happily walking along the shoreline, it was a warm and sunny day, and I was feeling good about my new raptor tame. Suddenly, my tribemate comes running out of the blue and then he gets smushed by giant Mr.Crabs. Please be careful, especially when around streams and water. Like mentioned earlier, they will SMUSH YOU WITH ONE SMACK OF THEIR CLAWS.
-LEELEE1250
Alpha version can damage stone. Everything is lost.
If they are in water the can crab you, which leads to a certain death. Not so dangerous on land. (Pun intended)
If you intend on fighting a Karkinos with a creature that can not be picked up, make sure to never attack the Karkinos from the back of your mount. Ex, crossbow, rifle, etc. If you do the Karkinos will agro onto the player at witch point it can pluck you right off your mount.
Emu
Even though it was a big difference
Will rip you off tame I repeat TAKE YOU PFF YOUR TAME AND KILL YOU EASY
Kill and use chainsaw for organic polymer or even better use a moschops spec’d into organic farm to really increase that organic poly farm easily
Has a slow reaction time and you can usually avoid it attacking you by running under its legs.This might change in later patches
They often spawn near the lake by the portal in aberration so if your looking for one be careful and don’t swim to deep!
They drop Organic Polymer when you harvest their corpse
Giant crab jumps super high, almost has a heart attack, the spawn in Lunar caves!