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Karkinos
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To knock out a Karkinos, aim for its abdomen. Hitting its limbs will only inflict damage and not torpor.
| FOOD | QTY | TIME | NARCS. | EFFECT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Exceptional Kibble | 49 | 02:01:53 |  55 109 463 | 96.7% +72 Lvl (222) |
 Spoiled Meat | 194 | 04:43:01 | 210 419 1,778 | 64.7% +48 Lvl (198) |
 Raw Meat | 1,290 | 09:24:34 | 481 961 4,078 | 4% +2 Lvl (152) |
 Raw Fish Meat | 3,225 | 11:45:43 | 617 1,233 5,230 | 0.7% +0 Lvl (150) |
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BASE STATS
| Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 1,200 | +240 | +5.4% | HIGH Ranked 21 of 129 |
 Stamina | 600 | +60 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 8 |
 Oxygen | — | — | — | |
 Food | 5,000 | +500 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 16 |
 Weight | 800 | +16 | +4% | HIGH Ranked 16 |
 Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +1.7% | AVG Ranked 45 |
 Movement Speed | 100% | — | +1% | |
 Torpor | 800 | +40 | — | AVG Ranked 29 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Karkinos vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) | ||||
ABSOLUTE STATS
32
PRIMARY ATTACK
25
SECONDARY ATTACK
%
MELEE DAMAGE
| MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking | 300 | 525 | 735 |
| Swimming | 300 | ||
| Movement Speed: % | |||
RECIPES
Exceptional Kibble
Extra Large Egg
Focal Chili
Rare Flower
×10 Mejoberry
×5 Fiber
Waterskin
Quantity
1
Focal Chili
Crafted in Cooking Pot
×9 Cooked Meat
×5 Citronal
×20 Tintoberry
×20 Azulberry
×20 Amarberry- ×10 Mejoberry
- Waterskin
- Spoils In
- 5h
Quantity
1
Effects
- +25% Movement Speed
- +100% Crafting Speed
- Effect duration
- 15m
Carbonemys Kibble (MOBILE)
Turtle Egg
Rockarrot
Prime Meat Jerky- ×2 Mejoberry
- ×3 Fiber
- Waterskin
Quantity
1
Preferred By
SADDLES
Karkinos Saddle
Lvl 65
×80 Blue Gem- ×225 Fiber
×200 Fungal Wood
×170 Hide
- Engram Points
- 28
- Crafted In
- Smithy
Quantity
1
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
Cannon balls discrease taming effeciency significantly! So for high tame level, always use boulders. Please let other people know! :)
Tranq Arrows/Darts DO NOT WORK!!! To knock this out you need to use a catapult and shoot in only on it's back. If you shoot it on it's legs it will kill it.
@Stormwebb19
They spawn in Genesis in several caves in the Lunar biome
I understand that all the previous tips submitted were useful, but just in case it was not clear, hit the TOP OF THE CRAB, it will have a special animation if you hit it in the correct spot, and will take only a small amount of boulders to tame, even a high level. (Irrelevant with Cannons)
Jumps super high and can launch stegos ... two at a time RIP turrets lol
Up this if you think they should add the amount of boulders it takes to knock one down⚡️
This tame is like the Rock elemental, but do not shoot it in the head. Shoot it right in the back of it's shell. Anywhere else will kill it fast.
If you are missing with your catapult and it's dying, drag dino corpses to it and let the karkinos eat the corpses. It will heal him up a lot then try again with the same torpor you left off with.
You can use Kark to pick up your tamed Castoroide and use it as a hatchet, that way you get half weight on the wood going into your Castoroide.
Giant crab jumps super high, almost has a heart attack, the spawn in Lunar caves!
Gathering Efficiency Ratings
TOP RESOURCES
Pelt
★︎2.7
Chitin
★︎3.2
Raw Prime Meat
★︎3.3
Raw Meat
★︎3.4
Keratin
★︎3.4
Raw Prime Fish Meat
★︎3.4
Raw Fish Meat
★︎3.5
Hide
★︎3.6
Ratings out of 5. Collected from 30,000+ Dododex users.
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Thatch
✔︎
Wood
✔︎
Adobe
✖︎
Stone
✖︎
Metal
✖︎
Tek
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Affected By
Lasso
✖︎
Bola
✖︎
Chain Bola
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Double Door
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Dinosaur Gateway
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Behemoth Dinosaur Gateway
✔︎
Hatchframe
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Giant Hatchframe
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Categories
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The Karkinos is a massive crab-like creature in Ark: Aberration that can grab and smash creatures and players. It can also throw them at great lengths. Using its strong legs, the Karkinos can leap to impressive heights.
What does a Karkinos eat? In Ark: Survival Evolved, the Karkinos eats Exceptional Kibble, Spoiled Meat, Raw Meat, and Raw Fish Meat.
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