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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Karkinos


Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
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![]() Health | 1,200 | +240 | +5.4% | HIGH Ranked 33 of 168 |
![]() Stamina | 600 | +60 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 11 |
![]() Oxygen | — | — | — | |
![]() Food | 5,000 | +500 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 19 |
![]() Weight | 800 | +16 | +4% | HIGH Ranked 19 |
![]() Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +1.7% | AVG Ranked 59 |
![]() Movement Speed | 100% | — | +1% | |
![]() Torpor | 800 | +40 | — | AVG Ranked 43 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Karkinos 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 | 300 | 525 | 735 |
Swimming | 300 | ||
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Exceptional Kibble

Focal Chili

- ×9 Cooked Meat
- ×5 Citronal
- ×20 Tintoberry
- ×20 Azulberry
- ×20 Amarberry
- ×10 Mejoberry
- +25% Movement Speed, +100% Crafting Speed
- Effect duration
- 15m
Carbonemys Kibble (Old ARK Mobile)

SADDLES
Karkinos Saddle
- ×80 Blue Gem
- ×225 Fiber
- ×200 Fungal Wood
- ×170 Hide
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
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
Cannon balls discrease taming effeciency significantly! So for high tame level, always use boulders. Please let other people know! :)
Actually taming it with a catapult is really tricky and most of the time your shots won't even count, from personal experience best thing is to net the Karl and place your catapult above and behind it then aim directly down and shoot
Pretty easy to tame. Trap it in a circular form of stone Dino gates, place catapult low if catapult is high the crab will die. Then shoot it with a catapult. Cannons insta kill the crab, do not use cannons
(Pest cleaning): Grabbed wild/enemy creatures , as far i have seen,will take damage 2 two times (the second a bit weaker) so, It is actually very good at pest control, and i say the big ones, raptors, thylas, sabers and more, and you can even throw them away, works well with the cat using the pest control for the smol.
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(Baby sitter): Considering the karkinos can grab 2 creatures a time, jump and throw them, It passes the job apply for baby sitter perfeclty, pair with maewing/guana and gigantoraptor, the nannies will raise a baby with great performance.(Also, If you are a modder and see this, we need a maid/ baby sitter costume for karkinos NOW, It would be funny by a lot)
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(Wild baby claim assister): It can grab wild babies, so, you can dismount then walk in the arm the claim It, no baby running.
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(Tame/Farmer Assist/Carrier): Nah, i don't even need to say It, it's intuitive, terrestrial argy/rhynio go BRRRR!
Made by Vinícius, also, if possible, i would appreciate an green arrow pointing to the sky!
Literally the most useful creature ever ,
Need stone/metal/flint it can carry both anky and doed at the same time while benefiting from their weight reduction
Need wood? Can carry the bevear guys plus it got a huuuuge weight so it can carry anything
Need DMG? It has lots already
Need tanking? LOTS WITH stegso Especially
Need a caring soulmate to help you when your at your deepest? ...... Honestly it don got that but it can jump like three stories high
On ASA only use catupolts, cannons no matter if you hit the head it will decrease the taming effectively, and cannons are super hard to aim you have to press buttons in more options to aim it, catupolts are a lot more easy. Up to let people know
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.
Resources
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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.
Translations: Karkinos, Carcino, カルキノス, 카르키노스, Каркинос, 巨蟹怪, 巨蟹怪.