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Stats

BASE STATS

Stat	Base (Lvl 1)	Increase Per Lvl (Wild)	Increase Per Lvl (Tamed)	Rank*
Health	1,200	+240	+5.4%	HIGH Ranked 40 of 197
Stamina	600	+60	+10%	HIGH Ranked 15
Oxygen	—	—	—
Food	5,000	+500	+10%	HIGH Ranked 19
Weight	800	+16	+4%	HIGH Ranked 23
Melee Damage	100%	+5%	+1.7%	AVG Ranked 63
Movement Speed	100%	—	+1%
Torpor	800	+40	—	AVG Ranked 54
Stat Calculator * Rank of the Base Stat of the Karkinos vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.)

RECIPES

Exceptional Kibble

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• 

  Extra Large Egg
  • Aureliax

    
  • Basilisk

    
  • Brontosaurus

    
  • Carcharodontosaurus

    
  • Dreadnoughtus

    
  • Giganotosaurus

    
  • Megachelon

    
  • Quetzal

    
  • Rex

    
  • Therizinosaurus

    
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  Focal Chili
• 

  Rare Flower
• 

  ×10 Mejoberry
• 

  ×5 Fiber
• 

  Water

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Cook Time

30s

Spoils In

3d

Quantity

-

1

+

Preferred By

Basilosaurus

Brontosaurus

Fasolasuchus

Giganotosaurus

Karkinos

Managarmr

Mosasaurus

Quetzal

Rex

Spinosaurus

Therizinosaurus

Umbra

Focal Chili

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• 

  ×9 Cooked Meat
• 

  ×5 Citronal
• 

  ×20 Tintoberry
• 

  ×20 Azulberry
• 

  ×20 Amarberry
• 

  ×10 Mejoberry
• 

  Water

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Cook Time

1m

Spoils In

5h

Quantity

-

1

+

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Effects

• +25% Movement Speed, +100% Crafting Speed

Effect duration

15m

Carbonemys Kibble (Old ARK Mobile)

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• 

  Turtle Egg
• 

  Rockarrot
• 

  Prime Meat Jerky
• 

  ×2 Mejoberry
• 

  ×3 Fiber
• 

  Water

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Cook Time

30s

Spoils In

3d

Quantity

-

1

+

Preferred By

Brontosaurus

SADDLES

Resources

Gathering Efficiency

Raw Fish Meat

★︎3.5

Hide

★︎3.6

Raw Meat

★︎3.4

Keratin

★︎3.4

Raw Prime Fish Meat

★︎3.4

Raw Prime Meat

★︎3.3

Chitin

★︎3.2

Pelt

★︎2.7

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Drops

Raw Meat

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Chitin

Organic Polymer

Karkinos Breeding

24 – 28°C / 75 – 82°

Ideal Incubation Temperature

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Minimum Wall Gap

Gap size: 2 wall width × 3 wall height

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.