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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a carcharodontosaurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a carcharodontosaurus.
Does not need to be trapped to be tamed! Baby Rexes are amazing for trust.
Just kill everything you see that’s not a them spikey small Dino’s that you attack does dance back
(This is a solo tip idk how it would go in PVE or PVP) not that hard of a tame actually, it basicaly only take a baby apex creature (rex, spino, yuty etc...) to allow you to mount it, my first Carcha was a lvl 25 and i was level 32, i tamed 2 really low level spinos, made them breed, mercilessly killed their offspring, dragged it to the Carcha, the beast sniff the corpse giving you time to take some distance off of it, and once it eat its meal you mount ! Then you kill everything in your path, took me only one run with some hit taken (91% effectiveness) but i managed to get this wonderfull beast, though now its kinda useless because i can't ride her...
But technically you can get a Carcha really soon in the game, rex are kinda easy to tame for the SACRIFICE !
You may ask, how many baby rexs will i need for the entire taming process? Well, its 1 for 100% trust, but your most likely not to complete the entire taming process in one go, so here’s a list: (i still recommend extra rexs incase there is a lack of creatures in your area)
Lvl 1-40: 1 or 2
Lvl 40-80: 2-3
Lvl 80-150: 2-5
It really depends on how many and what creatures are around, but its never guaranteed for a one and done, so good luck and happy taming.
How to tame a Carcha with the Equus Hunter
1. Get a baby yuty, or Rex
2. If you have galli’s line them up and unclaim them
3. Ride the Carcha and kill the galli’s
4. Success! You now have a Carcha!
5. Make the saddle!
Gl and hope it helped!
I don't know why (and it's also like this for giga for me), when i tame them they always have 50% melee not 100%.
Use the votes to indicate if this happens to you as well. (This is ark survival evolved on custom settings)
Taming these is easier than it seems, you don't even need a trap, depending on the settings you might only need one baby rex.
Cryo the baby rex, find the carcha and kill the rex and drag it to the carcha and the trust meter should be full.
It's not a ko tame bring trikes to it and rexs
Better drag weight the animal means higher trust
>Drag weigh amount = amount trust
The higher amount of hp gives bigger percentage
>High hp = Tame %
Use metal billboards for cheap and easy traps
First try to tame one. I hadn’t been able to find a good level one but if you need creatures to kill- you can give several babies or low levels.
I used Wyvern babies- didn’t even trap it- I did have to run after him but other than that he was an easy tame.
Make sure the area is clear of anything that can kill you. And ensure you sit your flier a bit back
Um, shouldn’t all large carnivores be tamed this way, logically? Instead of shooting them with 100+ arrows/darts tipped with drugs so that they get knocked unconscious and then you somehow force meat down their throat?
Not asking anyone to change anything, but it is curious to me. Carch is the only one getting fair treatment here.🤣
Guide: Find High Level Carcha (150 or higher) (Any level if you want) Get your Rexes and Breed them (If you don't have rexes tame a Male and female to breed) Breed them and get any gender Baby Rex and Cryopod it (If you want to) Find the Carcha again and Trap it in metal gates Feed it the Baby Rex when it does a sniffing animation, It will have a green circle bar above it's head and you can ride it (DISCLAIMER: Get rid of the metal gates first then ride it) Ride it and then kill many, MANY Dinosaurs until it is tamed (ANOTHER DISCLAIMER: There is a taming bar below when you ride it) and that is the Guide to The Carcha Taming! Thank you and Good Day to you!
On fjordur these guys along with gigas spawn at the mountain nearest to the green obelisk
If you don’t have a baby rex this is what I did instead I used a alpha raptor
if you don’t have a a pair of breeding rexes yet, you could also use yutys for 100%
So, here are some dinos that give 100% trust: Rex, Spino, Bronto, wyvern, and a Giga. Best options will be Rex, or Bronto, because they take longer to be harvested by dragonflies. If you find a carcha above 130 (I've found yesterday, on 15 February 2025 a beatiful Carcharo on 145), YOU HAVE to tame
Not going to lie, my Carcher was the one of the easiest things I’ve ever tamed, lol.
Sanguine elixers work on these guys but u have to get the friendship meter full first I built 2 traps on gen 2 that are big enough for them to walk around in a small space out of a behemoth gate and 8 dino gates I play on pvp and left it unlocked so the whole server can use if they want it's pretty effective got a mate pair of low level ones this morning just to test and now looking for higher levels
I don't see anybody mentioning that if you let the blood rage get to max while taming it you get dismounted and have to feed it body's again. This might only be a problem with lower taming speeds but it's still worth mentioning.
Prep:
1. Bring fodder cryopodded dinos (preferably a rex for instant friendship bar; gallis and rhinos will take a couple of feedings but it will work too).
2. Tek Suit (If you don't have the engrams learned make sure to have a fast mount on stand-by to run/fly away)
3. Kill off any annoying garbage around the area. Leave harmless creatures for the 2nd part of taming.
Tips:
1. Don’t use traps when taming. They will often refuse to eat.
2. They will sometimes walk away after sniffing a corpse (garbage pathfinding). If this happens, use the SAME exact corpse. It will not eat any other corpses. Keep trying until you can get the corpse into eating distance.