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! :)

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 up/vo/te so people can see

Stryder cannon does not work for torpor. Does insta-boil the Karkinos though.

Guide to using Stego(s) as Swords:

1. Put Stego(s) on aggressive.

2. Pick them up using the Crab

3. Walk near target.

4.Enjoy

You can use explosive arrows on the tek bow to knock out

Alright not exactly my tip, but heard this from the YouTuber pterafier. He said that using a Crab with a Turtle with C4 strapped on it is a good seige device. Put C4 on Turtle, then use Crab to throw the Turtle at a base. Detonate the C4, blowing up the base where the Turtle is at. I'd recommend watching Pterafier, he has a lot of tips on his channel.

Jumps super high and can launch stegos ... two at a time RIP turrets lol

To the guy who said "rare on floaty islands on crystal" that is a load of crap found 20 on 1 ISLAND!!!

Alpha version can damage stone. Everything is lost.

CAN PICK UP THERIZ. — + TO SEE!!!

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)

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.

Karkinos is also great at defense, is someone is trying to soak your turrets with stegos or turtles you can toss them away and win a lot of time while the atackers have to go take their tames back. Especially if near a ledge or cliff

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.

Use the net gun to trap one, place down a catapult turret, have boulders in you inventory, start shooting at it. If it runs towards you net it again because they can pull you off your catapult. Once it’s knocked out feed it spoiled meat

If you're carrying a tamed Doedicurus in your claw the Doedic will automatically start harvesting any stones you hover him over. Just start pumping points into your Doedic's weight because it will stop at about half of its own carry weight. I've yet to discover another tame it will work with though...

Available at floating island caves in Crystal Isles.

They're very rare in there so be patient

Available at floating island caves in Crystal Isles.

They're very rare in there so be patient