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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for karkinos? Tips and strategies for karkinos in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
If you are using a cannon it is one shot KO but dose look like 40% taming eff. Boulders for a lv 90 -150 is between 10-18
If you pick up a wild dino in the claw you can get off the crab and it will still be held. So you can grab something like a ravager and it will be chilling there while you make narcotics and such. Also for ravagers you can pick up the alpha without angering the others just don’t attack or it makes things harder.
A level 150 takes about 12-16 boulders straight to the face,hit the body or your sad krabbo friend will perish forever.
(Idk about cannonballs btw)
Don’t forget to bring a magnifying glass to make sure the torpor stays above the hp other wise you have a decent chance of killing it if it was recently fighting sarco or dimetrodon
Knocking it out with a cannon is easier, but will cost you 30 taming effectiveness. Choose wisely. Also, only aim for the head/torso. Hitting it's limbs will NOT induce torpor, and may kill it if you hit them too many times.
My "trap" for a 140 consisted of 3 large bear traps, me running for my life, and a stone foundation with a cannon on it in front of them. Then I just adjusted it and it knocked on the first hit.
Chain Bolas and Nets can also immobilise Karkinos. You can also use catapults to knock it out. If you don't have any kibble, you can give it spoiled meat.
On fjordur these can be found on the abberation cave near balheimr they need catapult turrets to tame these things are walking taming pens on pc they pick creatures using right or left click respecting each hands by c they'll throw the creatures they can jump super long but they are not fall damage resistant they will take damage.up of you found this helpfull.
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You will encounter this in the floating Islands on the north eastern corner be careful they will tear you off your mounts
Tip: Remember when fighting these things, they can pick you off a rockdrake :(
Use stone dinosaur gates to trap it next to a bank or cliff. Build a catapult on high ground and hit it in the body with boulders. Be careful not to hit it anywhere else as a couple misses will kill it before it downs.
Shoot from the front with a cannon, catapults don’t work anymore.