Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
These guys are a pain to tame but so worth it. They're a great replacement for traps when taming, just pick up the dino that you want to tame (if you can) hop off and shoot it, the karkinos does not drop what's in its claw when you dismount thus eliminating the need for traps for small & medium tames. They're also great for harvesting oil from trilobite, just pick one up in each claw and wack wack, easy! I can farm hundreds of oil in half an hour doing this. Also avoid fights where possible, these guys have an annoying animation they do when hit and they won't walk or jump during making it nearly impossible to get away. Ravagers are passive towards these though so you don't need to worry about them.
More Karkinos Utility Tips
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...
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