To ko use catapult shoot in back it will do a little shake animation if you hit in right spot keep hitting there with catapult boulders until it gets knocked out then use extrodinary kibble you do not need a trap just use harpoon gun with net projectile
Karkinos
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.

Player-written tips for taming, using, and fighting the Karkinos in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
If it's distracted enough with something else you can attack it's rear legs with something smaller and quicker to kill it
If it's distracted enough or you can get to it's rear legs you can basically ankle bite it to death
To knock it out use a net launcher to trap it ana use a catapult and aim for the abdomen if you hit the legs it might restart the process I find a lot of mine in the nameless venom cave
Pacer with platform saddle worked pretty well for me
You can tame these by having it walk behind you, place a dino gate on top of his head, then the closest you can right behind him. On foot it'll be kinda difficult but if you have a tame that can tank him for a few seconds it's really easy. Then you can make a catapolt…
You can tame these by having it walk behind you, place a dino gate on top of his head, then the closest you can right behind him. On foot it'll be kinda difficult but if you have a tame that can tank him for a few seconds it's really easy. Then you can make a catapolt a little aways and a little high up. I used 4 pillars and a ceiling for mine.
Guys don’t waste ur time making traps and boulders. Simply net him and bombard his face ONCE. I was stuck for more than an hour trying to hit the right spot
As I just found out, you can actually tame these by using a tek stryder that has the Cannon attachment, you just have to wait for them to get close enough, and then shoot it on the back
Platform saddle with catapult on it worked for me. Also if you aim dead center on the head it still does torpor.
How do you stop it from jumping out of the trap
It's good to tame them by netting them and then shooting them in there back to knock unconscious try using boulders then cannonballs, they will be killed if you hit them in there limbs (you can use a rocket launcher but it will almost always kill it before knocking it out.
If you play on a server with S+ Structures, you can use the s+ propagator to breed unbreedable dinos like karkinos and griffin
If you are having trouble with it bot staying still for you to hit it with Boulders just Net the thing it becomes soooo much easier. Wish I would have known thar the first time I tried getting on as I spent 4 hours waiting on its health regen because I didn't know I could…
If you are having trouble with it bot staying still for you to hit it with Boulders just Net the thing it becomes soooo much easier. Wish I would have known thar the first time I tried getting on as I spent 4 hours waiting on its health regen because I didn't know I could just Net it and keep it facing me
This game…. My brother joined on split screen with me far away from my base tho and there was two Karkinos in a river HE RAN DOWN THERE.He got grabbed I took his controller and I the attacked it and then the first one died the second be like MY FOOD MY PREY.And got him while…
This game…. My brother joined on split screen with me far away from my base tho and there was two Karkinos in a river HE RAN DOWN THERE.He got grabbed I took his controller and I the attacked it and then the first one died the second be like MY FOOD MY PREY.And got him while a spino was killing it luckily
One good rpg shot to the body works as well
Hit the abdomen or back or stomach or middle segment they are all they same
Hold a high lvl carno and fling it at stuff
Reaper disappeared in the floor? Tames stuck in the ceiling/floor? You loaded under the teleporter? Not to worry because the crab will save everyone! 😎
The new best way to tame of these boys is to net gun them and then catapult them when they are trapped. No more glitchy crab AI!
Wild Karks - Do not dismount within their aggro range, they can usually then target you and pull you off. Rock Drakes protect you from this, but dismounting and remounting nearby the Kark will allow it to target you. Basilos, usually immune to everything, you can be pulled off…
Wild Karks - Do not dismount within their aggro range, they can usually then target you and pull you off. Rock Drakes protect you from this, but dismounting and remounting nearby the Kark will allow it to target you. Basilos, usually immune to everything, you can be pulled off of as well.