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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.
How many boulders does it take to knock out a 150?
It in fact cannot be picked up by a Quetz. Don't bother trying it. Unless mine was bugging out or the platform saddle prevents it from getting picked
Do these things play dead? I can see one directly on the floor in front of me and it's not moving. I have to go past it to get to my base... I moved in to investigate and it was dead but my question is, what killed it? It wasn't low level and they're not weak.. Now I'm scared :S
1 cannon ball to the face, boom down. All of these people are wrong.
If on an increased rate server have a spino tank it. Go behind and place a cannon. Aim for the body. Usually a 1 hit KO.
1 hit KO with cannon to body on high levels, if it's below level 60 it will insta die no matter what and make sure you don't hit it's legs.
Tame with cannon or catapult!
A good cannon ball to the face oughta do the trick!
You have to Knock it out with a Cannon shooting cannonballs directly into his Head, just like Rock Elemental's
It is a knock out tame and is only effected by catapults to the abdomine(?)
You can find it in the aberrant cave in fjodur
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.
It's a lot better to tame it with a cannon. It can knock it out in 1 or 2 hits at most. Just make sure when shooting, DO NOT hit it in the legs or at the front of it's head. This will kill it fast.
If you shoot the crab off the back of your mount it can take u off ...
I TRIED 5 TIMES TO KNOCK THIS FUKER OUT AND IT WONT GO DOWN
I recommend just using a cannon, even though it may miss and decrease efficiency, it is a lot cheaper than using boulders.
I’m a switch noob.and I swear too god,my server is haunted,I live in the hidden lake,and it keeps on saying my level 12 karkinos killed a coelacanth,I WITNESSED a coelacanth die.so I was in the lake building some pipes for a auto garden and I saw a coelacanth and then suddenly 267 damage was dealt too it and it died,there was nothing around it.conclusion is that I apperantly own a non controllable and invisible crab,and that dlcs might be coming too switch,cause there is no dlcs on switch and karkinos is aberration exclusive.
Put kibble back no brontosaurus or giga on ab to make exceptional kibble. Fail wildcard