Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
For knocking out you will need at least 65 boulders. I do not know the exact amount so that amount is all guess. And second always aim at their back because hitting the limbs will do massive damage and will possibly kill it. After it is knocked out you should load it with narcotics and carbo kibble, spoiled meat, or raw types of meat. Good luck!
More Karkinos Taming & KO Tips
Bring a snow owl during the taming and heal it if needed
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
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.
We killed the parent and imprinted on the baby, make sure to tell the others hahaha
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.
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)
To the guy who said "rare on floaty islands on crystal" that is a load of crap found 20 on 1 ISLAND!!!
So, I don't know how much this will help others, but personally a cart with a cannon on top did wonders for taming this oversized crab. If you line it up right you can do it in one hit. Hope this helps someone!