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4193 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Feb 28, 2018   Report

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

1829 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 29, 2020   Report

Cannon balls discrease taming effeciency significantly! So for high tame level, always use boulders. Please let other people know! :)

9 points   🥚 Taming & KO   3 weeks ago   Report

If you mess up and the Karkinos ends up having low hp. Find a small creature, kill it(do not harvest it) and bring its lifelless body to the Karkinos. Stand near the dead body so that when the Karki hits you it also eats the body and regains full hp but the torpor still remains. Hope it helps

930 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 6, 2020   Report

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

721 points   🔧 Utility   Jul 2, 2020   Report

Guide to using Stego(s) as Swords:

1. Put Stego(s) on aggressive.

2. Pick them up using the Crab

3. Walk near target.

4.Enjoy

909 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 12, 2017   Report

Jumps super high and can launch stegos ... two at a time RIP turrets lol

661 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 20, 2017   Report

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.

595 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 14, 2017   Report

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.

47 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 29, 2024   Report

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

7 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 19, 2025   Report

Actually taming it with a catapult is really tricky and most of the time your shots won't even count, from personal experience best thing is to net the Karl and place your catapult above and behind it then aim directly down and shoot

317 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Sep 15, 2020   Report

To the guy who said "rare on floaty islands on crystal" that is a load of crap found 20 on 1 ISLAND!!!

501 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 15, 2017   Report

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...

350 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Feb 11, 2020   Report

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)

488 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 19, 2017   Report

Be careful when carrying a Dino that has a tribe mate mounted on it. I was walking up a hill carrying my anky with a tribe mate on it and they went under the map and died. RIP ANKY AND SHINEHORN. Tribemate was eh anyway.

42 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Sep 7, 2024   Report

THEY CAN BREED NOW GOOD LUCK ON MUTATIONS 👍

240 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Oct 23, 2020   Report

I’d say I’m having pretty bad day. So, I just bought Abberation and I was so excited, so I went over to the water. I don’t know much about Abberation, so I thought the Karkinos was just a kind little crab. Oh boy was I wrong.. I went closer to the water, as I was thirsty. But the Karkinos comes running up to me, picks me up and shreds me to pieces. Let’s just say I took a little break from Abberation 1 minute after I bought it.

389 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Dec 10, 2017   Report

It's a Giant crab that can throw it's enemies far away

5 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 19, 2025   Report

(Pest cleaning): Grabbed wild/enemy creatures , as far i have seen,will take damage 2 two times (the second a bit weaker) so, It is actually very good at pest control, and i say the big ones, raptors, thylas, sabers and more, and you can even throw them away, works well with the cat using the pest control for the smol.

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(Baby sitter): Considering the karkinos can grab 2 creatures a time, jump and throw them, It passes the job apply for baby sitter perfeclty, pair with maewing/guana and gigantoraptor, the nannies will raise a baby with great performance.(Also, If you are a modder and see this, we need a maid/ baby sitter costume for karkinos NOW, It would be funny by a lot)

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(Wild baby claim assister): It can grab wild babies, so, you can dismount then walk in the arm the claim It, no baby running.

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(Tame/Farmer Assist/Carrier): Nah, i don't even need to say It, it's intuitive, terrestrial argy/rhynio go BRRRR!

Made by Vinícius, also, if possible, i would appreciate an green arrow pointing to the sky!

303 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 18, 2017   Report

Using a cannon will ko any level crab in one hit, but will SEVERELY drop taming effeciency. If you want one quick, use cannon. If you want a high level use a catapult (the inferior siege weapon).

262 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 17, 2017   Report

Knock out with catapult. Make sure to hit body to do torpor. Hitting legs damages it and doesnt knock it out. Shove rotten meat in it.

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