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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.
Like he rockgolem build a trap and knock it out with cannon or catapult
Hit it in the main body with a catapult or cannon to knock it out. Then its a normal tame.... also you should name it mr. Krabs
Try catapult to knock it out. Use boulders.
The tek stryders cannon can knock it out in one hit, very hard to hit it right and messes up the effectiveness but by far the cheapest way to do it imo
One shot to the head with a cannon can knockout a level 150
They are slow but if your cornered or surrounded just pray for mercy😇
How to tame an enlarged creb:
1. Craft a catapult and a load of boulders (especially for high levels) because tranq arrows/darts won't work
2. Place the Boulder on maybe an unminable rock (i placed it on an unminable rock) and shoot the karkinos ONLY at its body (shooting legs or arms will deal damage but not give torpor)
3. Don't worry when it runs away due to high torpor, cause they are slow and when it's knocked out, give it spoiled meat or exceptional kibble
Now you have a massive crab!
Try to get high ground to get it in the top of the head with a cannon
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Do try to rapid fire the catapult it can use a boulder whithout hitting do it in .9 second intervals it will save you sooooooo much time
If your okay with losing 30% for fast knock out get a tek stryder with a chest cannon and let the crab come up and attack you two or 3 shots can knock a level 150 out
You can use canes to tame them ok 👍
When knocking out kraboid here is my number one tip... keep a cryo pod of a glow pet or shoulder mount to sacrifice to it if its health gets low I suck at taming these guys but glowpet/shoulderpets regens some health to it after it eat corpse and make taming these lobster buffets a load easier
You can keep the crab in place for a minute with net projectiles and you can knock it out quickly with it
Even if you have a swarm of Carnos don't mess with karkinos chances are it will pull you off and turn you into powder before your dinos kill it.
If available, use a quetz with a catapult. Makes it a pretty simple tame.
if you want to shoot him use a crossbow rather than a firearm personally I fired a dozen bullets he hardly lost his life but with three crossbow arrows it was over
Use a catapult. If you hit all shots you’ll get 100% effectiveness. Cannons are a one shot and a lot easier to use but lower taming effectiveness to about 50% cause of splash damage