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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.
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Using the cannon is better. Make a trap and get a markings in there to see where and how you can manipulate its direction,once u figured it out put the cannon at a safe place.build the trap a little higher makes it easier to aim.90-135 are a single cannon shot.
HOW TO KEEP IT ALIVE, draw a body to it while it attacks still. Magnifying glass is super helpful for this tame
To knock out, no exact number, but about 20 on 2x, (about 40 normal) for a 150 using a catapult.
Trap it with 2 Dino gates and a behemoth gate and door and use fence foundations (all stone) to help you make a triangular shape for the trap. Then have it chase you into the trap and close the behemoth gate and knock out with a paracer w/ a catapult on one side of the platform saddle
Use a catapult to KO a cannon lowers taming efficiency just dont hit the legs or face they take a lot of damage if you do
So far the only way i have been able to knock it out is with a catapult
If you agro/kit a pracer to one it will kill the crab and you will get all the chitin that solved my Chitin/cementing past problem early on (they drop 300 Chiron) in aberation I am now taming a spino to get Chitin faster
Although you can knock out the crab with one hit using the cannon, you may loose about 40 percent taming efficiency. Recommend using a catapult with a trap to retain the levels.
Use boulders on a catapult and aim for the back of its shell, this is where you will get the most torpor
Don't hit it on the legs or shoot it with a cannon, it will not knock it out: hitting the legs does almost no torpor and a cannon will instantly kill it
Use catapults to knock them out because cannons do to much damage and you will never get a perfect tame with a cannon
Can be fought by 3 main options:
Having at least 3 decently strong creatures so while it picks up 2 the third one will fight.
Have a mount that it can't pick up fight against it.
Shoot at it metal arrows to counter it's damage resistance from most projectiles.
A cannon KO’s a 150 with one shot, but make sure you only hit the center shell or else you only do damage and no torpor. A catapult works on low levels but it deals too much damage and not enough torpor for a high level, and a cannon kills very low levels instantly so use catapults for low levels or cannons for high levels.
Don’t hit it in the head you will kill it. If you want to tame it hit its shell it’s like the rock golem because you have to tame it with something powerful like a canon
Keep your distance and DO NOT GET TOO CLOSE! The crab has the ability to grab a player and slam them into he ground repeatedly. The crab also has the ability to jump.
You have to hit the body. We hit the head the first time and it did that was a 145. We Found a 130 and shot the body and it ko. Use catapults with boulders. Cannon also works but it needs to be a high level (125+) it it will be a one shot kill. If using a cannon then aim for the head. Should knock out with first cannon shot. If not the second will ko it.
It‘s like The Rock Elemental thingy. Shoot it on his Body with a Canon
You must knock out with either cannon or a catapult. Hit it in the body/ head.bdont hit legs or arms. Cannon will kill low level krabbs. I suggest catapult