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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.
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(?)
I recommend just using a cannon, even though it may miss and decrease efficiency, it is a lot cheaper than using boulders.
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.
Knocking out takes 4-6 boulders with the catapult.
I KOed a 130 with 1 cannon ball to the shell
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!
You can find it in the aberrant cave in fjodur
I TRIED 5 TIMES TO KNOCK THIS FUKER OUT AND IT WONT GO DOWN
Mutton for tame, not Exceptional Kibble.Up Up for info/update
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