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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.
Due to the new AI Findpathing It's very hard to trap him, I tame it with a Yi Ling with sap, Slowing it down and trap it between stone gates.
1 shot from a cannon and it's lights out Mr Crabs
Giant crab jumps super high, almost has a heart attack, the spawn in Lunar caves!
Z fruit is useful might just be luck but every time I've been grabbed and tossed a fruit I was dropped immediately by the wild ones
Feed the babies spoiled meat... works great. Normally raw meat but these won't eat it, but spoiled meat did the trick for me
Normal creatures require “light torpor” to knock out and tame. But with the karkinos, astrocetus, rock golem and titanosaur require “raid torpor.” Raid torpor is dealt by cannons or catapults.
- TheScugMaster
It'll drop you if you log out.
This is a angry crab that you should not get near or it will rip your toes off and use your lungs as a doormat
ASA: Cannon ball to head, no effectiveness loss from the hit, single hit KO on a 150 (mine was on Aberration). Just have to time it right, make sure your cannon is properly aimed, and maybe a silent prayer. Spoiled meat is effective for the game if you don't have kibble, although kibble is probably the best idea.
I killed one with just a bow and movement speed back up shoot turn around and run a little turn and shoot easy way to kill plus lots of chitin and organic polymer easy just bring enough ammo
with the new DLC and the net gun i’ve found that you can net a crab and that will give you time to place a catapult and trap for it. or you can place a catapult lure it infront then net it, it should give you enough time to KO it
You can knock these out using catapults. HOWEVER, you have to make sure you hit their back, and not their legs, or you will only deal damage, without any torpor.