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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a karkinos? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a karkinos.
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
Cannon balls discrease taming effeciency significantly! So for high tame level, always use boulders. Please let other people know! :)
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
THEY CAN BREED NOW GOOD LUCK ON MUTATIONS 👍
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.
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.
To the guy who said "rare on floaty islands on crystal" that is a load of crap found 20 on 1 ISLAND!!!
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)
ASA: Catapult dont works in offical Servers. User a Canon and shoot at the Back. Build a Trap and good luck.
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).
Cannons do not lower efficiency, one hit knock out, catapults are broken on ASA.
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.
They sometimes have babies following them but mostly only seen in blue or red zones (Asa only)
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.
The Canon Knocks 150s out in one shot to its core!
Put a catapult on a paracer, bring a high health turtle (carbomemys), whistle attack with the turtle and when the crab hits it put it in passive so you can easily aim and hit him on the body. No weird engineering needed.
Trap it with bear trap and shoot catipults into its body to KO
Net projectile works on these, so craft your catapult and boulders, find your crab and net it. Proceed to set up the catapult a few feet from its face and you can easily just fire all required shots before the net expires. You’re welcome!
TRANQ ARROWS DON,T WORK you haft to shoot a cannonball shoot it in its head if you shoot it in the leg or it will die. Up if helpful
Feed the babies spoiled meat... works great. Normally raw meat but these won't eat it, but spoiled meat did the trick for me