Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a karkinos? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a karkinos.
It's good to tame them by netting them and then shooting them in there back to knock unconscious try using boulders then cannonballs, they will be killed if you hit them in there limbs (you can use a rocket launcher but it will almost always kill it before knocking it out.
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
Don’t use old kibble on this it only goes up by .1% per kibble.
When trying to KO the krab and if you do too much damage from hitting the legs accidentally like me lol..put honey on the last spot of your hot bar and toss it at him for fast health recovery, faster than dragging corpse to it.. use a ballista , took about 12 boulders for me to Ko a 145 ( approx as I missed a few)
If you are having trouble with it bot staying still for you to hit it with Boulders just Net the thing it becomes soooo much easier. Wish I would have known thar the first time I tried getting on as I spent 4 hours waiting on its health regen because I didn't know I could just Net it and keep it facing me
Having your catapult at ground level is much easier than aiming from above. The boulder will land a little bit above where the counterweight rock at the end of the catapult.
I recommend building a trap and using a catapult because if you hit the crab on its pinchers or legs... bye bye karkinos!
Make four stone Dino gates and get a friend to lead it in to the trap then you go behind it and place the 4th Dino gate to trap it. Then get your other friend to agro it so he can shoot the catapult at its back. Put catapult 3 pillars high
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
If available, use a quetz with a catapult. Makes it a pretty simple tame.
One good rpg shot to the body works as well
If you mess up any boulder shots and it looks like it’s gonna die, use a snow owl to heal it then carry on, killed about 4 before I realised I could do that lol
This was super easy to tame on the back of a paracer platform with a friend and a catapult. Our settings are slightly modified but it only took approx. 10 boulders per tamed crab, with imperfect throws, and lots of dead crabs.
Use rare flowers while Usingen the catapult so it will focus you and ITS easy to Hit His Back
Agro it and lead it into bear trap, then shoot it in the back with catapults
To knock out a lvl 150,you need 17 boulders +/-. The maths are simple: boulder give 400 torpor to karkinos each good shot.
(torpor to lvl)/400 = number of boulder (round up)
Like so dododex will know now.
Can you add what kibble it takes on both the animal profile and the kibble chart.
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