Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved Companion

Tips & Strategies

Probably the best mount for survivors below lvl 50. Super easy to tame, it's saddle is only at lvl 35 and just like turtles it's body is low enough that you can "ride" it without a saddle. Decent speed on land, best turn of any dino, relatively strong, extremely fast in water. Just beware Raptors can dismount you off a sarco (the largest creature Raptors can dismount you off of is the rock drake) and baryonyx will aggro and can stun lock when in water. Right click (or left trigger on console) is a death roll which is basically as useful as the therizinos peck, C (right stick on console) makes your 40 foot gharial lunge in the direction of which it last sspinned, attacking while looking behind you will make it spin around giving it the best turn in the game, lunge doesn't work in water, beware wild sarcos can grab you for several seconds and dismount you off some small dinos.
More Sarco Utility Tips
When i was level 35, i tamed a sarco, which was surprisingly pretty easy, i just used my crossbow with tranq arrows. A few levels later I got a saddle for my sarco, on land, it is pretty slow, but can also deal a lot of dmg, in water its very strong and extremely fast and can be used for easiely killing megalodons, which gives you a lot of fish meat and fish prime meat, also its at normal speed in the water way faster than a megalodon, I killed a leedsychtis too. The only thing you have to keep distance is the jellyfish and the sparkling eel. It's also a really good option for getting in water caves, because it can walk. Also it needs no oxygen. I am level 85 now and it is still my favourite swimmer.
Once upon a time, my Sarco and I were hunting some Megalodons for fish meat, when a pack of Cnidaria stung the both of us, I tried to swim to the shore but it's too late. Mantas and Megs attacked me and my Sarco. My Sarco tried to fight back, biting his opponents. I swam back to the shore, and... My Sarco never came back. His dead corpse was a feast for Mantas and Megalodons. I hold my fists, my mind thirst for revenge. Rifle in hand, I swam back, shooting every Megalodon and Mantas I see. It was a bloodbath, bodies of Megalodon and Mantas floating in the ocean. I avenged his death… My Sarco…
Rain pours down to the land. He left his beloved wife and son.
One like = One Sarco lives.
I love my Sarco (Darth Gator)
Didn't intentionally get him, but he went unconscious rather quickly. I'm new to ark (within first 2 weeks) and the sarco is amazing. (water protection, fast water traversal, insane meat gather, pretty great hide gatherer, and insane protection, especially if you draw your target towards the water. All around great tame in so many ways. This is the way 😅