If you are In the swamp or shallow ocean and see this I recommend useing a bow and flint arrows to kill sarcos and these can rarely spawn In shallow waters

Best way get a second player have him run through the swamp and find one get it to chase him and lead it back to you and just pelt it with tranq arrows and trust me if you have a high level Sarco and live near the beach it is a must

Imo, these dudes are better than barys or ichthys for underwater exploring... LET ME EXPLAIN!!

So basically these guys are EXTREMELY fast underwater and also regain their stamina instantly when underwater it doesnt have a stum attack like the bary but its faster so you can just run to escape and like ichthy and bary you can use weapons on it. But barys are better for underwater caves.

Tranq it and run, they are fast so try not going near water make sure you have meat or fish that can help tame a sarco, they spawn mostly in swamps but they can spawn at beaches, be careful of there death roll you could get stuck you could also just bring some dilo’s to take it on and shoot or hit it but just stay far away.

This giant puppy killed all my dodos, I had 50 of em. He killed my army. Then also killed my Parasaurs, 10 of them. THEN MY TICKLE CHICKEN TOO

Some people are saying "Trap Sarcos", but I have a quicker and easier technique (MOBILE). 1. Find a sarco. 2. Lead it to a dino that wont attack it. 3. Make sure NO dilos are around. 4. Go to the sarcos legs by its tail. 5. Make sure your bat is equipped. 6. Hit the sarco repeatedly. 7. If the sarco is knocked out, on whatever taming food you are using to tame it, click "All Stacks" if you have alot, so more level can be put into the sarco, and it will tame a bit quicker, and the taming effectiveness will be a bit high. No matter how much fish you put in after the first batch of taming food or fish, effectiveness will not go up, so thats why I included No7. In this tip. You will also want to go for high sarcos, even though they require a bunch of meat. In that occasion, always bring 15-30 Bio Toxin with you. You might need it. Also, bring cooked meat of whatever kind in case you are hungry. And 1 more thing. Its important! Always make sure your sarco is NOT INJURED, or health has been stripped away from some aggro dino. If that has happened, make sure you RUN away from it, so it can heal. If you bat it or hit it after it has had hp stripped away, you will kill it. UP this if it is helpful. I managed to tame 3 sarcos with this mechanism. But one died to a stupid manta. R.I.P Princess Sarcos.

If you encounter one of these

For the low level people find a Carbonemy (the massive spiky) turtle and run towards it the sarco will probably attack it the carbonemy it almost always wins. Then from a distance watch the fight and once it’s dead harvest it.

For the higher level people tranq it it will make a amazing tame it would take 35 pieces of Raw Prime Meat with a total taming time of 1hour 27-29 minutes it would take 18 tranquilizer arrows, or 67 hits with a sling shot to knock a Sarco unconscious.

Thank you i hope this helped!

Discovered a glitch on console where the Sarco can cause small animals to disappear by standing on top of them. I discovered this first by trying to stop a diplocaulus from running away, then by tested it twice more on an archeopteryx and a dilo.

Meglodons,raptors, and silos don’t go aggro while your on it

Have a Dino for bate and put it on passive (make shur it has like 20 points in heth so it dose not die ) and knock it out and feed it

This is a great tame from early game to mid game it’s easy to knock out I recommend for you to atleast get hide armor and I also recommend tranq arrows but if your desperate like me use a sling shot to the head they will still be knocked out if you get a pair you can breed them and they will be a good tame!

The sarco has a variety of moves that can make it dangerous so I recommend learning it’s moves before you fight it. While ridden you can turn the camera and then press attack to make the sarco spin around and attack making up for its lousy turn radius. Like modern day crocodiles it can also do the death roll. The sarco grabs a small creature in its jaws and spins itself around doing lots of damage. If the death roll misses its target the sarco will instead lunge forward.

In my case these guys have a pretty calm taming process.

Bring Tranq darts (Accessible with a longneck rifle)because they are the most efficient. Next find a Sarco and land a safe distance away from it to shoot at it, And if it comes close to you, just get a small distance away and keep shooting. Or you can just build a trap, whatever floats your boat. And once it’s knocked out… well, you know what to do from there.

These guys are definitely the top 3 best tames for water. Don't waste your time with Megalodons, Kapros aren't nearly as fast (only unique factor is their ability to dismount enemies). I'd say aside from this absolute beast, Baryonyx is a good alternative. They're fast on land, have a combat buff of stunning and blinding (to my knowledge at least) and are good for cave exploration. But for real, Sarcos are the little kings of the water.

Use a couple of tranq arrows and it should be down

I have a lvl 202 I got from taking a 145 believe me when I say they are criminally underrated. In the water they are crazy good, do suffer a little on land but if somethings attacking you from behind you can snap the Sarco around to quickly attack, no changing direction like other dinos. Upgrade their hp and attack and you'll have no trouble.

In the water you still have to be wary of jellyfish so in my opinion the Basilo is better

This thing is a beast its a killer machine, every player need one

2/3 blue kibble is all I'm saying !

Sarcos can be easily outrunned by most things in ark, including players without boosted speed. Just don't go into the water....

How to knock out a scaro in 4 simple steps

1. Build 2 or 3 clubs (2 or 3 because 1 or 2 will break)

2. Equip them in your hot bar

3. Attack the said scaro and make sure to stay away from its head stay as close as possible to its belly

4. As long as you stay close to it’s belly it can not hurt you because it turns to slow and is way too long

Hope you find this useful!