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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
How to tame: A Sarco
Step One: Get Tranq. Arrows, darts, or any other weapon. Get narcotics
Step two: find Sarco
Step three: trap it (you can use traps, or you can go on a ledge where you can attack it without it biting
Step four: Feed it RAW FISH MEAT. If it’s unconsciousness drains fast, occasionally feed it narcotics. (I’m on mobile so it only took one narcotic)
Step five: be patient (it may take a while, but it is worth it!)
Step six: name your new Sarco!
Tips: A Sarco is a good battle Dino in water. The saddle may be unlocked around lvl 35. Sarco is fast underwater. Mid-lvl Dino. (I tamed mine at lvl 24)
The sarco is a large, semi-aquatic crocodilian, who can be a rather helpful starter tame, (and possibly end game). The easiest way to tame a sarco, although you may have some of your health depleted, it is a rather effective way. Find yourself an oversized crocodile and get it to come onto land, never fight an Australian crocodile in the water, or it’s all over. Once it has crawled up onto land, get between the base of the tail and it’s hind legs, then, begin to hit it with either your fists (newbie method), a bat (not as newbie), or an electric prod (definitely not newbie method). Once the overfed lizard is knocked out, place the food of your choice (kibble or fish recommended) and wait…and wait…and wait…aaaand wait some more…you get my point. And ta-da, you got yourself a prehistoric Crocodile! Enjoy!
What you need to tame a sarco as a noob
1:get meat
2:find a sarco
3:get in between the hind leg and the tail
4:start punching until unconscious
5:give sarco meat
6:congratulate yourself for taming a sarco
If this helped,pls leave a like if helped
TLC patch coming March 2018 adding "Deathroll" grab attack on small creatures and a grab attack (possibly thrash) on larger ones, gaining a 180 degree attack and a small lunge to its attack (maybe for deathroll purpose), will no longer aggo pirahnas and in the wild will sit with mouth gaped open awaiting prey.
Single player uses:
1. Early game power dino: Sarcos are fairly strong and very easy to tame.
2. Taming mount: Sarcos are aster than they look, can turn on a dime and you can use a weapon while riding them.
3. Aquatic mount: They're even faster and more agile underwater, just beware there is a glitch where they instantly die if they go on land, though it's very rare so unlikely to happen.
How to tame a sarco:
A sarco is a big crocodile that lurks in southern coasts, swamps, and rivers. It wil leap out of nowhere and it drops prime.
Materials:
A hundred arrows or so use crossbow or high percentage bow. Don’t waste darts.
A character and some ark safari tame experience.
How to tame:
1. Find sarco on land.
2. Lead it on land. In water they become Rexes to bobs.
3. Shoot tranqs on its face. Don’t get jumpscared by other Dinos especially kapros and boas.
4. Tame with FISH meat or PRIME.
5. Make an oddly costly saddle for this easily tamed bad boy.
Utility:
Defense: they do great dmg and are easy tames.
Hunting: slow on land, they have dps and insta turn on their side.
Water travel: in water they are FAST fast.
Alpha killer (aquatic): can kite alpha megs and if done with caution I BELIEVE BUT NOT SURE I think a bred and imprinted good level sarco can take on bigger threats, including caves I guess.
Enjoy your sarco!
Warning! These guys are kind of broken in asa as sometimes they can’t attack out of water and have many other issues. Just hold off on taming these in asa until they are fixed.
If u have trouble taming it here are some tips:
U dont even need tanrq arrows all u need is 2 slingshots and a bunch of rocks find one and knock it out i recommend using bio toxins wich u can get from cnidarias and just feed it raw meat and thats it
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It’s easy to tame gust knock it out wile standing on a rock in a river then shoot tranqu arrows at it until it’s been knocked out then feed it meet and narcotic there amazing mounts I always use them for killing carbonemuses and other sarcos. Please like this comment guys ✌️✌️✌️👌👌👌🤘🤘🤘
One of the better mounts for collecting leech blood as leeches will ignore the sarco.
Because of bad turn radius if it has enough health, go to the tail and just keep punching, then you really knock it out easily. It was my first tame 🤣😂🤣😂
Dealing with Sarcos to a brand new player can seem like a daunting task, but they have a noticable weakness that can make them easy to knock out for taming. If you can get to it's side, closer to the tail it can't hit you. You can use this fact and a wooden club to take them down and feed them fish. This is also a solid method for killing them outright.