Ty Gremlins362, this info was very helpful when I was taming a Barry :)
~Crystaldragon
Sarco
Player-written tips for taming, using, and fighting the Sarco in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Tamed one of these with my friend and named him tank and when me and my buddy went into the swamp to tame a bary we ended finding tank and a kaprosuchus later named kate and tank and kate were awesome tank took down a bronto by himself with a little help from a pteranadon.
Get on to of a large rock and shoot it with tranquility arrows
Just get on a rock and fire tranq arrows or slingshot if you dont have tranqs
Used to solo tame a plesiosaur.
I recommend taming them when you are at a level that can craft tranc arrows.I DO NOT RECOMMEND TAMING IN WATER THESE GUYS ARE INSANELY FAST IN THE WATER.Dart them then lure them on to land then back up tranc back up tranc and you’ll have a new buddy (Get a chef station at…
I recommend taming them when you are at a level that can craft tranc arrows.I DO NOT RECOMMEND TAMING IN WATER THESE GUYS ARE INSANELY FAST IN THE WATER.Dart them then lure them on to land then back up tranc back up tranc and you’ll have a new buddy (Get a chef station at lvl 23 for 20 amber) Craft some trike kibble for a faster game.
After awhile these guys will no longer be a threat, but a pest. Grab some bows, guns, or pikes and walk on land :)
After losing my stuff 3 times I was finally able to escape these beasts (I was level 9 at the time). A couple levels later I got the courage to tame one, and it was easier than I thought. Standing on a rock I shot 30 or so rocks at him with a slingshot, and was a able to knock…
After losing my stuff 3 times I was finally able to escape these beasts (I was level 9 at the time). A couple levels later I got the courage to tame one, and it was easier than I thought. Standing on a rock I shot 30 or so rocks at him with a slingshot, and was a able to knock him out. Luckily when he tried to flees he got stuck on a tree. Overall he was an easy tame depending on level, and I recommend taking this absolute unit
It is not a sarco it is a monster
They spawn in rivers, lakes, the swamp biome (the cancerous place with the doberman-crocodiles and titanoboas), and sometimes beaches. They are most common in aberration and do not spawn in scorched earth.
I use my sarco to take down alpha raptors and even carnos but lately theirs been a glitch that my sarco randomly died when fight a alpha carno 10k hp left and just died
With the new addition (death roll) keep an eye on the Torpidity level. To much spinning will knock your sarco out like it did mine. It will take forever to wake back up so make sure you also have good weaponry/armor in case you end up playing body guard for your sarco.
I have three sarcos Fangtooth,Crockey and Swamp. I seen them kill a few mantas and a meg.
Battling, use some high level games if possible and they should kill it if you want the skin, hide, or meat. Escaping, if you are new to ark pump movement speed to run away from predators, if not get on your tame and skedaddle.
Extremely fast, faster than Megalodons.
Pressing C on PC makes it swim down really fast; be careful bc it takes forever to swim to the surface again
Use a bow/crossbow with tranks and stay on land if you go in water say goodbye to your stuff 4 ever
Shoot from far away then back onto dry land where u can then shoot with tranqs. I needed about fifteen tranqs but it was only lvl. 2
These puppies are a semi-noob's best friend. Find them in swamps and near water holes. They really open up the map to you when you're a noob as they allow you to traverse waterways quite easily and quickly. All you need are some tranquil arrows and a decent distance…
These puppies are a semi-noob's best friend. Find them in swamps and near water holes. They really open up the map to you when you're a noob as they allow you to traverse waterways quite easily and quickly. All you need are some tranquil arrows and a decent distance and some raw meat. I've personally tamed 3 of them. They are also very useful for traveling up coasts and collecting lots of meat from dodos and scouting out those rounded rocks that give good metal. 10/10 my favorite dino.
these guys are such gigachads.
to tame one place 3 wooden billboards in a "C" shape with a large bear trap in the middle. when you aggro the sarco, walk lead it into the trap (DO NOT GO INTO ANY WATER) and when the bear trap is activated place a fourth billboard…
these guys are such gigachads.
to tame one place 3 wooden billboards in a "C" shape with a large bear trap in the middle. when you aggro the sarco, walk lead it into the trap (DO NOT GO INTO ANY WATER) and when the bear trap is activated place a fourth billboard behind the sarco. shoot with tranqs and if done quickly and while the bear trap is active the sarco should not be able to break out in time. if it does just walk backwards and shoot it.
these guys are excellent Underwater mounts and will be able to swim away incredibly fast. they can kill individual megalodons even at low levels. my guy steve is a Chad. the death roll attack is great on land as well.
downsides are their slow land movement speed and the fact that they eat a lot of raw fish meat. my boy steve is one of my favourite tames.
(mobile) Sarcos do not do well as a battle mount in deep waters. Not just because of their narrow attack range, low dps and slow vertical swimming speed. They consume food like crazy. Ever saw tips telling you this creature or that uses extreme amounts of food? Like Giga or…
(mobile) Sarcos do not do well as a battle mount in deep waters. Not just because of their narrow attack range, low dps and slow vertical swimming speed. They consume food like crazy. Ever saw tips telling you this creature or that uses extreme amounts of food? Like Giga or Daedon? Well, Sarco is one of them. Its food stat drains faster than it can automatically consume, which is fine if you're going for relatively short trips like pearl diving or angler hunting, but it is a problem if you're doing something time-consuming like leading a Leeds halfway around the map back to your base. Even on high levels (442 after tame for instance) your sarco will slowly starve even when there's still a stack of meat in its inventory. An Icthy works better as a travel mount while most other underwater creatures are better for combat. If you're looking for an underwater specialist, only choose the sarco if you don't have access to other creatures yet. (Or use a bary)