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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for sarco? Tips and strategies for sarco in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Dumb turning rates on land so BEAT IT WITH 3 CLUBS but if it’s a higher level like 50 40 30 you might want to use some tranqs
If you want to tame a sarco run up to it don’t aim for the head aim for the belly because the sarco has bad aim that’s how I tamed a sarco with my hands and named it snappy
Who agrees that these things deserve to be buffed? On mobile, sarcos have trouble killing just about anything in their habitat. When they try to kill small animals such as dodos and lystros, their bad AI combined with their weird AOE means that they can’t even hit a dodo and they will get stuck on top of the dodo trying to hit it while the dodo just chills below its massive body. If you thought dodos were sitting ducks, a sarco attacking a dodo is just a big sitting duck on top of a small sitting duck 😂. For passive creatures such as phiomias, parasaurs, and moschops, sarcos have trouble catching up to them on land. For other river herbivores such as Castoroides (beaver) or carbonemys (turtle), sarcos almost always end up getting rekt trying to fight them. Their base hp and melee are both similar to that of the beaver, and while their melee is much higher than the turtle’s, their hp is much lower. Sarcos are probably the least dangerous mid/large predator to fight.
Just don't go hunting in the swamp alone (Hopefully this is common sense). If you bring a decent raptor it'll destroy the sarco and even a carbonemys can do it on land. It isn't that hard to engage unless you're in the water. If you do fight it, just be aware of you're surroundings. I got attacked by two titanoboas once while fighting it. Didn't end well. However, my raptor killed all three of them by the time I got back. That's why I say raptors are great for mid level players going on a hunting trip.
Its waste to build a tamming pan for it. To knock out just walk backwards and hit his head with the tranq and the job is done
I don’t know whats all the bad reviews about this sarco they are so easy tame (If your on on a high level) and so easy to kill just get on a high rock or back up while shooting arrows or Slingshots at it
Very easy early game tame but make sure to lure it away from the swamps because of kapros, other sarcos and titanoboas
Ok if you don’t have trank arrows yet just get a bat and attack its tail it works for me
U need about 5 trauq arrow to knock one out then I suggest u use a soothing balm to boost or the sarco might wake up before its tamed it takes a super long time to tame without a southing balm.
The southern islands is where sarcos spawn most
Real easy. I shot him in the face three times with tranquilizer arrows then just fed him fish once unconscious. Fish works way better than raw meat.
How to kill one as a noob.
Omg it’s the easiest predator you can kill. You can either lure it to some wild creatures or tame a small creature (dodo, lystrosaurus, otter etc.) and yes, just one. Order your little friend to attack it. The sarco will turn to it and won’t be able to hit your little friend at all since they will hide under and attack it from there. Just help it by stabbing it on the tail until it dies. If it manages to attack your little friend however, I recommend getting a high-end leveled one to be able to tank its hits. This method I found really useful to farm exp as a noob.
Why do people spend their time and resources building traps for these things? All you need is a crossbow with tranquilizer arrows. Just lead the sarco on land and use a hit and run strategy because the sarcos are slow on land. Just don’t get too close.