Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
These creatures are honestly amazing tames, but can be hard to knock out especially considering there biome where they are found in.
STEPS:
You need tranq arrows (obvi) depends on the lvl anywhere from 1 - 50 usually takes 1-35 arrows, check dododex (for level and resources)
These guys tame well with normal raw meat but they prefer raw prime fish meat or raw fish meat it will save you 1 hour so kill fishes,
Next: you need to find them, sarco’s usually live in swamps which makes it harder to tame them, but if u wanna avoid killing every swamp animal and possible death, you can find them in south zone 1 or 2 easy on the beaches or shores near oceans, usually around the middle areas.
Narcotics: you need near to none, even narco berries would do, a level 45 sarco takes around 30 minutes to even lose a significant amount of torpidity, basically these guys are HUGE sleepers, when u knock these dudes out you can either get a mountain or ledge and shoot them, they can climb up some rocks, find a tricky to reach one.
Or you can just outrun them, sprint and shoot every now and then, they are slow, however DO NOT try to outrun it in water, it is a prehistoric crocodile and in water it will catch up to you and murder u with ease :)
After all these steps, starve it, it’s better, then put in meat feed, and you have a sarco, the saddle is in the 40’s I think lvl 45, make sure to check dododex for any needed help with food or saddle or narcotics, this is just tips
Thanks :)
More Sarco Taming & KO Tips
Sarcos: all you need to know
Sarcos are strong early-mid game mounts that work as great tanks and defenders. They are best used in beaches and swamps, due too their fast speed in water, but slow speed on land. To tame a Sarco it’s best to used traqs since they have high melee. Get one trapped (which is very easy), build a trap, or simply walk backwards or hover on a flying mount. The dangers of taming a Sarco is, of course, it’s powerful jaws and tendency to leap out of nowhere. You have to watch out for the other creatures as well. Especially the jumpy saber Sarco. Once nocked feed it RAW FISH meat as it take almost 5x less to tame then reg meat. Once you have this guy craft a saddle and ride this terrifying beast! On another note, to kill a Sarco, simply shoot it or bombard it. They are really bad when attacked by multiple strong targets so use that to ur advantage. Hope this was helpful!
-Sarco Master 🐊
I just knocked one out. I was very afraid of these monsters before but its actually a quite easy tame! I recommend this snappy thing for beginners underwater mounts. Good luck taming it. [Up so the noobs see ;D]
DO NOT listen to the person who wrote the following comment: “DO NOT tame in the lower south cave. It will get stuck on the way out and be trapped there forever.”. If it can’t (which will most likely be the case if tamed down there, because (in my experience) Sarcos struggle just entering the cave with how wide they are. But don’t listen to that guy. Just summon it out in the “Request Creature” tab and wait for it to teleport (I have summoned creatures out of the cave when they get stuck and they teleport just fine). Share this with anyone you know who struggles with that.
Good because they can go on land but are still good divers while also being able to depend themselves so if someone blocks off the river with gates you can go around on land
How to tame a sarco:
1. Craft bow and tranq arrows (if you’re a starter and you use wooden bat, you’ll just end up getting eaten)(Narcotics+stone arrow)
2. Find a sarco (not too high level or you might die) in a swamp or something. (I spawned in the Arctic when I didn’t mean to, so that’s where I got mine)
3. Get on a high rock or get it stuck and shoot it, shoot it, shoot it
4. Watch it’s corpse fall
5. Put meat/kibble in inventory (I suggest raw prime meat)
6. Wait and kill some more things
7. Name him/her sarco I (the first)
8. Don’t make him/her kill dimorphodons (Sarco I almost died)
9. Make a saddle for your sarco (a saddle for your sarco)
10. Swim and play everyday
Listen to the tips. They may just save your life.
I see all these comments on how to tame it lol. Easy. Shoot it in the face while walking backwards job done. None of this tame pen rubbish or hugging its legs. If you get one in the swamp your gonna want to lure it out of the swamp though
I feel like Princess is a very fitting name
Every time I try to tame this guys I end up dead or the sarco ends up dead but still rip doduo
It's an easy tranq tame just keep your distance and stay away from water, they're slow on land
One of the better mounts for collecting leech blood as leeches will ignore the sarco.