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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.
When I respawned after a sarco killed me I found a dead sarco near spawn then I fought the other one
I was a noob when I saw these things. I stayed away from it until I heard a weird noise. I went to check it and the thing was dead and a castoroides was walking away from it barely damaged like a boss.
With a bow and arrow your ready to kill these thing plus snakes in 4 seconds flat or less. (Upvote so beginners can see this) hope this was a useful tip
Once I was assaulted by a lvl 36 spino but my lvl8 raptor and lvl 9 sarco just wrecked it
Btw I'm Tiger and I have left tips on the raptor
All it takes is a distraction and some tranc arrows from a crossbow. Compies make the best distraction bc there hit box is super small then boom you now have a murderous amphibious assault lizard
Easy to tame like a rocket under water
Yeah it's speed in the water is good, but that's it. Not very strong so don't expect it to deal crazy dmg like spino, carno, etc. I bring my spino, carno, and baryonyx, and it's way behind except for in the water. I recommend bringing it to the swamps. Carno and spino can't fit easily and will get stuck. Baryonyx and sarco can follow you anywhere in the swamp AND it's shallow enough to where your can see the snakes and sarco can swim. Want to go on land though, bring spino ( life possible their crazy fast on all 4) or baryonyx. Kaprosuchus is another substitute for sarco.
1. Find a Sarco (hard part)
2. Shoot it's head with slingshot (you will easily be able to out run him)
3. Continue until he becomes unconscious
4. Feed it prime meat or fish meat
Snaps as male or female it’s a funny name
This thing always spawn at my house on river..it annoying
I used 20 tranq arrows but it varies, I would suggest using fish meat as it takes faster than regular meat.
The walk it to land method don't work anymore since they can now jump at you, get it stuck in gates and shoot from above
Faster than megalodon in ocean. Don't require stamina in water. Can kill megalodon if it have higher Meele DMG. Faster on land. Attack is average.
Do not try to tame these while in the water, they have enhanced speed and will easily kill you. Draw one to land and walk backwards whilst shooting tranq arrows at its head.
How to easily knock out a sarco without getting hurt:
Step 1: Find a sacro
Step 2: Hit it with a slingshot or a bow
Step 3: run to a big rock that you can walk on
Step 4: shoot it with traq arrow or traq dart
Remember to not get too close to the crocodile or you get hurt!
How to efficiently trap a Sarcosuchus.
1. You’ll find some sarcos at South 2. There is a rock and a tree on one of the beaches.
2. Tame a dodo. Dodos are basically untouchable by Sarcos, so one or two will be enough to keep it in place.
3. Lure the SARCO to a closely tight rock and tree. This will trap the SARCO.
4. Throw the dodos towards the SARCO. You need perfect timing for this. If you throw it when the beast is lashing out, you’ll just get the bird killed.
5. Build some structures around the SARCO to help keep it in place.
6. Keep it closely guarded: You don’t want it gettting killed by Trikes or Turtles
This trap is effective for taming due to starvation. Sarcos can survive a long time without even eating, so by the time you craft tranq arrows, YOU WONT EVEN NEED A BALM.
On land they are relatively easy to defeat if you have a Bow. When you can use Pikes, Swords, and other stuff, you can defeat a Sarco using melee.
In the water, they will circle around you and make things difficult. Confront on land ONLY (if possible).
Standing on rocks usually does not help, as a Sarco can just lung at you and knock you off you little perch. Shoot the creature with Arrows and keep backing up. You may need to turn around and sprint a bit to stay ahead of it. You CAN outrun a Sarco on land.
If you kill one, make sure you harvest all the useful hide, meat, and Sarco Skin (a trophy).
At level 21 I had over 5 Sarco Skins, many from Sarcos with 10+ levels.