It's better to tame one you find at a beach/river than one in the swamp. The swamp has a lot of dangers that can make taming in there a nightmare (namely titanboa and other sarco, but leeches are not fun either)

You can find them near pretty much any body of water. Sometimes they are hard to see if they are in the water. They will follow you out of the water, since they are much slower on land try to lead them away from the water.

ITS SO EASY TO TAME!!! You don’t even need a weapon I tamed a level 20 by getting by its back legs, hitting it with bare hands and when it spins run back to the legs. Then shove fish down its throat and bam, a sarco. Mine is level 93 now and I ride it in the ocean and kill megalodons for fun (I have also tamed a megalodon I aren’t losing the opportunity) now lizzy the sarco is my favourite tame ever

These guys are really good early - mid game tames. They are decently fast in water and their stamina replenishes instantly when in the water. Although they are pretty slow on land. All you really need is some tranq arrows and no narcotics since their torpor drains slow. If you want to be extra safe when you tame one bring a flyer like a Pteradon or any flying creature you have at your disposal. But if you don’t want to you can just keep running until you knock it out. I personally tamed a lvl 135 and it only took 7 tranq darts and I didn’t need to feed it any narcotics to tame. Unfortunately it was 4 in the morning at the time and I had to go somewhere in about 2 hours so I was rushing to get as much sleep as I could. After it was done taming I named it and immediately left but my game crashed and I still don’t know if I have the Sarco or not but I assume no. Hope you find this a bit helpful.

on my 2nd day of ark (real time) and i saw a female sarco who looked exactly like swamp (my sarco who was killed by jellyfish in my resent world) so i made a little wooden box 4 big woden walls and a door frame i led the sarco aka swamp the 2nd and i KO it out with 2 slingshots and i has about 50 rocks of course i missed a few times it was lvl 18 just like swamp when she was killed now it’s lvl 30 and i’m lvl 27 and i also have a rex (saw blade), carno (toast), deadly trio aka my 3 raptors Ares, hunter, and the leader ivy and a parasaur (para) her boy friend died to a 140 massive chicken with big claws 😭. Dilo,(mini killer), one of those starter bird thingys (shadow bolt) , and my baba sarco i’m rasing up now named snappy and i for got how to spell it but his name means swamp in japanese he is snappy’s dad. Dada cherry and finally chicken (both dodos.) hope u enjoyed 🙂😊

super easy to tame! i have 3 of these now so here's a short guide:

1. make a raft. put any storage container on it with a simple bed. this is just a precaution in case you die in the process (which you shouldnt!)

2. pop some spare food into your storage if you want, as well as some extra meat. your safest option is to take about 2 stacks.

3. get some tranq arrows. alot if you want to be safe. around 10 is a good amount though. there isnt really a way of telling the level without being up close so it's best to take as many as you can. make a new bow (you dont want it to break mid-fight)

4. take your raft and go find a sarco! they spawn mainly at the southern islands and in swamps.

5. park your raft a little bit away from the sarco and plod on over!

6. firstly, dont panic when it starts coming over. panic is what makes you sarco dinner. secondly, lure the sarco onto land - theyre waayyy slower inland than in water. still, keep your distance.

7. just keep shooting it with tranq arrows until it's down. if you run out, run for your life and try again another day.

8. once it's down, starve tame it. you dont want to risk losing any precious meat. they usually take about 8 minutes.

9. protect the sarco at all costs! things might come and try and attack you - especially at night. dont let them get your lizard.

10. enjoy your tamed sarco!!

These guys are stupid as hell in mobile so you can easily just climb on a rock and beat one of those guys once you spawn BUT on pc they are more intelligent so climbing on a rock won't cut it you have to build a trap or get on a cliff where you can't climb on if you were in the position of the sarco.

I dunno if creatures are like the pc or mobile ver in ultimate but ill assume they are like the pc version

-katz

How to tame a sarco:

1. Build a stone trap. A 2 by 2 foundation and doorframes for the walls. Make it two doorframes high. And use ramps so you can walk into the trap to lead the sarco in there.

2. After the sarco is stuck in the trap, shoot it with a tranquilizing ammo like tranq arrows or certain darts.

3. After it's knocked out, feed it meat or preferred kibbles.

Hope this helps!

I've made many tips on how to tame other dinosaurs if you wanna check them out. (like andrewsarchus, diplodocus, giganotosaurus, etc...).

-Pablo27

They are EASY tames! I saw one early in the game and placed myself and my ptera on a cliff and shot it from there with my BOW and tranq arrows. It fell asleep. I HAD NEVER TAMED ONE. OF THESE BEFORE but i asked chat gpt for help and i got what i wanted. I came back to it later (it was still asleep) with salmon. 30 seconds later : Name your sarco!

Alright so these things have trouble moving around with trees but are great in water it is very simple to tame all you need is

Optional

*slingshot 35 at most depends on level

*bow with tranq arrows at most 15 or more

And at least 25-35 meat

It is optional whether you get the saddle first or after you tame it

But it is definitely good to have for early water travel

To avoid getting hit simply build up with now way up for the sarco or stand on a big rock or run and shoot it’s your opinion

I do hope this was helpful

sincerely lonely dodo

Hares how to tame one first unlock the tranq arrow which unlocks at lvl 22 then hit one with a tranq arrow make sure you bring like 20 or so their kinda slow on land don’t fight them in the water keep shooting with tranq arrow till it sleeps the put at least 40 meat in it is easy to get meat and make sure to bring narcotics and after it done enjoy your new monster.