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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a sarco used for? sarco battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Definitely one of the best underrated games in the game they are great for diving for pearls but can be stored on land they don't need oxygen, they can go into caves and enter the underwater bubble and you can easily tame it by aggro-ing it out of swamp, the kibble needed is also really easy to get and I got my 130 kibble tamed by collecting eggs on the beach
early game : 1) Fast underwater mount 2) maybe is good as defender of base against aggressive dilos. But i dont know if its worth the risk
Mid game: Has nothing to offer except eggs. Weak rideable experience with attacks that are more targeted to ONE someone so it cant fight more than 1 at time 2) health is ok, but with more than 1 at time this doesn't matter, you die (or have to run) anyway
I really believe Sarcos are one of the most underrated creatures in the game. Yeah, on land it's kind of pathetic, but it's high swim speed coupled with the ability to shoot while mounted make it EXCELLENT for taming aquatic creatures. I prefer using it over ichthyosaurus.
Shoot the target, swim away when it gets too close, rinse and repeat. Or lure targets to the coast and shoot them from the (relative) safety of the beach if you can.
Just be careful if you go exploring the Deep Ocean with them. Combat-wise, a high level Sarco can handle anglers, megalodons and even plesiosaurs (provided you have a good saddle), but you're better off running from everything else. Thankfully they have good stamina and can out-swim most everything that lives in the water.
Suuuuuper underrated. Sarcos are hella fast in the water (the fastest out of any semiaquatic mount iirc) and they do decent damage. If you pump health and melee for a while you’ll have the perfect oceanic mount, since they already have decent stamina. I honestly prefer them over Baryonyx for water at this point.