Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the VR Karkinos, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.

Below is a breakdown of knockout weapon requirements for the VR Karkinos across various creature levels. Space your shots to let torpor accumulate - rapid firing risks killing it before knockout.

To simplify the knockout, immobilize the VR Karkinos first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. A Tusoteuthis can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.

Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the VR Karkinos. Narcotics provide 40 Torpor each and are the standard choice. Bio Toxin offers 80 Torpor but is harder to farm. Narcoberries at 7.5 each are a last resort. At 0.5 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.

Track the taming process with the timers below - they monitor both Torpor and starvation progress. The torpor timer alerts you when narcotics are needed. The starve timer tracks Food depletion for starve-taming, where you let the food bar drop before placing all food at once.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the VR Karkinos as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Variant group.

Its base Stamina of 600 gives it massive stamina reserves. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. At 1,200 base HP, the VR Karkinos is among the tougher creatures. A base Weight of 800 means excellent carrying capacity.

To tame the VR Karkinos, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Exceptional Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

After taming, the VR Karkinos has the carrying capacity to serve as a reliable transport mount for heavy loads. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild VR Karkinos yields 6 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.5 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.