Primitive Ascended

WHAT'S NEW

Ancestor Totem (Lv 70).

It crafts Ascendant versions of six tools and weapons: Viking Pick, Viking Hatchet, Viking Pike, Shotgun, Longneck Rifle and Simple Pistol. Each costs its normal recipe plus 50 Bone Char.

A primitive tier for ARK. Tan leather, render pitch from spoiled meat, forge steel. Steel takes an apex trophy, so you have to go hunt for it.

Works on existing saves. PC, Xbox, PS5.

HOW IT WORKS

Spoiled Meat + Fiber > Pitch

Hide + Pitch > Leather

Apex Trophy + Pitch > Bone Char

Metal Ingot + Pitch + Bone Char > Steel

Pitch goes into almost everything. Steel needs Bone Char, and Bone Char needs an apex trophy. Any of them works: Sarcosuchus Skin, Argentavis Talon, Titanoboa Venom, Tyrannosaurus Arm and the rest. One trophy makes 50 Bone Char.

RESOURCES

Pitch (Lv 4). 5 Spoiled Meat, 20 Fiber. Tanning Rack.

Leather (Lv 6). 2 Hide, 1 Pitch. Tanning Rack.

Bone Char (Lv 23). 1 Apex Trophy, 10 Pitch. Makes 50. Tanning Rack.

Steel. 2 Metal Ingot, 1 Pitch, 1 Bone Char. Primitive Forge.

STATIONS

Tanning Rack (Lv 3). 50 Fiber, 30 Wood, 20 Hide.

Pitch, Leather, Bone Char, leather armor and the Boar Spear are made here.

Primitive Bonfire (Lv 5). 20 Stone, 15 Thatch, 2 Wood, 1 Flint. More slots and faster cooking than a campfire.

Primitive Smoker (Lv 9). 30 Stone, 30 Wood, 20 Fiber, 10 Thatch. Makes jerky. Meat and berries stored in it last longer.

Primitive Brazier (Lv 13). 8 Thatch, 5 Pitch, 3 Wood, 1 Stone. Light and heat.

Primitive Forge (Lv 24). 125 Stone, 40 Fiber, 30 Leather, 20 Wood, 5 Flint. Smelts faster than the Refining Forge. Steel is made here.

Blacksmith Bench (Lv 25). 50 Stone, 30 Wood, 20 Hide, 5 Steel. Steel tools, weapons and armor, the Keeper Totem, the Frost Totem and the Alchemy Bench.

Alchemy Bench (Lv 60). 30 Steel, 100 Cementing Paste, 100 Pitch, 100 Crystal, 100 Wood. Blacksmith Bench. Narcotics, stimulants, gunpowder, bug repellant and cures.

TOTEMS Keeper Totem (Lv 40). 200 Wood, 30 Steel, 40 Pitch, 10 Bone Char. Blacksmith Bench. 350 slots of storage on a carved wooden totem. Places on floors.

Frost Totem (Lv 65). 250 Stone, 100 Leather, 25 Pitch, 15 Steel. Blacksmith Bench. Heats and cools the area around it. No fuel. Placed on the ground.

Ancestor Totem (Lv 70). 200 Bone Char, 150 Stone, 30 Leather.

The last unlock in the tree. Crafts the Ascendant gear below.

ASCENDANT GEAR

Made only at the Ancestor Totem. No engrams to learn: build the totem and all six are there. Each costs its normal recipe plus 50 Bone Char. +50% damage and 3x durability over the normal version. Ascendant Viking Pick, Ascendant Viking Hatchet, Ascendant Viking Pike, Ascendant Shotgun, Ascendant Longneck Rifle, Ascendant Simple Pistol.

TOOLS AND WEAPONS

Stone Scythe (Lv 4). 1 Stone, 1 Wood, 10 Thatch.

Boar Spear (Lv 27). 20 Wood, 12 Leather, 5 Pitch. Tanning Rack. Melee only, it can't be thrown.

Viking Hatchet (Lv 29). 10 Steel, 10 Leather, 10 Wood. Blacksmith Bench.

Viking Pick (Lv 29). 3 Steel, 10 Leather, 1 Wood. Blacksmith Bench.

Viking Pike (Lv 33). 5 Steel, 20 Leather, 10 Wood. Blacksmith Bench. Old steel tools you already own still work.

ARMOR

Leather set (Lv 27-28). Tanning Rack.

Helmet 5 Leather, 30 Fiber.

Shirt 8, 40.

Pants 8, 40.

Gloves 5, 20.

Boots 10, 40.

Steel set (Lv 56-67). Blacksmith Bench. Listed as Steel, Leather, Fiber.

Helmet 10, 7, 3.

Shirt 20, 20, 4.

Pants 20, 20, 5.

Gloves 6, 5, 2.

Boots 8, 6, 4.

BUILDING

Mossy Stone Fence (Lv 27). 25 Stone, 10 Wood, 1 Pitch. Places on the ground and chains end to end. Snaps to the edges of foundations and ceilings, and stacks: three high is a wall. Ceilings and sloped walls sit on top of it.

WILDLIFE

Short-faced Bear. Aggressive. Rare on The Island's beaches, redwoods, snow and mountains. On every map it also replaces one in four wild Dire Bear spawns.

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