Polymer

Polymer is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is used to make durable tools, weapons and armor (and a couple other Misc Items).

Overview
Polymer is an artificial material crafted at the Fabricator using 2x Obsidian and 2x Cementing Paste.

, a natural version of Polymer that can be obtained from killing, , , , and harvesting bee hives. It can always be used in place of Polymer, but is not as ideal because it has a spoil timer and can only stack up to 20, while regular Polymer can stack up to 100.

is also a natural version of Polymer, found on Extinction. It can be harvested from dead Corrupted Creatures in the Wasteland.

On Ragnarok, however, if you have tamed a, a really good strategy would be flying over to the beach of the volcano area (with black sand), divebomb a bunch of es, and with the 's fast speeds fly over to your home, and use the as a substitute for the normal Polymer.

Crafting
Polymer is used to craft the following items:

Weapons
Full list of items crafted with Polymer

Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Polymer by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:

= Video Tutorial =

Quick tutorial on how to get polymer.