Black Pearl

Black Pearls are a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. They can be obtained by harvesting dead, , , , , and. They can also drop as rare loot when catching fish with a. can also produce many items as well as black pearls depending on the gacha. A tamed will also rarely poop them out instead of its usual.

Black Pearls are used in crafting and are a key component in Tek Tier crafting recipes.

Gathering
Use an or  to hunt. They have no knockback and don’t gain any, which the Eurypterids can massively inflict. This allows you to attack and kill them effortlessly. Be wary however, the eurypterid also rapidly drains the stamina of tamed dino and will leave you vulnerable to the other terrors of the deep.

s have an ability to rarely collect Black Pearls from fish corpses.

There is an another way to hunt them is to hit one with a and then use a fast water mount to drag it to the shore, where it can be harvested by a  for extra pearls.

An End-Game way is making use of a, equipped with the , it can kill a with the element pulses. When killed, the Megalodon can harvest the Black Pearls very easy. (Also works with / on, but harvesting with Megalodon gives more Black Pearls, and the Mosasaur is harder to kill.)

do increased damage against and also gather black pearls at an increased rate.

While a only drops a few pearls, an  drops 100 Black Pearls and an  drops 75.

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

Genesis: Part 2
Black Pearls can be collected in large amounts from the light blue pearls on the pearl asteroids in the -Space- biome. These appear to respawn rather quickly.

Black Pearls can also be harvested from dead Carniflora (Genesis: Part 2) in the Corrupted Gardens (Genesis: Part 2).

Ragnarok
A black variant of the clam, like, can be found in Ragnarok. These can be harvested for 5-20 black pearls. Black Pearl collection from said clams now scales with the Harvest Amount setting of your server.

Scorched Earth
Black Pearls are dropped by Deathworms and Alpha Deathworms in the desert. A tamed will also rarely poop them out instead of its usual.

Aberration
A black variant of the clam, like, can be found near the rivers at Graves of the Lost. These can be harvested for 5-20 black pearls, but can be dangerous due to radiation and nearby threats (such as, and any aggressive dino dropped from above).

Extinction
In Extinction, Black Pearls can be produced by. This allows one to easily acquire large amounts of Black Pearls by feeding and other resources to a Gacha. Using the Gacha is the best way to get black pearls.

Black Pearls are also dropped by large corrupted carnivores such as, , , and in the north. These creatures have a small chance of dropping 1-7 black pearls.

Orbital Supply Drop difficulties of Hard and Legendary also have a chance to drop black pearls.

Crystal Isles
A black variant of the clam, like, can be found in the Crystal Isles. They can be located in the water bubbles in the Eldritch Isle. These can be harvested for 5-20 black pearls. Black Pearl collection from said clams now scales with the Harvest Amount setting of your server.

2 variations of these black clams exist, the smaller one which can be harvested by hand (and by Anglerfish for higher collection rate), and a larger variation that can't be harvested by hand. These can only be harvested by Dunkleosteus and give very large quantities. (Tested on official, imprinted X Dunkelosteus withy 400 melee can collect up to 500 black pearls per large clam on x1 rates.)

Valguero
A black variant of the clam, like, can be found in Valguero. These can be harvested for black pearls.

Crafting
Black Pearl is used to craft the following items:

Consumption
Black Pearls are the preferred, but not exclusive, food of Tusoteuthis.


 * Black Pearls restore 30 Food and grant 50 Taming Affinity.

Locations
Ragnarok= Below are all of the black pearl locations for Ragnarok. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Aberration= Below are all of the black pearl locations for Aberration. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Gallery
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