Black Pearl

Black Pearl
A rare resource from the bottom of the sea...
Resource
Tool	Metal Pick
Creature	Megalodon Therizinosaurus
Dropped by	Trilobite, Ammonite, Eurypterid, Deathworm, Tusoteuthis, Alpha Mosasaurus
Item
Weight	2.0
Stack size	200
Added in	Patch 238.0
Spawn Command cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_BlackPearl.PrimalItemResource_BlackPearl_C'" 1 0 0 or cheat GFI BlackPearl 1 0 0
Crafting
Used to craft	31 items

Black Pearls are a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. They can be obtained by harvesting dead Trilobite, Deathworm, Eurypterid, Ammonite, Tusoteuthis and Alpha Mosasaurus. They can also drop as rare loot when catching fish with a Fishing Rod.

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

Gathering

Black Pearl
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆
Megalodon	★★☆☆☆
Metal Pick	★★☆☆☆

Use an Ichthy or Manta to hunt Eurypterid. They have no knockback and don’t gain any Torpidity, 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 dinos and will leave you vulnerable to the other terrors of the deep.

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

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

While an Eurypterid only drops a few pearls, an Alpha Mosasaur drops 100 Black Pearls and an Alpha Tusoteuthis drops 75.

Aberration

A unique black variant of the clam, like Silica Pearls, 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 Nameless, Rock Drake and any aggressive dino dropped from above). Moreover, unlike the clams that gives Silica Pearls, the clams disregards loot drop multiplier from server setting, and as such does not give extra Black Pearls at any rate past 1.

Crafting

Black Pearl is used to craft the following items:

• Absorbent Substrate
• Broth of Enlightenment
• Camera
• Cloning Chamber
• Megalodon Tek Saddle
• Mosasaur Tek Saddle
• Motorboat
• Rex Tek Saddle
• Rock Drake Tek Saddle
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Tek Armor
• Tek Armor
• Tek Armor
• Tek Armor
• Tek Armor
• Tek ATV
• Tek Boots
• Tek Chestpiece
• Tek Forcefield
• Tek Gauntlets
• Tek Generator
• Tek Helmet
• Tek Leggings
• Tek Light
• Tek Railgun
• Tek Replicator
• Tek Rifle
• Tek Shield
• Tek Sword
• Tek Teleporter
• Tek Transmitter
• Tek Trough
• Vacuum Compartment
• Vacuum Compartment Moonpool

Consumption

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

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

Trivia

• When dropped on the ground, Black Pearls appear as black clams instead of the standard boxes.