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	25 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. It has no knockback and doesn't gain any Torpor, which the Eurypterids can massively inflict. So you can constantly 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.

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

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
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Tek ATV
• Tek Armor
• Tek Boots
• Tek Chestpiece
• Tek Forcefield
• Tek Gauntlets
• Tek Generator
• Tek Helmet
• Tek Leggings
• Tek Replicator
• Tek Rifle
• 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.