Black Pearl

Black Pearl
A rare resource from the bottom of the sea...
Resource
Tool	Metal Pick
Creature	Megalodon Therizinosaur
Dropped by	Trilobite, Ammonite, Eurypterid, Deathworm, Tusoteuthis, Alpha Mosasaur, Gacha
Item
Weight	2.0
Stack size	200
Added in	v238.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI BlackPearl 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_BlackPearl.PrimalItemResource_BlackPearl_C'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Used to craft	37 items

Black Pearls are a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. They can be obtained by harvesting dead Trilobite, Deathworm, Eurypterid, Ammonite, Tusoteuthis, Alpha Tusoteuthis and Alpha Mosasaur. They can also drop as rare loot when catching fish with a Fishing Rod. Gachas can also produce many items as well as black pearls depending on the gacha.

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 Therizinosaur 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.

Weight Reduction

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

Creature	Reduced by
Argentavis	50%

Ragnarok

A unique black variant of the clam, like Silica Pearls, can be found in Ragnarok These can be harvested for 5-20 black pearls. 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.

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.

Extinction

In Extinction, Black Pearls can be produced by Gachas. This allows one to easily acquire large amounts of Black Pearls by feeding Stone and other resources to a Gacha.

Black Pearls are also dropped by large corrupted carnivores such as Corrupted Spino, Corrupted Rex, Corrupted Wyvern, and Corrupted Giganotosaurus in the north. These creatures have a small chance of dropping 1-6 black pearls.

Crafting

Black Pearl is used to craft the following items:

• Absorbent Substrate
• Broth of Enlightenment
• Camera
• Cloning Chamber
• M.D.S.M.
• M.R.L.M.
• M.S.C.M.
• Megalodon Tek Saddle
• Mosasaur Tek Saddle
• Motorboat
• Rex Tek Saddle
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Tek Armor
• Tek ATV
• Tek Boots
• Tek Chestpiece
• Tek Dedicated Storage
• 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
• Unassembled Mek
• 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.

Locations

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

Black Pearl

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

Black Pearl

Trivia

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