Bug Repellant

Bug Repellant
This gnarly paste makes you nearly invisible to bugs. Just don't attack them, and they'll ignore you! Effect lasts 10 minutes.
Consumable (values pertain to Humans)
Spoils in	5h
Item
Weight	0.1
Stack Size	100
Added in	v217.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI BugRepellant 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Consumables/PrimalItemConsumable_BugRepellant.PrimalItemConsumable_BugRepellant'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 16
Engram Points	12 EP
Crafting XP	2 XP
Crafting Time	8s
Crafted in	Mortar and Pestle Chemistry Bench Equus Saddle
Required Stations	Mortar and Pestle
Crafting Yields	6 Pieces
Ingredients
Resources breakdown [Expand] 6 × Pelt, Hair, or Wool 2 × Narcotic 10 × Narcoberry 2 × Spoiled Meat 2 × Raw Meat 4 × Citronal 4 × Rockarrot Total Base Ingredients 10 × Narcoberry 4 × Citronal 6 × Pelt, Hair, or Wool 2 × Raw Meat 4 × Rockarrot
Ingredients (Chemistry Bench)
Resources breakdown [Expand] 24 × Pelt, Hair, or Wool 8 × Narcotic 40 × Narcoberry 8 × Spoiled Meat 8 × Raw Meat 16 × Citronal 16 × Rockarrot Total Base Ingredients 40 × Narcoberry 16 × Citronal 24 × Pelt, Hair, or Wool 8 × Raw Meat 16 × Rockarrot

Bug Repellant is a consumable in ARK: Survival Evolved. Upon use, it reduces the aggressiveness of certain insects and other creatures towards the user.

The specific results of the effect are:

• Titanomyrma, Meganeura, and Leeches will ignore the user unless attacked first.
• Araneo, Arthropluera, Onyc, Manta, and Mantis will act the same way as the Gigantopithecus, passive, but aggressive when touched, which allows the user to tame these creatures non-violently.
• Pachyrhinosaurus actually eats it instead of kibble as its favorite taming food, where it fills up 25 food-units per Bug Repellant.
• Be warned, Pulmonoscorpius won't change their curious behavior and sense your presence. However, they may not attack you even if touched the first few times. Should one approach you, stay still and shield yourself. If they attack, a sword will take them easily.

The effect lasts for 10 minutes. During the duration of the effect, a translucent pale green haze will be emitted from the user and their tames.

Usage

Bug repellant can be extremely useful for survivors and their tames that venture into caves, as it greatly reduces the threat of being attacked by a variety of dangerous cave creatures. It's also necessary for the taming process of those very same creatures. Additionally, it can make oceanic and coastal ventures somewhat less dangerous as it will help you avoid attack from Manta swarms.

Spoil times

Unlike most other items crafted in the Mortar and Pestle and Chemistry Bench, bug repellant can spoil, so preservation may be required.

Container	Spoiling Time
Player Inventory	5h
Tamed Dino	20h
Preserving Bin	2d 2h
Smokehouse	3d 3h
Refrigerator	20d 20h

For more information, see Spoilage.