Charge Lantern (Aberration)

Charge Lantern
Weaponized Charge Light that damages and stuns lifeforms. Place down to ward off dangers in an area. Uses Charge Batteries as fuel.
Weapon
Type	Weapon
Ammo used	Charge Battery
Item
Weight	6
Stack Size	1
Durability	300
Added in	v275.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI LanternCharge 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge/PrimalItem_WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge.PrimalItem_WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 80
Engram Points	32 EP
Crafting XP	26.4 XP
Crafting Time	5s
Prerequisites	Charge Battery
Crafted in	Fabricator Tek Replicator
Required Stations	Fabricator Refining Forge
Ingredients
Resources breakdown [Expand] 120 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule 130 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 120 × Electronics 120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 360 × Silica Pearls 80 × Red Gem or Red Crystalized Sap 2 × Charge Battery 8 × Crystal or Primal Crystal 30 × Polymer 60 × Cementing Paste 480 × Stone 240 × Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment 60 × Obsidian 40 × Congealed Gas Ball 20 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 400 × Congealed Gas Ball Total Base Ingredients 480 × Stone 120 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule 80 × Red Gem or Red Crystalized Sap 60 × Obsidian 270 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 240 × Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment 360 × Silica Pearls 440 × Congealed Gas Ball 8 × Crystal or Primal Crystal

The Charge Lantern is a weapon in the Aberration DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved.

Usage

The Charge Lantern uses Charge Batteries as ammunition. It utilizes Charge Light to fire electrical voltage at the desired target. Most creatures are unfazed/unhurt by the weapon's light, however, it is especially useful against the Nameless and the Reaper.

When the Charge Lantern is thrown by pressing alt-fire, it is placed down and acts as a light source in form of a spotlight. When used in this way, it deters the above mentioned creatures.

Charge Durations When Placed

Depending on the intensity, lanterns go through energy at different rates. Note that these times assume the server runs with zero rollbacks: for practical purposes, the real world times will be a bit longer.

Intensity	Duration per Charge Unit	Fully Charged (500 Units)	Fully Charged with 50 Full Batteries (25,500 Units)
Low	1m	8h 20m	17d 17h
Medium	36s	5h	10d 15h
High	18s	2h 30m	5d 7h 30m

Notes

• Seekers thrive on the weapon. It invigorates them to attack, so it should not be used against them.
• The Charge Lantern does NOT kill Nameless, it just forces them to retreat for a while.

Trivia

• The Charge Lantern is an invention made by Sir Edmund Rockwell.
• When used against a Nameless, it will attempt to cover its eyes from the Charge Lantern's light beam before burying itself away.
• Looks like Force Lightning from Star Wars when firing.
• Does not affect Insect Swarms