Harpoon Launcher

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Harpoon Launcher



Has tremendous power and speed underwater, but ineffective range out of water. Uses Spear Bolts for ammunition.

Weapon
Type	Gun
Ammo used	Spear Bolt Tranq Spear Bolt
Ranged damage	140 / 36
Rate of fire	0.5 RPS
Magazine size	1
Reload time	2.0 seconds
DPS	70 / 18
Item
Weight	10.0
Stack Size	1
Durability	100
Single use	No
Added in	v258.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI Harpoon 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon.PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 43
Engram Points	38 EP
Crafting XP	18 XP
Prerequisites	Longneck Rifle Ballista Turret
Crafted in	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator
Required Stations	Refining Forge
Ingredients
Resources breakdown 40 × Wood or Fungal Wood 60 × Fiber 25 × Hide 120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 60 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste 50 × Obsidian 30 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

The Harpoon Launcher is one of the weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is used to fire Spear Bolts and Tranq Spear Bolts.

It is a very effective weapon for underwater combat and for knocking out sea creatures. However, its not a viable weapon on land, as the projectiles will not travel very far.

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After firing bolts, it is possible to pick them back up (if they don't break).
The Harpoon Launcher has a much higher range when fired underwater.
This item doesn't appear to be part of any supply beacons. This means that they can only be primitive and end up being outperformed by high-quality crossbows, which are cheaper and more efficient.
Spear Bolts loaded in Harpoon Launchers are smaller than ones loaded in Ballista Turret.

Weapons

For a side-by-side comparison of all weapons, see the Weapons page! For a comparison of reload and draw times, see Weapon Mechanics!

Melee

Spear (Flaming) • Pike • Lance • Club • Sword (Tek) • Electric Prod • Shield (Wooden, Metal, Riot, Tek) • Tek Claws

Ranged

Primitive	Bola • Bow (Compound) • Crossbow • Flare Gun • Slingshot • Boomerang

Firearms	Pistol (Fabricated) • Shotgun (Pump-Action) • Longneck Rifle • Assault Rifle • Fabricated Sniper Rifle • Tek • Tek Railgun • Harpoon Launcher • Flamethrower • Charge Lantern • Tek Shoulder Cannon

Attachments	Flashlight • Holo-Scope • Laser • Scope • Silencer

Ammunition

Bullets	Bullet (Simple, Advanced) • Shotgun Ammo (Simple) • Rifle Ammo (Simple, Advanced) • Sniper Bullet (Advanced)

Projectiles	Stone • Arrow (Stone, Tranq, Metal, Flame) • Grappling Hook • Zip-Line Anchor • Tranquilizer Dart (Shocking) • Pheromone Dart • Spear Bolt (Tranq) • Chain Bola • Boulder • Cannon Ball

Other	Charge Battery • Element • Element Shard • Flamethrower Ammo • Gasoline

Tools

Pick (Stone, Metal, Climbing) • Hatchet (Stone Hatchet, Metal) • Metal Sickle • Chainsaw • Pliers • Torch • Glow Stick • Lasso • Whip • Taxidermy Tool • Mining Drill

Emplacements

Auto Turret (Heavy) • Ballista Turret • Catapult Turret • Minigun Turret • Plant Species X • Cannon • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Explosives

C4 Detonator (C4 Charge) • Water Mine • IED • Grenade (Smoke, Poison, Cluster, Tek, Tek Gravity) • Plant Species Z Fruit • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Cannon Shell • Rocket Pod • Cruise Missile • Tek Grenade Launcher

Traps

Bear Trap • Large Bear Trap • Tripwire Alarm • Tripwire Narcotic • Plant Species Y Trap • Oil Jar

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Taming

Plants

Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry

Meat

Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat

Kibble

Base	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Augmented	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Egg-based	Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture

Tools

Weapons	Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame) • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Cannon (Cannon Ball)

Armor	Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)

Other

Taming Food	Angler Gel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Golden Hesperornis Egg • Leech Blood • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Nameless Venom • Organic Polymer • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Wyvern Milk

Narcotics	Bio Toxin • Narcotic

Taming Ingredients	Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Oil • Obsidian • Sap • Sparkpowder

Other	Bug Repellant

Harpoon Launcher

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