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Leech Blood
Leech Blood
A congealed glob of Leech Blood. Can be used for medicinal purposes when carefully prepared.
Type
Rarity
Uncommon
Renewable
No
Refineable
No
Combustible
No
Weight
0.2
Stack size
50
Spoils in
3h
Added in
Spawn Command
cheat gfi LeechBlood 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_LeechBlood.PrimalItemResource_LeechBlood'" 1 0 0
Used to craft
Purchase yields
20 pieces
Purchased in
Cost
50 × Slips (Mobile) Slips (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile)

Leech Blood is a naturally obtained resource. It can be harvested by killing Leech Leech, Deathworm Deathworm and Lamprey Lamprey.

Leech Blood is an ingredient of Lesser Antidote Lesser Antidote.

Gathering[]

Leech Blood Leech Blood
Creature / ToolGain per action
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★★
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★☆
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet Stone Hatchet★★★☆☆

The easiest way to collect Leech Blood is to build a Wooden Raft with a room and an open deck, and sail to the swamps.

  • Use a crossbow (or other ranged weapon if necessary) while on the raft deck to kill the leeches without risking them attaching to you then harvest the leech blood using a  Metal Hatchet.
  • If a  Titanoboa gets near, hide in the room and use a melee weapon to kill it when it clips inside the room.
  • Have a campfire going inside the raft room in order to burn off any leeches that latch on during harvest or to cook up prime meat from the  Titanoboa.
  • If you don't build the boat out of stone, beware of  Sarcos since they can do decent damage to wooden structures.

Another option is to ride a Rex into the swamps and kill all the leeches. Once finished, harvest them using the Rex or a Hatchet. Using a Dino will prevent leeches from becoming attached to the player. This method will work with any carnivore but to be safe from Kaprosuchus' grab ability make sure your Dino is immune to it, usually by being too big to carry. A Rex or Spino is recommended for this reason.

On Aberration, Leech Blood can be collected from lampreys found in the blue zone.

Crafting[]

Items crafted with Leech Blood or Horns (Deathworm or Woolly Rhino):

Fishing Comparison[]

It is also used as a bait when Fishing Rod Fishing, as an alternative to using Sap Sap or Giant Bee Honey Giant Bee Honey.

Bait Catchable Fish Max Fish Size
Sap Sap Coelacanth Coelacanth 0.94
Leech Blood Leech Blood Coelacanth Coelacanth, Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon, Piranha Piranha 1.88
Giant Bee Honey Giant Bee Honey Coelacanth Coelacanth, Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon, Piranha Piranha 2.4
Unicorn Residue (Mobile) Unicorn Residue (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile) Leedsichthys Leedsichthys N/A
Ancient Amber (Mobile) Ancient Amber (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile) Coelacanth Coelacanth, Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon, Piranha Piranha

Notes[]

  • It can be consumed but there has been no recorded effects or symptoms of disease after.
  • It can be stored in a Preserving Bin Preserving Bin, but that doesn't extend its spoil time.
  • It can't be stored in a Refrigerator Refrigerator, although patch notes 242.3 state it can, and there have been no contrary patch notes since.
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