| “ | This firm, flexible material makes up exoskeletons. Hacked primarily from dead insects. | „ |
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cheat gfi Chitin 1 0 0
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Chitin.PrimalItemResource_Chitin'" 1 0 0
60Chitin (Ky-tin) is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. It's a polymer and characteristic component of exoskeletons, radulae, beaks, shells and various other physical structures in organisms throughout history.
Gathering
Chitin can be acquired by harvesting corpses with most tools and dinosaurs.
The most efficient way to harvest Chitin is by using a tamed 
Megatherium, 
Direwolf, 
Sabertooth or 
Therizinosaur (headbutt with delicate collection leveled up) with high melee damage. A tamed 
Diplocaulus can also be used to gather Chitin by killing 
Trilobites. Another highly efficient tool for harvesting it is the 
Metal Hatchet with the metal pike yielding similar efficiency. The pike holds the advantage of more precise hits against small chitin-droppers like 
Meganeuras. Chitin can be harvested with a 
Stone Hatchet and 
Picks as well; other low level items will only occasionally harvest Chitin.
 Chitin | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Megatherium | ★★★★★ |
| Sabertooth | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
 Beelzebufo | ★★★★☆ |
| Direwolf | ★★★★☆ |
| Metal Hatchet | ★★★★☆ |
 Thylacoleo | ★★★★☆ |
 Argentavis | ★★★☆☆ |
 Carnotaurus | ★★★☆☆ |
 Karkinos | ★★★☆☆ |
The best way to farm Chitin seems to be killing scorpions and spiders in caves with a Direwolf skilled on melee damage. A Sabertooth will gather just as efficiently but has lower base damage. This method can grant up to 500 Chitin in 10 minutes. Another good way to farm Chitin is to kill Trilobites, Meganeuras or Titanomyrmas at the beach and surrounding areas, harvesting them with a Hatchet or a Sabertooth. If you are in a forest or swamp, you can also kill a random dinosaur and leave the corpse. Often a swarm of Dragonflies will come to the corpse, and you can kill them all at once to gather chitin. Farming Karkinos' on Valgeuro or Aberration can be an effective way of gathering large amounts of Chitin, so long as you have a strong enough tame.
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Chitin by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduced by |
|---|---|
 Equus
|
50% |
Dropped by
Chitin drops from the following creatures:
Achatina- Araneo
- Arthropluera
- Bloodstalker
- Diseased Leech
- Dung Beetle
- Dunkleosteus
- Eurypterid
- Glowbug
- Insect Swarm
- Karkinos
- Leech
- Lymantria
- Mantis
- Meganeura
- Oil Jug Bug
- Pulmonoscorpius
- Titanomyrma
- Trilobite
- Water Jug Bug
- Beacon
Crafting
Chitin can be used to craft the following items:
Chitin can also be used as an alternative to 
Keratin to craft the following items:
Notes/Trivia
- Chitin is a polysaccharide of N-acetylglucosamine, a derivative of glucose (a common sugar).
- Normally Chitin is colorless. The known browning (as well as the strength) of the shells of insects is caused by sclerotin, a structural protein.
- The shells of crustaceans and mollusks are formed of a composite of chitin and calcium carbonate.
Changelog
| Patch | Changes |
|---|---|
| 309.4 | Insect swarms now give chitin instead of hide |
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