Element

Element

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A strange, highly advanced material humming with energy. It dissolves when transferred across ARKs.

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Resource

Dropped by

[[File:20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link=Broodmother Lysrix Broodmother Lysrix
20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link=Megapithecus Megapithecus
20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link=Dragon Dragon
20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link=Manticore Manticore
20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link=Defense Unit Defense Unit.png|20x20px|class=itemlink|alt=|link= Broodmother Lysrix
 Megapithecus
 Dragon
 Manticore
 Defense Unit]] [[ Broodmother Lysrix
 Megapithecus
 Dragon
 Manticore
 Defense Unit| Broodmother Lysrix
 Megapithecus
 Dragon
 Manticore
 Defense Unit]]

Item

Weight

0.01

Stack size

10

Added in

v254.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi element 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Element.PrimalItemResource_Element'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Used to craft

114 items

Crafted in

• Charge Node

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

15 × Blue Gem

8 × Charge Battery

32 × Crystal or Primal Crystal

120 × Polymer

240 × Cementing Paste

1920 × Stone

960 × Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment

240 × Obsidian

160 × Congealed Gas Ball

80 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

50 × Congealed Gas Ball

20 × Element Ore

20 × Green Gem

10 × Red Gem

Total Base Ingredients

1920 ×	Stone
20 ×	Green Gem
32 ×	Crystal or Primal Crystal
240 ×	Obsidian
80 ×	Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
20 ×	Element Ore
15 ×	Blue Gem
10 ×	Red Gem
960 ×	Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment
210 ×	Congealed Gas Ball

Element is a primary ingredient for equipment in the Tek Tier.

Gathering

It is gathered from the inventory of Bosses (except Rockwell) after killing them. The amount depends on the difficulty of the bosses. The harvesting method will not multiply the amount. Make sure to grab it quick, because once you are teleported out of the arena, you can't retrieve it anymore.

Amount per Boss

	Gamma	Beta	Alpha
Broodmother Lysrix	10	28	74
Broodmother Lysrix (The Center)	6	15	35
Megapithecus	20	55	110
Megapithecus (The Center)	10	30	60
Dragon	40	110	220
Manticore	25	90	190
Ragnarok Arena	65	200	410

_{Note that  Rockwell does not leave Elements on death, regardless of difficulty. Read below section on how to obtain it in Aberration.}

Crafting

Element is used to craft Tek Tier armor and items. It also functions as a fuel for Tek structures and ammunition for Tek weapons.

It is also used to create  Element Shards which are needed to power some Tek structures.

Aberration

On the Aberration map, the boss (Rockwell) does not drop any Element. Instead, it can be crafted by using Charge Nodes, which are naturally found on the map. Crafting Element requires Aberration-specific resources like  Gems,  Charge Batteries, and  Element Ore. Producing Elements will 'overcharge' the Charge Node for 5 minutes, disabling all functions. Even after this time, the node must fully restore all 5000 charge before being considered 'active'. Until 'active', the Charge Node cannot be used to charge batteries, provide charge light or craft Element.

Including the time it takes to recharge the 8x  Charge Battery required for the Element on top of the time it takes for the node to recharge itself to 5000, Charge Nodes can produce 3 Element every 43 minutes. Be wary not to have more than 9 batteries within a Charge Node when forging Element, as fully charging 10 batteries will fully deplete the Charge Node and render it inactive until recharged.

Notes/Trivia

• Element was first revealed in ARK Digest 22 on 18. November 2015.
• Element can not be transferred between official servers or clusters.
• Edmund Rockwell proclaimed the name of the Elements as "Edmundium".