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Element Dust harvesting

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  • Tools 6
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Element Dust harvesting

Element Dust yield ranking

Comparing Element Dust
Resource node · Corpse target
Resource node
Corpse target
25 ranked harvest methods
avg / target

Range shows the approximate variation around each simulated average.

Node yields assume the recorded base harvest HP (e.g. 1000 for Redwood trees, 620 for Metal nodes). In-game, trees and rocks whose harvest health scales with their size have per-instance HP that varies with the node's size, so actual yields per node will vary. The values shown represent the average.

Where to find Element Dust4,885 harvestable nodes across 2 maps · 13 node types

  • Element Dust node - LC Props StreetLamp C1,584 nodes

    LC Props StreetLamp C

    • Lost Colony
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU DECO StreetLight 021,113 nodes

    EXT HU DECO StreetLight 02

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - LC Props StreetLamp A912 nodes

    LC Props StreetLamp A

    • Lost Colony
  • Element Dust node - LC Props FootPathLight B732 nodes

    LC Props FootPathLight B

    • Lost Colony
  • Element Dust node - Decorative FoortPathLight A382 nodes

    Decorative FoortPathLight A

    • Lost Colony
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU DECO StreetLight 0174 nodes

    EXT HU DECO StreetLight 01

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU CTY Bench0150 nodes

    EXT HU CTY Bench01

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU CTY Table 029 nodes

    EXT HU CTY Table 02

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - Decorative FoortPathLight C8 nodes

    Decorative FoortPathLight C

    • Lost Colony
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU CTY Table 038 nodes

    EXT HU CTY Table 03

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - EXT HU CTY Table 017 nodes

    EXT HU CTY Table 01

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - cyberOverhang A4 nodes

    cyberOverhang A

    • Extinction
  • Element Dust node - cyberOverhang A Flipped2 nodes

    cyberOverhang A Flipped

    • Extinction

Best Tool for Element Dust

  • Metal HatchetBest

    from City Structures, Element Nodes, City Lights, Street Lights, Path Lights +1 more

    2x yield
  • Metal Pick

    from City Structures, Element Nodes, City Lights, Street Lights, Path Lights +1 more

    2x yield
  • Mining Drill

    from City Structures, Element Nodes, City Lights, Street Lights, Path Lights

    2x yield
  • Stone Hatchet

    from Element Nodes (Aberration, Forglar, Amissa, Forglar Part II, Svartalfheim, Lost City, Temptress Lagoon, Atlantis, Insaluna, Taenia Stella, Thaloria, Vintal)

    80%
  • Stone Pick

    from City Structures, Element Nodes, City Lights, Street Lights, Path Lights

    2x yield
  • Chainsaw

    from Corpses

    40%

Element Dust harvest multipliers216 creature records. Comparison score = average items per node.

Tamed levels invested in Melee Damage. More melee = more resources per hit. Max 73 levels after taming.

#Creature
1DoedicurusScore 10521x105329.4k-
2DunkleosteusScore 639x636011.5k-
3MagmasaurScore 639x631207.6k-
4Chalk ElementalScore 569x561203.4k-
5Rock ElementalScore 569x561203.4k-
6MegachelonScore 231.25x231255.5k-
7AnkylosaurusScore 182x18501.6k-
8TherizinosaurScore 132x13522.0k-
9CarcharodontosaurusScore 121x12528--
10GiganotosaurusScore 121x121,0001.8k-
11MosasaurusScore 121x121002.4k-
12OssidonScore 121x12953.6k-
13XiphactinusScore 121x12100--
14MegalosaurusScore 101x10753.0k-
15Fire WyvernFlyScore 101x10801.2k-
16PlesiosaurScore 101x10751.1k-
17Reaper KingScore 101x1075857-
18ShastasaurusScore 101x1075600-
19VoidwyrmFlyScore 101x10801.2k-
20FasolasuchusScore 91x9662.7k-
21AcrocanthosaurusScore 81x8582.4k-
22MalwynScore 81x8601.6k-
23PalaeoctopusScore 81x860320-
24RexScore 81x8621.2k-
25TusoteuthisScore 81x865480-
26PhoenixFlyScore 82x823480-
27Dire BearScore 71x7501.9k-
28DeinosuchusScore 71x7551.2k-
29HelicoprionScore 71x750764-
30RhyniognathaFlyScore 71x755700-
31Rock DrakeScore 71x760840-
32YutyrannusScore 71x7551.1k-
33BasiliskScore 61x644537-
34BasilosaurusScore 61x6471.2k-
35DinopithecusScore 61x6461.8k-
36KentrosaurusScore 61x642720-
37MoschopsScore 61.25x632537-
38Thorny DragonScore 62x6404.5k-
39MegalodonScore 51x540545-
40ArthroplueraScore 51x518448-
41CarnotaurusScore 51x535500-
42SarcoScore 51x5353.0k-
43SpinoScore 51x540400-
44AllosaurusScore 51x535600-
45AndrewsarchusScore 51x541750-
46AureliaxFlyScore 51x535200-
47Blood Crystal WyvernFlyScore 51x545300-
48DeinonychusScore 51x5211.5k-
49DesmodusFlyScore 51x540500-
50ElderclawScore 51x5351.4k-
51Grand TortugarScore 51x520750-
52LiopleurodonScore 51x540150-
53LymantriaFlyScore 51x51818-
54MaeguanaScore 51x52030.0k-
55MaewingScore 51x52030.0k-
56ManagarmrScore 51x535300-
57MantisScore 51x5341.5k-
58OnycFlyScore 51x535750-
59PteranodonFlyScore 51x518500-
60QuetzalFlyScore 51x532500-
61ThylacoleoScore 51x5401.5k-
62RavagerScore 51x5253.8k-
63ShadowmaneScore 51x535250-
64Summer DrakelingFlyScore 51x54075-
65TapejaraFlyScore 51x518500-
66Terror BirdScore 51x5186.0k-
67TropeognathusFlyScore 51x518500-
68Tropical Crystal WyvernFlyScore 51x545300-
69DeinotheriumScore 52x57033-
70MammothScore 52x569200-
71AnglerfishScore 41x430436-
72BaryonyxScore 41x4351.6k-
73BeelzebufoScore 41x4122.4k-
74ConcavenatorScore 41x4271.2k-
75DimorphodonFlyScore 41x423400-
76MantaScore 41x428436-
77PurloviaScore 41x432480-
78TitanoboaScore 41x430358-
79ArchelonScore 41x428480-
80AstrodelphisFlyScore 41x424400-
81BloodstalkerScore 41x426960-
82CryolophosaurusScore 41x427400-
83DaeodonScore 41x429600-
84DirewolfScore 41x4333.0k-
85DreadmareFlyScore 41x423480-
86EnforcerScore 41x4341.2k-
87GriffinFlyScore 41x427240-
88IchthyosaurusScore 41x415436-
89KarkinosScore 41x4322.4k-
90LuminaFlyScore 41x435--
91MegalaniaScore 41x416240-
92PelagornisFlyScore 41x416400-
93PyromaneScore 41x435480-
94VelonasaurScore 41x432--
95SabertoothScore 41x4291.2k-
96SolwynScore 41x432800-
97UmbraFlyScore 41x435--
98VultureFlyScore 41x423400-
99Yi LingScore 41x420480-
100AraneoScore 31x315600-
101PulmonoscorpiusScore 31x3151.8k-
102RaptorScore 31x315900-
103DimetrodonScore 31x3201.8k-
104DiplocaulusScore 31x310600-
105Dung BeetleScore 31x351.8k-
106ElectrophorusScore 31x33180-
107GigantoraptorScore 31x325360-
108OtterScore 31x310600-
109OviraptorScore 31x3121.8k-
110ArgentavisFlyScore 31x325300-
111ArmadoggoScore 31x315600-
112AstrocetusFlyScore 31x329180-
113Autumn DrakelingFlyScore 31x310360-
114CatScore 31x310360-
115CeratosaurusScore 31x3251.8k-
116CosmoScore 31x312450-
117DilophosaurScore 31x3101.8k-
118FeroxScore 31x360.2-
119Giant BeeFlyScore 31x38600-
120Giant Queen BeeFlyScore 31x38600-
121HesperornisScore 31x31900-
122Hyaenodon Score 31x315600-
123IchthyornisFlyScore 31x311.8k-
124KairukuScore 31x383.6k-
125KaprosuchusScore 31x325360-
126MegaraptorScore 31x325720-
127MicroraptorFlyScore 31x38360-
128ParrotFlyScore 31x315360-
129R-Snow OwlFlyScore 31x325300-
130SinomacropsFlyScore 31x310300-
131Snow OwlFlyScore 31x325300-
132Spring DrakelingFlyScore 31x310360-
133TidepupScore 31x361.8k-
134TroodonScore 31x37720-
135VeilwynScore 31x37600-
136Winter DrakelingFlyScore 31x310360-
137CompyScore 21x241.2k-
138FeatherlightFlyScore 21x23300-
139NoglinScore 21x241.2k-
140Aberrant AnglerfishScore 0.01x0.030--
141Aberrant AnkylosaurusScore 0.02x0.050--
142Aberrant AraneoScore 0.01x0.015--
143Aberrant ArthroplueraScore 0.01x0.018--
144Aberrant BaryonyxScore 0.01x0.035--
145Aberrant BeelzebufoScore 0.01x0.012--
146Aberrant CarnotaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
147Aberrant ConcavenatorScore 0.01x0.027--
148Aberrant DimetrodonScore 0.01x0.020--
149Aberrant DimorphodonFlyScore 0.01x0.023--
150Aberrant DiplocaulusScore 0.01x0.010--
151Aberrant Dire BearScore 0.01x0.050--
152Aberrant DoedicurusScore 0.021x0.032--
153Aberrant Dung BeetleScore 0.01x0.05--
154Aberrant ElectrophorusScore 0.01x0.03--
155Aberrant FasolasuchusScore 0.01x0.066--
156Aberrant GigantoraptorScore 0.01x0.025--
157Aberrant MantaScore 0.01x0.028--
158Aberrant MegalaniaScore 0.01x0.010--
159Aberrant MegalosaurusScore 0.01x0.094--
160Aberrant MoschopsScore 0.01.25x0.032--
161Aberrant OtterScore 0.01x0.010--
162Aberrant OviraptorScore 0.01x0.012--
163Aberrant PulmonoscorpiusScore 0.01x0.015--
164Aberrant PurloviaScore 0.01x0.032--
165Aberrant RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
166Aberrant SarcoScore 0.01x0.035--
167Aberrant SpinoScore 0.01x0.040--
168Aberrant TitanoboaScore 0.01x0.030--
169Alpha PalaeoctopusScore 0.01x0.020--
170BoaratosScore 0.02x0.060--
171Ember Crystal WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.045--
172Ice ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
173Ice WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
174Lightning WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
175MegatheriumScore 0.01.25x0.0---
176Poison WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
177R-Allosaurus Score 0.01x0.035--
178R-CarnotaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
179R-DaeodonScore 0.01x0.029--
180R-DilophosaurScore 0.01x0.010--
181R-Dire BearScore 0.01x0.050--
182R-DirewolfScore 0.01x0.033--
183R-GiganotosaurusScore 0.01x0.01,000--
184R-MegatheriumScore 0.01.25x0.0---
185R-QuetzalFlyScore 0.01x0.032--
186R-Reaper KingScore 0.01x0.075--
187R-ThylacoleoScore 0.01x0.040--
188R-VelonasaurScore 0.01x0.032--
189Scrap ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
190Tek GiganotosaurusScore 0.01x0.01,000--
191Tek QuetzalFlyScore 0.01x0.032--
192Tek RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
193Tek RexScore 0.01x0.062--
194X-AcrocanthosaurusScore 0.01x0.0200--
195X-AllosaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
196X-AnkylosaurusScore 0.02x0.050--
197X-ArchelonScore 0.01x0.028--
198X-ArgentavisFlyScore 0.01x0.025--
199X-BasilosaurusScore 0.01x0.047--
200X-ConcavenatorScore 0.01x0.027--
201X-CryolophosaurusScore 0.01x0.027--
202X-DeinosuchusScore 0.01x0.055--
203X-DunkleosteusScore 0.09x0.060--
204X-HelicoprionScore 0.01x0.050--
205X-IchthyosaurusScore 0.01x0.015--
206X-MegalodonScore 0.01x0.040--
207X-MosasaurusScore 0.01x0.0100--
208X-OtterScore 0.01x0.010--
209X-RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
210X-RexScore 0.01x0.062--
211X-Rock ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
212X-SabertoothScore 0.01x0.029--
213X-SpinoScore 0.01x0.040--
214X-TapejaraFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
215X-XiphactinusScore 0.01x0.023--
216X-YutyrannusScore 0.01x0.055--

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best dino for Element Dust in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Doedicurus is the best Element Dust farmer with a 21x gather multiplier. The Dunkleosteus is the runner-up with 9x.

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