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Ballista Turret

EngramLevel 29

Mount this to fire large piercing Spear Bolts, useful for bringing down large dinos and structures.

  • Structure
  • Smithy
Weight
4
Stack
1
Unlock level
29
Engram points
25
Crafting XP
209
Ballista Turret

Ballista Turret pages

Overview
Spawn commands
Crafting calculator

Ballista Turret is a structure in ARK: Survival Ascended. It unlocks at level 29 for 25 Engram Points. It can be crafted at a Smithy using 6 different resources.

Crafting recipe

×500Wood×300Metal Ingot×250Stone×200Fiber×100Thatch×100Hide
×1Ballista Turret
Craft
  • 500 Wood
  • 300 Metal Ingot
  • 250 Stone
  • 200 Fiber
  • 100 Thatch
  • 100 Hide
  • 209 Craft XP

Crafting Ballista Turret requires 6 resources, including 500x Wood, 300x Metal Ingot, and more. Available crafting stations: Smithy, Tek Replicator. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.

Crafting

Crafting calculator

Level 29 · 25 engram points

Crafting XP: 209

Loot crates

Acquisition

Found in loot crates

153 crate sources across 25 maps · 1 other crate source

Best chanceSupply Crate Lv.25Double×1-2Althemia +15 maps0.5%Level 25+Up to MastercraftBest qualitySupply Crate Lv.30Scorched EarthDouble×1-2Amissa +8 maps0.34%Level 30+Up to AscendantLowest levelAbandoned Cargo Tier 3×1-2Genesis Ocean0.1%Level 1+Up to Mastercraft
Map
Ragnarok8 crate sourcesView map

Supply drops8

Supply Crate Lv.25Double×1-2Level 25+Up to Mastercraft6.5-8.6x quality0.5%Supply Crate Lv.25×1-2Level 25+Up to Apprentice0.37%Supply Crate Lv.30Scorched EarthDouble×1-2Level 30+Up to Ascendant4.3-13.0x quality0.34%Supply Crate Lv.30Scorched Earth×1-2Level 30+Up to Apprentice0.34%Supply Crate Lv.45Scorched EarthDouble×1-2Level 45+Up to Ascendant4.3-13.0x quality0.17%
Other loot sources1 crate source
Primitive Treasure×1-2Level 1+Up to Apprentice0.07%
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