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Element Shard

Item

A small chunk of strange, highly advanced material. It dissolves when transferred across ARKs.

  • Resource
  • Tek
Weight
0.05
Stack
1,000
Element Shard

Element Shard pages

Overview
Spawn commands
Crafting calculator

Element Shard is a Tek-tier resource in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Crafting recipe

×1Element
×1Element Shard
Craft
  • 1 Element

To craft Element Shard, you need 1x Element. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.

Crafting

Crafting calculator

Best harvesters

Harvesting

Element Shard harvest yields

1× harvest rate · 55 wild melee levels · 88 harvest levels

Full harvest comparison →

Ways to harvest

Top 3 of 4
  1. Open Metal Hatchet1
    Metal Hatchet

    Node · Element Nodes

    676per node
  2. Open Stone Pick2
    Stone Pick

    Node · Element Nodes

    655per node
  3. Open Metal Pick3
    Metal Pick

    Node · Element Nodes

    630per node

Found on maps

Item locations

Found on maps

2 maps with recorded nodes or creature drops

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0 resource nodes

Used to craft

9 entries

Loot crates

Acquisition

Found in loot crates

13 crate sources across 3 maps

Best chanceBase HordeMedium×20-50Astraeos +2 maps12%Level 1+Up to Apprentice
Map
Astraeos5 crate sourcesView map

Supply drops1

Supply Crate Lv.90×20-100Level 90+Up to Apprentice9.5%

Hordes4

Base HordeMedium×20-50Level 1+Up to Apprentice12%Base HordeLegendary×10-30Level 1+Up to Apprentice11%Base HordeHard×10-30Level 1+Up to Apprentice9%Base HordeEasy×1-5Level 1+Up to Apprentice3.4%
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