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Oil harvesting

ResourceHarvesting

  • Creatures 140
  • Tools 5
  • Weight reductions 1
  • Maps 12
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Oil harvesting

Oil is a critical resource for advanced crafting in ARK: Survival Ascended. Found underwater, in desert biomes, and from oil-producing creatures like the Dung Beetle.

Oil yield ranking

Comparing Oil
Resource node · Corpse target
Resource node
10 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 Oil

15,021 harvestable nodes across 12 maps · 7 node typesView on map →

Recorded resource maps

Best Tool for Oil

  • Metal PickBest

    from Underwater Coral, Deep Coral, Oil Rocks, Rich Oil Rocks, Underwater Oil +1 more

    90%
  • Mining Drill

    from Underwater Coral, Deep Coral, Oil Rocks, Rich Oil Rocks, Underwater Oil

    90%
  • Metal Hatchet

    from Underwater Coral, Deep Coral, Oil Rocks, Rich Oil Rocks, Underwater Oil +1 more

    2x yield
  • Chainsaw

    from Corpses

    2x yield
  • Stone Pick

    from Underwater Coral, Deep Coral, Oil Rocks, Rich Oil Rocks, Underwater Oil

    8%

Oil harvest multipliers213 creature records. Comparison score = average items per node.

Oil Weight Reduction

These creatures reduce Oil weight when carried in their inventory.

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

#Creature
1Rock ElementalScore 1029x1021206.1k-
2Chalk ElementalScore 1029x1021206.1k-
3MagmasaurScore 649x641207.7k-
4DunkleosteusScore 539x53609.6k-50%
5AnkylosaurusScore 472x47504.2k-
6PhoenixFlyScore 432x43232.6k-
7Aberrant AnglerfishScore 0.01x0.030--
8Aberrant AnkylosaurusScore 0.02.25x0.050--
9Aberrant AraneoScore 0.01x0.015--
10Aberrant ArthroplueraScore 0.01x0.018--
11Aberrant BaryonyxScore 0.01x0.035--
12Aberrant BeelzebufoScore 0.01x0.012--
13Aberrant CarnotaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
14Aberrant ConcavenatorScore 0.01x0.027--
15Aberrant DimetrodonScore 0.01x0.020--
16Aberrant DimorphodonFlyScore 0.01x0.023--
17Aberrant DiplocaulusScore 0.032.5x0.010--
18Aberrant Dire BearScore 0.01x0.050--
19Aberrant Dung BeetleScore 0.01x0.05--
20Aberrant ElectrophorusScore 0.01x0.03--
21Aberrant FasolasuchusScore 0.01x0.066--
22Aberrant GigantoraptorScore 0.01x0.025--
23Aberrant MantaScore 0.01x0.028--
24Aberrant MegalaniaScore 0.01x0.010--
25Aberrant MegalosaurusScore 0.01x0.094--
26Aberrant MoschopsScore 0.01.25x0.032--
27Aberrant OtterScore 0.01x0.010--
28Aberrant OviraptorScore 0.01x0.012--
29Aberrant PulmonoscorpiusScore 0.01x0.015--
30Aberrant PurloviaScore 0.01x0.032--
31Aberrant RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
32Aberrant SarcoScore 0.01x0.035--
33Aberrant SpinoScore 0.01x0.040--
34Aberrant TitanoboaScore 0.01x0.030--
35AcrocanthosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.0170--
36AllosaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
37Alpha PalaeoctopusScore 0.01x0.020--
38AndrewsarchusScore 0.01x0.041--
39AnglerfishScore 0.01x0.030--
40AraneoScore 0.01x0.015--
41ArchelonScore 0.01x0.028--
42ArgentavisFlyScore 0.01x0.025--
43ArmadoggoScore 0.01x0.015--
44ArthroplueraScore 0.01x0.018--
45AstrocetusFlyScore 0.01.56x0.029--
46AstrodelphisFlyScore 0.01x0.024--
47AureliaxFlyScore 0.01x0.035--
48Autumn DrakelingFlyScore 0.01x0.010--
49BaryonyxScore 0.01x0.035--
50BasiliskScore 0.01x0.044--
51BasilosaurusScore 0.01x0.047--
52BeelzebufoScore 0.01x0.012--
53Blood Crystal WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.045--
54BloodstalkerScore 0.01x0.026--
55BoaratosScore 0.01x0.060--
56CarcharodontosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.0528--
57CarnotaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
58CatScore 0.01x0.010--
59CeratosaurusScore 0.01x0.025--
60CompyScore 0.01x0.04--
61ConcavenatorScore 0.01x0.027--
62CosmoScore 0.01x0.012--
63CryolophosaurusScore 0.01x0.027--
64DaeodonScore 0.01x0.029--
65DeinonychusScore 0.01x0.021--
66DeinosuchusScore 0.01.56x0.085--
67DeinotheriumScore 0.01x0.070--
68DesmodusFlyScore 0.01x0.040--
69DilophosaurScore 0.01x0.010--
70DimetrodonScore 0.01x0.020--
71DimorphodonFlyScore 0.01x0.023--
72DinopithecusScore 0.01x0.046--
73DiplocaulusScore 0.032.5x0.010--
74Dire BearScore 0.01x0.050--
75DirewolfScore 0.01x0.033--
76DreadmareFlyScore 0.01x0.023--
77Dung BeetleScore 0.01x0.05--
78ElderclawScore 0.01x0.035--
79ElectrophorusScore 0.01x0.03--
80Ember Crystal WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.045--
81EnforcerScore 0.01x0.034--
82FasolasuchusScore 0.01x0.066--
83FeatherlightFlyScore 0.01x0.03--
84FeroxScore 0.01x0.06--
85Fire WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
86Giant BeeFlyScore 0.01x0.08--
87Giant Queen BeeFlyScore 0.01x0.08--
88GiganotosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.01,000--
89GigantoraptorScore 0.01x0.025--
90Grand TortugarScore 0.01x0.020--
91GriffinFlyScore 0.01x0.027--
92HelicoprionScore 0.01x0.050--
93HesperornisScore 0.01x0.01--
94Hyaenodon Score 0.01x0.015--
95Ice ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
96Ice WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
97IchthyornisFlyScore 0.01x0.01--
98IchthyosaurusScore 0.01x0.015--
99KairukuScore 0.01x0.08--
100KaprosuchusScore 0.01x0.025--
101KarkinosScore 0.01x0.032--
102KentrosaurusScore 0.01x0.042--
103Lightning WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
104LiopleurodonScore 0.01x0.040--
105LuminaFlyScore 0.01x0.035--
106LymantriaFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
107MaeguanaScore 0.01x0.020--
108MaewingScore 0.01x0.020--
109MalwynScore 0.01x0.060--
110ManagarmrScore 0.01x0.035--
111MantaScore 0.01x0.028--
112MantisScore 0.01x0.034--
113MegachelonScore 0.01.25x0.0125--
114MegalaniaScore 0.01x0.016--
115MegalodonScore 0.01x0.040--
116MegalosaurusScore 0.01x0.075--
117MegaraptorScore 0.01x0.025--
118MegatheriumScore 0.01.25x0.0---
119MicroraptorFlyScore 0.01x0.08--
120MosasaurusScore 0.01x0.0100--
121MoschopsScore 0.01.25x0.032--
122NoglinScore 0.01x0.04--
123OnycFlyScore 0.01x0.035--
124OssidonScore 0.01x0.095--
125OtterScore 0.01x0.010--
126OviraptorScore 0.01x0.012--
127PalaeoctopusScore 0.01x0.060--
128ParrotFlyScore 0.01x0.015--
129PelagornisFlyScore 0.01x0.016--
130PlesiosaurScore 0.01x0.075--
131Poison WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
132PteranodonFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
133PulmonoscorpiusScore 0.01x0.015--
134PurloviaScore 0.01x0.032--
135PyromaneScore 0.01x0.035--
136QuetzalFlyScore 0.01x0.032--
137R-Allosaurus Score 0.01x0.035--
138R-CarnotaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
139R-DaeodonScore 0.01x0.029--
140R-DilophosaurScore 0.01x0.010--
141R-Dire BearScore 0.01x0.050--
142R-DirewolfScore 0.01x0.033--
143R-GiganotosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.01,000--
144R-MegatheriumScore 0.01.25x0.0---
145R-QuetzalFlyScore 0.01x0.032--
146R-Reaper KingScore 0.01x0.075--
147R-Snow OwlFlyScore 0.01x0.025--
148R-ThylacoleoScore 0.01x0.040--
149R-VelonasaurScore 0.01x0.032--
150RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
151RavagerScore 0.01x0.025--
152Reaper KingScore 0.01x0.075--
153RexScore 0.01x0.062--
154RhyniognathaFlyScore 0.01x0.055--
155Rock DrakeScore 0.01x0.060--
156SabertoothScore 0.01x0.029--
157SarcoScore 0.01x0.035--
158Scrap ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
159ShadowmaneScore 0.01x0.035--
160ShastasaurusScore 0.01x0.075--
161SinomacropsFlyScore 0.01x0.010--
162Snow OwlFlyScore 0.01x0.025--
163SolwynScore 0.01x0.032--
164SpinoScore 0.01x0.040--
165Spring DrakelingFlyScore 0.01x0.010--
166Summer DrakelingFlyScore 0.01x0.040--
167TapejaraFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
168Tek GiganotosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.01,000--
169Tek QuetzalFlyScore 0.01x0.032--
170Tek RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
171Tek RexScore 0.01x0.062--
172Terror BirdScore 0.01x0.018--
173TherizinosaurScore 0.01x0.052--
174Thorny DragonScore 0.01x0.040--
175ThylacoleoScore 0.01x0.040--
176TidepupScore 0.01x0.06--
177TitanoboaScore 0.01x0.030--
178TroodonScore 0.01x0.07--
179TropeognathusFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
180Tropical Crystal WyvernFlyScore 0.01x0.045--
181TusoteuthisScore 0.01x0.065--
182UmbraFlyScore 0.01x0.035--
183VeilwynScore 0.01x0.07--
184VelonasaurScore 0.01x0.032--
185VoidwyrmFlyScore 0.01x0.080--
186VultureFlyScore 0.01x0.023--
187Winter DrakelingFlyScore 0.01x0.010--
188X-AcrocanthosaurusScore 0.01.56x0.0200--
189X-AllosaurusScore 0.01x0.035--
190X-AnkylosaurusScore 0.02.25x0.050--
191X-ArchelonScore 0.01x0.028--
192X-ArgentavisFlyScore 0.01x0.025--
193X-BasilosaurusScore 0.01x0.047--
194X-ConcavenatorScore 0.01x0.027--
195X-CryolophosaurusScore 0.01x0.027--
196X-DeinosuchusScore 0.01.56x0.085--
197X-DunkleosteusScore 0.09x0.060--50%
198X-HelicoprionScore 0.01x0.050--
199X-IchthyosaurusScore 0.01x0.015--
200X-MegalodonScore 0.01x0.040--
201X-MosasaurusScore 0.01x0.0100--
202X-OtterScore 0.01x0.010--
203X-RaptorScore 0.01x0.015--
204X-RexScore 0.01x0.062--
205X-Rock ElementalScore 0.09x0.0120--
206X-SabertoothScore 0.01x0.029--
207X-SpinoScore 0.01x0.040--
208X-TapejaraFlyScore 0.01x0.018--
209X-XiphactinusScore 0.01x0.023--
210X-YutyrannusScore 0.01x0.055--
211XiphactinusScore 0.01x0.0100--
212Yi LingScore 0.01x0.020--
213YutyrannusScore 0.01x0.055--

Recorded resource maps

14,044 harvestable nodes across 10 maps · 7 node types

AberrationAlthemiaAmissaAppalachiaAstraeosAtlantisBjarnheimExtinctionForglarForglar Part IIGenesisInsalunaLost CityLost ColonyRagnarokSvartalfheimTaenia StellaTemptress LagoonThaloriaThe CenterThe IslandThe VolcanoValgueroVintal

Frequently Asked Questions

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

The Rock Elemental is the best Oil farmer with a 9x gather multiplier. The Chalk Elemental is the runner-up with 9x.

Which dinos reduce Oil carry weight in ARK?

The following creatures reduce Oil weight when carried: Dunkleosteus (-50%). This means they can carry more Oil before becoming encumbered.

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