Element Shard
Item
A small chunk of strange, highly advanced material. It dissolves when transferred across ARKs.
- Weight
- 0.05
- Stack
- 1,000

Element Shard is a Tek-tier resource in ARK: Survival Ascended. It can be crafted at a Tek Replicator using 1 different resource.
Crafting recipe
1 Element- s Craft time · Tek Replicator
To craft Element Shard, you need 1x Element. Available crafting stations: Tek Replicator. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.
Crafting
Crafting calculator
StationTek Replicator
Craft time: 0.42 s
Best harvesters
Harvesting
Element Shard harvest yields
1× harvest rate · 55 wild melee levels · 88 harvest levels
Ways to harvest
Top 3 of 4- Open Metal Hatchet1
Metal Hatchet676per nodeNode · Element Nodes
- Open Stone Pick2
Stone Pick655per nodeNode · Element Nodes
- Open Metal Pick3
Metal Pick630per nodeNode · Element Nodes
Found on maps
Item locations
Found on maps
2 maps with recorded nodes or creature drops
0 resource nodes
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Used to craft
Loot crates
Acquisition
Found in loot crates
13 crate sources across 3 maps
Astraeos5 crate sourcesView map



