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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

Crafting calculator

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

Crafting recipe

×1Element Shard

Craft

1 Element
s Craft time

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

Crafting

Crafting calculator

Quantity

Craft time: 5 s

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

Open Metal Hatchet1
Metal Hatchet
Node · Element Nodes
676per node
Open Stone Pick2
Stone Pick
Node · Element Nodes
655per node
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

MapImagery

Node displayCave locations

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 Apprentice8.7%

Hordes4

Base HordeMedium×20-50Level 1+Up to Apprentice12%Base HordeLegendary×10-30Level 1+Up to Apprentice10%Base HordeHard×10-30Level 1+Up to Apprentice9%Base HordeEasy×1-5Level 1+Up to Apprentice3.4%

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