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

Red Element Shard is a Tek-tier resource in ARK: Survival Ascended. It can be crafted at a Bloodforge using 1 different resource.
Crafting recipe
1 Red Element- s Craft time · Bloodforge
To craft Red Element Shard, you need 1x Red Element. Available crafting stations: Bloodforge, Makeshift Megalab. Use the calculator below to figure out exact quantities for multiple crafts.
Crafting
Crafting calculator
Craft time: 5 s
Used to craft
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How it works
- Crafting: 1 Red Element gives 100 Red Element Shard; station: Bloodforge or Makeshift Megalab
- Unstable Red Element Shard: 10 Red Element Dust, station: Bloodforge or Makeshift Megalab; it turns into Red Element Shard after 30 s
- Harvest: on the Eden map, some Crystal nodes give Red Element Shard