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ARK: Survival Ascended - The Ultimate Farming Guide for Lost Colony
This guide provides the best locations and methods to farm essential resources on the Lost Colony map of ARK: Survival Ascended, including element, metals, organic polymer, pearls, and more.
Consejo: Leave the metal on the Anky to avoid overloading the character.
1. ⚡ Efficient Element and Red Element Farming in Lost Colony
- ✅ Element: Destroy the city lamps to obtain element dust. The best area is the upper city, especially the pedestrian bridge.
- ✅ Red Element: Use a medical station to extract blood from a Stego (disable auto-healing). Then, use a blood forge to convert the blood packs and element dust into red element.
- ⚠️ Destroying lamps activates alarms and attracts enemies.
| Recurso | Método |
|---|---|
| Polvo de Elemento | Destroy lamps in the city |
| Elemento Rojo | Blood forge (blood + element dust) |
00:21 - 02:02
1. ⚡ Efficient Element and Red Element Farming in Lost Colony
- ✅ Element: Destroy the city lamps to obtain element dust. The best area is the upper city, especially the pedestrian bridge.
- ✅ Red Element: Use a medical station to extract blood from a Stego (disable auto-healing). Then, use a blood forge to convert the blood packs and element dust into red element.
- ⚠️ Destroying lamps activates alarms and attracts enemies.
| Recurso | Método |
|---|---|
| Polvo de Elemento | Destroy lamps in the city |
| Elemento Rojo | Blood forge (blood + element dust) |
02:08 - 04:47
2. ⛏️ The Best Location to Farm Metal, Crystal, and Obsidian
- ✅ The best location to farm metal is on the mountain in the upper right part of the map (47, 76). It's like a small metal cave with large metal rocks.
- ✅ You can also find flint, stone, obsidian, and crystal on this mountain.
- ⚠️ Consider using an Argentavis or Quetzal to transport the Anky.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Metal | Montaña (47, 76) | Cave with high metal density |
| Cristal, Obsidiana | Montaña (47, 76) | Next to the metal |
Consejo: Leave the metal on the Anky to avoid overloading the character.
04:48 - 05:57
3. 🌿 Where to Find Organic Polymer and Frozen Gas Balls
- ✅ Organic Polymer: Farmed in the Aberration zones from small, bright blue plants. Use a Direbear to obtain polymer, meat, and rare mushrooms.
- ✅ Frozen Gas Balls: Found in the Aberration zones. Look for small blue cracks in the ground and place a gas collector.
- ⚠️ Be careful with the water in the Aberration zones, as it is liquid element and can kill creatures.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Herramienta/Criatura |
|---|---|---|
| Polímero Orgánico | Aberration Zones | Direbear, Scythe |
| Bolas de Gas Congeladas | Aberration Zones | Gas Collector |
05:58 - 07:22
4. 🦪 Strategies for Farming Silica Pearls in Lost Colony
- ✅ Silica pearls can be farmed in all the rivers on the map using a whip.
- ✅ Alternatively, farm the red lights in the upper city, but it is recommended to transfer an abyssal fish for greater efficiency.
- ⚠️ Eels in the city can be a problem.
| Método | Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Whip | Rivers | Easy at the beginning |
| Abyssal Fish | Upper City (red lights) | More efficient, requires transfer |
07:23 - 08:26
5. ⚫ Key Locations for Farming Black Pearls
- ✅ The caldera at the top of the city has clusters of black pearls that can be picked up by hand.
- ✅ You can also find small amounts in the rivers around the city or in a cave in the center of the map.
- ⚠️ Be careful with the eels in the caldera.
| Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|
| Caldera (top of the city) | Clusters of pearls, watch out for eels |
| Rivers around the city | Small scattered amounts |
| Cave (center of the map) | Some pearls |
08:27 - 09:27
6. 🪨 Quick Tips for Stone, Flint, and Cementing Paste
- ✅ Stone: Use a Doedicurus to hit the crystals around the map.
- ✅ Flint: Use a Fjordhawk or an Argentavis with an Anky in the mountains.
- ✅ Cementing Paste: Look for beaver dams in the central lake with the river running through it.
- ⚠️ The lake with the beaver dams is dangerous due to the beavers and the depth of the water.
| Recurso | Método | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Piedra | Doedicurus on crystals | Easy |
| Pedernal | Fjordhawk/Argentavis with Anky | In mountains |
| Pasta de Cemento | Beaver dams | Dangerous |
09:28 - 10:28
7. 🐛 Where to Find Chitin/Keratin, Honey, and Sap
- ✅ Chitin/Keratin: In caves with insects. Use a Megatherium.
- ✅ Honey: In beehives on the cliffs south of the city. Use C4 to break the hives and tame the bees with rare flowers.
- ✅ Sap: Farm the sap trees in the center of the map with a pickaxe or chainsaw.
| Recurso | Método/Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Quitina/Queratina | Caves with insects (Megatherium) | More difficult than on other maps |
| Miel | Beehives (south of the city) | C4 to break, rare flowers to tame |
| Savia | Sap trees (center of the map) | Pickaxe or chainsaw |
10:43 - 11:35
8. 🔥 Sulfur, Sand, Obsidian, Biotoxin, and Plant X
- ✅ Sulfur, Sand, and Obsidian: In the starting areas around the hot springs. The yellow rocks give sulfur and sand.
- ✅ Biotoxin and Aberration Mushrooms: In the large mushroom trees in the hot spring areas.
- ✅ Plant X: Around the same areas as sulfur and biotoxin.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Azufre, Arena | Hot springs (yellow rocks) | Easy access at the start |
| Biotoxina | Mushroom trees (hot springs) | Along with fungal wood |
| Plantas X | Around sulfur/biotoxin | Base defense |
11:36 - 12:08
9. 🥩 Meat, Fiber, Hide, and Raw Mutton
- ✅ Meat and Fiber: Small mushrooms on the ground in the hot spring region.
- ✅ Hide: Ovis in the lower left corner of the map. Use a chainsaw and increase the Ovis's health for the best yield.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Método |
|---|---|---|
| Carne, Fibra | Mushrooms (hot springs) | Easy to farm |
| Cuero | Ovis (lower left corner) | Chainsaw |
12:09 - 12:25
10. 🌸 Rare Flowers
- ✅ In the upper right corner of the map, along the river, there are strange-looking plants that give a large amount of rare flowers.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Método |
|---|---|---|
| Flores Raras | River (upper right corner) | Scythe or Therizinosaur |
12:26 - 14:01
11. 🌱 Plant Z and R Seeds
- ✅ Plant Z Seeds: In the Aberration zones, from small round plants with a trunk.
- ✅ Plant R: In the Aberration zones, from large tentacle plants. Be careful, they spawn Revenants.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Notas |
|---|---|---|
| Semillas de Plantas Z | Aberration Zones | Round plants |
| Plantas R | Aberration Zones | Tentacles, spawns Revenants |
14:02 - 14:49
12. 💎 Crystal, Obsidian, Oil, and Gems
- ✅ Crystal: Everywhere, especially in the central mountains.
- ✅ Gems: Destroy the gargoyles around the city.
| Recurso | Ubicación | Método |
|---|---|---|
| Cristal | Central mountains | Anky and flyer |
| Gemas | City | Destroy gargoyles |
14:50 - 15:07
13. 🧵 Silk
- ✅ With the right skill, you can farm silk from any bush with a scythe.
| Recurso | Método | Requisitos |
|---|---|---|
| Seda | Scythe on bushes | Silk harvesting skill |