Obsidian

Obsidian

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A very rare resource, found underground. Can be broken down and used to make modern tech.

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Resource

Type

Resource

Rarity

Uncommon

Renewable

Yes

Refineable

No

Combustible

No

Item

Weight

1.0

Stack size

100

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 141 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Obsidian 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Obsidian.PrimalItemResource_Obsidian'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Used to craft

20 items

Hexagon Exchange

Exchange yields

5 pieces

Hexagons

180

Obsidian is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is found in caves and on mountains in smooth, black rocks.

Whitesky Peak and Volcano have rich amounts of obsidian rocks at and around the summit. However smaller amounts of black obsidian rocks can be found in numerous peaks around The Island. On Scorched Earth it can be found in the artifact caves.

Gathering

Obsidian
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★☆
Magmasaur	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Mantis	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★★☆☆

Please note that the Doedicurus is not able to gather obsidian from all of the typically black glossy rocks. For instance, it can gather obsidian from the rocks in the caldera of the volcano on The Island map, but not from the rocks on the last part of the way up to the caldera. On The Center map it can't gather from the rocks on the shores of the lake under the floating island or in the mouth of Skull Island.

Weight Reduction

The following creatures reduce the weight of Obsidian by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:

Creature	Reduction
Dunkleosteus	75%
Argentavis	50%
Ravager	50%

Locations

Below are all of the obsidian locations for The Island. Obsidian can be found on the slope of The Frozen Tooth and the Far's Peak, as well as on the top of the Volcano. Most caves on the Island contain obsidian as well.

For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on The Island

Below are all of the obsidian locations for The Center. It can be found on the lava islands at the north of the map. Follow the smoke to its base to the pools that are on top of the mountains and you will find it.

For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on The Center

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Scorched Earth. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Scorched Earth

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Aberration. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Aberration

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Ragnarok. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Ragnarok

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Extinction. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Extinction

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Valguero. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Valguero

Below are all of the obsidian locations for Genesis: Part 1. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Obsidian

Rich Obsidian Occurrences on Genesis: Part 1

These maps are incomplete. Please contribute confirmed resource locations by confirming their location in-game.

Crafting

Obsidian is used as an ingredient to craft  Polymer, which is an important ingredient for high-end items. It is also used to craft:

•  Arthropluera Saddle
•  Artifact Pedestal
•  Camera
•  Cannon Ball
•  Chain Bola
•  Electronic Binoculars 
•  Handcuffs
•  Harpoon Launcher
•  Lance
•  Magnifying Glass
•  Mirror
•  Geopolymer Cement 
•  Iron Skillet 
•  Motorboat
•  Obsidian Arrow 
•  Obsidian Pickaxe 
•  Obsidian Spear 
•  Pliers
•  Polymer
•  Scissors
•  Snowman
•  Tek Binoculars 

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
171.8	Mountain-rocks which yield  Metal now also yield Obsidian at a reduced rate.
239.2	Added a small amount of Obsidian as a crafting requirement for cannon balls.
259.0	Added lots of crystal, obsidian, and rich metal to all caves except the Tek Cave.
279.22	Argentavis TLC: reduced the weight of Obsidian by 50%
295.102	Prim+ : fixed inability to harvest coal from obsidian
312.65	Reduced weight of Obsidian in inventory by approximately 75% for  Dunkleosteus.

Gallery

Two examples of black, glossy, obsidian-rich rocks

The obsidian node in Ark: Survival Ascended is more jagged, glossy, and is a darker color than its ASE counterpart.