Ambergris

Ambergris

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A waxy substance secreted by the Astrocetus. Used to create ordnance for the Astrocetus Tek Saddle.

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DLCs

Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2

Resource

Type

Resource

Rarity

Rare

Renewable

Yes

Refineable

No

Combustible

No

Consumable (values pertain to Humans)

Food

100

Health

-10

Item

Weight

5

Stack size

1

Spoils in

20m

Added in

v306.41

Spawn Command

cheat gfi Ambergris 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/SpaceWhale/PrimalItemResource_Ambergris.PrimalItemResource_Ambergris'" 1 0 0

Ambergris is a resource introduced in Genesis: Part 1 and also available on Genesis: Part 2 and Fjordur. It is used as ammunition to charge the  Astrocetus's bomb attack, and as  Food and comfort food for baby  Magmasaur which fills 500 food (or force fed to adults to replenish 300  Health). This means that if you are raising babies that start out with lower than 500 food capacity, they must be force fed until the food capacity exceeds 500.

Obtaining

On Genesis: Part 1, Ambergris can be obtained by killing  Astrocetus, as well as by mining green-lined rocks in the lunar biome.

On Genesis: Part 2, it can be obtained by mining rocks in Space when the ringed asteroid is available (signified by white supply crates).

On Fjordur, Ambergris nodes can be found alongside the lava trench at the bottom of the Abyssal Depths cave, indicated by rocks that have visible Ambergris in them. Be wary when collecting it however, as dangerous predators such as  Mosasaur and  Tusoteuthis live in the cave.

Spoilage

Container	Spoiling Time
Player Inventory	20m
Tamed Dino	1h 20m
Preserving Bin	3h 20m
Smokehouse	5h
Refrigerator	1d 9h 20m

For more information, see Spoilage.

Notes

• Despite the description,  Astrocetus does not actively leave behind Ambergris.
• Despite Lost Island having  Magmasaurs and the Ambergris being one of the hand-feeding options, you cannot get the resource there.
• HLN-A describes Ambergris as "whale snot", but Ambergris is actually a waxy mucus produced in the intestines of sperm whales.
• Ambergris can be stored in Feeding Troughs, Refrigerators and Tek Troughs (as opposed to other baby-raising Foods) expanding its decay rate.
• Using an Ankylosaurus increases Ambergris harvesting efficiency.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
306.41	Ambergris is added to the game.
306.63	Ambergris weight now scales by 0.5 in Magmasaur to help with raising babies.