Bola

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Bola
Bola.png
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Wind it up and throw!

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Weapon
Type
Ranged
Item
Weight
0.5
Stack size
10
Single use
Yes
Added in
v240.0
Spawn Command
cheat gfi Bola 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponBola.PrimalItem_WeaponBola'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level
Level 9
Engram points
8 EP
Crafting XP
4 XP
Unlocks
Crafted in
Ingredients
10 × Thatch
3 × Stone
15 × Fiber
3 × Hide

The Bola is one of the Weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 9 for 8 Engram Points.

The Bola is a thrown weapon used to immobilize enemy survivors and small creatures. Players are rooted in place for 25 seconds, while creatures are rooted in place for 30 seconds, though trapped targets can still fight back.

Bolas are not only good for combat, but also for taming, as many good early-game creatures can be caught by it. A few Bolas and a  Wooden Club or two are often sufficient enough for tames like  Parasaurs and  Raptors.

The Bola is superseded by the  Chain Bola.

Creatures Affected

Creatures Not Affected

Notes

  • While the Bola does no damage, it will still aggro wild creatures hit by it.
  • Creatures cannot be mounted while immobilized by the Bola.
  • A single LMB click is not enough for players to throw the Bola. The minimum holding duration is roughly 0.4 seconds.
  • Charging up the Bola will increase its velocity, but not its immobilization time.
  • Players can help other players escape Bolas by utilizing a  Whip and hitting the ensnared player with it, afterwards the ensnared player will be freed despite if the Bola still appears to be on the player.
  • Immobilized creatures cannot swim, though the Bola's immobilization time is not significant enough to drown them, only proving useful if the water is deep enough.
  • Bolas, along with the  Oil Jar, cannot function properly in Valguero's Aberration Area, seeming to break instantly when thrown. Keep this in mind when dealing with  Aberrant Raptors.

Trivia

  • Bolas are commonly associated with gauchos in the real world, though they have been used for much longer by other groups such as the native Mapuche and Tehuelche of South America.

Changelog

Patch  ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
240.0 Bola is added to the game.
240.1
  • Fixed Bola damaging you on Spike Walls
  • Fixed Bola FPV mesh.
240.5 Added a 10 second grace period after being released from a Bola in which you can not be Bola'ed again.
275.52
  • Chain-Bola'ed Rockdrakes can no longer move while climbing and Bola'ed.
  • Fixed a bug where climber dinos could climb while bola'd.
291.100 You can now struggle to get out of a Bola faster.
309.53 Ferox can no longer be trapped with a bola.
324.18 Reverted Bola changes that were implemented w/ previous exploit-fix.
Patch  ARK: Survival Ascended Changes
45.14 Fixed being able to change the speed of held multiuse actions that allowed players to instantly break out of Bolas


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