Flare Gun

Flare Gun

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A single-use flare launcher. Fires a bright ball of Sparkpowder to temporarily light an area.

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Weapon

Type

Gun

Melee damage

8

Item

Weight

0.5

Single use

Yes

Found in Supply Crate

White, Green

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 181 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi FlareGun 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponFlareGun.PrimalItem_WeaponFlareGun'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 15

Engram points

6 EP

Crafting XP

0.96 XP

Crafting time

5s

Prerequisites

•  Gunpowder

Unlocks

•  Flintlock Pistol 
•  Longneck Rifle
•  Musket 
•  Shotgun
•  Simple Pistol

Crafted in

•  Inventory

Required stations

Mortar and Pestle
Campfire

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

4 × Wood or Fungal Wood

2 × Fiber

10 × Sparkpowder

5 × Stone

10 × Flint

2 × Gunpowder

2 × Sparkpowder

1 × Stone

2 × Flint

2 × Charcoal

2 × Wood or Fungal Wood

Total Base Ingredients

6 ×	Stone
12 ×	Flint
2 ×	Fiber
6 ×	Wood or Fungal Wood

The Flare Gun is one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 15 for 6 Engram Points.

The Flare Gun uses  Sparkpowder to shoot bright, burning flares that light up a large area, making easier for others to find you. It provides much more light than other light sources like  Standing Torches or  Campfires. However, the Flare Gun is only good for one use, breaking after firing a single flare.

Notes

• The  Fireworks Flaregun Skin is a skin for the Flare Gun. It creates a patriotic firework effect when the flare reaches its highest point.
• When equipping the Flare Gun, there's a bug when the player tries to roll an invisible cylinder like with the  Simple Pistol.
• Flares will interrupt  Rocket Homing Missiles towards their positions.
• The Flare Gun is best used when fired directly above you.
• Flares shot from a Flare Gun last until they hit the ground.
• Flares deal no damage when fired at a creature or player.
• The Flare Gun can be colored using  Dyes, changing the flare's color as well as the light given to the area. White colored flares can make unexpected and exceptional flashbangs for those without access to Plant Species Z.
• It should be noted that a single Dye can colorize a single Flare Gun as well as a full stack of ten.
• The following is a list of different colors that can be used to dye the Flare Gun:

Required Coloring	Color of Flare and Glow
White	White
Black	White
Yellow	Yellow
Orange	Orange
Red	Red
Purple	Purple
Blue	Blue
Green	(Lime-)Green
Brown	Brown / Dark Orange

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
180.4	Hitting stuff with the Flaregun (which have no durability) is now akin to punching with your Fists (8 damage per hit and hurts you slightly).
194.0	Activating the Flare Gun when riding a Dino will now automatically shoot the Flare upwards.
196.1	Flare projectiles now disappear properly on clients.
196.2	Fixed client-side crash with Flare projectiles.
196.2	Flares can now distract  Rocket Homing Missile.

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