Gathering and Weight Reduction
Plantbased
Fiber
Gathering
 Fiber | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
 Dire Bear | ★★★★★ |
 Gacha | ★★★★★ |
 Gigantopithecus | ★★★★★ Gathers autonomously |
 Metal Sickle | ★★★★★ |
 Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
 Excavation Rig | ★★★★☆ |
 Maewing | ★★★★☆ |
 Megatherium | ★★★★☆ |
 Mantis | ★★★☆☆ |
 Moschops | ★★★☆☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Fiber by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
 Castoroides | 50% |
 Ravager | 50% |
 Thorny Dragon | 50% |
Wood
Gathering
 Wood | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Castoroides | ★★★★★ Gathers autonomously |
 Chainsaw | ★★★★★ |
 Dunkleosteus | ★★★★★ |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
 Roll Rat | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
| Thorny Dragon | ★★★★★ |
 Magmasaur | ★★★★☆ |
| Mantis | ★★★★☆ |
 Metal Hatchet | ★★★★☆ |
Note: When gathering on Scorched Earth, Thorny Dragon gathers at the same rate as Beaver and Rock Elemental gathers slightly better than Thorny Dragon of same level.
When gathering from small trees on Scorched Earth, Wood is gathered like Berries (see efficiency table on the Berries page).
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Wood by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
| Roll Rat | 80% |
 Mammoth | 75% |
 Mining Drill | 75% |
| Castoroides | 50% |
| Gacha | 50% |
| Ravager | 50% |
| Thorny Dragon | 50% |
Berries
Gathering
 Berries | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
 Brontosaurus | ★★★★★ |
 Chalicotherium | ★★★★★ |
| Maewing | ★★★★★ |
 Triceratops | ★★★★★ |
 Ankylosaurus | ★★★★☆ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★★☆ |
| Gigantopithecus | ★★★★☆ |
| Mammoth | ★★★★☆ |
| Megatherium | ★★★★☆ |
 Morellatops | ★★★★☆ |
Though some dinos gather Berries more efficiently than others, the main thing about Berry collecting dinos is their ability to instanty harvest plants. This alone makes dinos like the Ankylosaurus a decent berry tame. Especially the Parasaur is quite a fast mount, which can be handy for Berry collecting.
Thatch
Gathering
 Thatch | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Brontosaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★★★ |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
| Mantis | ★★★★★ |
| Megatherium | ★★★★★ |
| Triceratops | ★★★★★ |
 Crystal Wyvern | ★★★★☆ |
 Doedicurus | ★★★★☆ |
| Mammoth | ★★★★☆ |
 Megaloceros | ★★★★☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Thatch by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
| Castoroides | 50% |
| Ravager | 50% |
| Thorny Dragon | 50% |
Rare Mushroom
Gathering
Large amounts of Rare Mushrooms can be found by chopping mangrove trees within the swamp or from 
Giant Beaver Dams. They also rarely drop when mining 
Crystal.
In Scorched Earth, Rare Mushrooms can be found while mining Crystals and rarely when using the 
Whip or Morellatops / Ankylosaurus on purple flowers.
The Roll Rat on Aberration can also gather them in large quantities from the Hallucinogen mushrooms.
( Related information about the 
Daeodon is no longer viable since unknown patch version. )
 Rare Mushroom | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Mammoth | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★☆☆ |
 Paraceratherium | ★★★☆☆ |
| Triceratops | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Rare Flower
Gathering
 Rare Flower | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
| Mammoth | ★★★★☆ |
| Paraceratherium | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Triceratops | ★★☆☆☆ |
Mineral
Stone
Gathering
 Stone | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Doedicurus | ★★★★★ Gathers autonomously |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
| Magmasaur | ★★★★★ |
| Dunkleosteus | ★★★★☆ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★★☆ |
| Mantis | ★★★★☆ |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★☆☆ |
| Metal Hatchet | ★★★☆☆ |
 Phoenix | ★★★☆☆ |
 Metal Pick | ★★☆☆☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Stone by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
 Basilisk | 75% |
| Doedicurus | 75% |
| Mining Drill | 75% |
 Argentavis | 50% |
| Castoroides | 50% |
| Dunkleosteus | 50% |
 Equus | 50% |
| Gacha | 50% |
| Ravager | 50% |
| Thorny Dragon | 50% |
 Unicorn | 50% |
Flint
Gathering
Below is a list of Creatures and Tools that can gather Flint.
 Flint | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★★ |
 Fasolasuchus | ★★★★★ |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
| Mantis | ★★★★★ |
| Metal Pick | ★★★★☆ |
| Phoenix | ★★★★☆ |
| Doedicurus | ★★★☆☆ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★☆☆ |
 Stone Pick | ★★☆☆☆ |
Crystal
Gathering
Crystal are best gathered with a metal pick or with certain creatures; stone picks can work but provide a very low drop chance. It can be acquired by mining white crystals. White crystals are the primary source which can be mined, stalactites in caves also provide crystal. Some others are just decorative. An even better way to gather crystal is the lunar biome on genesis by harvesting the crystal bushes with a Bronto, this can be boosted even more with a mate on a Deinonychus, because a Deinonychus can jump equally how much weight the rider has. You can also use a Magmasaur, Anky, Tek Stryder, and many other dinosaurs to harvest white crystals as well. The Stryder, while not having the greatest collection rate, is the best resource collector in general due to being able to connect to dedicated storage boxes in your base and send resources back to them from anywhere on the map.
 Crystal | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Dunkleosteus | ★★★★★ |
| Mantis | ★★★★☆ |
| Metal Pick | ★★★★☆ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★☆☆ |
| Phoenix | ★★★☆☆ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★☆☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Crystal by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
| Argentavis | 50% |
| Dunkleosteus | 50% |
| Ravager | 50% |
Metal
Gathering
Metal can be gathered most efficiently using an Ankylosaurus, which also offers a 85% weight reduction of metal when in its inventory, or by using a metal pick. When at mastercraft or ascendant tier, the metal pick is reported to gather just as much metal per metal spawn as the Ankylosaurus.
Below is a list of creatures and tools that can be used to gather metal.
 Metal | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★★★ |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
| Magmasaur | ★★★★★ |
| Dunkleosteus | ★★★★☆ |
| Phoenix | ★★★★☆ |
| Mantis | ★★★☆☆ |
| Metal Pick | ★★★☆☆ |
| Stone Pick | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Metal by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
| Ankylosaurus | 85% |
| Magmasaur | 75% |
| Mining Drill | 75% |
| Argentavis | 50% |
| Dunkleosteus | 50% |
| Gacha | 50% |
| Ravager | 50% |
Obsidian
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% |
Oil
Gathering
Oil can be mined with either a Stone Pick or a Metal Pick in the ocean. The Stone Pick yields 0-1 oil per oil node, while the Metal Pick yields 0-10 oil per oil node.
Besides using tools it is also possible to use a Ankylosaurus or Dunkleosteus to mine oil very effectively.
Oil (Tusoteuthis) is gathered from the inventory of dead Tusoteuthis and slowly accumulates in the inventory of a tamed Tusoteuthis or Basilosaurus.
 Oil | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Dunkleosteus | ★★★★★ |
| Ankylosaurus | ★★★★☆ |
| Chainsaw | ★★★★☆ |
| Excavation Rig | ★★★★☆ |
| Metal Pick | ★★★☆☆ |
 Sabertooth | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Stone Pick | ★☆☆☆☆ |
There are 3 main environments where oil nodes spawn: the ocean, Underwater caves and along the beach of the Snow Biome. It is also possible to obtain Oil by harvesting dead Tek Creatures. See the interactive Resource Maps for all occurrences in the official maps as well as some Mod maps.
Creature Dased
Hide
Gathering
When harvesting a corpse without a dino, using a Chainsaw is the most effective tool to use. Hide can also be harvested with a Metal Hatchet or Pick. See the chart below for the most effective ways to harvest Hide.
 Hide | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Chainsaw | ★★★★★ |
 Direwolf | ★★★★★ |
| Sabertooth | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
 Thylacoleo | ★★★★★ |
 Allosaurus | ★★★★☆ |
| Fasolasuchus | ★★★★☆ |
 Giganotosaurus | ★★★★☆ |
 Karkinos | ★★★★☆ |
| Mantis | ★★★★☆ |
Raw Meat
Gathering
 Raw Meat | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Allosaurus | ★★★★★ |
 Carnotaurus | ★★★★★ |
| Gacha | ★★★★★ |
| Giganotosaurus | ★★★★★ |
 Mosasaurus | ★★★★★ |
 Rex | ★★★★★ |
 Spino | ★★★★★ |
 Tusoteuthis | ★★★★★ |
| Argentavis | ★★★★☆ |
| Chainsaw | ★★★★☆ |
Chitin
Gathering
Chitin can be acquired by harvesting corpses with most tools and dinosaurs.
 Chitin | |
|---|---|
| Creature / Tool | Gain per action |
| Megatherium | ★★★★★ |
| Sabertooth | ★★★★★ |
| Therizinosaur | ★★★★★ |
 Beelzebufo | ★★★★☆ |
| Direwolf | ★★★★☆ |
| Metal Hatchet | ★★★★☆ |
| Thylacoleo | ★★★★☆ |
| Argentavis | ★★★☆☆ |
| Carnotaurus | ★★★☆☆ |
| Giganotosaurus | ★★★☆☆ |
Weight Reduction
The following creatures reduce the weight of Chitin by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:
| Creature | Reduction |
|---|---|
| Equus | 50% |
| Unicorn | 50% |