Harpoon Launcher

Harpoon Launcher

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Has tremendous power and speed underwater, but ineffective range out of water. Uses Spear Bolts for ammunition.

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Weapon

Type

Gun

Ammo used

 Spear Bolt
 Tranq Spear Bolt
 Net Projectile

Ranged damage

140 / 36 / 0

Rate of fire

0.5 RPS

Magazine size

1

Reload time

2.0 seconds

DPS

70 / 18 / 0

Item

Weight

10.0

Stack size

1

Durability

100

Single use

No

Added in

v258.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi Harpoon 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon.PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 43

Engram points

38 EP

Crafting XP

36 XP

Prerequisites

•  Longneck Rifle
•  Ballista Turret

Unlocks

•  Net Projectile

Crafted in

•  Smithy
•  Argentavis Saddle
•  Castoroides Saddle
•  Thorny Dragon Saddle
•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

40 × Wood or Fungal Wood

60 × Fiber

25 × Hide

120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

60 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

50 × Obsidian

30 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

The Harpoon Launcher is one of the Weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 43 for 38 Engram Points.

The Harpoon Launcher is a great weapon for underwater combat and taming, firing high-velocity, high-damaging  Spear Bolts along with Torpor-inducing  Tranq Spear Bolts. It can also fire  Net Projectiles, making it great for trapping all but the largest creatures. However, the Spear Bolts and Tranq Spear Bolts fired from a Harpoon Launcher will not travel very far when out of water, making it useless on land unless loaded with Net Projectiles.

The Harpoon Launcher has 100 Durability.

Notes

• After firing bolts, it is possible to pick them back up (if they don't break).
• The Harpoon Launcher has a much higher range when fired underwater.
• Any target that is underwater receives x2.3 damage from  Spear Bolts launched from a harpoon.
• This item doesn't appear to be part of any supply beacons. This means outside of the Genesis simulation, they can only be primitive and end up being outperformed by high-quality (above 193% damage)  Crossbows, which are cheaper and more efficient.
• Spear Bolts loaded in Harpoon Launchers are smaller than ones loaded in  Ballista Turrets.
• Prior to Patch 330.8 fitting the Harpoon Launcher with Net Projectiles rendered it ineffective and unusable underwater, but effective on land.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
258.0	Harpoon Launcher is added to the game.
330.8	Net Ammo loaded into a Harpoon Launcher can now be used underwater.
338.23	Increased durability usage on Harpoon Launcher for net ammo specifically. Cost per net fired increased by approx 250%.