Sir-5rM8

Sir-5rM8

Creature

Group

Mechanical Creatures

Temperament

Friendly

DLC

ARK: Bob's Tall Tales

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

No

No

No

Data

Drag Weight

160

The Sir-5rM8 is a buildable automaton in ARK: Survival Ascended. It was added to the game as part of the Steampunk Ascent of the Bob's Tall Tales DLC, which was released alongside the free Aberration DLC.

Appearance

Color Scheme and Regions

Region 0:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Region 1:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Region 2:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Region 3:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Region 4:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Region 5:Unknown

Natural colors:None.

Abilities

Sir-5rM8 has four different modes of operation. By default, when thrown, the little robot will be in Follower mode. Using the radial option when looking at it will give you the option to change its mode to either Harvester, Repair, or Butler. While in Follower mode, Sir-5rM8 can be commanded like any other tame.

Harvester Mode

In harvester mode, Sir-5rM8 will wander around and gather items for you, depending on what you define as its input.

1. Start by putting a sample of what to harvest into its inventory, then bring up the context menu on the item (on PC, right-click) and Set as input.
2. Take a sample of the item to whatever storage location you want Sir-5rM8 to deliver the materials, place into the inventory, then bring up the context menu on the item and Set as input. In the storage location, it'll give you the option of defining the number of stacks; this is how many stacks the robot will add before it stops filling up that location.

   Note: for Dedicated Storage, you'll need to Enable Automated Deposit to allow it to drop off items into the dedicated storage.

3. Change Sir-5rM8's mode to Harvester and it'll go gather.

Repair Mode

In repair mode, Sir-5rM8 will automatically detect when structures are damaged in your base, gather the materials from storage, and repair the damage. No inputs need to be configured for this mode to work; simply turn on Repair mode and watch it go.

Note: If you are using Dedicated Storage for your source of materials, Enable Automated Withdrawal to allow it to take items from the storage.

Butler Mode

In butler mode, Sir-5rM8 will move items around your base from location to location.

1. Start by putting a sample of what Sir-5rM8 needs to pick up and move to another location, then bring up the context menu on the item and Set as input.
2. Take a sample of the item to whatever storage location (including crafting locations like forges) you want Sir-5rM8 to deliver the materials, place into the inventory, then bring up the context menu on the item and Set as input. In the storage location, it'll give you the option of defining the number of stacks; this is how many stacks the robot will add before it stops filling up that location.

   Note: for Dedicated Storage, you'll need to Enable Automated Deposit and/or Enable Automated Withdrawal to allow it to pick up and drop off items into the dedicated storage.

Examples

To automate the refining of metal to metal ingots, set both Metal and Metal Ingots as inputs on Sir-5rM8, then set Metal as an input on the Forge and Metal Ingots as an input on the storage box. This will cause it to pick up metal from wherever it finds it, drop it into the forge, take the ingots out of the forge, and put them into storage.

To automate crops, set all the items you are growing as inputs on Sir-5rM8, then set then all as inputs with max stacks on a Refrigerator. You can also keep crops fertilized by setting 5 stacks of fertilizer as input on the crop plots, add fertilizer as input on Sir-5rM8, then put fertilizer into a nearby storage box.

Taming

The Sir-5rM8 deploys with a  Unassembled Sir 5rM8, it can be crafted on a  Fabricator or  Tek Replicator.

Notes

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Sir-5rM8, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

• Sir-5rM8 ironically stands for "survivor mate".

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Ascended Changes
53.1	Fixed a case where Sir-5rM8 could over-encumber itself in Butler mode.
55.6	Fixed Sir-5rM8 continuing to interact with inventories after automated withdrawal was disabled. Fixed Sir-5rM8 converting spoiling materials like polymer into their non-spoiling counterparts when taking materials for repairing.
59.4	Refactored Sir-5rM8’s sorting ability to be more reliable. Sir-5rM8 can now collect sap from  Tree Sap Tap without needing a player to open the Sap Tap’s inventory first. Fixed Sir-5rM8 inability to repair Heavy Turret without Auto-Turret in inventory. Fixed Sir-5rM8 accessing the inventory of structures picked up by Rhynio. Fixed Sir-5rM8’s item input not copying to other turrets when using copy settings to all nearby turrets. Fixed Sir-5rM8 accessing sealed Barrels. Fixed Sir-5rM8 bypassing certain container restrictions. Fixed a multiplayer desync issue with Sir-5rM8 that could occur when changing modes. Sir-5rM8 should no longer slot cap or overweight himself when sorting and rerendered by a player.
63.7	Fixed a case where Sir-5rM8 weight would display as 0 on server when leaving render. Fixed Sir-5rM8 getting confused with resource variants such as  Scrap Metal Ingots/ Metal Ingots. Fixed Sir-5rM8’s dock station floating when destroying the structure it is placed on.

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