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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Kill tusos sea scorpions nautilus and alpha mosa and tuso
Eurypterids give terrible amounts of black pearls and are very hard to find (On the island at least). Take a Basilosaurus (It doesn’t have to be great, mine was level 60 when I found it) and kill tusotuethis, Alpha Tusotuethis and Alpha mosasaurs. Alpha mosasaurs give 100 black pearls and normal tusos give around 30-50. Alpha Tusos give around 80. So, best thing is alpha mosasaurs, followed by alpha tusos, then normal tusos. OPTIONAL: Bring a dunkleosteus as a pack mule as they reduce weight of black pearls by 50%, so you can carry more and your basilo won’t be slowed down to a snails pace.
Put a Therizino into a kryopod and go with a shark into the deep till you see some ammonites throw the Therizino out and kill them and you will get more pearls as using an anglerfish
Black Pearls can be found in the volcano on genesis. They are located at a few pools of lava (don't know where but you should be able to find them). You can simply bring a bloodstalker or a flyer if your server allows it, since magmasaurs do not spawn in the area. You may also find purple crystals in the area, these give element shards. Just make sure you don't stay in there when the volcano starts to erupt and you get good amounts of lategame materials easily!
You can find these easily in the space biome on Genesis 2. Wait until the biome has dark grey/black asteroids with big light green/pink balls floating around (ignore the colour bit cos I kinda forgot what colour they are, but you get the idea) . You should find some little balls on the ground, which you pick up. They will give mostly black pearls and sometimes mutagel.
Just send your otter into the megapiranhas. I think you get one (I know it's a small amount but it's an easy way if you're a newbie) black pearl for each of them. But it must be the otter that kills it and harvest it.
For the safest but NOT the most efficient way of getting black pearls is to tame a bunch of otters, and order them to kill a fish in the water. They will usually collect silica pearls, but can sometimes collect black pearls.
On Ragnarok you can farm blackpearls, silicate pearls and chitin by using a crossbow near the shipwreck at wiking bay. You just kill all the eupterix and use the chainsaw to get chitin
On crystal isles go to the elderich isles and youll c some giant watery orbs. U can actually go inside them and swim around. Youll c some black clam/oyster lookin things. If u pick those up like u would to berries from a bush youll get black pearls. Just be careful as eels and other annoying things can spawn in the orbs.
In ark mobile I accidentally pressed an advert that gives ya free stuff.After watching I got twenty black Pearl's.... I was surprised this is the only time I was impressed after watching an advert lol
If You Have Tuso You Can Easly Kill Alpha Mosa Or Tuso
If you own the Abberation DLC and get yourself a weight drake and some hazmat, head down to the radiation zone, right on the edge of the pink lake on most sides there will be abundant amounts of Black Pearl Oysters, I would also suggest bringing a light pet along with you for dealing with nameless.
Ragnarok in Viking Bay around the sunken ship in the middle of the bay and also at 10 90. There’s a tiny tip of a Boulder to land a flyer out there. The water is shallower in that area. Another sunken ship there with lots of lobsters to kill.
Aberration down in the red hazard zone. They can be picked up off the ground down there.
Genesis in the volcano biome. Down in the Magmasaur pit they can be picked up off the ground there too.
There are black pearl nodes in the deep water zone on fjordur. The entrance is at about 56 lat 17 long where the hexagon formation are. Swim down.
This area is filled with mosassaurs and squid including alphas. I suggest either a fast mount with good weight, or tame a crab. It’s slower but plenty of weight and the baddies completely ignore the crab. Go grab some pearls and tame a squid :)
You can grind these out by harvesting dead carni flora, use something with a good aoe so you can just stand still and spam click, I got around 150 harvesting 5 groups with a shadowmane. Up so ppl can see.
U can use hard way or easy way
Hard way:Kill tuso,water scorpion and trobite
Easy way:Use otter
Use otters it’s fun and there cute.
Kill Giant Squid you will get 30 in minimum or more...
One of the easiest locations to get a decent amount of them is on Lost Island. In between the lava, redwoods and snow biome is a large and deep lake. It's a safe location to go and dive down to with a bary or other swimmers.
If u play at Ragnarok just get to the ship in vicking bay and farm a lot of black pearls