Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
For the new lost island look between the scutters inlet mountains there will be no Dinos there to kill you
if you break an obsidian rock with an anky you somrhow get bonus metal
On top of the cliffs at the bottom left of crystal Isles is are sets of 5 or more metal nodes per cliff
I did the calculations, the mining drill gives double the metal that a metal pick does, and magmasaurs give double the metal that mining drills do. I'm pretty sure magma is the best way to get metal, use it if you want 4x the metal you would get with a pick.
U can’t use Dunkleo to farm metal on mobile.Weird
Herbivore island is the safest place to grind out metal, there's 6-7 nodes in top and you don't have to worry about anything unless you wack a bronto. If you're lucky enough to find an island server without a base there it's the perfect spot to build, If you do this be sure to put out a forge and UNLOCK it for community use! Don't pillar the whole island like an idiot... Looking at you "stoned construction"!!!
A great way to get some of this early game is to use your pick, walk near your base and mine the small piles of rocks on the ground, they usually give a bit more metal than the large rocks.
Large rocks with metal pick> 2 metal. Small piles on the ground>4-6
If you want loads of this on Mobile go to the Volcano with an Ankylosaurus and some chests then you can harvest lots of iron ore and place it into the cabinet. The only issue with this is transporting your iron back to your base. I got 17,000 iron ore with this.
Magmasaurs are better in collecting metal than ankies, but they're only available in Gen 1, so use an anky if you can't get or don't want to get one.
Tame a Dunkel and go break coral under the sea and you will have alot metal
I don’t know how the magmasaur isn’t the best metal farmer, breaking one rock can get you over 500-600 metal on official servers with no boost
Crank that melee damage real high everyone! My 400% ankylosaurus gets 200 metal per rock, and my cousins trashy 250% only gets 75 per rock. Ankys with the damage get the metal.
Holding the mining drill in hand reduce Metal weight a lot, a stack goes from 300w to 75w, be carefull to keep holding the drill. Its not very usefull but at least now you know its a thing. Have a good day.
tame a doedic, go to the metal places, u will get the metal ore turned into worthless stones
Drop quetz - “Metal yay” :D
Ramp quetz - “Boutta end your career” >:)
The best is crab and anky in blue zone on ab skiff can’t get black slot anymore
If you have a ankylosaurus upgrade it's melee stat to get more metal
You just have to get an ankylo and go to herbivore Island and you will find the metal rock
Ankylosis is the way to go on mobile just take r lvl to 99 and get metal
Go to gen 2 and smash rocks with the super punch. Easy metal and can travel encumbered