JuicyPineappl3 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I have just recently started playing ark again and I am having trouble getting large amounts of obsidian to make polymer. I have an ankylo and an argentavis but I currently cannot get any big flyers like a quetzal. Does anyone know any ways to farm large amounts of obsidian? It would be preferred if it sticks mostly to the island as I spend most time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen00 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Metal mountain or the volcano have large amounts of obsidian. (metal mountain being Frozen Tooth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb68 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 best way for me is.... anky, then transfer obsian to argy, its 1/2 weight on argy and anky's seem to collect as much obsidian as metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Check how much a Doed gets, I noticed they get substantial metal from obsidian deposits, like 3-5x as much as Anky. And that's at much lower melee levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, caleb68 said: best way for me is.... anky, then transfer obsian to argy, its 1/2 weight on argy and anky's seem to collect as much obsidian as metal. That's definitely opposite for me. My Anky gets truly pitiful amounts of obsidian. 39m40s in case timestamp doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBear Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 dunk? i'm told it's all down in the bottom of the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb68 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 43 minutes ago, Oldster said: Check how much a Doed gets, I noticed they get substantial metal from obsidian deposits, like 3-5x as much as Anky. And that's at much lower melee levels. i'll have to give my doedic a try then 44 minutes ago, Oldster said: Check how much a Doed gets, I noticed they get substantial metal from obsidian deposits, like 3-5x as much as Anky. And that's at much lower melee levels. idk, its been working for me, built 3 replicators using anky for obsidian for my maps. Gonna try the doedic and see if I get better, both anky and doedic have pretty equal stats for weight / melee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/6/2020 at 1:58 PM, caleb68 said: i'll have to give my doedic a try then idk, its been working for me, built 3 replicators using anky for obsidian for my maps. Gonna try the doedic and see if I get better, both anky and doedic have pretty equal stats for weight / melee Hm, I'm at 1x (now 0.5) rates in that video above so perhaps you have boosted rates? My Anky is getting double digits obsidian per obsidian node; and not high double digits. That's with 500% melee or so but no imprint or mate boost I think. Wonder if location matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 @Dezes1 see something you disagree with in the video? If my rates arent set properly I'd like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 You already have the stuff for the best way to get obisidian. Argy is better than Quetz to me since it gets the weight reduction for a lot of the mining resources including obsidian. Just pick up your anky and fly around and harvest with it, anky will auto harvest when its next to a node. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldster Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, Deadman said: You already have the stuff for the best way to get obisidian. Argy is better than Quetz to me since it gets the weight reduction for a lot of the mining resources including obsidian. Just pick up your anky and fly around and harvest with it, anky will auto harvest when its next to a node. Pretty sure Anky doesn't auto harvest? That's why we need single players need mods to replicate the Argy Anky combo without all the tedious dismounting remounting etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipsy114 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Magmasaur does well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luce Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chipsy114 said: Magmasaur does well. Magmasaur is king. Least in style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luewen Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Doedis are good on obsidian. Problem is that not all nodes are harvestable by them for some reason. Especially on island map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countrydude89 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I think a new dino that specializes in obsidian and crystal harvesting should be brought to the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeldei Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 If you are on island, as others said, the volcano has quite a bit. As does the blue obelisk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muucow Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 are you playing solo, or on official or unofficial servers? as far as early game without access to magmasaurs anky/argy is king. if you have a friend playing with you have them hop on the anky then you fly over with the argy and pick the anky up have your friend swinging away while you fly around hovering over the obsidian since ankies dont autoharvest like doeds(this also bypasses the anky's weight limit and shifts it to the argent's weight limit) if solo just drop the anky up top of frozen tooth(if on the island) and put the argy on follow fill up empty into the argy rinse repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikus Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Muucow said: are you playing solo, or on official or unofficial servers? as far as early game without access to magmasaurs anky/argy is king. if you have a friend playing with you have them hop on the anky then you fly over with the argy and pick the anky up have your friend swinging away while you fly around hovering over the obsidian since ankies dont autoharvest like doeds(this also bypasses the anky's weight limit and shifts it to the argent's weight limit) if solo just drop the anky up top of frozen tooth(if on the island) and put the argy on follow fill up empty into the argy rinse repeat. I have never tried the auto harvest method with Doedi hanging from an Argy. Does the Doedi have to be on a specific "attack target" or " wandering enabled " anything like that for it to auto harvest or does it not matter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muucow Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Wikus said: I have never tried the auto harvest method with Doedi hanging from an Argy. Does the Doedi have to be on a specific "attack target" or " wandering enabled " anything like that for it to auto harvest or does it not matter ? it just needs to be on wander then pick it up. thing to note is the doed will stop swinging when it's weght cap is reached without someone riding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssamzzang Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Taming this gacha to get a polymer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
square5355 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 i just use organic polymer bring a rex or allow to a spot on top right corner of rag kill farm mantis. harvest with sword or club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJShrimpson Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 The question is not about poly, or paste, people. But I agree that magmasaur, at least in my experience, is king. Have not personally tried doedi, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Wikus said: I have never tried the auto harvest method with Doedi hanging from an Argy. Does the Doedi have to be on a specific "attack target" or " wandering enabled " anything like that for it to auto harvest or does it not matter ? 5 hours ago, Muucow said: it just needs to be on wander then pick it up. thing to note is the doed will stop swinging when it's weght cap is reached without someone riding it. It does not need to be on wander. I use it often as a solo. You just need to pick it up and get near nodes. It only harvests 50% of its weight (iirc might be 75%) Edit: got a metal node / cluster of rocks inside / near base? Park a doed near it, go raise for a few hours. Come back and it'll auto harvest that one node(s) every time it respawns. Can also use a leash and wander but don't need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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