What is the best gun in Ark?

Easily the best weapon in the game, the longneck rifle has amazing range, causes extreme damage, and is easy to obtain. Both the weapon and its ammo are inexpensive, and no player regrets making it. Adding a scope to it is the best strategy and will allow players to kill any unsuspecting prey.
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Is the pistol good in ARK?

Fabricated pistol is a good weapon while taming or farming due to its weight of only 2.5 units, making it the the lightest weapon in the game. Also, its good fire rate and decent damage help in most situations.
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What is the best weapon to get metal in ARK?

Metal can be gathered most efficiently using an Ankylosaurus, which also offers a 85% weight reduction of metal when in its inventory, or by using a metal pick. When at mastercraft or ascendant tier, the metal pick is reported to gather just as much metal per metal spawn as the Ankylosaurus.
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Is the sword good in ARK?

The sword is a very effective tool for breaking doors. They do high damage, but their durability drops very quickly. This can come in handy when raiding stone bases.
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Are assault rifles good ARK?

I found that they are okay, but the main problem is that you need a lot of carrying capacity to hold the ammo and it uses up that ammo to fast. so yeah it's isn't very good. I had an assault rifle once, and I have to say I was disappointed by it. The work of getting the mat for it only made it worse.
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Top 10 Weapons in ARK Survival Evolved (Community Voted)



Is the shotgun good in ARK?

ARK Trader Rating

Against wildlife a shotgun is great. It has 300 dura which is like 300 shots I think and does alot of damage. But the ammo can be quite expensive. Longnecks are ok but really they need to be at least 150% dmg to be effective.
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Is Mastercraft the best in ARK?

Originally posted by Ages: Ascendant is the highest tier, followed by mastercraft. There is a significant overlap on stats, so you might find a lower tier with better stats sometimes, but in theory the highest stats can be expected on ascendant.
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How much damage does an AR do in ARK?

Assault Rifle

This means that it is able to fire 320 shots in 1 minute (including reload time). Damage wise this means that by firing a full magazine, you can inflict 1176 damage in just 5 seconds.
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Does melee damage effect guns ARK?

Increasing melee damage affects the damage output of player melee weapons, but not of ranged weapons. It also increases the damage of most dino attacks.
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What's better tranq arrow or dart?

Tranq Arrows only require 1 stone arrow and 1 narcotic to make while tranq darts require 3 simple rifle bullets, 3 metal ingots, and 3 narcotics to make 1 dart for not much gain, in the long run it would take less time to simply make more tranq arrows than it would take to make the required amount of tranq darts to ...
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What has the highest torpor in ARK?

Increasing Torpidity on Humans and Creatures
  • Narcoberries (7.5 points over 3 seconds)
  • Narcotic (40 over 8 seconds)
  • Bio Toxin (80 over 16 seconds)
  • Ascerbic Mushroom (25 points over 2 seconds)
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Do headshots do more torpor ARK?

In Ark: Survival Evolved, creatures can have various hitboxes that modify damage when hit. 46 creatures have head hitboxes, meaning a headshot will deal significantly more damage and torpor (for most creatures, 3 times more).
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Is riot better than flak?

Riot gear does have several uses over flak. It has the potential to be higher armor rating due to its naturally albiet slight, higher base armor. Same durability. A full set of prim will grant you 575 armor where a full set of prim flak grants you 500.
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Is ghillie armor good in Ark?

A full set of Ghillie Armor provides 155 heat protection and 24 cold protection. This, combined with its camouflage and 160 armor, makes it a good general-purpose armor.
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What can shoot underwater ARK?

You cant shoot underwater. Just can't. Gun vs player, dino vs dino. The've announced to add a harpoon weapon for this purpose.
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How do you get a Tek sword?

The Tekgram is unlocked by defeating the Dinopithecus King, or the Ragnarok Boss Fight on Beta or higher difficulty, or the Forest Titan.
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How much damage does a shotgun do in ARK?

It can have any attachments besides the silencer put on, but like all guns in ARK, it can only have one at a time. While the Pump-Action Shotgun has a base damage of 14x46, all creatures aside from Humans take only 70% damage from guns. This means that this Shotgun only does around 14x32 damage to creatures.
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How do you get better weapons in ARK?

Items with improved quality can be obtained from beacons, loot crates, and other forms of loot drops (such as from killing predators), while blueprints of higher quality items are obtainable only from beacons and loot crates.
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