If you’ve played a survival game before, you’ll realize that metal is one of the rare and most important resources of all time. The same can be said forArk: Survival Ascended, since you need this resource for most of the craftable items during the late game, but the process of getting it might not be so easy.
One of the most important items that’ll most likely force you to get metal is the tools. The amount of resources you can get simply by upgrading to a Metal Pick and Hatchet is quite staggering, and here’s everything you need to know about getting the Ingot required to craft them.
Where To Craft Metal Ingot
If you want to start making Metal Ingots, you’ll first have to unlock the Refining Forge. TheEngram for this structure can only be unlocked after reaching level 20, and here’s everything you’ll need to build it:
Once you have the materials, head over to the crafting tab and place a Refining Forge at your base. The next step is to get some metal and wood. you’re able to easily harvest wood from the trees in the game, but theonly way to get metal is through the metal nodes and the river rocksthat have curved edges.
you’re able to get some metal from normal nodes while using a Pickaxe,but it’s insignificant enough to not count.
Once you have both the required items, you can simply place them in the Forge and light the fire. With time, thewood will convert into charcoal while the metal gets converted into Metal Ingots. However, if you want to use the Metal Ingots to craft other items, you’ll also have to build a Smithy, which also unlocks at level 20.
After getting both the structures and some Metal Ingots, yourfirst priority will always be to get the Metal Pick and Hatchet. These items will allow you to farm metal quite easily, allowing you to work towards other metal items faster.
