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Taming dinosaurs inArk: Survival Ascendedcan be a long process, especially if the dino in question isn’t staying unconscious. Thankfully, there are some helpful craftable items that you can use to make the process go smoother. One item that can come in handy is the Narcotic.
Narcotics are consumables that restore health while also putting you to sleep. When used in taming, Narcotics can help keep dinosaurs unconscious, which is done through increasing their torpidity. In this guide, we are going to take a look at how to make Narcotics, so you can get to taming right away.
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How To Make A Mortar And Pestle
To make Narcotics, you will first need tomake a Mortar and Pestle.This is a crafting station that can be made with the following materials.
Once youreach level six,you can spendsix engram pointsto unlock this blueprint.
How To Make Narcotics
With a Mortar and Pestle made and placed in the world, you are one step closer to making Narcotics. To make this, you will need tounlock the blueprint.This is also done atlevel six with six engram points.
When the recipe unlocks, you can craft Narcotics with the following materials.
After making the Narcotics, simply place them in the inventory of a dino and use it, which willcause the dino’s torpidity to increase.
Narcotics willnever spoil.
How To Get Narcoberries
There are no definite spots to find certain berries; instead, you will get avariety of berries while gathering from bushes and foliage.
To get five Narcoberries, simplyrun through foliage while pressing ‘E’.This will cause you to pick up any berries around you, with the chance to grab some Narcoberries.
How To Get Spoiled Meat
Meat is gathered when you kill a creature, but it has a spoil time. Once this happens, the meat will be converted to spoiled meat, which is needed to make Narcotics.
Overall, you just need tokill a creature and leave its meat in your inventory for a bit.Meat spoils quickly, and you can obtain it from weak creatures such as theDodo.
Narcotics At A Chemistry Bench
Once youunlock the Chemistry Table at level 82,you can use the following materials to makesix Narcotics at the same time.
This isn’t the most practical early on, as you will need to be at a higher level to make a Chemistry Table.
