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Best Gatherers

• 1Megatherium★︎4.7
• 2Metal Hatchet★︎4.4
• 3Chainsaw★︎4.3
• 4Andrewsarchus★︎4.2
• 5Fenrir★︎4.1
• 6Shadowmane★︎4.1
• 7Sabertooth★︎4
• 8Diplocaulus★︎4
• 9Mantis★︎4
• 10Direwolf★︎4
• 11Velonasaur★︎3.9
• 12Yutyrannus★︎3.9
• 13Bloodstalker★︎3.9
• 14Beelzebufo★︎3.8
• 15Gacha★︎3.8
• 16Enforcer★︎3.8
• 17Thylacoleo★︎3.8
• 18Carcharodontosaurus★︎3.7
• 19Giganotosaurus★︎3.7
• 20Phoenix★︎3.7
• 21Magmasaur★︎3.7
• 22Reaper★︎3.6
• 23Deinonychus★︎3.6
• 24Voidwyrm★︎3.6
• 25Therizinosaurus★︎3.6
• 26Crystal Wyvern★︎3.6
• 27Wyvern★︎3.6
• 28Rex★︎3.5
• 29Megalania★︎3.5
• 30Tropeognathus★︎3.4
• 31Royal Griffin★︎3.4
• 32Griffin★︎3.4
• 33Rock Drake★︎3.4
• 34Megalosaurus★︎3.4
• 35Moschops★︎3.3
• 36Arthropluera★︎3.3
• 37Daeodon★︎3.3
• 38Ravager★︎3.3
• 39Elderclaw★︎3.2
• 40Allosaurus★︎3.2
• 41Rock Elemental★︎3.2
• 42Basilisk★︎3.2
• 43Karkinos★︎3.2
• 44Kaprosuchus★︎3.2
• 45Deinosuchus★︎3.2
• 46Spinosaurus★︎3.2
• 47Tapejara★︎3.1
• 48Tusoteuthis★︎3.1
• 49Electrophorus★︎3.1
• 50Liopleurodon★︎3.1
• 51Sarco★︎3.1
• 52Dire Bear★︎3
• 53Carnotaurus★︎3
• 54Baryonyx★︎3
• 55Pelagornis★︎2.9
• 56Hyaenodon★︎2.9
• 57Basilosaurus★︎2.9
• 58Plesiosaur★︎2.8
• 59Argentavis★︎2.8
• 60Snow Owl★︎2.7
• 61Quetzal★︎2.7
• 62Thorny Dragon★︎2.7
• 63Dunkleosteus★︎2.7
• 64Raptor★︎2.6
• 65Terror Bird★︎2.6
• 66Pteranodon★︎2.4
• 67Vulture★︎2.3
• 68Pulmonoscorpius★︎2.3
• 69Dimorphodon★︎2
• 70Dilophosaur★︎1.9
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Dropped by

• Achatina
• Lamprey
• Titanomyrma
• Rhyniognatha
• Pulmonoscorpius
• Meganeura
• Mantis
• Lymantria
• Leech
• Karkinos
• Araneo
• Jug Bug
• Glowbug
• Giant Bee
• Eurypterid
• Dunkleosteus
• Dung Beetle
• Insect Swarm
• Arthropluera
• Trilobite
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Weight Reduction

• 1Equus▼︎50%

Recipe

Chitin

• Shell Fragment

Quantity-1+Weight0.01Stack Size100XP4

To make Chitin, combine Shell Fragment.

Chitin Tips & Strategies

from the iOS & Android apps 1259 points Sep 2, 2021 Report

When you find out it’s pronounced ky-tin..

-You’ve got to be chitin me

268 points Jun 30, 2023 Report

Chitin in early game: *𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱*

Chitin in late game: *𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆*

300 points Nov 16, 2022 Report

Insects: *exist*

Megatherium: *ominous breathing*

Player: *laughs in cementing paste*

268 points Sep 26, 2020 Report

Go in The Island swamp cave with megatherium and get about 50 000 chitin

69 points Nov 11, 2023 Report

[I play on ARK mobile] If you ever desperately need chitin for something ridiculous, go to one of the "easy" caves and just murder spiders and scorpions (remember to bring a few handfuls of stimulants and a strong weapon), now you have 5,000 and cannot move 👍🏻

85 points Jun 20, 2022 Report

I think you new players shoud harvest the bugs

Cough cough megatherium

Cough

0 points 3 weeks ago Report

Moschops is the best early game dino that can get you chitin

8 points Aug 4, 2025 Report

1-tame a good water tame and a megatherium

2-bring mega to the shore

3-lure a dunkleosteus the closest to the surface you can

4-kill dunkleosteus and bring it to the megatherium

5-LOTS of chitin, like 6k for dunkleosteus

23 points Sep 7, 2024 Report

Use a moshchops it gets a ton of chitin for no reason especially in bug caves

50 points Sep 8, 2022 Report

Take imprinted megatherium to the bug cave in redwoods on island map. More chitin than you could ever need

73 points Dec 21, 2020 Report

I’m on a boosted server, but anyways, I got a giga on the volcano ragnarok

And killed mantis, pleura, and dung beetles and now I have more than 15 thousand chitin. You welcome. Merry COVID cristmas

2020 December 21

46 points Dec 17, 2021 Report

Grind down a megalacheon saddle to get shell fragments.

Grind those shell fragments for 100s and 100s and 100s of chitin!! 😍

36 points Sep 27, 2022 Report

Kill a Trilobite with a Moschops and you will get more than 100 Chitin

9 points Mar 17, 2025 Report

“Alright, who wasted this on the armor again?” - me, to other people, and maybe myself…

38 points Sep 2, 2021 Report

Stop chitin on our parade man.

7 points Mar 17, 2025 Report

Okay! Time to make some cementing pa- where’d it go!?

34 points Dec 11, 2021 Report

megathirum aren’t only good for chitin, solid dino for basically everything would recommend taming as soon as possible, be happy for a potential boss killers and absolute beast.

i really love megathriums

28 points Jun 9, 2022 Report

Have a direwolf and get the artefact of the hunter and come out with 3100 chitin

15 points Oct 29, 2023 Report

There are 3 ways to get Chitin: find a horseshoe crab, or kill ants and flying bugs in a forrest, or go to cave

22 points Jul 19, 2022 Report

Moschops are extremely good at harvesting chitin. During 3x you can get around 700 chitin from one trilobite

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Chitin is used in 8 recipes

• Bladewasp Hive
• Chitin Boots
• Chitin Chestpiece
• Chitin Gauntlets
• Chitin Helmet
• Chitin Leggings
• Megalania Kibble (NO LONGER USED)
• Pelagornis Kibble (Old ARK Mobile)