Narcotic
| “ | Increases your health, but puts you to sleep. | „ |
Consumable (values pertain to Humans) Type Drug Health 8.0 Torpidity 40.0 Item Weight 0.1
Stack size 100 Decomposes in 2m Found in Supply Crate
Green Spawn Command
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Consumables/PrimalItemConsumable_Narcotic.PrimalItemConsumable_Narcotic'" 1 0 0 Crafting Required level Level 6 Engram points 6 EP
Crafting XP 8 XP Crafting time 5s Used to craft 13 items Crafted in
Mortar and Pestle
Chemistry Bench
Handmill 
Equus Saddle
Crafting yields
6 pieces Ingredients Resources breakdown
[Expand] 5 ×

Narcoberry or Ascerbic Mushroom 1 ×

Spoiled Meat 1 ×

Raw MeatTotal Base Ingredients
| 5 × | Narcoberry or Ascerbic Mushroom |
| 1 × | Raw Meat |
Ingredients (Chemistry Bench) Resources breakdown
[Expand] 20 ×

Narcoberry or Ascerbic Mushroom 4 ×

Spoiled Meat 4 ×

Raw MeatTotal Base Ingredients
| 20 × | Narcoberry or Ascerbic Mushroom |
| 4 × | Raw Meat |
The Narcotic is an item in ARK: Survival Evolved. It can be used to keep dinosaurs unconscious during Taming.
Upon consumption, Narcotics increase the
Torpor of a survivor or creature by 40, which is a bit more than the amount of torpor given by the 5 narcoberries required to make it (5 × 7.5 = 37.5). In addition, unlike the berries themselves, the narcotic doesn't spoil.
Instead of Narcoberries the same amount of
Ascerbic Mushroom
can be used.
Contents
- 1 Usage
- 2 Crafting
- 3 Notes
- 4 Trivia
- 5 References
Usage[]
Narcotics are primarily used in the Taming process to keep dinosaurs unconscious. This is done by putting the Narcotic in the creatures inventory, selecting it, and pressing the Use key (E,
,
). The creature's torpidity will then rise by a total of 40 over the next 8 seconds. 5
Narcoberries will produce a bit less of Torpor and unlike the berries, Narcotics do not spoil. This process can be used against an unconscious player for the same effect. Especially for creatures with a fast decreasing torpor (specifically greater than 6.5 per second[1]), narcoberries are the better choice because the 5 berries will increase the torpor for 5 × 3s = 15 seconds as opposed to one narcotic that increases the torpor only for 8 seconds. During the increase of the torpor it will not decrease, giving berries an advantage when taming creatures like
Giganotosaurus and
Dimetrodon. Narcotics and Narcoberries do not affect the Taming Effectiveness.
Narcotics can also be used to give the player increased
Health regeneration for a short time, although this will cause you to fall asleep due to the rapid increase in torpor it causes. Players with a higher
Fortitude will be more resistant to this effect, and will be able to take more Narcotics before they are knocked out.
Crafting[]
Narcotics are used to craft the following items:
Tranquilizer Arrow, an important tool for rendering creatures unconscious in order to tame them
Tripwire Narcotic Trap
Bug Repellant
Poison Grenade
Tranquilizer Dart
Lesser Antidote
Also, Narcotics are needed for following cooking Recipes:
Fria Curry
Lazarus Chowder
Medical Brew
Mindwipe Tonic
Shadow Steak Saute
Notes[]
- The description of the Narcotic says that it "increases your health" when used, which is rather vague. It does not increase your max health, or instantly restore health, instead providing increased health regeneration for a short time.
- Due to the fact that Narcotics provide 4.0 XP per craft, are vital to taming most creatures, and are commonly made in bulk due to the easy resource requirements, they are a fantastic item to create in order to grind experience and to level up. Even high-level survivors can gain considerable experience through the creation of hundreds of narcotics. However, the Industrial Grinder may be more time efficient beginning at level 64 depending on access to the necessary resources.
Trivia[]
- In early versions of the game, Narcotics and Narcoberries had a negative effect on Taming Effectiveness.
References[]
- ↑ Let n be the number of torpor items used, s be the duration of the torpor increase effect in seconds, L be the rate of torpor loss in torpor per second, and T be the total torpor gain per item used. n can be ignored for proving this number. The effective torpor gain per item is then given by the equation (sL+T). Thus the break even point can be found by providing the stats of narcoberries and narcotics and solving for L: (3L + 7.5 = 8L + 40)
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| Plants | Berries | Amarberry (Seed) • Azulberry (Seed) • Mejoberry (Seed) • Narcoberry (Seed) • Stimberry (Seed) • Tintoberry (Seed) | Crops | Citronal (Seed) • Longrass (Seed) • Rockarrot (Seed) • Savoroot (Seed) | Mushrooms | Aggeravic Mushroom • Aquatic Mushroom • Ascerbic Mushroom • Auric Mushroom • Rare Mushroom | Other | Cactus Sap • Plant Species R Seed • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower |
| | Creatures | Meat | Raw Meat (Cooked, Jerky) • Raw Prime Meat (Cooked, Jerky) • Raw Mutton (Cooked) • Spoiled Meat | Fish | Raw Fish (Cooked) • Raw Prime Fish (Cooked) | Miscellaneous | Ambergris • Giant Bee Honey • Nameless Venom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Wyvern Milk | Feces | Human Feces • Animal Feces (Small, Medium, Large, Massive) |
| | Eggs | Extra Small | Dilo • Dodo • Featherlight • Kairuku • Lystro • Parasaur • Tek Parasaur • Vulture | Small | Archaeopteryx • Camelsaurus • Compy • Dimorph • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Hesperornis • Microraptor • Oviraptor • Pachycephalosaurus • Pegomastax • Pteranodon • Raptor • Tek Raptor • Tek Trike • Trike | Medium | Ankylo • Baryonyx • Carno • Dimetrodon • Diplo • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kaprosuchus • Kentro • Pachyrhino • Pelagornis • Sarco • Stego • Tek Stego • Terror Bird • Thorny Dragon • Troodon • Turtle • Velonasaur | Large | Allosaurus • Argentavis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Moschops • Snow Owl • Spino • Tapejara • Titanoboa • Tropeognathus | Extra Large | Basilisk • Bronto • Giganotosaurus • Megachelon • Quetzal • Rex • Tek Quetzal • Tek Rex • Therizino | Special | Crystal Wyvern Egg (Blood, Ember, Tropical) • Deinonychus • Golden • Maewing • Magmasaur • Rock Drake • Voidwyrm • Wyvern (Fire, Lightning, Ice, Poison) • Yutyrannus | Other | Angler • Arthropluera • Araneo • Beelzebufo • Bloodstalker • Diplocaulus • Eel • Mantis • Moth • Pulmonoscorpius • Tusoteuthis |
| | Kibble | Base | Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary | Augmented | Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary | Egg-based | Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture |
| | Cooking/Chemistry | Dishes | Battle Tartare • Broth of Enlightenment • Cactus Broth • Calien Soup • Custom Consumable • Enduro Stew • Focal Chili • Fria Curry • Lazarus Chowder • Mindwipe Tonic • Mushroom Brew • Shadow Steak Saute | Dino Food | Sweet Vegetable Cake | Medicine | Blood Pack • Energy Brew • Lesser Antidote • Medical Brew • Narcotic • Stimulant | Chemicals | Bio Toxin • Bug Repellant • Organic Polymer • Re-Fertilizer • Soap | Coloring | Black • Blue • Brick • Brown • Cantaloupe • Cyan • Forest • Green • Magenta • Mud • Navy • Olive • Orange • Parchement • Pink • Purple • Red • Royalty • Silver • Sky • Slate • Tan • Tangerine • White • Yellow | Liquids | Waterskin → Water Jar (Iced) → Canteen (Iced, Tek) • Beer Liquid (Jar) |
| | Recipes | Rockwell Recipes | Battle Tartare • Calien Soup • Decorative Coloring • Egg-based Kibble • Enduro Stew • Energy Brew • Focal Chili • Fria Curry • Lazarus Chowder • Meat Jerky • Medical Brew • Mindwipe Tonic • Shadow Steak Saute | Other | Custom Recipe • Notes on Rockwell Recipes |
| | Event-only | Candy | Box o' Chocolates • Dino Candy Corn • Festive Dino Candy • Summer Swirl Taffy • Thanksgiving Candy • Valentines Dino Candy | Cake | ARK Anniversary Cake Slice • Valentine's Cake |
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Plants | Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry | Meat | Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat | Kibble | | Base | Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary | | Augmented | Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary | | Egg-based | Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture |
| Tools | | Weapons | Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame) • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Cannon (Cannon Ball) | | Armor | Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots) |
| Other | | Taming Food | AnglerGel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Golden Hesperornis Egg • Leech Blood • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Nameless Venom • Organic Polymer • Plant Species R Seed • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Wyvern Milk | | Narcotics | Bio Toxin • Narcotic | | Taming Ingredients | Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Oil • Obsidian • Sap • Sparkpowder | | Other | Bug Repellant |
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