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Narcotic 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 Commandcheat giveitemnum 122 1 0 0orcheat 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 (Primitive Plus)
  • 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 (Aberration) 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, Y, Triangle). 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[]

  1. 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)
v · d · eConsumables
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
Rare Flower 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)
Giant Bee Honey 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
Bloodstalker Egg (Genesis Part 1) 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
Mindwipe Tonic 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
Sweet Vegetable Cake Dino Food Sweet Vegetable Cake
Medical Brew Medicine Blood Pack  •  Energy Brew  •  Lesser Antidote  •  Medical Brew  •  Narcotic  •  Stimulant
Bug Repellant 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
Beer Liquid 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
Note Other Custom Recipe  •  Notes on Rockwell Recipes
Event-only
Festive Dino Candy Candy Box o' Chocolates  •  Dino Candy Corn  •  Festive Dino Candy  •  Summer Swirl Taffy  •  Thanksgiving Candy  •  Valentines Dino Candy
Valentine's Cake Cake ARK Anniversary Cake Slice  •  Valentine's Cake
v · d · eTaming
Rockarrot Plants Amarberry  •  Azulberry  •  Citronal  •  Longrass  •  Mejoberry  •  Narcoberry  •  Rockarrot  •  Savoroot  •  Stimberry  •  Tintoberry
Raw Meat 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
Electric Prod 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)
AnglerGel 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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