Polymer | Resources | ARK: Survival Evolved - Dododex

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Weight Reduction

• 1Argentavis▼︎50%
• 2Helicoprion▼︎50%

Recipe

Polymer

• ×2 Obsidian
• ×2 Cementing Paste

Quantity-1+Weight0.25Stack Size100XP0.56

To make Polymer, combine Obsidian, and Cementing Paste.

Polymer Tips & Strategies

from the iOS & Android apps 301 points Oct 11, 2020 Report

Never stop crafting this. Just when u think u have enough, and want to craft something, turns out u need 500 more

Why does the obsidian have to be so heavy!!!!

115 points Jul 2, 2022 Report

On Fjordur there is a cave called The Shimmering Halls located at 12.5 62.6. In this cave you can harvest polymer from boxes that spawn by a anvil found in the cave. There is a bridge that goes straight and right. It is on the right. These boxes respawn and give you polymer, metal, and obsidian.

59 points Sep 30, 2023 Report

DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR FABRICATOR WHILE YOU ARE CRAFTING SOMETHING IN IT! WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!

81 points Jul 15, 2022 Report

ARK MOBILE: This method is preferable for single player as youll receive 100% of your materials back if you destroy a structure. What you want to do is grab yourself some clubs and go kill as many penguins as you can for organic polymer. You then want to place that organic polymer in a fabricator and make vaults - I typically do around 4- Destroy them and instead of recieving organic polymer, it’ll be converted to regular polymer. Repeat the process :D

100 points Aug 30, 2020 Report

Organic poly will work instead of regular poly if you’re in a pinch. Otherwise just craft it with obsidian and and cementing paste in a fabricator.

1 point Oct 26, 2025 Report

For the cementing paste Just Tame a frog and do the redwood cave(ive done it and i filled a whole vault with cementing paste)

14 points Jun 18, 2024 Report

On ark mobile, if you are on casual difficulty you can use an achatina to get organic polymer by logging out then back in, then craft something with a fabricator with the organic polymer.(make sure you have enough of the other resources and make sure to make 2)Then place 1 then the other (i used elevator track), then get 1 of them back (there is a short time where you can pick up the structure without destroying it) then destroy the other one. You will get polymer instead of organic polymer. Rinse and repeat and you have virtually infinite polymer.

10 points Mar 30, 2024 Report

Upgrade a moschomps for harvesting polymer then run around killing ducks

29 points Jan 10, 2021 Report

Easy way to get lots of obsidian

Get an argy and anky and go to a place where there is a lot of obsidian nodes and smack away with you anky and then put the obsidian in your argy because of the weight reduction and fly back to base. I have gotten 4 stacks at a time with this method.

13 points Aug 5, 2023 Report

I. See a face in this =l.

25 points Jun 24, 2021 Report

U will need this all the time once u get a fabricator and u need obsidian and segmenting paste and personal I found it hard to kill animals for like 4 keratin so if ur on the island go in between the snow area and redwood forest and u will see a Rivar there will be some dams now if u haven’t looked in the dams then u will be rich but if u look in the m often then u won’t have as much

10 points Aug 9, 2023 Report

Penguin jerky is very delicious.

2 points Jan 27, 2025 Report

Hey you probably think that big frog looks like a goober but guess what he is by far the best cement paste farm ever other than le snail.

11 points Apr 9, 2022 Report

Ok first off, as another user stated, bring anklo and argy to any place with a lot of obsidian rocks. Use anklo and when it’s gets over encumbered transfer the obsidian to argy. Repeat until your argy is just able to fly (with you riding it) and bring to base. For mobile, bring to volcano (and since I’ve seen a few allos get in the top area, bring a few spikes. Console players could do this method too! If wood, bring around about 75. Set up a parameter on the outskirts, when done build a parameter inward, Repeat. If metal, bring around 45-50(maybe. Haven’t put metal up there yet) That way, when you leave ur anklo on the volcano, they will be about 50% safer than just being in the open with no defense. Additionally the more melee damage they have, the more materials you get.[at least that’s what I heard]

Secondly, I saw some user whining about polymer being made in the fabricator, and not the smithy… so their logic is; “if it uses it, they must produce the materials used in all listed recipes/engrams”…. See a problem here? You can’t smelt in the smithy, you have the refining forge, and the industrial forge for a reason. What do you do when you get metal? Put them in a forge, light the fire…. After it’s done, here is the major part: you take the ingots to the smithy. So what if requires the next workstation to create, when it comes down to it, the fabricator is a forge of advanced materials (obviously weapons, equipment, ammo, etc. as well)…. What im saying is, just enjoy the game and don’t complain about an extremely minor inconvenience.

3 points Sep 15, 2024 Report

if you are converting organic polymer to normal polymer on singleplayer casual mode, the most efficient and practical building to do it with is the chemistry bench (dont waste 3200 metal ingots for 600 polymer and a building that takes up a 1x2 area xd)

7 points Jun 1, 2022 Report

I have 3 fabricators with 50 fuel constantly crafting polymer and electronics for the industrial grinder and other fabricated things

7 points Jul 28, 2021 Report

If your playing on extinction the corrupted nodes can be used as polymer to so get your shadowmanes ready and shred the heak out of the big corrupted dinos that give the most or just do red orbital drops they have ALOT of big corrupted dinos

4 points Jun 2, 2022 Report

Organic polymer count as well,but you only can stack 10,but can stack to 600,at least enough for a grinder

5 points Apr 5, 2021 Report

On the island I’ve seen obsidian spawn on top of the volcano and in the snow area

0 points Jan 10, 2025 Report

Just get organit pallamore

I learned that the hard way

All Polymer TipsPolymer Spawn Command

Polymer is used in 163 recipes

• Air Conditioner
• Assault Rifle
• Astrocetus Tek Saddle
• Astrodelphis Saddle
• Astrodelphis Starwing Saddle
• Auto Turret
• Behemoth Gateway
• Behemoth Tek Gate
• Behemoth Tek Gateway
• Bunk Bed
• C4 Charge
• C4 Remote Detonator
• Cannon Shell
• Canteen
• Chainsaw
• Charge Battery
• Charge Lantern
• Chemistry Bench
• Cloning Chamber
• Cluster Grenade
• Compound Bow
• Cruise Missile
• Cryofridge
• Cryopod
• Dino Leash
• Egg Incubator
• Electric Prod
• Elevator Platform
• Elevator Track
• Explosive Arrow
• Fabricated Pistol
• Fabricated Sniper Rifle
• Federation Exo Boots
• Federation Exo Helmet
• Federation Exo-Chestpiece
• Federation Exo-Gloves
• Federation Exo-leggings
• Flamethrower
• Gas Mask
• Geopolymer Cement (Old ARK Mobile)
• Goo Gun
• GPS
• Harpoon Launcher
• Hazard Suit Boots
• Hazard Suit Gloves
• Hazard Suit Hat
• Hazard Suit Pants
• Hazard Suit Shirt
• Heavy Auto Turret
• Heavy Miner's Helmet
• Homing Underwater Mine
• Industrial Cooker
• Industrial Forge
• Industrial Grinder
• Large Elevator Platform
• Large Tek Wall
• M.D.S.M.
• M.O.M.I.
• M.R.L.M.
• M.S.C.M.
• Medium Elevator Platform
• Medium Tek Teleporter
• Megalodon Tek Saddle
• Metal Arrow
• Metal Ocean Platform
• Minigun
• Minigun Turret
• Mining Drill
• Mjolnir Skin
• Mosasaur Tek Saddle
• Motorboat
• Net Projectile
• Night Vision Goggles
• Pump-Action Shotgun
• Refrigerator
• Rex Tek Saddle
• Rhyniognatha Saddle
• Riot Boots
• Riot Chestpiece
• Riot Gauntlets
• Riot Helmet
• Riot Leggings
• Riot Shield
• Rock Drake Tek Saddle
• Rocket Homing Missile
• Rocket Launcher
• Rocket Pod
• Rocket Propelled Grenade
• Rocket Turret
• SCUBA Leggings
• SCUBA Tank
• Sir 5rM8
• Small Elevator Platform
• Soap
• Spray Painter
• Super Mining Drill
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Tek ATV
• Tek Boots
• Tek Bow
• Tek Bridge
• Tek Canteen
• Tek Catwalk
• Tek Ceiling
• Tek Chestpiece
• Tek Claws
• Tek Crop Plot
• Tek Dedicated Storage
• Tek Dinosaur Gate
• Tek Dinosaur Gateway
• Tek Door
• Tek Doorframe
• Tek Double Door
• Tek Double Doorframe
• Tek Forcefield
• Tek Foundation
• Tek Gauntlets
• Tek Generator
• Tek Gravity Grenade
• Tek Grenade
• Tek Grenade Launcher
• Tek Hatchframe
• Tek Helmet
• Tek Hoversail
• Tek Jump Pad
• Tek Ladder
• Tek Leggings
• Tek Light
• Tek Phase Pistol
• Tek Pillar
• Tek Railgun
• Tek Ramp
• Tek Remote Camera
• Tek Replicator
• Tek Rifle
• Tek Sensor
• Tek Shield
• Tek Shoulder Cannon
• Tek Sleeping Pod
• Tek Stairs
• Tek Surveillance Console
• Tek Sword
• Tek Teleporter
• Tek Transmitter
• Tek Trapdoor
• Tek Triangle Ceiling
• Tek Triangle Foundation
• Tek Trough
• Tek Turret
• Tek Wall
• Tek Window
• Tek Windowframe
• Transponder Node
• Transponder Tracker
• Tropeognathus Saddle
• Unassembled Enforcer
• Unassembled Exo-Mek
• Unassembled Mek
• Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff
• Vacuum Compartment
• Vacuum Compartment Moonpool
• Vault
• Zeppelin