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Silica Pearls

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These pearls are made almost entirely of silicon. Can be refined into silicon plates.

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Resource Type Resource Rarity Uncommon Renewable Yes Refineable No Combustible No Item Weight 0.02 Stack size 100 / 5000 Spawn Commandcheat giveitemnum 160 1 0 0orcheat gfi Silicon 1 0 0orcheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Silicon.PrimalItemResource_Silicon'" 1 0 0 Crafting Used to craft 25 items Hexagon Exchange Exchange yields 5 pieces Hexagons 125 Purchase (Mobile) Purchase yields 50 pieces Purchased in  Factory  Cost 50 ×  Charges 

Silica Pearls are a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. They can be found in the deepest areas of the ocean, in more shallow areas along the icy shores of the snow biome, in the Underwater Caves, in  Giant Beaver Dam, and when harvesting corpses of  Trilobite,  Leech,  Eurypterid and  Ammonite. They are also obtained from  Phoenix after defecation as silica pearls instead of feces.

Being one of the base Ingredients for  Electronics, Silica Pearls get very important for the technical side of the game.

Contents

• 1 Gathering
  • 1.1 Scorched Earth
  • 1.2 Locations
• 2 Usage
• 3 Notes/Trivia
• 4 Gallery
• 5 Video Tutorial

Gathering[]

Silica Pearls are found in the Ocean and in the underwater caves. The Pearls are also found in clams, which are usually found in groups of around 5. There is no tool needed to harvest them, they are picked up by hand. Each clam usually yields between 2 and 4 Pearls. Increasing melee damage percentage won't increase pearls harvested.

Silica Pearls are commonly found under the cold sea of the west area of the map as well as the pond in the north by the peninsula. If the player has fur armor and a flying mount, an easy place to obtain Silica Pearls is the frozen patches of the northwest coast. Clams can be safely harvested by making short incursions into the water to avoid getting too cold, as fur armor "dries" instantly. As all spawns except  Kairuku are uncommon in these areas, this can be performed in relative safety. The Underwater Caves also provide a large amount of Pearls, which can be harvested easily.

Silica Pearls can also be obtained by harvesting corpses of  Trilobite,  Eurypterid, and  Leech or looting  Giant Beaver Dam.

Using an  Otter or  Anglerfish to harvest  Coelacanth will yield small amounts of Silica Pearls.

On The Center map, the Pearls can also be found at the bottom of the inland rivers, and in hot springs around the volcanic island, but these places are inhabited by  Piranhas and  Sabertooth Salmon, making it considerably dangerous for new players.

Scorched Earth[]

On Scorched Earth, Pearls are easily gathered at an Oasis and throughout the riverbed in the middle of the map, where they can be found both in the water and on dry land. A Whip can be used to harvest them quickly. They will sparkle at night making them easy to find.

The following table is valid for harvesting trilobites:

Silica Pearls
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Anglerfish	★★★★★
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Otter	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Hands	★☆☆☆☆
Stone Pick	★☆☆☆☆

Locations[]

See the interactive Resource Maps for all occurrences in the official maps as well as some Mod maps.

Locations on The Island

Locations on The Center

Locations on Scorched Earth

This map is incomplete. Please contribute confirmed resource locations by confirming their location in-game.

Usage[]

Silica Pearls are an ingredient in the following Crafting recipes:

• Bronto Platform Saddle
• Desert Goggles and Hat
• Riot Shield

Notes/Trivia[]

• Real life pearls aren't made of silica, but calcium carbonate, while real life electronics are. It was probably made up for the developers to add a difficult way to get the resource.
  • This is especially confusing since certain polymers contain carbonate groups and obsidian is mostly comprised of silica in real life, meaning it makes more technical sense that the two resources should be swapped around for crafting purposes.
• When dropped on the ground, Silica Pearls appear as white clams instead of the standard boxes.
• Despite the description saying “Can be refined into silicon plates.”, you can’t actually refine silica pearls.
  • It basically means it can be turned into Electronics pieces

Gallery[]

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Video Tutorial[]

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