Ammo Box

One box to feed the turrets

The Ammo Box stores ammunition and hands it out to certain emplacements and weapons nearby. The ARK Wiki says it was introduced in Genesis: Part 2 and names Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis: Part 1 as further maps; our records have it in both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. In-game it is described as a "Deployable device to supply ammunition to nearby turrets."

How it supplies ammunition

• Capacity: 300 slots, which accept ammunition only.
• Range: 9.5 foundations. The wiki also notes a limit of 2 Ammo Boxes per 9.5 foundations.
• Emplacements: Ballista Turrets, Cannons, Catapult Turrets, Minigun Turrets and Rocket Turrets in range keep firing as long as the box still holds ammunition.
• Auto turrets: Tek Turrets, Heavy Auto Turrets and Auto Turrets attempt a refill every minute while idle, and every 30 minutes once they have been shooting.
• Weapons: hold a weapon out and press E at a filled box to reload it.

A turret that has just been refilled glows purple for a second, with a blue ring of particles around it. The box cannot refill nearby Meks, even though it accepts Cannon Shells and Rocket Pods.

Accepted ammunition

The wiki's list runs from arrows (Stone Arrow, Metal Arrow, Flame Arrow, Tranq Arrow) and darts (Tranquilizer Dart, Shocking Tranquilizer Dart, Pheromone Dart) to bullets such as the Simple Bullet, Advanced Rifle Bullet and Advanced Sniper Bullet. It also covers the Boulder, Cannon Ball, Spear Bolt, Rocket Propelled Grenade, Gasoline, Jar of Pitch, Element Shard, the Thalassian ammunition, the Grappling Hook and the Zip-Line Anchor. The box starts out as a pile of boxes and changes its look as some of these go in, for example Boulder, Cannon Ball and Spear Bolt.

Crafting an Ammo Box

The engram unlocks at level 29 for 24 engram points, with the Large Storage Box as its prerequisite. The box is crafted in a Smithy or an Argentavis Saddle from 250 Wood (or Fungal Wood), 500 Fiber and 100 Metal. A craft takes 5 seconds and gives 1 XP. It weighs 4 and stacks to 100. In loot, 44 crate types can contain it, among them the Genesis Blue, Cyan and Red crates.