Archelon Algae
Details
- Category
- Consumable
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Item ID
- 645
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
- How to unlock
- DLC Variant (Non-Base)
Maps
Found on 9 maps
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Archelon Algae — Detailed Guide
Algae grown by an Archelon
Archelon Algae is a food item in ARK: Survival Ascended that an 
Archelon produces by itself as time passes. Herbivores can eat it, and according to its in-game text it is twice as effective as vegetables while working much faster.
How the Archelon makes it
The same description explains the production. Its speed scales with a stat of the Archelon, although the text does not say which one. On land the creature reaches its maximum quantity after 2 hours; while it swims, it gets there in an hour. The algae is collected through the wheel menu.
Freshness and storage
It does not keep long: each piece spoils after 1200 seconds, which is 20 minutes, so collecting it shortly before a feeding avoids waste. A piece weighs 0.1 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs only 10.
Recipes and maps
Our recipe data has one use for it: 
Algae Sushi, which takes 20 Archelon Algae per craft. The item is recorded on 9 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero.