Artifact of the Brute
Striking fear into the hearts of one's enemies may be a crucial component of survival. Only one of these may be carried at a time by an organism.
Details
- Category
- Artifact
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Loot crates
- 1 crate
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
- How to unlock
- Artifact (Cave Drop)
Maps
Found on 4 maps
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How to get Artifact of the Brute
Artifact of the Brute is found in 1 loot crate.
Loot crates
1 crate
- Island Artifact BruteThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
Artifact of the Brute — Detailed Guide
A tribute item for portals
In ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK: Survival Evolved, the Artifact of the Brute goes into tribute recipes that generate portals. Its description reads: "Striking fear into the hearts of one's enemies may be a crucial component of survival. Only one of these may be carried at a time by an organism." The ARK Wiki ties it to summoning the 
Megapithecus on The Island.
Portal recipes that use it
Our records count 11 recipes in ASA and 10 in ASE, each taking one Artifact of the Brute. Both lists share the three Center portals (Easy, Medium and Hard), the 
Dragon portal and the Megapithecus portals at Alpha, Beta and Gamma. The ASA list adds the 
Grendel (Alpha) portal and the 
Thodes the Widowmaker portals at Alpha, Beta and Gamma. The ASE list adds the 
Crystal Wyvern Queen (Gamma) and 
Dinopithecus King (Beta) portals as well as the Portal to the Guardian's Sanctuary (Alpha).
Finding the artifact
Our records class it as a cave artifact and list it on The Island, The Center, Astraeos and Valguero, where the Island Artifact Brute loot entry can contain it. It weighs 5 and has a stack size of 1. The ARK Wiki warns that an artifact is not always present to collect, and that in single player there is a cooldown before one respawns.