Artifact of the Lost

An artifact with an unusual history

Our database carries the Artifact of the Lost for both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Its item text sets a carrying limit: a single organism can hold only one of them at a time. Each artifact weighs 5 and does not stack.

From unused asset to Crystal Isles find

The ARK Wiki, which describes it as an ASE artifact, explains that it first came out with the Aberration DLC but was never made obtainable there, though its asset stayed in the game. It became a real find with the Crystal Isles DLC. According to the wiki, in ASE it is found only on the Crystal Isles map, inside underwater tunnels whose entrance lies near 18.5, 40.8.

The wiki gives two more warnings. Spawning it works only on Crystal Isles, and it vanishes from the inventory if its carrier transfers to another map. In the past, a spawned copy set on an Artifact Pedestal would also vanish once the area derendered.

Its description and its glow

The in-game text still says the artifact comes from the depths of Aberration, and the wiki notes that this description was never changed after the item was reused. The wiki also notes that it is bigger, with about the same brighter light that Scorched Earth artifacts give off.

Use in a tribute

Our ASE recipe data lists 1 use: a single Artifact of the Lost goes into the Generate Crystal Wyvern Queen (Alpha) Portal.