Artifact of the Shadows
Found within the depths of Aberration.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
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Artifact of the Shadows guides
How to get Artifact of the Shadows
Artifact of the Shadows is found in 1 loot crate.
Loot crates
1 crate
- Aberration Artifact ShadowsAberration · ASA / ASE
Artifact of the Shadows — Detailed Guide
An artifact from the Hidden Grotto
In ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, the Artifact of the Shadows goes into the tribute recipes that generate the Aberration portals. The ARK Wiki names it as one of three artifacts that arrived with Aberration; the other two are the 
Artifact of the Depths and the 
Artifact of the Stalker. It can be found on Crystal Isles as well, and the wiki's infobox lists both Aberration and Crystal Isles as its DLC. The in-game text sets one rule for carrying it: "Only one of these may be carried at a time by an organism."
Finding it on each map
On Aberration the artifact sits in the Hidden Grotto, while on Crystal Isles the wiki places it in the Eldritch Isle. It respawns: on servers after 3 minutes and 15 seconds, in singleplayer after 30 minutes. Our records list one loot crate that can contain it, the Aberration Artifact Shadows crate on Aberration. For a map of every artifact location, the wiki refers readers to its interactive Explorer Maps.
Portals that use it
In ASA the artifact is an ingredient in 3 recipes, each taking 1: 
Generate Aberration (Gamma) Portal, 
Generate Aberration (Beta) Portal and 
Generate Aberration (Alpha) Portal. ASE uses it in the same three and adds a fourth, 
Generate Crystal Wyvern Queen (Alpha) Portal, for a total of 4.
Weight and patch
It weighs 5 and has a stack size of 1, so a full stack also weighs 5. The wiki gives 275.0 as the patch that added it.