Artifact of the Skylord

The artifact behind the Dragon tribute

Found in caves, the Artifact of the Skylord is an artifact in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended that goes into tribute and portal recipes. Its description reads: "Mastery of the skies confers a distinct advantage over earthbound competition. Only one of these may be carried at a time by an organism." In practice, any one survivor or creature carries at most one.

Where it is found

Our records tie the artifact to 5 maps: The Island, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero, and its loot entry is the Island Artifact Skylord. It weighs 5 and does not stack.

Tributes and portals that use it

The ARK Wiki notes its role in the Dragon tribute on every difficulty. Each recipe below takes one artifact. In ASA our records list 15:

• Generate Dragon Portal and its Alpha, Beta and Gamma versions
• Generate Megapithecus Portal
• Abyssalus Easy Tribute, Abyssalus Medium Tribute and Abyssalus Hard Tribute
• the Hydraskos the Unbroken portals at Alpha, Beta and Gamma
• the Nunatak portals at Alpha, Beta and Gamma
• Generate Grendel (Gamma) Portal

ASE has 11: the four Dragon portals and the Megapithecus portal again, the Ragnarok (Easy), (Medium) and (Hard) portals, the Crystal Wyvern Queen (Gamma) and Dinopithecus King (Gamma) portals, and the Portal to the Guardian's Sanctuary (Gamma).