Astrocetus Tek Saddle
Equip an Astrocetus with this to ride it and fire plasma projectiles.
Details
- Category
- Saddle
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Genesis: Part 1
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 12 crates
- Item ID
- 498
Saddle & engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
Maps
Found on 4 maps
Related
Video guides: search YouTube for Astrocetus Tek Saddle guides
How to craft Astrocetus Tek Saddle
Astrocetus Tek Saddle is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram takes 10 seconds, gives 86 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Tek Replicator
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
12,000Stone
6,500Metal
6,000Chitin/Keratin
1,500ObsidianCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×3,250, Cementing Paste ×1,500, Polymer ×750.
How to get Astrocetus Tek Saddle
Astrocetus Tek Saddle is found in 12 loot crates.
Loot crates
12 crates
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
Astrocetus Tek Saddle — Detailed Guide
Saddling an Astrocetus
The Astrocetus Tek Saddle lets a survivor ride a tamed 
Astrocetus in ARK: Survival Evolved. The in-game text: "Equip an Astrocetus with this to ride it and fire plasma projectiles." According to the ARK Wiki, the saddle carries three gun turrets, offers three passenger seats in all and can turn the creature's energy into bombs, with 
Ambergris as their ammunition. As with other platform saddles, up to 5 other structures can be placed on it.
Unlocking the Tekgram
To unlock the engram, beat the 
Corrupted Master Controller at Beta difficulty or above. With that Tekgram, a survivor can craft, equip and ride the saddle. The passenger seats that fire 
Element pulses stay disabled for any survivor who does not have the Tekgram.
Crafting materials
The wiki names the Tek Replicator and the 
Exo-Mek as crafting stations. One saddle requires:
- 3250
Metal Ingot (or 
Scrap Metal Ingot) - 750
Polymer (
Organic Polymer or 
Corrupted Nodule also work) - 606
Crystal (or 
Primal Crystal) - 210
Black Pearl - 82 Element (or
Red Element)
Crafting takes 10 seconds and gives 86 XP.
Stats, maps and loot
The saddle has an armor rating of 45 and 120 durability, weighs 20 and has a stack size of 1. The wiki says it was introduced in Genesis: Part 1 and is also found on Genesis: Part 2 and Lost Island. It can come from missions as well: 12 crate types can contain it, for example Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' Hard, Mission 'Circuit Chase' Hard and Mission 'Ferox Cull' Hard on Genesis Part 2.