Barrel of Gunpowder
A very tempermental primitive explosive. Has a slight chance of misfiring.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 4 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 53
- Engram points
- 20
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Barrel of Gunpowder guides
How to craft Barrel of Gunpowder (Primitive Plus)
Barrel of Gunpowder (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 4 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 53, costs 20 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 3.7 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
186Flint
125Charcoal
93Stone
50OilCrafted along the way: Sparkpowder ×185, Gunpowder ×125.
Barrel of Gunpowder — Detailed Guide
An explosive with a temper
Placed and lit through a radial menu, the Barrel of Gunpowder is an explosive added to ARK: Survival Evolved by the Primitive Plus DLC. Its description is a warning in itself: "A very tempermental primitive explosive. Has a slight chance of misfiring."
How the blast behaves
The ARK Wiki explains that the fuse timer can come up as 0, and then the barrel blows at once. The blast radius is fairly large: it can damage 9 foundations arranged in a square, and one barrel can take out a Reinforced Wood Door in a single blast.
Crafting in a Smithy
The engram costs 20 engram points, and our records place it at level 53. Barrels are made in a 
Smithy, take 5 seconds each and give 3.7 XP. The ARK Wiki gives this recipe:
- 125
Gunpowder - 60
Sparkpowder - 60
Steel Ingot (Primitive Plus) - 10 Crude Oil (Primitive Plus)
Weight and a storage quirk
A barrel weighs 45, and up to 100 share a stack, so a full stack weighs 4500. The wiki warns that barrels kept in storage for a long time tend to disappear, even though they have no spoil time.