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Big Campfire
StructureASE + ASA

Big Campfire

Perfect for cooking meat, staying warm, and providing light. Increased heat and light radius! Must use a form of wood as a fuel source.

Weight4
Stack3
Unlocks atLv 178 pts

Details

Category
Structure
Games
ASE + ASA
Expansion
Base

Engram

How you unlock it

Required level
17
Engram points
8
How to unlock
Manual

Maps

Found on 1 map

Base

How to craft Big Campfire (Primitive Plus)

Big Campfire (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 17, costs 8 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 2.5 XP.

Ingredients

For one craft

Big Campfire — Detailed Guide

Fire for cooking, warmth and light

The Big Campfire is a Primitive Plus structure in ARK: Survival Evolved. The in-game description reads: "Perfect for cooking meat, staying warm, and providing light. Increased heat and light radius! Must use a form of wood as a fuel source." Put plainly, it does three jobs (cooking meat, keeping survivors warm and lighting the area around it), and it has to be fed wood in one form or another.

Engram and materials

The engram unlocks at level 17 and costs 8 engram points. A Big Campfire is made from:

Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 2.5 XP. Each one weighs 4, they stack to 3, and a full stack weighs 12.

Items named in its wiki crafting section

The crafting section of its ARK Wiki page lists these items: Cooked Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Cooked Poultry, Cooked Fish Fillet, Cooked Spare Ribs and Cooked Bacon, as well as Organic Oil.

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