Cannon Shell
A large artillery shell. Used as ammunition for the Mek Siege Cannon Module.
Details
- Category
- Ammunition
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Extinction
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 6 crates
- Item ID
- 523
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 97
- Engram points
- 35
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 4 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Cannon Shell guides
How to craft Cannon Shell
Cannon Shell is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 97, costs 35 engram points, takes 1 seconds, gives 3.6 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Tek Replicator
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
2,340Stone
1,120Chitin/Keratin
320Metal
240Obsidian
200Flint
200CharcoalCrafted along the way: Cementing Paste ×280, Gunpowder ×200, Sparkpowder ×200, Metal Ingot ×160, Polymer ×120.
How to get Cannon Shell
Cannon Shell is found in 6 loot crates.
Loot crates
6 crates
- Desert TitanExtinction · ASA / ASE
- Forest TitanExtinction · ASA / ASE
- Ice TitanExtinction · ASA / ASE
- King Titan EasyExtinction · ASA / ASE
- King Titan HardExtinction · ASA / ASE
- King Titan MediumExtinction · ASA / ASE
Cannon Shell — Detailed Guide
Shells for the Mek siege cannon
Heavy artillery ammunition from the Extinction expansion of ARK: Survival Evolved, the Cannon Shell has a single job. Item text: "A large artillery shell. Used as ammunition for the Mek Siege Cannon Module." The ARK Wiki confirms that the 
M.S.C.M. is the only thing that fires it. Our records list it on Extinction, Genesis Part 2, Lost Island and Fjordur.
Unlock and recipe
The engram comes late: level 97, costing 35 engram points. Crafting takes 1 second and gives 3.6 XP, and the ARK Wiki lists the 
Exo-Mek as one place to craft it. Each shell needs:
- 200
Gunpowder - 160
Metal Ingot or 
Scrap Metal Ingot - 120
Polymer, 
Organic Polymer, or 
Corrupted Nodule - 40
Cementing Paste or 
Achatina Paste - 20
Crystal or 
Primal Crystal
Weight and defense
A single shell weighs 15 and they do not stack, so every round takes its own slot and adds noticeable weight; it pays to plan carrying capacity before a siege. The wiki also notes that 
Heavy Auto Turrets can shoot Cannon Shells down.
Titan drops
Shells also come from the titans of Extinction: the 
King Titan, 
Ice Titan, 
Forest Titan and 
Desert Titan drop them once defeated. Our records count 6 crate types that can contain them, namely the Desert, Forest and Ice Titan crates and the three King Titan crates (Easy, Medium and Hard).