Canteen

Water for long trips

For long trips away from base, the Canteen carries a solid water supply in ARK: Survival Evolved: "Safely carries a sizable amount of water, and is reasonably lightweight." It holds 300 units of water and weighs 2, lighter than the Water Jar though heavier than the Waterskin. Its later successor is the Tek Canteen.

Crafting a Canteen

The engram costs 24 engram points at level 54. A Canteen is made in the Fabricator, or in a Tek Replicator or Exo-Mek, from:

• 10 Polymer, Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule
• 4 Cementing Paste, or Achatina Paste
• 2 Hide
• 1 Metal Ingot, or Scrap Metal Ingot

Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 3.25 XP; the wiki counts it among the cheapest items a Fabricator makes. 44 crate types can contain a Canteen, for example the Genesis Blue, Genesis Cyan and Genesis Green crates on Genesis Part 2.

Drinking and refilling

• Use it from the inventory or from the hotbar. A full Canteen gives 3 drinks before it needs a refill.
• Refill it by using it in the rain or in shallow water, or place it in a Metal Irrigation Pipe - Tap or Stone Irrigation Pipe - Tap.
• The wiki reports a bug where a faulty tap leaves a Canteen broken, unfillable and beyond repair. Drink from the tap first; if it does not restore your water, keep containers out of it.
• On Scorched Earth, water containers including the Canteen gradually lose water.
• Gachas eat Canteens left in a feeding trough, and they go for them before anything else.

Making an Iced Canteen

Leave a filled Canteen in a Refrigerator or Tek Trough and once 60 seconds have passed it becomes an Iced Canteen. Drinking from that raises hyperthermal insulation by 84 and cuts hypothermal insulation by the same 84, which helps in hot places such as the Lava Cave or on Scorched Earth and also helps clear Heatstroke. Taken out of the fridge, it reverts to a plain Canteen in 10 minutes. Several drinks in a river's refill zone stack the effect, which can bring on Hypothermia in colder areas.