Citronal
This citrus fruit grows naturally along the coast. It will probably prevent scurvy.
Details
- Category
- Consumable
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Loot crates
- 57 crates
- Item ID
- 98
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
- How to unlock
- Drop / Event Item
Maps
Found on 9 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Citronal guides
How to get Citronal
Citronal is found in 57 loot crates.
Loot crates
57 crates
- Astraeos BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Candy Corn B (Fear Evolved Event)The Island, Scorched Earth, and The Center · ASA / ASE
- Genesis BlueGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis CyanGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis OrangeGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis PurpleGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis RedGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis WhiteGenesis Part 2 · ASE
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- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Island BlueThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Blue BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island GreenThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Green BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Scorched BlueScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Blue BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched GreenScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Green BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
Citronal — Detailed Guide
A crop that has to be farmed
Citronal is a crop in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, one of 4 crops in the game according to the ARK Wiki. The item text reads: "This citrus fruit grows naturally along the coast. It will probably prevent scurvy." The wiki notes, though, that unlike the other crops, Citronal is not found in the wild on any map, which leaves farming as the only way to get it.
Growing Citronal
Each plant is grown out of a Citronal Seed planted in a medium or large crop plot, and it holds at most 150 Citronal at a time. The seeds come from harvesting any plant on any map.
Picking and keeping it
Once taken out of the crop plot, the fruit spoils very quickly. A 
Preserving Bin or a 
Refrigerator extends its life for a short while, but the wiki's strong advice is to leave Citronal in the plot until it is about to be used. One piece weighs 0.1, and a stack of 100 weighs 10.
Recipes and taming
Our recipe data counts 7 uses in ASE and 6 in ASA. Both games use it in 
Calien Soup and 
Focal Chili (5 each), 
Bug Repellant (4), 
Broth of Enlightenment (2), 
Superior Kibble (2) and 
Battle Tartare (1); ASE adds 
Basic Augmented Kibble, also at 2. In taming, it does not speed up the process, but it restores more hunger than berries, which raises overall taming effectiveness.