Cryofridge

Keeping Cryopods charged

The Cryofridge is a powered container in ARK: Survival Evolved that stores Cryopods and recharges them. In-game it reads: "Requires electricity to run. Keeps Cryopods alive forever!" The ARK Wiki names three power sources: an Electrical Generator, a Wind Turbine or a Tek Generator.

How charging works

• A powered fridge refills stored pods at the rate they drain, so a pod with no charge left may need as long as 30 real-time days to refill. A dead pod put inside does not revive the creature it held.
• Creatures frozen in a powered fridge gain passive XP, roughly 75 XP per hour.
• The charge is worked out when the fridge is opened. If it is unpowered and was last opened more than 30 days before, every creature inside will be dead with no way to revive them, which is why the ARK Wiki strongly advises powering it before opening it.
• The reverse holds as well: if it was not opened before power came back, every pod inside can have its charge restored, even after more than 30 days without power.

Placement and protection

It can stand on a foundation or directly on the ground. On the ground it gets the full benefit of its long decay timer and is not demolished automatically when a supporting structure is destroyed; for long absences the wiki suggests a Tek Generator and Cryofridge on natural ground, as any foundation decays before the fridge does. As a Tek structure it takes damage only from a limited group, including explosives, Titans, bosses, Corrupted Creatures, Tek Saddles, the Tek Rifle and the DodoRex. It cannot be stored in a Tek Dedicated Storage.

Engram, recipe and history

The engram unlocks at level 88 for 60 engram points. A craft takes 5 seconds and gives 73 XP:

• 225 Metal Ingot (or Scrap Metal Ingot)
• 60 Polymer (Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule also work)
• 25 Crystal (or Primal Crystal)
• 15 Electronics

The ARK Wiki notes that ARK: Survival Ascended lowers this to 115 Metal Ingot, 30 Polymer, 12 Crystal and 7 Electronics. The engram started out exclusive to Extinction and opened up to all maps when Valguero was released; since version 298.3 the fridge can also be crafted in an Obelisk, a Supply Crate, a Loot Crate or a Deep Sea Loot Crate. It weighs 4 and does not stack. Loot can hold one as well: 20 crate types can contain it, for example Genesis Blue and Genesis Cyan on Genesis Part 2, and our records list it on 9 maps.