Dipping Net (Ammo)
Un-attached net for a dipping net to catch fish.
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- Ammunition
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Dipping Net (Ammo) — Detailed Guide
The net behind the Dipping Net
Loaded into the 
Dipping Net (Weapon), Dipping Net (Ammo) is the loose net that catches fish in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Aquatica DLC, and the ARK Wiki gives 360.1 as the version that added it. The game describes it as "Un-attached net for a dipping net to catch fish." According to the wiki, it does a job close to that of the 
Fish Basket: both are ways to capture small fish.
Engram and recipe
The engram unlocks at level 27 and costs 6 engram points, with the Dipping Net (Weapon) listed as its prerequisite. Nets are crafted in the survivor's own inventory from:
- 120
Fiber - 40
Thatch - 40
Fish Scale
A single net weighs 0.05 and up to 100 fit in a stack, which then weighs 5.
Catching fish with it
With the Dipping Net (Weapon) in hand, swim close to the target and use the tool. An attempt can fail; a successful one gives a Filled Dipping Net. Creatures the wiki lists as catchable include the 
Piranha, 
Trilobite, 
Lamprey, 
Sabertooth Salmon, 
Coelacanth, 
Thunnus, 
Stereolepis, 
Qarmoutus, 
Leech and 
Diseased Leech. The 
Manta, 
Anglerfish and 
Ichthyosaurus can be netted too, but only when they are already tamed.
Filled nets and taming
A Filled Dipping Net spoils in 2000 seconds (33 minutes and 20 seconds). Standing inside water while the net sits in the hotbar refreshes that timer. Filled nets serve as a passive taming method for the 
Ocepechelon and the 
Shadowmane.
The wiki adds that crafting spare nets is not currently required: equipping the Dipping Net (Weapon) spawns one net and reloads it automatically, and that net can be used or taken out again and again, giving an unlimited supply.