Element Ore

Raw Element from Aberration

Element Ore is the unrefined form of Element, a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended whose in-game text is simply "Unrefined Element." The ARK Wiki says it was introduced with Aberration and can also be found on Crystal Isles and Fjordur. It is a separate item from Element, Element Shard and Element Dust.

Mining the nodes

The ore is mined from small dark rocks that hold a purple crystal. These rocks sit on the surface and also in the Grave of the Lost. On Crystal Isles the wiki points to a hidden cave: enter the large bee cave, drop into the water near its back and swim down until you reach it. The nodes there look the same as on Aberration, and the wiki says the trip calls for SCUBA Armor and/or a water tame in a cryopod, or an omni-tame such as the Baryonyx. On Fjordur, look along the lava trench on the floor of the Abyssal Depths cave, and stay alert: the wiki warns that the Mosasaur and the Tusoteuthis live there.

What it turns into

The wiki names two uses: Element is crafted from it at a Charge Node, and the Hover Skiff can burn it as an alternative fuel. Our recipe data has one recipe per game that takes it: Element in ASE and Element (Chunk) in ASA, each calling for 20 Element Ore.

Weight and crates

Each piece weighs 0.5 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 50. Two loot crates in our records can contain it, Aberration Red and Aberration Red Bonus, which appear on Aberration, Valguero and Crystal Isles. The wiki gives 275.0 as the version that added it.