Extinguisher Grenade

Putting fires out

The Extinguisher Grenade, found in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a grenade made to put out fires rather than to kill. The game says it "Puts out fire and temporarily prevents fire sources from being active". The ARK Wiki places it in the Wasteland War adventure pack of the ARK: Bob's Tall Tales DLC. A throw clears flames within a few meters, and landing it on a burning fire source such as lit Oil keeps that source from catching again for a while. The wiki thinks it works by releasing dry powder, much like a real-life fire extinguisher.

Where it helps

• Dragon fight: the wiki calls this its most popular use, as a counter to the fire breath, the strongest attack of the Dragon boss.
• Lava: after a quick dip in lava, you or your tames can use one to remove the debuff that lingers once out of it. It does nothing against the lava damage itself.
• PvP: it works against Flamethrowers and Pyromanes, and it also switches off electric generators, which the wiki points out can be very useful in raids.

Crafting the grenade

The engram unlocks at level 58 for 18 engram points. It is crafted in a Fabricator or a Tek Replicator, takes 5 seconds and gives 8.25 XP. One grenade needs:

• 20 Fiber
• 18 Sparkpowder
• 14 Charcoal
• 6 Hide
• 4 Keratin
• 3 Flint
• 3 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

The wiki notes that, although the item comes from Extinction, these are common resources found on every map.

Weight and loot

A grenade weighs 0.5 and they stack to 10, so a full stack weighs 5. Our records place it on 9 maps and list 6 crate types that can contain it, for example the Extinction Cave Blue, Red and Yellow crates and the King Titan Easy, Medium and Hard crates.