Federation Exo Helmet

Head slot of the Federation Exo set

Worn in the head slot, the Federation Exo Helmet belongs to the Federation Exo Armor set from Genesis: Part 2, and our database lists it in both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Apart from its armor value, it gives the wearer extra vision modes. A long press of R cycles through them; on PS, the function wheel opens when reload is held for several seconds.

Pulse Mode and Night Vision Mode

• Pulse Mode: creatures and survivors around you get an outline whose colour shows how they stand towards you. Green marks your tribe's members and creatures, white marks neutral players and creatures, and red marks enemies. The more injured a target is, the darker its outline turns. The scan reaches through walls within a small radius, and wild Equus Unicorns appear with a yellow outline instead of a green one.
• Night Vision Mode: lets you see in the dark. The ARK Wiki points out that, unlike the Night Vision Goggles, the view does not go white when this mode is used in daytime.

A complete, powered set of Federation Exo armor also makes the first-person view underwater extremely clear.

Crafting cost and protection

Crafting the helmet requires level 15, takes 5 seconds and gives 12 XP. One helmet uses:

• 450 Metal Ingot
• 120 Polymer
• 120 Crystal
• 55 Black Pearl
• 20 Element

It has an armor rating of 20 and 300 durability, weighs 4 and has a stack size of 1.

Quirks listed on the wiki

• Putting it on adds a minor overlay.
• It does not need Element, but any Element dragged into it is used up.
• Wearing it makes the overseer language in Sanctuary, on Extinction, readable.
• In the Island's Swamp Cave and in Valguero's The Lair, it cannot stand in for a Gas Mask.