Flintlock Pistol
This early aged pistol trades accuracy for flexibility.
Details
- Category
- Weapon
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 4 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 50
- Engram points
- 25
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 1 map
Video guides: search YouTube for Flintlock Pistol guides
How to craft Flintlock Pistol (Primitive Plus)
Flintlock Pistol (Primitive Plus) is crafted from 4 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 50, costs 25 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 25.25 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
80Stone
40Chitin/KeratinCrafted along the way: Cementing Paste ×10.
Flintlock Pistol — Detailed Guide
A one-shot Primitive Plus pistol
The Flintlock Pistol is a gun from the Primitive Plus DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved. In-game it reads: "This early aged pistol trades accuracy for flexibility." The ARK Wiki gives each hit as 160 damage against players and 112 against dinosaurs, which take only 70% of gun damage.
Strengths and limits
According to the wiki, it suits any kind of opponent, but with just 1 shot it is less effective against tough or fast targets above 200 health; the wiki names the 
Allosaurus, the 
Rex and a high-level 
Raptor or 
Terror Bird. Its 60 durability is good for 300 shots, which the wiki totals as 48,000 ranged damage to players or 33,600 to dinosaurs.
Crafting the pistol
Our records put the engram at level 50 for 25 engram points, and the wiki names the 
Advanced Workbench (Primitive Plus) as a crafting station. Ingredients:
- 60 Iron Ingot (Primitive Plus)
- 5
Wood - 15
Leather (Primitive Plus) - 10
Cementing Paste
Crafting takes 5 seconds, yields 1 pistol and gives 25.25 XP. The finished pistol weighs 5 and has a stack size of 1.
Notes from the wiki
The wiki reports that the pistol's animation is currently broken. It also says the weapon once could not be colored at all, while its handle can now take color.