Industrial Preserving Bin

A powered bin for meat and jerky

Meat lasts longer in the Industrial Preserving Bin, a powered container that also crafts jerky. The ARK Wiki says it arrived with the Steampunk Ascent of Bob's Tall Tales, released alongside Aberration for ARK: Survival Ascended. Running on electricity, it generates low heat that dries food and kills bacteria, slowing the spoiling of perishables for a while.

Spoil time and jerky

With a generator supplying power, the bin multiplies the spoil time of meat by 150, which the wiki rates as 50% more effective than a Refrigerator. It can also produce Prime Meat Jerky and Cooked Meat Jerky; the wiki puts the time at 2 min 24 sec. That is 15 times faster than a Preserving Bin.

Engram and recipe

The engram unlocks at level 68 for 23 engram points, our records set the crafting level at 68 too, and they list the Refrigerator and Preserving Bin as prerequisites. The bin is made in a Fabricator from:

• 600 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
• 200 Polymer, Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule
• 60 Crystal or Primal Crystal
• 60 Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste
• 20 Electronics

A craft takes 5 seconds and gives 6.9 XP.

Weight and loot

Each bin weighs 4 and up to 5 stack together, 20 for a full stack. Our records list 9 crate types that can contain one, such as the Aberration Red and Aberration Surface Yellow crates, and place the bin on 9 maps, among them The Island, Astraeos and Lost Colony.