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Large Animal Feces
ConsumableASE + ASAItem ID 283

Large Animal Feces

Everyone poops. Can provide nitrogen to help crops grow in their plots. Would be more efficient fertilizer if combined with thatch in a bin.

Weight4
Stack1

Details

Category
Consumable
Games
ASE + ASA
Expansion
Base
Item ID
283

Engram

How you unlock it

Required level
None
Engram points
0
How to unlock
Drop / Event Item

Maps

Found on 14 maps

The IslandScorched EarthAberrationExtinctionLost ColonyThe CenterAstraeosRagnarokValgueroGenesis Part 1Genesis Part 2Crystal IslesLost IslandFjordur

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Large Animal Feces — Detailed Guide

Droppings that feed crops

Large creatures in ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK: Survival Evolved drop Large Animal Feces from time to time, and the droppings can fertilize crops. The description opens with a blunt "Everyone poops." and goes on to say they give crop plots nitrogen and make a better fertilizer once combined with thatch in a bin. A survivor who eats one loses health, the ARK Wiki notes.

Which creatures leave it

The ARK Wiki's list of sources includes the Rex, Giganotosaurus, Mammoth, Brontosaurus, Spino, Quetzal and Rock Drake, and also the Archelon, Rhyniognatha and Palaeoctopus.

Using it on a farm

Put into a Crop Plot's inventory, one dropping adds 15,000 points of fertilization. Mixed with Thatch in a Compost Bin it turns into Fertilizer, the option the description calls more efficient.

Carrying and spoilage

Each one weighs 4 and the stack size is 1. It spoils after 10000 seconds, about 2.8 hours. Our records list it on 14 maps, including The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration and Fjordur.

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