Metal Staircase
A metal spiral staircase, useful in constructing multi-level buildings.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 2 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 32 crates
- Item ID
- 250
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 46
- Engram points
- 20
Video guides: search YouTube for Metal Staircase guides
How to craft Metal Staircase
Metal Staircase is crafted from 2 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 46, costs 20 engram points, takes 2 seconds, gives 4.56 XP.
SmithyRaw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
280Stone
250Metal
140Chitin/KeratinCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×125, Cementing Paste ×35.
How to get Metal Staircase
Metal Staircase is found in 32 loot crates.
Loot crates
32 crates
- Genesis BlueGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis CyanGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis OrangeGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis PurpleGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis RedGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis WhiteGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
Show all 32 crates
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
Metal Staircase — Detailed Guide
A spiral stair in metal
The Metal Staircase is a spiral stair for buildings with several floors, in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended alike. In the game's words, it is "A metal spiral staircase, useful in constructing multi-level buildings." It gives access to higher areas and can be set on any foundation.
Crafting the staircase
The engram unlocks at level 46 and costs 20 engram points. Each staircase needs 125 
Metal Ingot (or 
Scrap Metal Ingot) and 35 
Cementing Paste (or 
Achatina Paste). A craft takes 2 seconds and gives 4.56 XP. The ARK Wiki lists the 
Argentavis Saddle among the places where it can be crafted.
Weight and loot
A staircase weighs 4, and a stack of 100 weighs 400. Loot can supply them as well: 32 crate types can contain one, for example the Genesis Blue, Cyan, Green and Orange crates on Genesis Part 2.
What can damage it
The staircase counts as a metal structure, and according to the wiki only a short list can damage it: the 
Titanosaur, the 
Arthropluera, Titans, bosses, the 
DodoRex, Corrupted Creatures and Enraged Creatures, along with explosives, the 
Tek Rifle and Tek Saddles.