SaddleASE + ASAItem ID 409
Mosasaur Platform Saddle
Equip a Mosasaur with this to ride it. You can build structures on the large platform to make a mobile base.
Armor25
Weight20
Stack1
Unlocks atLv 9380 pts
Details
- Category
- Saddle
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 220 crates
- Item ID
- 409
Saddle & engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 93
- Engram points
- 80
Learn these first
Mosasaur Saddle
Maps
Found on 9 maps
The IslandScorched EarthAberrationExtinctionLost ColonyThe CenterAstraeosRagnarokValguero
Related
Mosasaur
Video guides: search YouTube for Mosasaur Platform Saddle guides
How to craft Mosasaur Platform Saddle
Mosasaur Platform Saddle is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 93, costs 80 engram points, takes 15 seconds, gives 462 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Smithy
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
2,400Metal
1,440Stone
720Chitin/KeratinCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×1,200, Cementing Paste ×180.
How to get Mosasaur Platform Saddle
Mosasaur Platform Saddle is dropped by 1 creature; found in 220 loot crates.
Dropped by
MosasaurusLoot crates
220 crates
- Astraeos LimeAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos RedAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Red BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos YellowAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Yellow BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astral MosasaurThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Astral TusoteuthisThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- BeylaThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Dragon HoardScorched Earth, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- ErymanthianAstraeos · ASA
Show all 220 crates
- Fishing Items (Pole)The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
- Fjordur Deep SeaFjordur · ASE
- Fjordur Ice Cave RedFjordur · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- HatiThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Island Deep SeaThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
- Island Ice Cave RedThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Lost Island · ASE
- Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island RedThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Red BonusThe Island and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Underwater RedThe Island and Astraeos · ASA
- Island YellowThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Yellow BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- KalydoniosAstraeos · ASA
- Lava ElementalRagnarok · ASA / ASE
- Lost Island RuinsLost Island · ASE
- MinotarchosAstraeos · ASA
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'A Captains Conquest' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Allo and Goodbye' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Along Came Pollen' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Another Bog Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Beatdown' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Fishin' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bog Rally' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bottle-nosed Blitz' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Built Fjord Tough' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Chasing the White Whale' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Cheaper by the Pack' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dead Heat' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Deer-ly Departed' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dodoball Shot Clock' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Dont Fear the Reaper King' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Echo of a Classic' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Gotta Go Fast' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hide and Sink' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Home Is Where the Pouch Is' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunt in the Heat' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hunting by Moonlight' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Hyde and Seek' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ice Fishin' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Its a Bug Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of Swing Grand Prix' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'King of the Moon' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Kingslayer' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Lochd and Loaded' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Magma Medley Melee' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mammoths on Parade' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Mound Over Matter' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'One Hell of a Treasure Hunt' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Out of the Frying Pan...' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Rip It, Roll It, and Punch It!' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ruffle Some Feathers' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Ruffle Some Feathers' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Saber Slalom' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Searching the Fro-zone' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Space Jam' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Spy Vs Spino' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Swamp Placid' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'TEKnological Terrors' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Egg-straction' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Mosa Proposal' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Rhino 500' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Summit Tour' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'The Teeth Underneath' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'This Little Light of Mine' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'To Boldly Go' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Tokyo Skifft' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Wave Ray 64' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'We Will Rock You' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Web Search' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Mission 'Who Hid the Squid?' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
- Ragnarok Desert CrateAstraeos and Ragnarok · ASA
- Scorched Buried BlueThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried GreenThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried RedThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Desert CrateScorched Earth and Ragnarok · ASE
- SköllThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- SteinbjörnThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- The Center RedThe Center · ASA
- The Center Red BonusThe Center · ASA
- Treasure ChestRagnarok · ASA / ASE
- Valguero PurpleValguero · ASA
- Valguero Purple BonusValguero · ASA
- Valguero RedValguero · ASA
- Valguero Red BonusValguero · ASA
- Valguero YellowValguero · ASA
- Valguero Yellow BonusValguero · ASA
- Wild BroodmotherThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
Mosasaur Platform Saddle — Detailed Guide
A mobile base on a Mosasaur
With this saddle, a Mosasaur in ARK: Survival Ascended or ARK: Survival Evolved becomes rideable and carries buildings on its back. The in-game text: "Equip a Mosasaur with this to ride it. You can build structures on the large platform to make a mobile base." The ARK Wiki adds that the Mosasaur can still attack and harvest while you steer it with the platform fitted.
Unlocking and crafting
The engram unlocks at level 93 for 80 engram points, crafting also requires level 93, and our data lists the 
Mosasaur Saddle as its prerequisite. It is crafted in a 
Smithy or on an 
Argentavis Saddle from:
- 1200
Metal Ingot (or 
Scrap Metal Ingot) - 960
Hide - 720
Fiber - 320
Silica Pearls (or 
Silicate) - 180
Cementing Paste (or 
Achatina Paste)
Crafting takes 15 seconds and gives 462 XP. The saddle weighs 20 and has an armor rating of 25 and 50 durability.
Building on the platform
The platform has room for a 4 by 6 foundation, and the wiki sets a cap of 50 structures, counting every small piece from foundations to electrical keypads, plus things attached alongside the saddle such as ladders. Most structures are allowed, including beds, storage chests and feeding troughs. The exceptions are Pipes, 
Auto Turrets, the Gateway and 
Behemoth Gateway, the 
Vault, 
Elevator Track, the 
Industrial Forge, and Crop Plots growing 
Plant Species X.
Bed: lets a player respawn on the Mosasaur after dying or travel between several Mosasaur bases, but not while the Mosasaur is near an enemy structure.
Feeding Trough: feeds allied creatures nearby.
Vacuum Compartments: cannot be built on it; the wiki notes that getting full use from the saddle then means wearing Scuba Gear to avoid drowning.
Limits to plan around
Items stored in containers on the platform still count toward the Mosasaur's weight, and since v256 the full weight of any creatures aboard is passed on to it as well; tames with weight reduction can raise how much it carries. The saddle cannot be taken off or dyed while any structure remains on it, so everything has to be destroyed first.
In loot, 220 crate types can contain the saddle, for example Astraeos Red and Astraeos Purple. Our records list it on 9 maps.