Nerdry Glasses

Glasses for any headgear

Helmets and hats in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended can take on the look of the Nerdry Glasses, a cosmetic skin. The in-game description: "You can use this to skin the appearance of a helmet or hat. Slightly cracked and chewed, but still provides an intelligent look!" According to the ARK Wiki, any piece of headgear can take the skin.

Where the glasses drop

The ARK Wiki says the glasses can be found in supply crates, and that killing a Troodon, a Velonasaur, an Oviraptor or a Dilophosaur can also give them.

Our records show 2 loot entries that can contain them, named Dilo Treasure Map and Dilo, Velo, Oviraptor, and Troodon. Both are listed for The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero. The item itself appears on 14 maps in our records, among them Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, Crystal Isles, Lost Island and Fjordur.

Where the name comes from

The ARK Wiki explains that "Nerdry" blends "nerdy" with "Nedry", pointing to Dennis Nedry from the movie Jurassic Park, a character who wore similar glasses and died to a dilo.

Weight and a known clipping problem

The skin weighs 0 and stacks to 1, and the wiki lists 173.0 as the version that added it. The wiki also reports that, as of Jan 2022, the glasses seemed to have a clipping problem: the normal headgear stayed visible, and both the glasses and the character's hair poked through it.