Poison Grenade
Releases narcotic smoke to knock out anything in the area -- only affects humans.
Details
- Category
- Weapon
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 9 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 69 crates
- Item ID
- 430
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 40
- Engram points
- 18
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 12 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Poison Grenade guides
How to craft Poison Grenade
Poison Grenade is crafted from 9 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 40, costs 18 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 8.25 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Fabricator
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
50Narcoberry
15Stone
10Spoiled Meat
10Metal
6HideCrafted along the way: Sparkpowder ×30, Gunpowder ×12, Narcotic ×10, Metal Ingot ×5.
How to get Poison Grenade
Poison Grenade is found in 69 loot crates.
Loot crates
69 crates
- Aberration BlueAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Blue BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration PurpleAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Purple BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Surface BlueAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Blue BonusAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface PurpleAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Purple BonusAberration · ASA
- Astraeos Desert PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
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- Astral T-RexThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Extinction Cave BlueExtinction · ASA
- Extinction Cave RedExtinction · ASA
- Extinction Cave YellowExtinction · ASA
- Island Cave RedThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Cave YellowThe Island, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- King Titan EasyExtinction · ASA
- King Titan HardExtinction · ASA
- King Titan MediumExtinction · ASA
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Outpost: Breeding Pits EasyLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Breeding Pits HardLost Colony · ASA
- Outpost: Breeding Pits MediumLost Colony · ASA
- Ragnarok Cave RedRagnarok · ASA
- Ragnarok Cave YellowRagnarok · ASA
- Scorched Buried WhiteThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Cave RedScorched Earth, Aberration, Astraeos, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Scorched PurpleScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Purple BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- The Center Cave YellowThe Center · ASA
Poison Grenade — Detailed Guide
Narcotic gas against survivors
The Poison Grenade is a gas grenade in ARK: Survival Evolved that works on people rather than creatures. Its item text says the narcotic smoke knocks out anything in the area but affects only humans. When it goes off, the cloud quickly raises the Torpor of enemy survivors, while creatures are fully immune to the gas.
A shorter fuse
Once the pin is pulled, the gas comes out after 2.5 seconds. That is shorter than the 5-second fuse of other grenades, so this one has to be used more quickly. The wiki also warns that 
Auto Turrets will shoot Poison Grenades down.
Raids and PVE
The ARK Wiki rates them very useful for base raids, since most players are easily knocked out by them, and a player kept unconscious cannot respawn for another try. The grenade can also be used in PVE, but since v228.2 it affects only you and your tribemates there.
Engram and ingredients
Learning the engram takes level 40 and 18 engram points. A Fabricator or a 
Tek Replicator makes the grenade from:
- 20
Fiber - 18
Sparkpowder - 14
Charcoal - 12
Gunpowder - 10
Narcotic - 5
Flint - 5
Crystal or 
Primal Crystal - 5
Metal Ingot or 
Scrap Metal Ingot
Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 8.25 XP. The 
Exo-Mek also appears among the wiki's crafting stations.
Weight and where it turns up
Each grenade weighs 1.5, and they stack to 10. Our records list it on 12 maps, from The Island and Scorched Earth to Lost Island and Fjordur, and 69 loot crate types can contain it, such as the Aberration Blue and Aberration Purple crates of Aberration and Valguero.