Radio
Use this to communicate securely over great distances.
Details
- Category
- Tool
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 3 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 44 crates
- Item ID
- 140
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 51
- Engram points
- 8
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 12 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Radio guides
How to craft Radio
Radio is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 51, costs 8 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 2 XP.
SmithyRaw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
80Metal
40Flint
20StoneCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×40, Sparkpowder ×40.
How to get Radio
Radio is found in 44 loot crates.
Loot crates
44 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' 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
Show all 44 crates
- 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
Radio — Detailed Guide
Long-range voice for survivors
In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Radio lets players who each carry one talk across long distances. Its item text: "Use this to communicate securely over great distances." Before relying on it, note a warning from the ARK Wiki: since Patch 311.74 radios no longer work. The whisper and shout system disabled the voice checkbox in the radio setup, so voice is no longer sent.
How it was meant to work
- Frequency: using the radio asks for a GHz frequency of 1 to 4 digits. Each one is a separate channel, giving 9,999 choices, since 0 is not valid.
- Talking: once tuned, voice chat goes out to everyone on the same channel, with a filter added to the speaker's voice.
- Hotbar: it only has to sit in one of the action bar slots 1 to 9 rather than be equipped; moving it back to the main inventory switches it off.
- Range: the signal covers the entire island and ignores mountains, caves and structures.
- Nearby players: ticking the voice chat box when entering the frequency also lets players close by hear you.
Crafting a Radio
The engram unlocks at level 51 for 8 engram points. The Radio is crafted at a 
Smithy, and the 
Argentavis Saddle is listed as another option. A craft takes 5 seconds, gives 2 XP and uses:
- 40
Metal Ingot (or 
Scrap Metal Ingot) - 40
Crystal (or 
Primal Crystal) - 40
Sparkpowder
It weighs 0.5 and does not stack. Our records count 44 crate types that can contain it, such as the Genesis Blue, Cyan, Green and Orange crates on Genesis Part 2, and list it on 12 maps.