Simple Pistol

The first gun survivors can craft

Also called the Revolver or simply the Pistol, the Simple Pistol is a six-round revolver found in both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended. Its in-game description reads: "This simple revolver trades accuracy for flexibility." The ARK Wiki notes that it is the first firearm players are able to craft, that it fires quickly and hits hard, and that it is intended for close and medium distances. Fitting a Scope Attachment extends its useful range considerably.

Engram, recipe and crafting stations

The engram unlocks at level 34 for 15 engram points, and our records list the Flare Gun as its prerequisite. One pistol takes:

• 60 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
• 15 Hide
• 5 Wood or Fungal Wood

According to the wiki it can be made in a Smithy or an Argentavis Saddle. Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 25.2 XP. A repair costs 30 Metal Ingot, 7.5 Hide and 2.5 Wood.

Durability, weight and loot

The pistol has 60 durability and loses 0.2 with each use, which the wiki counts as 300 uses in total. It weighs 5 and has a stack size of 1. Loot is a common source: 330 crate types can contain it, the Aberration Blue crates and several Aberration dungeon crates among them. Our records list it on 9 maps, including The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok and Astraeos.

Handling notes from the wiki

• Shots to the head deal extra damage to many creatures.
• In bright midday light the hammer can reflect and blind the shooter; a dark dye such as Black or Slate fixes this.
• On Xbox an active Laser Attachment, and on PC a Flashlight Attachment, mutes the shots as though a Silencer Attachment were fitted.
• The wiki names the Fabricated Pistol as its successor.