Sloop
A very fast, medium-sized Ship for naval travel. Comes equipped with several cannons, and can be customized with tileset Structures.
Details
- Category
- Vehicle
- Games
- ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 42
- Engram points
- 18
Video guides: search YouTube for Sloop guides
How to craft Sloop
Sloop is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 42, costs 18 engram points, gives 1 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Sloop — Detailed Guide
A fast ship from Tides of Fortune
Tides of Fortune, an adventure pack from the Bob's True Tales DLC, added the Sloop to ARK: Survival Ascended: a medium-sized ship with 6 cannons and space to build on board. Learning its engram, crafting it and using it all require that DLC to be installed. The in-game description: "A very fast, medium-sized Ship for naval travel. Comes equipped with several cannons, and can be customized with tileset Structures."
Building the Sloop at a Shipyard
The engram unlocks at level 42 for 18 engram points. The ship is built and repaired at a 
Shipyard, from:
- 1200
Fiber - 600
Wood or 
Fungal Wood - 300
Thatch - 200
Metal Ingot or 
Scrap Metal Ingot - 60
Oil or Oil (
Tusoteuthis)
Decks, sails and cannons
The ship has two levels. The top one, the bridge, carries the steering wheel, the captain's cabin and 3 cannons on each side; beneath it is an open floor for building.
Sailing happens at the steering wheel, which controls the sails (raised or lowered for speed, rotated for direction), the rudder and the anchor. Speed comes from the height of the sails and the direction of the wind. Raised sails stay up when the helmsman steps away, but they come down once every player has left the ship.
All 6 cannons are on the bridge, split into a left and a right side. The player at the wheel can fire either side, and other players can take a side each. Without ammunition they shoot regular 
Cannon Ball rounds; special cannonballs, crafted or looted, add extra effects.
Building on board and other notes
- Structures can go anywhere on the ship and walls snap to its floor, but Foundations and Pillars cannot be placed.
- Weight inside containers counts against the ship; weight carried by players or creatures does not.
- The Sloop can take damage from wild creatures, though they do not go after it; NPC Ships do attack it, and their cannons hit hard.
- Hitting an island does not damage the ship.
- A ladder on each side leads up from the water to the bridge.
- The steering wheel can be moved to any spot on the ship through the Move Steering Wheel Here option.
- Pirate-themed music plays while sailing and can be controlled from the radial menu of the wheel.