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Small Taxidermy Base
StructureASE + ASAItem ID 508

Small Taxidermy Base

Place a harvested dermis to show off your prowess!

Weight4
Stack100
Unlocks atLv 104 pts

Details

Category
Structure
Games
ASE + ASA
Expansion
Extinction
Loot crates
81 crates
Item ID
508

Engram

How you unlock it

Required level
10
Engram points
4

Maps

Found on 4 maps

ExtinctionGenesis Part 2Lost IslandFjordur

How to craft Small Taxidermy Base

Small Taxidermy Base is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 10, costs 4 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 1 XP.

Ingredients

For one craft

How to get Small Taxidermy Base

Small Taxidermy Base is found in 81 loot crates.

Loot crates

81 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 'Choose Your Own Adventure' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
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  • Mission 'Choose Your Own Adventure' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Choose Your Own Adventure' 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 'Code Red' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Code Red' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Code Red' 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 'Life Support' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Life Support' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Life Support' 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 'One Tough Moeder' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'One Tough Moeder' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'One Tough Moeder' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Ruffle Some Feathers' EasyGenesis Part 1 · 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 'Stage 1' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 1' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 1' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 2' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 2' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 2' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 3' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 3' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Stage 3' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Star Dolphin' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Star Dolphin' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Star Dolphin' 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 'Survive the ARK' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Survive the ARK' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Survive the ARK' 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 'Terminus' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Terminus' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Terminus' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test (Alpha)' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test (Beta)' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test (Gamma)' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test' EasyGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test' HardGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'The Final Test' MediumGenesis Part 1 · ASE
  • Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
  • Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE

Small Taxidermy Base — Detailed Guide

Displaying a creature's dermis

The Small Taxidermy Base is a display structure in ARK: Survival Evolved, introduced with Extinction. Its in-game line: "Place a harvested dermis to show off your prowess!" On it you mount the Dermis of a creature as a stuffed figure, and some creatures can also be shown wearing Saddles and Costumes.

Poses and colors

The mount can be shown in different poses: hold the action button and pick the next or previous one. A mounted dermis shows the creature's assigned colors for each color region but ignores any Dye used to paint it.

Crafting the base

The engram unlocks at level 10 for 4 engram points, and the base is crafted in the survivor's inventory in 5 seconds for 1 XP. It needs 100 Thatch, 50 Wood (or Fungal Wood) and 10 Stone. A base weighs 4 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 400.

Maps and loot

Besides Extinction, the wiki lists it on Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis: Part 2, the same maps our records give. 81 crate types can contain it, for example Genesis Blue, Genesis Green and Genesis Red on Genesis Part 2. The wiki dates the base to patch 285.104.

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