Steel Pillar

A steel upgrade for supports

The Steel Pillar is a support piece from the Primitive+ DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved. In-game it is described as follows: "This steel-plated concrete pillar adds structural integrity to the area it is built under. Can also act as stilts for buildings on inclines." The ARK Wiki calls it a direct upgrade to concrete pillars: only explosives can damage it, and it takes considerably less explosive damage than a concrete pillar does.

Where it can stand

It can be set on level or slightly uneven ground, and it attaches above or below foundations, ceilings and other pillars. Once one is in place, more pillars snap above or below it if there is space. When a column of pillars reaches the ground and carries a ceiling, that setup acts as a foundation and gives support for building on top.

How far it supports ceilings

A single pillar holds up ceilings reaching 2 ceilings out along either axis and 1 ceiling out diagonally, not counting the center one; the wiki's diagram shows 13 ceilings supported this way. The outermost ceilings cannot hold walls unless something else supports them from below.

Crafting the Steel Pillar

The engram costs 18 engram points, and our records place it at level 45. A pillar takes:

• 25 Steel Ingot (Primitive Plus)
• 7 Cementing Paste

Crafting takes 3 seconds and gives 6.84 XP. Each pillar weighs 4, and a full stack of 100 weighs 400.