Tek ATV

A two-seat Tek vehicle

The Tek ATV is a drivable vehicle with storage in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, once known as the Dune Buggy. The game sums it up: "Cruise around in this jaunty Element-powered ride. Supports a driver and one passenger, both of whom are able to wield weapons!" Three camera views are available at the wheel: one from inside, turned with the keyboard, and two from outside, one turned with the keyboard and the other with the mouse.

Unlocking it through the Tekgram

According to the ARK Wiki, beating the Overseer on Alpha difficulty earns the Tek ATV Tekgram. It can also be added to a server manually, and single-player games grant it after an alpha ascension.

What it costs to build

One ATV takes:

• 4000 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
• 500 Electronics
• 500 Polymer, Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule
• 200 Element
• 150 Black Pearl

The wiki lists the Tek Replicator and the Exo-Mek as places to build it. Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 1 XP. The finished vehicle weighs 200, and the stack size is 1.

Known quirks

• On foundations it keeps trying to slide off, usually with a lot of noise.
• The wheels do not spin; the wiki is unsure whether that is a bug or a missing animation.
• It is buggy and can crash the game without warning, on console in particular.
• It fits in a Cryopod, though the pod then shows a Raptor icon rather than one for the ATV.