Tek Shoulder Cannon
Genesis 2 shoulder-mounted weapon.
Details
- Category
- Weapon
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Genesis: Part 1
- Recipe
- 5 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 13 crates
- Item ID
- 497
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
Maps
Found on 4 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Tek Shoulder Cannon guides
How to craft Tek Shoulder Cannon
Tek Shoulder Cannon is crafted from 5 ingredients. The engram unlocks without a level requirement, costs 0 engram points, takes 0 seconds, gives 50 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Crafted in
Tek Replicator
Raw materials
If you craft every ingredient yourself
3,840Stone
1,920Chitin/Keratin
1,800Metal
480ObsidianCrafted along the way: Metal Ingot ×900, Cementing Paste ×480, Polymer ×240.
How to get Tek Shoulder Cannon
Tek Shoulder Cannon is found in 13 loot crates.
Loot crates
13 crates
- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
Show all 13 crates
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
Tek Shoulder Cannon — Detailed Guide
A turret you wear
Worn on the shoulder and powered by 
Element, the Tek Shoulder Cannon came to ARK: Survival Evolved with Genesis: Part 1 and is also available on Genesis: Part 2. It is equipped like a shield, and like a turret it can be set to fire at its target automatically; the ARK Wiki says it protects the survivor with almost pinpoint accuracy. Its description: "A shoulder mounted energy weapon with configurable targeting and firing modes. Equipping this requires learning its Tekgram."
Unlocking and crafting
Completing the 
Corrupted Master Controller on Beta or higher unlocks the cannon. It is crafted in a Tek Replicator or an 
Exo-Mek, taking 5 seconds and giving 50 XP, from:
- 900
Metal Ingot or 
Scrap Metal Ingot - 240
Polymer, 
Organic Polymer or 
Corrupted Nodule - 240
Crystal or 
Primal Crystal - 100 Element or
Red Element - 100
Black Pearl
Choosing a firing mode
Hold R to open the cannon's menu wheel. The chosen setup stays in place even after you unequip the cannon, and every mode has its trade-offs:
- Standard: a wide target scan and medium-range shots that miss more often at longer distance; it reloads after every shot.
- Rapid: a massive scan area with short-range shots, firing many projectiles quickly but overheating fast.
- Overcharge: a narrow scan with very long-range shots and the fastest projectile, similar to the
Tek Railgun, but a very long reload.
Durability, weight and loot
The cannon has 100 durability and weighs 15. Apart from crafting, 13 crate types can contain it, for example Genesis Yellow, Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' Hard and Mission 'Ferox Cull' Hard.