Tek Trident

A throwable Tek spear

An upgraded take on the Spear, the Tek Trident is a melee weapon for the end game; the ARK Wiki ties it to the Aquatica DLC, and our records list it for ARK: Survival Ascended. Its in-game description: "A Trident designed to be thrown, delivering a powerful piercing strike capable of stunning a target. Equipping requires learning this Tekgram." It weighs 15 and has a stack size of 1.

Getting the Tekgram

Defeating Fractalis, on any difficulty, unlocks the Tekgram. The wiki infobox names the Exo-Mek as a crafting station, and the recipe is:

• 675 Hardened Steel Ingot
• 180 Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule
• 100 Crystal or Primal Crystal
• 65 Black Pearl
• 40 Element

Melee strikes and throws

Other Tek weapons such as the Tek Sword need fuel; the Tek Trident does not. It handles like the Spear: the primary attack is a melee strike, and the secondary attack throws it. Holding the alternate fire charges the throw, adding damage and range.

• Melee: 30 damage, a little above the Spear.
• Thrown: 180 to 250 damage, with headshot multipliers applying.
• Stun: thrown, it also stuns creatures, lowering their movement speed and cutting their damage output considerably.

Keeping and breaking

A thrown Tek Trident stays in the inventory, so there is no need to pick it up from the body of whatever it killed. Its durability is listed as None. Before patch 360.35 it could break at random, as ordinary Spears do. The wiki also notes that no Tek Trident exists above engram quality.