Thalassian Rifle

An energy rifle that works underwater

The Thalassian Rifle is a gun from Aquatica whose main draw, according to the ARK Wiki, is that it can be fired underwater. Its shots take time to reach the target, moving as fast as Tek Rifle rounds. The in-game text: "This aquatic rifle unleashes high-powered energy blasts, with a brief delay between each shot." Our records list it for ARK: Survival Ascended, and the wiki files it under ARK: Survival Evolved and gives 360.1 as the version that added it.

Unlocking and crafting

The engram unlocks at level 57 for 18 engram points. Crafting happens in a Fabricator or a Tek Replicator, takes 10 seconds and gives 80 XP. The recipe:

• 60 Hardened Steel Ingot
• 30 Polymer, Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule
• 30 Crystal or Primal Crystal

Magazine, durability and scope

A magazine holds 24 rounds, and the wiki rates its fire rate as decent and its damage as good. The rifle has 300 durability: each Thalassian Ammo shot costs 1 point and each Tranq Thalassian Ammo shot costs 0.5. The scope behaves like the one on the Tek Rifle, but it cannot zoom, and its night vision effect is very weak. The rifle weighs 15.

Knocking out sea creatures

Loaded with Tranq Thalassian Ammo, it deals 26 damage per hit, rising with item quality. The target gains torpor equal to 900% of that damage at once and another 375% over the next 5 seconds, which the wiki totals at 331.5 torpor for a rifle of engram level. For the late game, the wiki adds, it can leave even the most powerful sea creatures unconscious, the Mosasaurus and Dakosaurus among them.

Finding better rifles

Completed Rifts can reward high-quality Thalassian Rifles or their blueprints at Tier 5, Tier 6 and Greater Rift level, and Volcanic Supply Crates of Tier 5 and Tier 6 can contain them as well.