Training Dummy
Attack this training dummy to test your DPS!
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 4 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 56 crates
- Item ID
- 71
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 9
- Engram points
- 8
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 12 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Training Dummy guides
How to craft Training Dummy
Training Dummy is crafted from 4 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 9, costs 8 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 1 XP.
How to get Training Dummy
Training Dummy is found in 56 loot crates.
Loot crates
56 crates
- Astraeos BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Genesis BlueGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis CyanGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis OrangeGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis PurpleGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis RedGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis WhiteGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
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- Island BlueThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Blue BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island GreenThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Green BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Scorched BlueScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Blue BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched GreenScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Green BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
Training Dummy — Detailed Guide
Measuring damage
The Training Dummy is a target structure in ARK: Survival Evolved that shows how much damage an attack deals. The item text puts it simply: "Attack this training dummy to test your DPS!" Set it on the ground or on a structure and hit it, on foot or from a mounted creature. Each hit first shows its damage as a plain number. In the background the dummy adds up the damage of 5 seconds, divides that by 5 and displays the result as damage per second.
Reading the numbers correctly
- With friendly fire turned off on the server, the dummy shows no damage values at all.
- Creature hits appear to be shown as damage against thatch structures, not against other creatures. For a rough figure of a creature hitting an unarmored creature, the ARK Wiki suggests dividing by 6.
- A known bug can make the floating text read "{DPS:}" without any number.
Engram and recipe
The engram unlocks at level 9 for 8 engram points, and the dummy is crafted in your inventory from:
- 500
Thatch - 500
Fiber - 80
Wood (
Fungal Wood also works) - 10
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Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 1 XP. A dummy weighs 4, they stack to 100, and a full stack weighs 400. The ARK Wiki dates the item to version 242.0.
Loot, maps and paint
56 crate types can contain a Training Dummy, for example the Astraeos Blue and Genesis Cyan crates. Our records list it on 12 maps, including The Island, Aberration, Genesis Part 2 and Fjordur. Its paint regions cover the torso, the head, the straw, the target, and the sleeves and pant leg; region 3 is not used.