Tranq Thalassian Ammo

Sleep rounds for the Thalassian Rifle

Tranq Thalassian Ammo is a knockout cartridge for the Thalassian Rifle. Each hit builds up torpor in the target, and the ARK Wiki rates it as a strong tool for putting wild creatures to sleep, in the water as well as on land. The game describes it this way: "An odd bullet that discharges less harmful energy that increases the victims Torpidity, used with Thalassian guns." Our records list it for ARK: Survival Ascended, while the wiki files it under the Aquatica expansion of ARK: Survival Evolved.

Damage and torpor per hit

Fired from a primitive-quality rifle, each round deals 26 damage. Torpor then rises by 900% of that damage at once, plus a further 375% spread over 5 seconds; with a rifle of engram level the wiki puts the total at 331.5 torpor per hit. The wiki points to this high ratio of torpor to damage as the reason it suits creatures whose torpor is large relative to their health, naming the Gallimimus as an example.

Crafting the ammo

The engram unlocks at level 29 for 6 engram points, which matches the unlock level of plain Thalassian Ammo. One craft needs:

• 2 Thalassian Ammo
• 2 Hardened Steel Ingot
• 3 Narcotic

The wiki names the Smithy and the Argentavis Saddle as places to craft it, and each craft gives 0.8 XP. Although Thalassian Ammo goes into the recipe, its engram does not have to be learned first.

Weight and shelf life

Each round weighs 0.1 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 10. A round is used up when fired. Its look is a slightly altered texture of the Shocking Tranquilizer Dart, but unlike those darts these rounds never spoil.