Wood Elevator Track

The track that carries a wooden elevator

The Wood Elevator Track is a structure in ARK: Survival Evolved that was introduced in Aberration. Stacked tracks form the rail of a wooden elevator, and the in-game text explains the last step: "Attach a Wood Elevator Platform to these to complete an Elevator!" The wiki notes that any Elevator Platform works with it, and that the finished elevator can lift both players and creatures.

Building the shaft

The first track does not have to sit on a foundation. If it does, the foundation's direction decides which way the track faces, so you may need to stand behind the spot to place it the right way round. Snapped foundations keep the direction of the first one, whichever way you face. Further tracks snap on top of the ones below, and a platform attaches under the lowest track.

Tracks cannot go on platforms such as Rafts, and terrain or resources clipping into them can stop the elevator from working. Ladders snap straight onto the tracks.

Raising the platform by hand

Unlike metal elevators, the wooden version is driven by a mechanical switch called the Wood Elevator Top Switch, which goes on the top track. Pressing E again and again while standing in front of the switch lifts the platform slowly.

Crafting and maps

The engram unlocks at level 20 for 4 engram points. The wiki infobox names the Smithy and the Argentavis Saddle as crafting places. Each track needs:

• 80 Wood or Fungal Wood
• 45 Fiber
• 5 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 1 XP. A track weighs 4 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 400. Besides Aberration, the wiki and our records list it on Fjordur, Lost Island, Valguero, Crystal Isles and Genesis Part 2.