Wool

Sheared from the Ovis

Wool comes from the Ovis in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, and the game's own description keeps it short: "Sheared from a sheep!" Using Scissors on an Ovis collects it, and the wool grows back over time, so the same animal can be sheared again later.

A heavier stand-in for Pelt

According to the ARK Wiki, Wool can replace Pelt in every recipe that takes Pelt, with one exception: the Lance. The drawback is weight. At 1 per unit it weighs twice as much as Pelt, the wiki notes, so a full stack of 200 weighs 200. The wiki also observes that an Ovis killed after a full shearing still gives large amounts of Pelt.

Recipes

Our recipe data lists three direct uses, all cosmetic skins: the Sleeping Hat and Slippers need 15 Wool each and the Teddy Bear Grenades need 2. In ASE the same recipes appear as the Sleeping Hat Skin, Slippers Skin and Teddy Bear Grenades Skin.

Loot and maps

Shearing is not the only source. The wiki mentions supply crates in ASA, and our records count 12 crate types that can contain Wool, including Island Blue, Astraeos Blue and Astraeos Desert Blue. We have it on 6 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero. Server owners can change how fast it grows back with the HairGrowthSpeedMultiplier setting.