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Xiphactinus Saddle
SaddleASA

Xiphactinus Saddle

Equip a Xiphactinus with this to ride it !

Armor25
Weight20
Stack1
Unlocks atLv 5540 pts

Details

Category
Saddle
Games
ASA
Expansion
Base
Loot crates
43 crates

Saddle & engram

How you unlock it

Required level
55
Engram points
40

Maps

Found on 9 maps

The IslandScorched EarthAberrationExtinctionLost ColonyThe CenterAstraeosRagnarokValguero

Related

Xiphactinus

How to craft Xiphactinus Saddle

Xiphactinus Saddle is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 60, costs 40 engram points, takes 10 seconds, gives 64 XP.

Ingredients

For one craft

50Cementing Paste
290Hide
15Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

Crafted inSmithy

Raw materials

If you craft every ingredient yourself

400Stone290Hide200Chitin/Keratin15metal ingot or scrap metal ingot

Crafted along the way: Cementing Paste ×50.

How to get Xiphactinus Saddle

Xiphactinus Saddle is dropped by 1 creature; found in 43 loot crates.

Dropped by

Loot crates

43 crates

  • Astraeos BlueAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos RedAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Red BonusAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos YellowAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Yellow BonusAstraeos · ASA
  • Astral MegalodonThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Astral MosasaurThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Astral T-RexThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Astral TusoteuthisThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
Show all 43 crates
  • Dragon HoardScorched Earth, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Island BlueThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Island Blue BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Island Cave RedThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Island Deep SeaThe Island, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Island RedThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Island Red BonusThe Island and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Island Underwater BlueThe Island and Astraeos · ASA
  • Island Underwater RedThe Island and Astraeos · ASA
  • Island Underwater YellowThe Island and Astraeos · ASA
  • Island YellowThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Island Yellow BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Ragnarok Cave RedRagnarok · ASA
  • Ragnarok Desert CrateAstraeos and Ragnarok · ASA
  • Scorched Buried BlueThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Scorched Buried GreenThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Scorched Buried PurpleThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Scorched Buried RedThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Scorched Buried WhiteThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • Scorched Buried YellowThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
  • The Center RedThe Center · ASA
  • The Center Red BonusThe Center · ASA
  • Valguero PurpleValguero · ASA
  • Valguero Purple BonusValguero · ASA
  • Valguero RedValguero · ASA
  • Valguero Red BonusValguero · ASA
  • Valguero YellowValguero · ASA
  • Valguero Yellow BonusValguero · ASA
  • Wild BroodmotherThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA

Xiphactinus Saddle — Detailed Guide

Riding a tamed Xiphactinus

The Xiphactinus Saddle lets a survivor ride a tamed Xiphactinus in ARK: Survival Ascended. Its in-game text is brief: "Equip a Xiphactinus with this to ride it !" The saddle itself has an armor rating of 25.

Unlocking and crafting

The engram becomes available at level 55 and costs 15 engram points. The saddle is crafted in a Smithy from:

Each saddle gives 64 XP and takes 10 seconds to make.

Weight, loot crates and maps

It weighs 20 and stacks to 1. The saddle can also turn up as loot: our records count 43 crate types that can contain one, among them the Astraeos Blue, Astraeos Purple and Astraeos Red crates and their bonus versions. Our records list the saddle on 9 maps, including The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Astraeos and Valguero.

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