Zeppelin

A flying platform for ARK: Survival Ascended

The Zeppelin is a vehicle you pilot through the air in ARK: Survival Ascended. The ARK Wiki says it came with Bob's Tall Tales Steampunk Ascent, which arrived together with the ASA version of Aberration. Its description: "A flying wooden platform that you can pilot across the ARKs, bypassing even Aberration's flight restrictions. Can support the weight of structures and be built on." It burns Sparkpowder or Gasoline and can produce its own fuel while flying. Besides flying forward and turning, it can reverse and use the usual mounted sprint.

Building on the deck

Beds, storage and other structures can be placed straight onto the platform, which turns it into a mobile base for expeditions or for travel between bases. It also ignores some building restrictions, such as the one near enemy structures. Four rope ladders come fitted; each reaches down about nine wall heights and can be lowered or raised alone or all together from the radial wheel. Creatures and structures on board may weigh up to 1800 in total.

Health and dangers

The Zeppelin has 20,000 health and counts as wood tier; for scale, the wiki notes a metal pike hits it for 20 damage and a grenade for 788. Bare hands, stone weapons and non-explosive ranged attacks cannot damage it, and neither can creatures such as the Raptor, Sabertooth and Direwolf. Its armor still leaves it open to many creatures, and an idle Zeppelin lands by itself after three minutes, so park with care. It can bypass many hazards on Aberration with relative safety but cannot withstand the radiation in the Red Zone. Passengers can still be attacked; with doors and windows shut, creatures are unlikely to go after people they cannot see.

Engram, recipe and loot

The engram unlocks at level 92 for 22 engram points. The recipe is:

• 2000 Fiber
• 1200 Wood
• 600 Metal Ingot
• 400 Polymer
• 30 Electronics

Crafting takes 5 seconds, and the finished Zeppelin item weighs 85. Our records list it on 9 maps and in 5 crate types, among them the Aberration Red crates and the Astral Rock Drake crate.