Zip-Line Motor Attachment Skin

A fuel-driven motor for zip-lines

The Zip-Line Motor Attachment Skin, which the wiki also calls the Zip-Line Motor or the Zip-Line Motor Attachment, is an armor attachment for ARK: Survival Evolved that arrived with the Aberration expansion. It pulls you up Zip-Lines made with a Zip-Line Anchor, so you can travel without having to climb or glide. The game's description: "Equip onto pants and combine with Gasoline to power yourself up a Zip-Line."

Fitting and fuel

To attach it, drag it onto any leg-slot armor piece. Gasoline powers the motor: one unit is used up slowly as you climb, and a display at the lower right of the screen shows how much is left. Dragging one Gasoline onto the pants refuels the motor completely. Going down a line burns fuel as well, so the wiki suggests taking the attachment off when you only need to descend. If the motor runs dry while Gasoline sits in your inventory, it takes another unit by itself and keeps moving; with none left, you stay hooked to the line but cannot move up or down.

Riding a line with the motor

• With the leggings on, press E close to the bottom end of a Zip-Line to start climbing; press E again at any point to let go.
• On the line you can look around and use weapons, and you can stop halfway without spending Gasoline. The wiki points out that this gives a steady, safe spot for shooting at creatures you want to kill or knock out.
• It works even while you are encumbered and cannot walk or jump.
• Unlike the Glider Suit Skin, it does not wear down the durability of the armor it is attached to.

Crafting the motor

The engram unlocks at level 54 for 34 engram points. The motor is built in a Fabricator or a Tek Replicator from:

• 60 Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
• 40 Blue Gem or Blue Crystalized Sap
• 15 Electronics

Crafting takes 10 seconds and gives 15 XP. The attachment weighs 20 and has a stack size of 1. Our records count 44 crate types that can contain it, for example Genesis Blue, Genesis Cyan and Genesis Red on Genesis Part 2, and list 6 maps: Aberration, Genesis Part 2, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island and Fjordur. The wiki dates it to version 285.104.