To create high-level weapons and buildings, it is essential to have a good supply of Polymer in ARK: Survival Ascended Genesis. Whether you generate Organic Polymer from creatures or manufacture it in the process, here’s how to do it in the quickest way possible.
What is Polymer?
The crafting material Polymer plays a significant role in ARK: Survival Ascended, and Genesis comes with various options of obtaining it. Although the map lacks polymer plants or any special sources of polymer, it is still possible to collect a fair amount of Organic Polymer from some animals and there is also the option of crafting regular polymer from other materials using resources found throughout the map.
Farm Kairuku in the Arctic Biome
The simplest method for obtaining Organic Polymer is through hunting Kairuku located in the Arctic biome. The region has a vast amount of ice-covered water including frozen lakes packed with Kairuku. Additionally, Kairuku can be found around rivers and a few smaller bodies of water in the same area.
If you want to achieve good results, the Moschops is the creature one should use for harvesting purposes as he has a harvesting bonus that allows it to gather Organic Polymer with ease. The Kairuku can yield about 10 to 50 Organic Polymers depending on the rates. Rather than using Moschops to harvest, it is better to first kill the Kairuku and only after that let Moschops do all the harvesting. Since there are a lot of Kairukus around the water ody, gathering Organic Polymer will only take a short time.
Harvest Karkinos in the Lunar Biome
When searching for the highest yield of Organic Polymer, you should make use of the Lunar biome, where you can find Karkinos spawning in one of five caves there. Karkinos are creatures that are found within the caves, but some of them become buried under the terrain, making it difficult to access them. If players have built inside of the caves, then this can also restrict access to the Karkinos.
Once you have defeated a Karkinos, set your Moschops free so that it can collect materials from the deceased creature. The Karkinos may obtain more than 1,000 units of Organic Polymer at 1x rates this way. While collecting, Moschops can also pick up spare resources that can be found in the vicinity like Plant Species Z as well as sap.
Craft Regular Polymer
In case you prefer not to farm creatures, crafting of Standard Polymer is a viable alternative. For crafting Standard Polymer, Obsidian and Cementing Paste are required. Obsidian is abundant and can be found in the black rocks located in many of the locations in the Genesis map. Moreover, the crafting of Standard Polymer consumes extra resources that create yet another option when Organic Polymer farming is not feasible.
Best Polymer Farming Methods
There are three reliable methods to acquire Polymer in Genesis. First, by farming Kairuku in the Arctic biome, you can get a quick supply of Organic Polymer. Secondly, harvesting Karkinos in the Lunar biome will yield larger quantities of Polymer. Thirdly, you can choose to craft Polymer as an alternative method.
