How To Make Fertilizer In ARK Survival Evolved
You will want to know how to make Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved so you can effectively grow your crops and yield the most resources. ARK Survival Evolved is a survival crafting game set on an island of prehistoric creatures, but a lot of the experience involves finding a sustainable source of food so you can continue to survive. Read on for a breakdown of how to make Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved, and how exactly it works.
- Make sure to also check out how to tame a Pteranodon in ARK Survival Evolved so you can get a pet who can fly you around the island.
What Is Fertilizer In ARK Survival Evolved?
Click to enlargeThere are a few different resources that can be used as a Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved, but the actual Fertilizer item is the most efficient, as it can provide 54,000 units of Fertilizer to any Crop Plot. Below is a table of the different Fertilizer types in the game, including how many units they provide to a Crop Plot, and how long they last.
| Fertilizer Type | Fertilizer Units | Fertilizes For |
| Human Feces | 1000 | 10m |
| Small Animal Feces | 3500 | 35m |
| Medium Animal Feces | 7500 | 1h 15m |
| Large Animal Feces | 15,000 | 2h 30m |
| Massive Animal Feces | 35,000 | 5h 50m |
| Snow Owl Pellet | 50,000 | 8h 20m |
| Fertilizer | 54,000 | 9h |
| Bonemeal Fertilizer | 90,000 | 15h |
To use your Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved, open the inventory of the Crop Plot you wish to fertilize by interacting with it. You can just drag the Fertilizer into its inventory, and if there are seeds or plants and water available, it will continue the growth process.
- You may also want to know how to get Polymer in ARK Survival Evolved, which is a vital crafting resource for stronger weapons, armours, and more.
How To Make Fertilizer In ARK Survival Evolved
Click to enlargeThere are few different methods to make Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved. Firstly, you will need a Compost Bin. Here, you can combine 50 Thatch with three of any type of Feces to produce a single Fertilizer. This also takes 50 minutes, so have some other tasks on hand as you wait for it to finish.
One of the more efficient ways to make Fertilizer, is with the help of Dung Beetles. They can be found in various underground caves across the island. Once you track them down, you should pen them with some fences. Putting any type of Feces into the Dung Beetle's inventory will cause it to convert it into 1-16 units of Fertilizer, along with some ARK Survival Evolved Oil.
The amount of Fertilizer you receive is dependent on the size of the Feces, and it will take 15 minutes, making it more efficient from a time and quantity perspective. If you want to get a tonne of Feces for this process, you can feed Stim Berries to a tamed Phiomia or Wyvern.
It's also worth noting that Fertilizer cannot be stacked, making each one you receive take up a whole unit of space in your inventory, but they have low weight. Storing them on creatures is an effective way to bypass this, as each one can carry a max of 300 Fertilizer.
That's all for our breakdown of how to make Fertilizer in ARK Survival Evolved. Now you know how it works for fertilizing crops, along with how to make it efficiently.
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