Midgame Resources and How To Use Them | Survival Handbook Ep12: Midgame Tips | Ark: Survival Evolved

In this video, I give you some tips on how to use midgame resources, where to find them, and some tricks to get them. This video is geared towards intermediate players, but even experienced players may learn something from this.
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[@themurrrr]

One word: grinder It helps A LOT. Grind up all the crap you no longer need, cuz you upgraded to better shit, gives you back the resources used to make it. Grind up all the shit you collected from cadavers, all those metal axes and hatchets, all give back ingots. It may seem like nothing, but it adds up and it only costs you some gasoline. Grinder also makes stone into flint, wood into thatch.

[@veronder]

Can make soap then grind to have organic poly without spoil. I think its 2-1 grinding two soap yields back the cost to make one....

[@orange4726]

Also s+ grinder can turn items from any map into exclusives like 20 sap - 1 cactus sap 3 poop - 1 sulfur 100 blue coloring + 25 navy coloring + 25 royalty coloring + 1 crystal = 1 blue gem. It might seem ridiculous, but believe me, if ur like me and strictly allow only one map, this is huge. Getting glidesuits on the island is like getting a pteranodon on ab

[@veronder]

@@orange4726 I'm hoping they add more s+ features with gen 2, that grinder sounds nice (ps4 official solo) , would make sence for them to given the hexagon exchange will certainly have more and different things and seems as though gen 2 focus will be on the earlier game primtive aspect given gen 1 was chock full of tek while prior to release everyone was saying they wanted more early game features and less tek in gen 1. Gen 2 being a second part doesnt exactly mean it is independent from the first nor a continuation given both are just a simulation.

[@themurrrr]

Damn, guys, am learning even more about grinder! Alas, I only play mobile, but still very cool to know all this.

[@orange4726]

@@veronder yup. I hope more s+ stuff gets released in gen 2 since as you said everything in gen 1 was tek and nothing early game. im going to say this to wildcard: what crack were you smoking when you made genesis?

[@Rephical]

“Use an Anky or a doedec for oil” **sad dunky noises**

[@Krampus64]

Sad trump noises

[@majesticow8508]

@@Krampus64 ?

[@Shaxra]

@@majesticow8508 the joke is that americans love oil

[@SirChris]

@@Shaxra that's a pretty horrible joke ngl

[@tharwab]

@@SirChris no it isn’t lol

[@Raasclark]

It's great to see this series guide lovingly wrapped into a well edited parcel straight to the Ark Community's doorstep. It's not surprising to see how you've shot up in the last month or so. I'm sure you will continue to grow even quicker!

[@sumaiashatnawi3019]

Raasclarck I love your vids so much

[@sumaiashatnawi3019]

You too pterafier

[@Pablo-vm5eh]

The 2 Ark legends meet

[@sumaiashatnawi3019]

Yeah

[@ganymede8257]

You totaly deserve to be more popular

[@nos1no]

True

[@ghostayt1670]

True

[@caveman9638]

True

[@mkyriel]

True

[@rileywatkins5615]

False

[@Krullenbol010]

You forgot one of the best ways to gather Cementing Paste. Go to the cave in the redwoods with a Beelzebufo and kill all the bugs inside the cave, all meganeuras killed will result into cp. You will need a good beelzebufo tho because there are a lot of strong dino’s inside that cave. Also you’ll need 3 pieces of scuba gear to not die inside the cave from the poisonous gas. It’s definitely not the safest way but in my opinion it’s the most rewarding. High risk, High reward.

[@Jonathanormen]

I like how nobody is mentioning that Ptera's Anky is called PornHuborous

[@henrivm3559]

2:31

[@justslow6925]

And his one of his argy bonerhead don’t think it is in this vid tho

[@sprwhwk]

I’ve been playing (casually) for a couple of years, but every video I have watched from you taught me something I didn’t know, and I’m very grateful for that.

[@pterafier]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching :)

[@IAm.Messmer.Brother.Of.Malenia]

cheers on all the subs!! i cant remember which vid i found but damn glad i did. super helpful and you deserve to keep growing. stay at that grind man it will pay off. you gained like 13k in 2 months or less. good job homie. 👌🏽

[@dennisdekic1557]

This guy's videos and his way of breaking stuff down for comprehensive levels is beautiful thank you so much dude keep up the great work

[@natemonsevais9311]

Thanks for the heads up dude, getting that gunpowder is gonna be a really hard task. Great video bro 👍

[@HotTea23]

I’ve had this game sense 2019 and I just got back into ark and your survival guides have helped me so much so thanks for making these :D

[@chrisandtygaming142]

Nice vid keep up the good work!

[@warrobotsforeveryone8952]

The impact your Making in me with your video's is stupid crazy, I appreciate your content and all your information!

[@SadGirlNoceda]

these have been useful. i stopped playing ark for like a year and a half and these are helping refresh my memory.

[@zangetsuwolfie]

Yet again another great and helpful video. On your next tier of videos when mentioning resources the radiation zone on val can easily net players a lot of polly from the white plants down the bottom of the trench. A sickle would be fine but a mantis or fez will get so much more. If people are struggling with making hard polly

[@sondiganteng]

awesome content ptera, this goes to my playlist

[@115scenario7]

Really helpfull, the forge tip is gonna help me massively

[@konywest5163]

I’ve been watching your vids since yesterday and I feel like I know the game completely and I just started playing ark like a month ago

[@katnipking8878]

Ayee simplylindsey!! Great vid btw!!

[@nerino_chan]

Your channel and these videos have helped me so much in Ark after I reached mid-game

[@nathanast7036]

You can gather charcoal in ragnarok between the volcano and the snow biome. A wyvern has the second best collection percentage with its grabbing attack and the therizino has a high percentage as well.

[@alandoe1122]

very clear and concise summary of mid game resources and how to farm them. nicely done ! very helpful for a new mid game player

[@pterafier]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@heksariusl8916]

Bro these are really nice infos know i didnt even bother opening them with engrams but they as i leart actually very usefull

[@dogs-game-too]

Please never change your outro music. I always watch til the end because I dig the slightly spooky vibes haha

[@pterafier]

Yo you're awesome! Can do :)

[@dogs-game-too]

@@pterafier :D

[@tkg-murd3r957]

For gunpowder go to crystal isles and smack down the red forest, the glowing red trees give you wood and charcoal instead of wood and thatch, I personally use my wyvern and come home with stacks of 1500+ at one go

[@raymondhart9518]

Having only time for single player, these vids are great and I thank you. I was doing things the wrong way and the amount of time I have saved has made the game so much more enjoyable.

[@Efire76]

You really deserve so much subs. So helpful

[@lanaramos7447]

a tip if you're not on genesis: find a male and female tek dino (multiple for efficiency), breed them and (even though this is brutal) kill the baby's, and then harvest them.

[@c-mad6364]

Don't forget about Beezlebufos for cementic paste. They gather stacks in seconds once you encounter insects.

[@robie1753]

Thank you man the guidance is Godly

[@ghostayt1670]

Also the argy reduces the weight of some stuff in it's inventory such as crystal, metal ingots and obsidian

[@Chris-xp6vc]

*me watching this having over 800hours in the game* nice vids man, i hope you grow fast and keep the content up!

[@manmartianhunter]

Dude these vids are amazing

[@ShuaiZhu]

Great video, learning a lot from your channel.

[@aarushsengupta6196]

Early gang Also great job

[@Kaibot-pr6mz]

Thanks for the info

[@tylerdo9448]

Keep up the good work this is genuinely good ark content 👍

[@pterafier]

Thank you!

[@emilhrenka1611]

Sad Beezlebuffo noises Edit: Tame that frog and go to the island swamp cave and get those insects ur gonna swim in cementing paste

[@ladyteruki]

I was surprised there was no mention of them !

[@Rephical]

Valg also has a pretty good bug cave

[@pterafier]

I'm so disappointed that I forgot about the beelzebufo. It's got it's own special section in my next video lol for those of you reading this, the beelzebufo is de way

[@emilhrenka1611]

@@pterafier wow thanks for reply and i did not expect that you like read and discuss with your comment section u are legend, id say like and sub but allready done 😂

[@ladyteruki]

@@pterafier hey it happens ! There are so many intricate mechanisms in this game...

[@adrain1162]

Although I know a lot about ark I still watch your videos because it’s so well constructed

[@LilHotPocket938]

Love this series

[@pterafier]

Glad you enjoy!

[@familyofgamersofficial3486]

Realy helpful thanks

[@dogs-game-too]

The industrial forge and chem bench are absolute game changers.

[@pterafier]

Facts

[@incelmagnet1737]

Your edits are really good

[@CimorelliFan910]

I’m addictied to this series not cuz I’m bad I’m pretty good in my opinion but because your voice is so calming

[@supremeleaderdorito9677]

Congrats on 100k

[@therandomradonium1629]

Yay new vid

[@user-xv2dc4bw1m]

Industrial Forge can cook up multiple metal ingot, gasoline, and create a ton of charcoal really fast when you put wood in there.

[@B2BStoic]

If u play valguero i rrly recommend u the triple waterfall cave, is has poli, silicas, cp, crystal and metal near and its an nice spot

[@maxwestlake4083]

It will never make sense how you aren’t as popular as people like cj, honestly some of the best helpful, informative and fun to watch you tubers in this community ❤️

[@pterafier]

Thank you!

[@pjthompson3945]

Also you can use a frog in swamp cane and kill the bugs to get the paste cause frogs auto craft it in there inventory from chitin

[@evanbassham9162]

I have to be honest man I found your channel out of nowhere about a week ago and watching through the ark handbook has been one of the most informational videos series i've ever watched also i love your content

[@aarushsengupta6196]

Same for me

[@pterafier]

Yo thank you! Happy to help :)

[@dynamiteskye9007]

I have 10 easter colored achatinas wandering my greenhouse. With S+ item collector. Sometimes I have to cryo a few when supply overwhelms my item collector. Other than theriz. I don't have many "scary" dinos... but I am a crazy base-mom with tonnes of stuff. Since I am sp, i don't use industrial forge, I use regular forges and ONLY burn wood in my fires (except cooking pot)

[@pterafier]

"Base mom" lol

[@azathoth9836]

I don't know about other maps but in Ragnarok, you can get charcoal from burnt trees in the volcano area

[@gamen5269]

Just to add, taming a beelzebuffalo(frog) and killing bugs with it is also a great way to get cementing paste

[@AzurzzHD]

Great video

[@jakegaunt4389]

Any burnt tree will give charcoal so most volcano areas have them. The Valegeo wyvern pit has them

[@dysfunkionaloreo]

You can also use dung beetles for oil

[@Topgamer357]

These guides should be on the main menu!

[@jackmontgomery8344]

1:36 you forgot frogs

[@its_todders7460]

They are probably the fastest+safest way to get cement

[@paralix1032]

"Now that you have a flashlight you can go in that really dark cave without problem" Laughs in gamma 5

[@Kevin-sg9gk]

Laughs in ini

[@-tezar-4607]

I use miner helmet with flashlight attachment on my pump shotgun.

[@memerminecraft3226]

*LAUGHS IN TEK HELMET*

[@veronder]

Argy - equus - anky , must have mid game combination, between the 3 all but resources with hardley any weight to begin with is reduced. Equus reduces weight on the most resources. Solo official - equus and mining drill is all you need.

[@jacobshirk6925]

Good work

[@davidbirkes7308]

I use my arsenel of guns as secondary defence for things my high level dino mounts can take care of i dont burn through to much gunpowder that way

[@WatchMyClips101]

For your next video can you do the artifacts in the island because my teammates tell me too farm for them and I dont know where they are.

[@afriendlyperson5503]

DAAAAAMN dude you are so underrated

[@animegengar5286]

good tip for getting oil tame a itchy if u could and kill balisasaur or tame tameing balidisaur u get littel oil over time u get atlest 200 for killling balisaurs

[@Zlowky]

Hey, i really like your videos, and the way you make them. I would love to see something for expert players in the future :)

[@pterafier]

We're swiftly approaching expert territory lol if not soon, then in the late game section :)

[@straton9658]

Thank you

[@mathewpatterson3767]

Definitely a good video I’m at the metal stage but I can’t seem to farm anything because of so many alphas running around killing my Dino’s 24/7 any tips?

[@botchedoperations3485]

I think you already mention that you forgot the frog method for cementing paste for this video but I also want to add that the frog is a black pearl gather. I was just swimming on Viking bay and decided to attack the scorpion looking creatures next to the Viking wreck. My frog with 311% melee that normally hits “64s”(damage text) will hit this scorpion looking creatures a (434s) with its secondary attack. The only thing to worry about is to be careful since the torpor goes insanely high with just a couple hits. So if you don’t pay attention to status bars…they can knock your frog out cold. Never happened to me in all the tries I did to test it.but had also a good saddle(want a good saddle bp, gen 1..the frog escort mission would give you more than you will ever need)

[@thebonewarrior8757]

Beezalo also gathers cementing paste

[@xmenace7685]

You’re cool ASF bro! Keep up the good work

[@flyingbanana2560]

Tame 2 tek dinos (even parasaurs work), enable mating, some air conditioners and boom infinite oil, metal, electronics and element

[@orange4726]

You can also tame a dunkleosteus to gather oil underwater

[@seanrobinson6868]

On ragnorok killing mantis can get you lots of organic polymer

[@rushvibes8384]

I think bezzlebufo is good for paste

[@stephanedegremont4961]

Awesome vid.. 6:00 I'm surprised that you didn't mention Dung Beetles as an easy and renewable source of oil (basically allowing you to turn crap into gas). Could that be a new thing? (I just started playing).

[@pterafier]

It's not I just didn't mention it. Good eye though

[@oogaa_6808]

Hey good vid tomorrow I have 2 hours off school so ima get my friend ankylo saddle so we can get him a allosaurus saddle thanks for the tip I non stop watch your videos :)

[@elseanorofark2563]

Solo player here. Worked for days on stat mutations for my boss battle tek rexes. By the time I hit 20/20, I had enough element dust, electronics, oil, and metal to last me a good while. Vaults full! Made it MUCH easier to make the saddles/weapons/armor necessary when getting prepared for late/mid game. Biggest issue for me is hide. Save them all from early on. Stick them in every available storage unit. You WILL need them for boss battle-ready saddles...tens of thousands of hide! That is the one resource I’m constantly running low on. 9 Achatinas take care of my cementing paste...no problem. Also, if you intend to breed for boss battles, get your armies bred as early as you can. This way they can be passively leveling, while you collect those artifacts, tributes, and blueprints you will need. It takes longer than you think just finding the blueprints, gathering the thousands of materials necessary for the battle equipment (saddles, shotguns, armor, etc.,). If you really want to progress in the game, start early. It helps immensely when you finally reach mid/endgame! Good hunting!

[@Azoperoa]

PRO TIP SOME DONT KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: he didnt mention this but the frog when harvesting certain bugs gives straight cementing paste along with chitin so you can essentially double output if you grind buts and you tribemate grinds stone. Somewhere on the island I believe theres a cave with a fuck ton of meganeura (the only insect on that list I remember) so have fun with your ungodly amounts of paste

[@littledonnygames64]

Use shadow stake instead of night vision easy to get and make. Use grill on quetz platform strategy and another person with trex or giga he kills you cook :) shadow stake gives better vision than night vision.

[@littledonnygames64]

Put wood into info forge. Take mammoth with quetz and fly wiping trees one run Es enough for crazy amount of bullets

[@sh0elesstyrant_323]

My friends and I play on pve and we always are lacking on resources, then we found a load of dedicated storage and now have 50,000 cementing paste, 50,000 polymer, and over 100,000 ingots

[@comptech5599]

Been thinking about making an Industrial Forge for a while now. Took a look at what resources I had and as it turned out only need to fly my Anky to the volcano to get about 400 obsidian. After making this Industrial Forge the first word out of my mouth was WOW! THIS THING IS HUGE. I thought I had a large base, it won't fit with out some serious remodeling. 2 x 2 foundations and two walls high !!! This thing costs a lot and when it gets put in place it will have to be exactly where its needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, still glad I made it !!! Oh no, I was wrong it only looked two walls high from inside my base which is approximately 8x10 by 3 high. When I looked at it in green from outside my base I found its 5, maybe 6 walls tall. Yea, OK, This is going to take a lot of thought and most likely completely renovating my base !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pterafier]

Indy forge is one of the most valuable items in the game

[@wendellcosta4858]

I already have the Industrial Forge, what must be the next needed structure? (Pve official server)

[@zangetsuwolfie]

Chemistry bench. And indy cookers are definitely needed.

[@devandreraseala9689]

Hey there. Since I'm new to ark and still on the island. Do you reccomended I still play on this island or should I just hop onto a new world. I recently tamed a pteradon so I only started exploring a small section of the world but I just wanna know from your perspective (anyone reading this) is it still worth to play on the island. Oh and thanks alot 👍🏼your content is really helping me out in this game may God bless you🙏🏼

[@pterafier]

Any map is worth it, but the island was the first map ever released so it's VERY limited in terms of creatures. Just kinda boring from my perspective. But still totally worth it if you don't mind being limited in your creatures

[@ladyteruki]

6:03 Since you're mentioning Tek dinos, I think it's worth mentioning that by midgame, you usually have a semi-decent harvester (a Theriz for instance, but not exclusively) parked somewhere in your base that could be put to good use on Genesis1's lunar biome. If you want stacks of electronics, dust, oil and scrap metal, that's definitely the way ! While we're on the topic, let's remind our midgame friends that in any forge (refining or industrial), 2 metal = 1 metal ingots... BUT ! 1 scrap metal = 1 scrap metal ingot. You want to get metal fast ? Again, Tek dinos are a good option, and Genesis1's lunar biome will get you tons. If you're going to that biome, place a few beds first and then fight everything made out of Tek. If your server allows a flyer on Genesis, it's even better to bring a couple of cryopods and switch between an Argentavis and your harvesting dino between areas. Lastly, I can't help but mention that on Genesis, you can farm any mats... by not farming mats ! A lot of people (particularly in PvP) do lots of missions, gather points, and buy whatever resources they need with those points. Ok it's a bit the lazy option, but if you're tired of the grind, missions can be a nice change of pace. And by midgame you can do several of them, if you dare try !

[@pterafier]

Well said!

[@buttonizedmark217]

Very nice this vid is awsome

[@pterafier]

Thank you!

[@jackbouton6460]

Also the frog helps a ton with cementing paste

[@joeywalsh4523]

Make more vids im here for it all

[@PengwinTamer]

Damn. The chemistry bench really is fast. I'm new 😂

[@sophiejenkins588]

With the achitina paste I used the rare flower to make it aggressive and trapped it with railings and just left it alone until it deagroad and it produced the paste for me, I did this on the island

[@pterafier]

Lmao thats actually hella smart

[@sophiejenkins588]

Thank you

[@thunderroxz5988]

Wow,I come back a week later and you have 13k!Also do you have any cave videos,cuz cave travelling is the only thing I am horrified to do. Along with fighting a wild giga

[@pterafier]

I do! "You've Been Caving Wrong" is the title :)

[@thunderroxz5988]

@@pterafier Oh!that'll be useful for later!

[@KOEK111]

I never really felt the need for an Industrial grill though... the forge is the first I'm always going for and then the chemistry bench and sometimes the cooker. (Grinder usually doesn't make it, grill seems unnecessary) Also NOT a hardcore player... just casual PVE

[@palkiamaster6546]

The basilosaurus is good for getting oil to

[@thomasdevlin5825]

Gunpowder is surprisingly expensive, it's funny because it's really easy to craft, just one spark powder and one charcoal, both of which are easy to get your hands on, but the problem arises when you actually start to use it. I tried making a small amount of ammo for the lava cave, just fifty rifle ammo and a hundred shotgun shells, and found that I needed a disgusting amount of gunpowder, I think it was gonna cost like fifteen hundred to craft it all

[@kstuart371]

A great way for gas on aberration is to put a load of gas balls and green gems in a chem bench and make gas crafted. It is way easier than oil gathering

[@jonyusaitis]

I accidentally killed the beavers around my base , I’m on the island like cliff by the river . I’ve played about 100 hours since I killed the beavers , I completely emptied the dams and I play on a series x as a solo pve. How can I fix this?

[@AustinTheHunter13]

Yay more study mats

[@reilly2828]

What about bezelbufalo for c paste?