Charge Lantern (Aberration)

Charge Lantern

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Weaponized Charge Light that damages and stuns lifeforms. Place down to ward off dangers in an area. Uses Charge Batteries as fuel.

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DLCs

Aberration, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2

Weapon

Type

Weapon

Ammo used

 Charge Battery 

Item

Weight

6

Stack size

1

Durability

300

Added in

v275.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi LanternCharge 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge/PrimalItem_WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge.PrimalItem_WeaponRadioactiveLanternCharge'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 80

Engram points

32 EP

Crafting XP

26.4 XP

Crafting time

5s

Prerequisites

• Charge Battery

Crafted in

• Fabricator
• Tek Replicator

Required stations

Fabricator
Refining Forge

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

120 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

130 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

120 × Electronics

120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

360 × Silica Pearls

80 × Red Gem or Red Crystalized Sap

2 × Charge Battery

8 × Crystal or Primal Crystal

30 × Polymer

60 × Cementing Paste

480 × Stone

240 × Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment

60 × Obsidian

40 × Congealed Gas Ball

20 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

400 × Congealed Gas Ball

Total Base Ingredients

480 ×	Stone
120 ×	Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule
80 ×	Red Gem or Red Crystalized Sap
60 ×	Obsidian
270 ×	Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
240 ×	Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment
360 ×	Silica Pearls
440 ×	Congealed Gas Ball
8 ×	Crystal or Primal Crystal

The Charge Lantern is a weapon in the Aberration DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved.

Usage

The Charge Lantern uses  Charge Batteries as ammunition. It utilizes Charge Light to fire electrical voltage at the desired target. Most creatures are unfazed/unhurt by the weapon's light, however, it is especially useful against the  Nameless and the  Reaper.

When the Charge Lantern is thrown by pressing alt-fire, it is placed down and acts as a light source in form of a spotlight. When used in this way, it deters the above mentioned creatures.

Charge Durations When Placed

Depending on the intensity, lanterns go through energy at different rates. Note that these times assume the server runs with zero rollbacks: for practical purposes, the real world times will be a bit longer.

Intensity	Duration per Charge Unit	Fully Charged (500 Units)	Fully Charged with 50 Full Batteries (25,500 Units)
Low	1m	8h 20m	17d 17h
Medium	36s	5h	10d 15h
High	18s	2h 30m	5d 7h 30m

Notes/Trivia

•  Seekers thrive on the weapon. It invigorates them to attack, so it should not be used against them.
• The Charge Lantern does NOT kill Nameless, it just forces them to retreat as long as it remains on meaning it serves primarily as a emergency weapon in moments where a charge pet is absent such as being swapped for an insulating  Otter.
• When used against a Nameless, it will attempt to cover its eyes from the Charge Lantern's light beam before burying itself away.
• Looks like Force Lightning from Star Wars when firing.
• Does not affect  Insect Swarms
• The Charge Lantern is an invention made by Sir Edmund Rockwell.
  • During his time on Aberration before and during his time with the Tek tribe, he was extensively researching the properties of the bioluminescent "Charge" which he was soon able to convert it into electricity.

Changelog

Patch	Changes
275.0	Charge Lantern is added to the game.
334.3	Fixed a bug that caused the Charge Lantern to lose quality when placed and picked up.