Polymer

Polymer
These incredibly strong, lightweight plates can be shaped and then heat treated into casings for anything.
Resource
Type	Resource
Rarity	Uncommon
Renewable	Yes
Refineable	No
Combustible	No
Item
Weight	0.25
Stack Size	100 / 5000
Spawn Command cheat giveitemnum 163 1 0 0 or cheat GFI Polymer 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Polymer.PrimalItemResource_Polymer'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 48
Engram Points	6 EP
Crafting XP	2.24 XP
Crafting Time	2s
Used to craft	134 items
Crafted in	Fabricator Tek Replicator
Ingredients
2 × Obsidian 2 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

Polymer is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is used to make durable tools, weapons and armor.

Overview

Organic Polymer, a natural version of Polymer that can be obtained from killing Kairuku, Hesperornis, Mantis, Karkinos, and harvesting bee hives. It can always be used in place of Polymer, but is not as ideal because it has a spoil timer and can only stack up to 20, while regular Polymer can stack up to 100.

Corrupted Nodule  is also a natural version of Polymer, found on Extinction. It can be harvested from dead Corrupted Creatures in the Wasteland.

On Ragnarok, however, if you have tamed a Griffin, a really good strategy would be flying over to the beach of the volcano area (with black sand), divebomb a bunch of Mantises, and with the Griffin's fast speeds fly over to your home, and use the Organic Polymer as a substitute for the normal Polymer.

Crafting

Polymer is used to craft the following items:

Tools

• Canteen
• Charge Battery
• Gas Mask
• GPS
• Spray Painter
• Transponder Node
• Transponder Tracker
• Soap

Armor

• Heavy Miner's Helmet
• SCUBA Tank
• SCUBA Leggings
• Tek Armor
• Riot Armor

Saddles

• Rock Drake Tek Saddle
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Rex Tek Saddle
• Mosasaur Tek Saddle
• Megalodon Tek Saddle
• Tropeognathus Saddle

Electric Devices

• Air Conditioner
• Refrigerator
• Elevator Structures

Structures & Storage

• Behemoth Gateway
• Vault
• Industrial Cooker
• Industrial Forge
• Industrial Grinder
• Chemistry Bench

Weapons

• Assault Rifle
• Auto Turret
• C4 Charge
• C4 Remote Detonator
• Compound Bow
• Fabricated Pistol
• Pump-Action Shotgun
• Metal Arrow
• Rocket Launcher
• Rocket Propelled Grenade
• Fabricated Sniper Rifle
• Riot Shield

Full list of items crafted with Polymer

Gathering

Weight Reduction

The following creatures reduce the weight of Polymer by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:

Creature	Reduced by
Argentavis	50%

Video Tutorial

Quick tutorial on how to get polymer.