Beaver Dam Location on Genesis Part 1 map

The Genesis Part 1 DLC for Ark Survival Evolved launched there were beaver dams for some, and then beaver dams for none.  The beavers, known as Castoroides in the game have been back for all for some time now.  There is only one place to find them in Genesis Part 1, and that is at the Fishing Lake in the Artic Biome.  The dams spawn on the lake, and there are some surrounding the lake as well. Also on the lake you will find otters, which are really cute.  As usual, you can loot the dams for cementing paste, wood, silica pearls and other goodies. See the video for more.  

Lat 69.7  Lon 21.0

Note these beaver dams are not really dams, but lodges, and it drives me nuts that I have to call them dams.  

Best Metal and Crystal Location Arctic Biome Genesis

I think the best place in Ark Genesis Pt. 1 to get metal, crystal and obsidian is the Arctic Biome, and the best place is the path that wraps up around one of the mountains, about dead center in of them map.  Probably the best way to get up there is a bloodstalker, or a grappling hook and start collecting at 71.9 lat and 31.0 long.  If you need to come on foot or with some smaller dinos start at the cave entrance at 78.2 lat 28.0 long.  If you have larger dinos you can come up over the hill at 70.2  36.6 long, but that area is getting very dangerous.  

The best metal, crystal and obsidian location map in the Arctic Biome - Ark Genesis

Where to Harvest Silk in Ark Genesis?

Finding silk in Ark Survival Evolved Genesis is easy, but weird.  Biologically in makes no sense at all but silk is found by harvesting corals in the ocean biome, and they are pretty much everywhere.   Simply swim down, or take a tame like a frog and harvest the corals by hand or use a sickle.  You can also get plant species Y seeds from these same "plants", and equally weird these corals also yield berries.  Also making no sense is getting mushroom wood and thatch from other coral types.  I guess the Ark devs care less about biology as the game evolves, but I remind myself that it is just a game! 

Where to get Element Shards In Ark Genesis

Element Shard Crystals

Element shards can be harvested from the reddish crystals in the Volcanic Biome of Ark Genesis.  There is a road that leads up and around the main volcano in the Volcanic Biome that has a large number of Element Shard crystals.  The crystals are purple and easy to harvest with a simple metal pick.  Of course it's Ark so it is a very dangerous place, so keep your wits about you.  Here are some of the locations of the element shard crystals around that road.  

Lat and Long of Element Shards

19.5  82.4

19. 0  78.1

18.5  79.6

20.5  84.4

19.3  74.0

26.3  69.4

28.2  71.4

27.7  73.9

27.3  73.3

Element Shard Crystal location in the Volcanic Biome of Ark Genesis

Where to Get Tree Sap in Ark Genesis

In order to get tree sap in Ark Survival Evolved you need to find the poison trees in the Bog Biome.  Once you find the large glowing tree walk up to it to grab resources.  Be sure there are no hostile creatures around first because the tree will blast poison at you.  Once poisoned it will be very hard to see, just like if you get spit on by a dilo.  Not only will you collect sap from the poison tree you will also find Congealed Gas Balls, Absorbent Substrate, and Bio Toxin. Tree sap is sometimes awarded after a mission is completed.  

Poison Trees in Ark Genesis give Tree Sap

Some of the locations of the poison trees in Ark Genesis are:  


Toxic Mire

86.0 73.8

84.3  76.3

85.3  77.6



Fetid Pools

54.6  83.0

56.3  84.2

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Cactus Sap Location Ark Genesis

The place to find cactus sap in the Ark Genesis dlc is in the Artic Biome.  That doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's where they grow.  They also don't look very obvious, the cactus looks like a spiky purple cucumber.  Tree sap in Ark Genesis can be found in the poison trees.  

Lat and Long of Cactus Locations 

85.9   35.7

86.7   31.6

The Cactus in Ark Genesis 

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How to Tame a Ferox and Ferox Locations

The Ferox is a cool little creature that turns into a monster.  You can find the Ferox in the Artic Biome of Ark Survival Evolved Genesis Part 1 dlc.   Right now there is a Ferox cave where you can find the little guys and a lot of Polar Bears too.  It is located right by the  Searching the Frozen Zone mission at 70.8  26.2  .  There are tons of Ferox spawns there, and I wouldn't be surprised if they nerf the Ferox Cave soon.  If they do I have found a few locations where the Ferox spawn in the open.  They are in eastern section of the Artic Biome where there is a constant blizzard.

Free Roam Ferox 80.8  43.6
61.6  50.4

Cute freshly tamed Ferox at the Ferox Cave in Ark Genesis

Good luck taming, a Ferox,  the only thing hard about it is not getting killed by all the dangerous creatures or freezing to death.  One or two darts will knock them out and feed them a few berries, and they are yours.  You can also passive tame them, which is just a waste of element.

Ark Genesis Bog Biome Metal and Crystal Locations

Here are some good locations of metal crystal and green gems in the Bog Biome of Ark Genesis Part 1.  In general a good place to look is at the base or inside the giant trees.  To my  knowledge obsidian and oil do not spawn in the Bog Biome.

Metal
54.2  72.8
71.5  64.7
67.0  67.3

Metal plus Crystal
76.6  57.7
75.9  81.8
80.1  59.2

Green Gems (can also be found way up giant trees)
75.5  78.4
63.3  73.6

Poison Tree Area
86.0  73.8

How to Defeat the Insect Swam in Ark Genesis

The Insect Swam in Ark Survival Evolved Genesis is a real pain the butt to put it  mildly, but there are a few ways to deal with it.  The easiest is too jus move to the water.  The swarm will not attack you while you stand or swim in the water.  It will leave your dinos alone too.  The next thing to do is attack the swarm with a melee weapon.  I find that a spear or pike works best, but many swear by the torch.  The torch is a more satisfyingly way to kill the swarm, but I find I break a lot of torches.  You can also outrun the swarm once it targets you.  Then be sure to lead the swarm to a wild dino, or maybe a strong tame dino and the swarm will be distracted.

Building a structure is a also a good way to avoid the swarm, BUT it must be big enough so that they can't attack your body if it messes through.  A two by two hut will work, but it must be 2 walls high.

Hopefully Wild Card will greatly reduce the number of swarms in the game.  I don't have a problem with the swarm being a pest once an hour, but every few minutes is way too much.  Good luck survivors.

Bloodstalker Locations and Taming in Ark Genesis

The Bloodstalker is a game-changer in the Genesis dlc since it is the fastest way to get across most maps without fliers.  They are relatively easy to tame, you just need to craft a syringe and make lots and lots of blood packs.  It might be helpful for you to also have a preserving bin to store the blood packs in.  Then you need to find the bloodstalkers.  They hang out in the massive trees in the bog biome.   

I have found them at the following locations:

72.3   75.2

68.4  77.9

74.3  75.7

68.0  77.7

After you find one, put your blood packs in the far right slot of your hot bar ("0" slot on PC).  Get underneath the bloodstalker.  If you are close enough it will send out a web and drag you to it.  Then the bloodstalker starts feeding your blood packs instead of you!  Taming the bloodstalker doesn't take a lot of time, but it can take a lot of blood packs.  As I write the game hasn't been out long and people say it takes a lot of packs, maybe a 100 or more to tame a high level. 

With my slightly boosted rates it took a short while and 12 packs to tame a level 20 bloodstalker.  Good luck taming a blood stalker, or should I say getting enough blood packs, either way, once you get one of these creatures the new Genesis dlc will get much easier, but it will still be hard.

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