Spark Powder Crafting and Use - Ark Survival Evolved

Sparkpowder Crafting and Use

Sparkpowder is a crucial thing to craft in Ark Survival Evolved, thankfully it is cheep to craft.  At level 6 you can craft sparkpowder in the mortar and pestle with 1 stone and 2 flint.  It doesn’t take too long to craft in the mortar and pestle, but when you move on the chemistry bench (lvl 82) your sparkpowder production will be launched into orbit.

Before you can make gunpowder in Ark spark powder is most useful for making a long-burning fuel for campfires, torches and cooking pots.  It burns twice as long as wood and produces no charcoal which makes cooking meat in the campfire much easier and crafting recipes in the cooking pot more efficient since charcoal will combine with berries and make dye.

The first thing you will be excited to craft that contains sparkpowder is gunpowder (1 sparkpowder + 1 charcoal).  With gunpowder and firearms, you can make some great progress in Ark Survival Evolved.  In addition to the uses already mentioned, sparkpowder is used for crafting the fabricator, chemistry bench, stimulant and more in Ark.

In order to power the preserving bin, place spark powder in the inventory.  Meat and other spoilable items in Ark will last much longer.  Three sparkpowder is also needed to make cooked meat jerky and prime meat jerky.  It takes

Sparkpowder for leveling up

Sparkpowder is great for leveling up.  For every spark powder you make, you will get 0.24 experience points.  It isn’t much, but it adds up quickly, and you can be gaining that crafting XP while away from base.  You will need sparkpowder later on for gunpowder and other things, so you might as well craft some up now for XP and save it in storage, or a dino that you don’t really use for anything.  If you are just joining a tribe and they have a chem bench you can use that to get XP fast.

Campfire Guide for Ark Survival Evolved

Crafting a campfire in Ark Survival Evolved is one of the most important things you can do in your first hour on the Ark.  A campfire in Ark will keep you warm, and cook meat.  Cooked meat will last longer, heal you when injured satisfy your hunger better than berries.  Burning wood will also give you charcoal, and you will need that down the road for making gunpowder and dye.  

You will be able to learn the campfire at level 2 and it is easy to make, costing only 12 thatch, 1 flint, 16 stone, and 2 wood.  

Don't get too close to the campfire in Ark, or you'll get burned.

The campfire only has three slots in its inventory, and one has to be taken up with the fuel, which is most commonly wood or thatch, but you can use sparkpowder and angler gel too.  Wood burns for 30 seconds thatch 7.5, and sparkpowder 60.  The nice thing about burning thatch is, it doesn't produce any charcoal, which can be annoying to manage when trying to cook meat, especially prime meat.  

Ark Campfire

The campfire can only cook one stack of the same kind of meat at a time, so it is efficient to cook two different types of meat, like raw meat and raw fish meat at the same time.  

One last thing that is good about a campfire is you can use it to burn off leeches.  To get a leech off you jump on the campfire and it will go away.  You will take damage to, so don't stay on it too long.