Oil Rock Locations on The Island Map of Ark Survival Evolved

The Island map of Ark Survival Evolved is abundant with oil, but it is concentrated onshore in the northwest corner of the map in the harsh snow biome and on the bottom of the ocean.  There are a number of oil nodes on The Island that can be easily accessed by swimming, without the need of scuba gear, or an underwater tame.  There are no oil veins on The Island map.

You can try your luck in the artic without fur armor by having an otter on your shoulder and working from a raft.  You can build up the raft into a small base with campfires to keep you warm and then dash out to grab the oil onshore, and on the icebergs.  

The Island Oil Rock Locations

Snow Biome Oil Start

29.9   12.4

Snow Biome Oil End

12.2   52.2

Off-Shore Oil Rock

70.3   11.3

74.4   12.7

86.2   17.1

89.3   22.3

83.2   33.8

85.4   34.5

60.0   87.8

60.7   87.7

22.2   83.2

Resources the Island and Center Map Do Not Have

 Resources the Island and Center Map Do Not Have

The Island Map is the original, official story Ark map of Ark Survival Evolved.  The Center Map came next but is not part of the Ark lore.  Every resource and animal for that matter,  introduced after these two maps does not exist on these maps.  Scorched Earth introduced sulfur, salt, oil veins, and cactus sap to the Ark world, but they never ended up on the Island Map nor the Center Map. The same goes for everything introduced in dlc maps later.  Unfortunately, that means you will not be able to craft many of the items in the game without visiting other maps, or spawning those resources in.  The below list of missing resources from the Island and Center, does not include drops, such as deathworm horns, which are only used as tributes for boss fights, some other map-specific things like taming Mantis.  There are dozens of creatures not found on these maps, and I’ll cover those in a later post.

Resources not found on the Island Map or Center Map

• Salt
• Sulfur
• Cactus Sap
• Silk
• Sand
• Oil Veins
• Gems
• Gas Vents
• Gas Bag
• Gas Ball
• Fungal Wood
• Mushrooms (other than rare mushrooms)
• Primal Crystal
• Corrupted node
• Shell Fragment
• Element Shard
• Element