What do you need to craft the Sparkpowder?

Sparkpowder requires 2 Flint, 1 Stone. The engram unlocks at level 6.

Where do you get Sparkpowder from loot crates in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Aberration Cave Crate (level 10) on Aberration (16.7%); Aberration Cave Crate (level 10) on Aberration (16.7%); Aberration Cave Crate (level 10, double) on Aberration (16.7%); Aberration Cave Crate (level 10, double) on Aberration (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Crystal Isles (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Crystal Isles (16.7%). And 78 more crates.

What is Sparkpowder used for in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Half of Gunpowder, and the hot fuel that keeps a fire going without constant refills. The Gunpowder chain: Sparkpowder plus Charcoal is Gunpowder, which is every bullet, every grenade and every C4 charge in the game. This is what most of it gets spent on. A better fire than Wood: It burns far hotter in the same Campfires, Forges and Preserving Bins, so it is the fuel of choice when you want a long unattended run rather than the cheapest one.

SPARKPOWDER

Created by grinding flint with stone in a Mortar and Pestle or Chemistry Table.

What it's for → Engram at Lv 6 → Used in 20 recipes →

What It's For

what the game files don't say

Half of Gunpowder, and the hot fuel that keeps a fire going without constant refills.

The Gunpowder chainSparkpowder plus Charcoal is Gunpowder, which is every bullet, every grenade and every C4 charge in the game. This is what most of it gets spent on.
A better fire than WoodIt burns far hotter in the same Campfires, Forges and Preserving Bins, so it is the fuel of choice when you want a long unattended run rather than the cheapest one.

Fuel, compared

what each one will actually run

Thatch Burns in a Campfire or a Torch and nothing else. It is what you have on day one and it is gone in moments — a stopgap, not a fuel.

Wood The standard early fuel: Campfire, Standing Torch, Refining Forge, Smithy-era cooking. Lasts far longer per unit than Thatch and you can harvest it forever.

Sparkpowder — this item Burns much hotter than Wood in the same fires, so a Preserving Bin or a slow forge run needs fewer refills — but it costs Flint and Stone you would rather spend on Gunpowder.

Gasoline The industrial tier. Nothing else runs an Industrial Forge, Fabricator, Chemistry Bench, Industrial Grill, Industrial Cooker or Electrical Generator. Once you can make it, it is the fuel your base runs on. Best

Element Tek only — Tek structures, the Tek Generator and Tek gear. Endgame fuel, and far too scarce to burn on anything a Generator could power instead.