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

Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Crystal Isles (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3) on Crystal Isles (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Lost Island (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3) on Lost Island (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Ragnarok (16.7%); Supply Drop (level 3, double) on Ragnarok (16.7%). And 45 more crates.

What is the best creature to farm Thatch in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Elderclaw (4.3/5), Gacha (4.2/5), Mammoth (4.2/5), Megaloceros (4.1/5), Amargasaurus (4.0/5).

What is Thatch used for in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The day-one building tier and the weakest fuel in the game. Burns, briefly: It will keep a Campfire alight and that is the extent of it. Anything you would rather not refill every minute wants Wood. The real use is Fertilizer: Fertilizer is Thatch plus Feces, and a crop plot run eats Thatch by the hundred — which is why a Therizinosaurus or a Doedicurus pass over trees is worth doing even once you have stopped building with it.

THATCH

Sticks torn from trees. Useful for primitive bindings.

What it's for → Best farmed with Elderclaw → Used in 40 recipes →

What It's For

what the game files don't say

The day-one building tier and the weakest fuel in the game.

Burns, brieflyIt will keep a Campfire alight and that is the extent of it. Anything you would rather not refill every minute wants Wood.
The real use is FertilizerFertilizer is Thatch plus Feces, and a crop plot run eats Thatch by the hundred — which is why a Therizinosaurus or a Doedicurus pass over trees is worth doing even once you have stopped building with it.

Fuel, compared

what each one will actually run

Thatch — this item 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 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.

Crafting Recipe

makes 5

Wood ~~0 /~~ 1

Dropped By

harvested from the body

Elderclaw Herbivores

Astraeos

Spawn map → Everything it drops →

Facts

Resource

Spawn Command

admin / console

All item commands →

Farm It With

harvest efficiency · 0–5 all resources →

Best

Elderclaw 4.3★★★★

Gacha 4.2★★★★

Mammoth 4.2★★★★

Megaloceros 4.1★★★★

Amargasaurus 4.0★★★★

Deinotherium 4.0★★★★

Aberrant Triceratops 3.9★★★★

Mantis 3.9★★★★

Megatherium 3.9★★★★

R-Megatherium 3.9★★★★

Where It Drops

from the game's loot tables 51

Valguero12 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 103 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 34 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 103 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 34 spawn points 16.7%

Aberration Cave Crate (level 10) level 10+ · 18 spawn points 14.3%

Aberration Cave Crate (level 10, double) level 10+ · 18 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 137 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 66 spawn points 14.3%

and 4 more crates here

Ragnarok10 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 336 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 45 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 336 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 45 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 336 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 45 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 336 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 45 spawn points 14.3%

and 2 more crates here

Lost Island8 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 86 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 86 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 231 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 84 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 241 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 84 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 84 spawn points 10%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 84 spawn points 10%

Scorched Earth7 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 155 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 14 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 169 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 169 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 169 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 169 spawn points 10%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 169 spawn points 10%

Crystal Isles4 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 250 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 250 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 250 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 250 spawn points 14.3%

The Center4 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 106 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 106 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 185 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 194 spawn points 14.3%

The Island4 crates

Supply Drop (level 3, double) level 3+ · 97 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 3) level 3+ · 97 spawn points 16.7%

Supply Drop (level 15, double) level 15+ · 181 spawn points 14.3%

Supply Drop (level 15) level 15+ · 190 spawn points 14.3%

Aberration2 crates

Aberration Cave Crate (level 10) level 10+ · 32 spawn points 14.3%

Aberration Cave Crate (level 10, double) level 10+ · 32 spawn points 14.3%

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