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Compass

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Use this to find which direction you are traveling.

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Item

Type

Navigation

Weight

0.5

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 136 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Compass 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Test/PrimalItem_WeaponCompass.PrimalItem_WeaponCompass'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 8

Engram points

5 EP

Crafting XP

7.6 XP

Crafted in

• Inventory
• Smithy
• Argentavis Saddle
• Castoroides Saddle
• Thorny Dragon Saddle
• Tek Replicator

Ingredients

5 × Metal

5 × Flint

30 × Fiber

Overview

The Compass is a tool in ARK: Survival Evolved. It can help you find your way around the many diverse maps. The blue arrow on the Compass will always point north and is therefore very useful (Pre-Patch 278), especially if coupled with a map.

Notes

• With Patch 278, the Compass is practically redundant with the show player map location setting enabled, as the map's player icon is now an arrow, showing your pointed direction.

Gallery

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