How to Get Soap in Ark Fjordur: A Comprehensive Guide
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The harsh world of Ark: Survival Evolved demands resourcefulness, and soap is one of those crucial, yet often overlooked, items. While not used for personal hygiene, soap serves a vital purpose in removing dyes from your gear and structures, allowing you to customize and recustomize your base and character’s look. This guide focuses on acquiring soap specifically within the Fjordur map, providing all the necessary details to keep your creations vibrant.
How to Get Soap in Ark Fjordur
In Ark: Fjordur, as in other maps of Ark: Survival Evolved, you craft soap using a Cooking Pot. The recipe is straightforward: combine 3 Polymer (or Organic Polymer), 2 Oil, and water in a lit Cooking Pot. Once you’ve gathered the ingredients and started the cooking process, you’ll receive soap. It’s that simple!
Key Ingredients Breakdown
Let’s delve a bit deeper into each ingredient to ensure you’re prepared:
- Polymer/Organic Polymer: Polymer is a valuable material that needs to be crafted in a Fabricator using Obsidian, cementing paste and metal ingots. Alternatively, Organic Polymer, is a readily harvestable resource in Ark Fjordur. It is obtained by killing Kairuku (penguin), Mantis, or Gacha. For beginners, organic polymer is a more accessible starting point.
- Oil: Oil is found in several places across Fjordur. You can harvest it by killing Oil Jug Bug, or from the underwater nodes found in deep sea areas. It can also be found from the dung beetle and dunkleosteus.
- Water: This is easily obtained by using a waterskin, water jar, or canteen at any water source, such as lakes, rivers, or the ocean.
The Cooking Process
- Gather Your Materials: Ensure you have the necessary amounts of Polymer (or Organic Polymer), Oil, and water in your inventory.
- Light the Cooking Pot: Place the cooking pot and select the ‘light fire’ option to start it.
- Place the Ingredients: With the cooking pot lit, transfer 3 polymer (or organic polymer), 2 oil and the water into it.
- Wait for Production: Allow the cooking pot to produce the soap. You’ll see a visual indicator when the process is complete.
- Collect the Soap: Once crafted, the soap will appear in the cooking pot inventory, ready for use.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Soap in Ark Fjordur
1. What is Soap Used for in Ark?
Soap’s primary use in Ark is to remove dyes from items and structures. This includes armor, tools, weapons, building structures, and even creature saddles. It allows players to repaint their items as they choose, perfect for those wanting to change their color schemes.
2. How do you Use Soap to Remove Dye?
To use soap, place the item you wish to remove the dye from into your inventory alongside the soap. Then, right click the item and select ‘remove dye’ on its options. The item will return to its default appearance. A single piece of soap is consumed per dye removal.
3. Can You Make Soap in an Industrial Cooker?
Yes, while the recipe is traditionally used in the cooking pot, the Industrial Cooker can also produce soap using the same ingredients. It allows for more efficient soap crafting due to its larger inventory and processing speed. However, the fundamental recipe is the same. It doesn’t require a fire to be lit for cooking to begin.
4. Are There Alternative Ways to Get Polymer for Soap?
Besides farming organic polymer from creatures, you can also craft polymer in a fabricator using obsidian, cementing paste, and metal ingots. This can be advantageous if you have access to these resources and want a more reliable source of polymer. Additionally, element can be used to create soap in the Industrial Cooker, but this is an advanced method that requires a high level of progression in the game.
5. Is Soap Used for Anything Besides Removing Dyes?
No, in the current version of Ark, soap’s only purpose is to remove dyes. It doesn’t provide any other benefits, such as cleaning or hygiene, and does not have a purpose in the crafting of other items.
6. Can You Make Soap from Shards in Ark?
No, soap in Ark cannot be crafted directly from shards. The recipe explicitly requires polymer (or organic polymer), oil, and water. Shards are used in crafting other items, but not soap.
7. What are Some Efficient Ways to Get Oil in Fjordur?
Several methods can provide oil efficiently in Fjordur. Killing Oil Jug Bugs is a good option. Dunkleosteus are another great option found in the depths of the ocean that will provide a great amount of oil. Dung Beetles are also a great resource for oil. Lastly, underwater nodes, are abundant, though they require players to be prepared for dangerous deep-sea encounters.
8. How do You Get a Cooking Pot in Ark?
A cooking pot is created in your inventory once you have learned the recipe at level 26. It requires 5 flint, 15 stone, 15 thatch and 5 wood to craft. The cooking pot is a fundamental item and an important step to creating soap.
9. What are the Three Main Ingredients in Soap (In Real Life)?
In real-life soap, the main ingredients are oil or fat, lye (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide), and water. These combine in a chemical reaction called saponification to form soap.
10. What is the Chemical Formula of Soap?
The chemical formula of soap is generally RCOO – Na +, where R represents a long-chain alkyl group. For instance, sodium stearate has the formula C17H35COO-Na+ and sodium palmitate is C15H31COO-Na+. This illustrates that the soap molecule has a hydrophilic (water-attracting) end and a hydrophobic (oil-attracting) end.
11. Is There a ‘Soap’ Item in Real Life Like in the Game?
No, the soap item in Ark: Survival Evolved is a game mechanic and differs from real-world soap. Real soap is a cleaning agent, whereas in Ark, it is exclusively used to remove dye from your items.
12. Does Soap Have Any Relationship to Sulfur in Ark Fjordur?
No, there is no relationship between soap and sulfur in Ark Fjordur. Sulfur is a separate resource used to craft items like the flamethrower, preserving salt, and propellant, and to tame Rock Elementals. It has no bearing on the production or usage of soap.
13. What is the Point of a Toilet in Ark Fjordur?
The toilet is not used for soap production. Instead, using the toilet provides a +33% experience buff for 120 seconds after defecating. The toilet is more focused on experience gains rather than resources.
14. What Does Angler Gel Do in Ark Fjordur?
Angler Gel is a distinct resource used in crafting Night Vision Goggles and the Electric Prod. It can also serve as fuel for torches and acts as food for taming Mantas. It has no relationship with soap in Ark.
15. Can You Use Soap on Dinos or Just Gear?
Soap can be used to remove dyes from various items including building structures and gear. It cannot be used to remove dye from dinos. Dyes applied directly to dinosaurs are permanent and cannot be removed.
This comprehensive guide should equip you with all the knowledge needed to produce soap in Ark: Fjordur, enabling you to maintain and alter the appearance of your items with ease. Keep these tips in mind as you continue your survival journey!