Harpoon Launcher

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Has tremendous power and speed underwater, but ineffective range out of water. Uses Spear Bolts for ammunition.

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Weapon

Type

Gun

Ammo used

Spear Bolt

Tranq Spear Bolt

Net Projectile

Ranged damage

140 / 36 / 0

Rate of fire

0.5 RPS

Magazine size

Reload time

2.0 seconds

DPS

70 / 18 / 0

Item

Weight

10.0

Stack size

Durability

100

Single use

Added in

v258.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi Harpoon 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon.PrimalItem_WeaponHarpoon'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 43

Engram points

38 EP

Crafting XP

36 XP

Prerequisites

Unlocks

Net Projectile

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

40 × Wood or Fungal Wood

60 × Fiber

25 × Hide

120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

60 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

50 × Obsidian

30 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

The Harpoon Launcher is one of the weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is used to fire Spear Bolts, Tranq Spear Bolts and Net Projectile .

It is a very effective weapon for underwater combat and for knocking out sea creatures. However, its not a viable weapon on land, as the projectiles will not travel very far.

Notes[]

After firing bolts, it is possible to pick them back up (if they don't break).
The Harpoon Launcher has a much higher range when fired underwater.
This item doesn't appear to be part of any supply beacons. This means outside of the Genesis simulation, they can only be primitive and end up being outperformed by high-quality (above 193% damage) crossbows, which are cheaper and more efficient.
Spear Bolts loaded in Harpoon Launchers are smaller than ones loaded in Ballista Turret.
Prior to Patch 330.8 fitting the Harpoon Launcher with Net Projectile rendered it ineffective and unusable underwater, but effective on land.

Weapons

For a side-by-side comparison of all weapons, see the Weapons page! For a comparison of reload and draw times, see Weapon Mechanics!

Melee

Electric Prod • Lance • Pike • Shield (Wooden, Metal, Riot, Tek) • Spear (Flaming) • Sword (Tek) • Tek Claws • Club

Ranged

Primitive	Bola • Bow (Compound, Tek) • Crossbow • Flare Gun • Slingshot • Boomerang

Firearms	Assault Rifle • Charge Lantern • Fabricated Sniper Rifle • Flamethrower • Harpoon Launcher • Longneck Rifle • Minigun • Pistol (Fabricated) • Shotgun (Pump-Action) • Tek Phase Pistol • Tek Railgun • Tek Rifle • Tek Shoulder Cannon

Attachments	Flashlight • Holo-Scope • Laser • Scope • Silencer

Ammunition

Bullets	Bullet (Simple, Advanced) • Shotgun Ammo (Simple) • Rifle Ammo (Simple, Advanced) • Sniper Bullet (Advanced)

Projectiles	Arrow (Stone, Tranq, Metal, Flame) • Boulder • Cannon Ball • Chain Bola • Grappling Hook • Jar of Pitch • Net Projectile • Pheromone Dart • Spear Bolt (Tranq) • Stone • Tranquilizer Dart (Shocking) • Zip-Line Anchor

Other	Charge Battery • Element • Element Shard • Flamethrower Ammo • Gasoline

Tools

Chainsaw • Glow Stick • Hatchet (Stone, Metal) • Lasso • Metal Sickle • Mining Drill • Pick (Stone, Metal, Climbing) • Pliers • Taxidermy Tool • Torch • Whip

Emplacements

Auto Turret (Heavy) • Ballista Turret • Cannon • Catapult Turret • Minigun Turret • Plant Species X • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Explosives

C4 Detonator (C4 Charge) • Cannon Shell • Cruise Missile • Grenade (Smoke, Poison, Cluster, Tek, Tek Gravity) • Water Mine • IED • Plant Species Z Fruit • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Rocket Pod • Tek Grenade Launcher

Traps

Bear Trap (Large) • Oil Jar • Plant Species Y Trap • Tripwire Alarm • Tripwire Narcotic

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Taming

Plants

Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry

Meat

Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat

Kibble

Base	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Augmented	Basic • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

Egg-based	Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture

Tools

Weapons	Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame) • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Cannon (Cannon Ball)

Armor	Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)

Other

Taming Food	AnglerGel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Golden Hesperornis Egg • Leech Blood • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Nameless Venom • Organic Polymer • Plant Species R Seed • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Wyvern Milk

Narcotics	Bio Toxin • Narcotic

Taming Ingredients	Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Oil • Obsidian • Sap • Sparkpowder

Other	Bug Repellant

Harpoon Launcher

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