Assault Rifles sport an extremely high firerate, dealing almost the same amount of damage per shot of a Fabricated Pistol but twice as fast. In continuous fire, only a Pump-Action Shotgun at point-blank range is capable of beating its DPS capability, but if combined with Shadow Steak Saute, the Assault Rifle will easily allow its user to cover ranges greater than Pump-Actions can. Coupled with its excellent durability, it's possible to dish enormous amounts of damage at short time intervals.

The Bow is a decent ranged weapon able to fire Stone and Flame Arrows at a good rate. It is also able to fire Tranq Arrows, making it a tool for combat as well as taming. The Bow is also able to be charged, increasing the speed and damage of its arrows.

Powered by Gasoline, the Chainsaw is one of the best methods for harvesting resources like Wood, Hide, and Chitin/Keratin in mass quantities. It is also very effective at harvesting Oil, Scrap Metal, Electronics, and Element Dust from slain Enforcers, Defense Units, and Tek creatures. Additionally, the Chainsaw also makes for a good melee weapon thanks to its fast hit rate.

The Charge Lantern uses Charge Batteries as ammunition. It utilizes Charge Light to fire electrical voltage at the desired target. Most creatures are unfazed/unhurt by the weapon's light, however, it is especially useful against the Nameless and the Reaper.

When the Charge Lantern is thrown by pressing alt-fire, it is placed down and acts as a light source in form of a spotlight. When used in this way, it deters the above mentioned creatures.

It can be used to climb up vertical walls and obstacles. Given that ARK Aberration features many vertical elements, survivors will find plenty of use for the climbing pick.

Like the Bow and Crossbow, the Compound Bow is able to fire Stone, Flame, and Tranq Arrows. However, the Compound Bow is the only bow able to fire Metal Arrows, making it highly effective at dealing with armored enemies.

The crossbow is a highly resource-efficient weapon due to using cheap, field-craftable Stone Arrows as ammunition. Combined with the utility factor of being able to fire underwater, consider keeping a crossbow in your hotbar to use on slower and/or weaker opponents(and in case you unexpectedly find yourself fighting aquatic enemies) and saving a more effective but costlier firearm or other higher-tier weapon for tougher opponents.

Upon hit, Electric Prod inflicts 1 physical damage and 266 torpor. Despite being a melee weapon, the amount of torpor is not influenced by character melee damage modifiers, levels, or food buffs. It is influenced by the damage % of the weapon or blueprint. Armor, however, reduces the amount of torpor received.

The Fabricated Pistol is a more advanced version of the Simple Pistol. Even though the Fabricated Pistol has the second lowest damage per shot of any gun in the game, it makes up for this in various ways.

Fabricated pistol is a good weapon while taming or farming due to its weight of only 2.5 units, making it the the lightest weapon in the game. Also, its good fire rate and decent damage help in most situations.

The weapon has an excellent burst DPS, just some points shy of the destructive Pump-Action Shotgun. Also, considering how ammunition makes for most of the cost while using a weapon, it is indeed cheaper to use than the Assault Rifle, while retaining a high yet manageable recoil because of the lower firerate. Finally, unlike shotguns, it is effective at all ranges possible. To compensate, this weapon has a very long reload time for its small 8 round magazine and a fast durability drain, making sustained fire an unwise option.

The Flamethrower is a costly but very efficient way at taking down clusters of enemies. Excellent for locations such as the Snow Cave where mounts cannot enter.

The Flamethrower can be used to clear bushes and most vegetation, making it useful when entering the Jungle Dungeon on Ragnarok.

The Flamethrower is useful for taming a Phoenix and Edmontonia

Requires Bobs Tales DLC to use

The Goo Gun is a weapon that shoots goo, its effects depends on the type of goo that it selects to use.

The Goo Gun uses corpses as ammunition to create goo. To harvest a corpse with the Goo Gun use Ctrl.

It is used to fire Spear Bolts, Tranq Spear Bolts and Net Projectile (Genesis: Part 2).

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

The Longneck Rifle appears to be based on the Winchester High Wall Rifle, which was designed to fire large caliber rifle cartridges at big game animals in the later 1800s. It also bears a strong resemblance to the British Martini-Henry Rifle, which was also used in the later 1800s, both militarily and for hunting. Both of these rifles utilized a breech loaded (single shot), falling block action, just like in its game counterpart. Falling block action means you must use the trigger guard to lower a door in the receiver to load and unload cartridges. The Longneck Rifle is missing the rear ladder type sight that was commonly used among sporting breech loading rifles, and instead uses an open styled sights.

The Metal Hatchet is one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 20 for 6 Engram Points.

When compared to the Metal Pick, the Metal Hatchet provides more Wood than Thatch when chopping Trees, more Hide than Raw Meat when harvesting corpses, and more Stone than Flint when mining rocks. Additionally, it harvests more resources at a higher rate than its predecessor, the Stone Hatchet, and has a higher chance of harvesting rarer resources.

The Metal Pick is one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 20 for 6 Engram Points.

When compared to the Metal Hatchet, the Metal Pick provides more Thatch than Wood when chopping Trees, more Raw Meat than Hide when harvesting corpses, and more Flint than Stone when mining rocks. Additionally, it harvests more resources at a higher rate than its predecessor, the Stone Pick, and has a higher chance of harvesting rarer resources.

The Metal Sickle's main function is to harvest large amounts of Fiber from Plants, able to gather hundreds of it with only a few swings. It is also one of the best tools for harvesting large amounts of Raw Prime Fish Meat, as it is able to scrape it off of a Leedsichthys without making it aggressive.

It differs from its Wooden Counterpart by having a durability bar instead of breaking randomly, but unlike the Spear, it is not throwable. This makes it less versatile, but longer lasting and with higher melee damage.

The Pike also has greater range and knock back, versus the Sword. This allows for attacking many creatures at a safer range. However, it is a double-handed weapon that disables shields. But, you can use it while running, unlike the sword, which you have to jump, stand still, or walk in order to use it.

If compared to other fabricated firearms, the Pump-Action Shotgun quickly shows clear advantages on short to medium ranges, from its massive damage output combined with decent firerate and large ammo count for a shotgun to its high damage / bullet cost efficiency and durability. It also costs just as much to craft as a similar Assault Rifle, and less than half of the Fabricated Sniper Rifle. Everything taken into consideration, the Pump-Action is notoriously flexible and thus the weapon of choice to most players with access to it. However, the weapon is still a shotgun, and while still dangerous at range, will only dish a fraction of its total firepower with horrible accuracy to small targets, getting rapidly overpowered by other weapons.

While not nearly as accurate as the Longneck, and with very little range, its two barrels allow for two shots before reloading, and the bigger spread of its pellets means that you are more likely to damage a target. These features make it superior to a Longneck at close range, but useless at a distance. Its ability to hit multiple targets at once with a good amount of damage make it best for close quarters combat, where quick target acquisition is necessary (i.e. caving).

A versatile metal tool. Useful for improving Crop Plots, burying and unburying Treasure Chests, and finding underground water in an emergency.

The Simple Pistol is the first gun that you can gain access to, unlockable at level 34. Though boasting less damage per shot than a charged bow-shot, it can fire 6 shots before having to be reloaded. This enables one, with some preparation, to quickly dispatch weak mid-range opponents. Notably effective versus players unless they possess heavier armor.

The Slingshot is the first ranged weapon available to players in ARK: Survival Evolved. It's a short-to-medium range weapon that uses Stones for ammo. Compared to other weapons, it's most notable for its ability to inflict TorporTorpidity, making it ideal for early tamers.

The Stone Hatchet one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 2 for 3 Engram Points.

When compared to the Stone Pick, the Stone Hatchet provides more Wood than Thatch when chopping Trees, more Hide than Raw Meat when harvesting corpses, and more Stone than Flint when mining rocks.

The Stone Pick is one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It can be crafted directly from the start, as survivors don't have to learn an Engram to craft it.

When compared to the Stone Hatchet, the Stone Pick provides more Thatch than Wood when chopping Trees, more Raw Meat than Hide when harvesting corpses, and more Flint than Stone when mining rocks.

Because it lacks knock back and has a high swing speed, the sword is great for fighting larger dinosaurs that would otherwise survive the lower dps of the pike which could potentially kill you. Surprise them while they are distracted and land a few hits, if you don't kill them outright kite them into other dinosaurs so you can land a few more hits while they fight amongst each other. The sword is a very effective tool for breaking doors. They do high damage, but their durability drops very quickly. This can come in handy when raiding stone bases.

The Tek Railgun fires explosive plasma blasts. While firing, it consumes Element, each piece supplies the rifle with 2 shots.

Much like the Tek Rifle, it does not need to be reloaded at any time, but unlike the rifle, it will overheat after every single shot and has to cool down before it can be used again. It is worth noting that the Tek Railgun cannot be fired underwater, whereas the Tek Rifle can be.

This weapon also has a very powerful piercing ability, capable of shooting through 5 metal behemoth gates and killing a person on the other side.

The Tek Rifle fires explosive energy blasts at a quick rate of fire. While firing, it consumes Element, each piece supplies the rifle with 50 shots.

It does not need to be reloaded at any time, but when the rifle is fired for too long without a break, it will overheat and has to cool down before it can be used again, it takes 41 continuous shots to overheat the weapon.

The Tek Sword is an end-game melee weapon in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is the upgraded version of the Metal Sword and part of the Tek Tier item set.

To use it, you need to have learned the according Tekgram and have some Element to fuel it. The Tek Sword can be used whilst equipping a shield in the off-hand, making it very useful in hand-to-hand combat.

The Torch is one of the Tools in ARK: Survival Evolved. It can be crafted directly from the start, as survivors don't have to learn an Engram to craft it.

The Torch is used to provide light and warmth to survivors, which is especially useful at night or while exploring a Cave. However, the warmth it provides is generally inferior to other sources such as the Campfire.

The whip as shown in inventory appears to be most similar to what is known as an Australian stock whip, as seen by the very long handle. This long handle was to grant leverage to the user, allowing for very quick and nimble cracks, oftentimes on horseback as well as allowing the user to hold it on their shoulder whilst riding a horse. Meanwhile, the whip that is used in the players hand in game is more similar to a bullwhip due to its short handle. These were/are mainly used by Americans and Mexicans, their short handle allowing for a heavier whip, and thus louder cracks, although at a slower rate.

The Wooden Club is used to inflict Torpor, while it is rather bad at damaging a target. The club is the earliest way to effectively immobilize small creatures. Once unconscious, creatures are defenseless, and are able to be tamed. It is most effective if you hit the target's head.