Being in a world where you are surrounded by dinos always have a threat to life. But, that’s not always the case. These beast creatures can be tamed as well. Although, taming these dinos requires some food items. The carnivores would need the meat, this can be raw or cooked.
In Ark, you can harvest Raw Prime Meat from dinos using your tamed creature or a tool. Not all dinos are capable of giving Prime Meat. Most of the dinos give off regular meat, only the specified ones can be harvested to get Prime Meat.
Raw Prime Meat when cooked becomes more nutritious and can be stored for a longer time. Whereas, the uncooked ones get spoiled quickly.
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Getting Prime Meat in Ark
Raw Prime Meat is harvested from the creatures either with the help of a tamed dino or a tool. You have to kill those creatures at first then you can harvest their corpses to obtain the Prime Meat.
It’s a pretty straightforward method and doesn’t require much effort. Raw Prime Meat is generally used to tame creatures effectively.
Here are some of the creatures you can hunt for Prime Meat.
- Allosaurus
- Mammoth
- Quetzel
- Rex
- Sarco
- Spino
- Wyvern
- Megalosaurus
- Therizinosaur
- Brontosaurus
- Carnotaurus
- Chalicotherium
- Giganotosaurus
- Diplodocus
These are just a few to give you an idea. A few more are on this list that can get you Prime Meat.
Dinos to Harvest Prime Meat
Raw Prime Meat needs to be harvested manually from the corpses of dead creatures. This can be done only by specified dinos. No other dino can harvest Prime Meat for you.
Here are the dinos that you can tame to harvest Prime Meat.
- Carnotaurus
- Giganotosaurus
- Ichthyornis
- Mosasaurus
- Rex
- Spino
- Argentavis
- Dire Bear
- Direwolf
- Magmasaur
Having any of these dinos in your team will easily get you Prime Meat. They are also great fighters so you can take them in combat with you as well.
What you need to do is just hunt down any of the dinos that we have discussed for Prime Meat then with the help of these dinos you can harvest them.
Prime Meat Spoil Time
There is a spoil time for almost all the items in the game. Prime Meat has a spoiling time as well and this can be extended in different ways. For instance, you can store the Prime Meat in a Refrigerator to preserve it for a longer time.
Similarly, you can try other ways as well. Hence, here are the things you can do to increase the spoiling time of Prime Meat.
- Placing Preserving Salt in inventory.
- Storing Prime Meat in tamed dinos inventory.
- Storing Prime Meat in Hyaenodon Meatpack with Preserving Salt.
- Using Preserving Bin.
- Using Smokehouse.
These are all the possible ways of increasing the Spoil Time for Prime Meat. Using a Refrigerator will give the longest Spoil Time.
Uses of Prime Meat
Prime Meat is mainly used for taming purposes, this comes as the fourth best place when taming a carnivore. So, the first one is Kibble, the second is Raw Mutton, and the third is Cooked Lamb Chop.
So, here are some other uses of Prime Meat.
- The Prime Meat can be used by your character to replenish its food need but it will decrease health by 5 points.
- The Prime Meat can be cooked to make it even more nutritious which can be eaten by the creatures.
- This can also be used to prepare a dish which is known as Battle Tartare.
- Prime Meat is also needed while cooking Mindwipe Tonic.
These are all the possible uses of Prime Meat in Ark.
What Animals Give Prime Meat in Ark?
It’s not just one or two but we have around 35 creatures that can give us Prime Meat. Some of them are listed above that we have discussed. Others can be found in the game.
Creatures other than these will only give Regular Meat. This one is less nutritious and takes more time to tame a creature.
What is the Best Tool to Harvest Prime Meat in Ark?
The only tool that is best for harvesting Prime Meat is Chainsaw. This is a tool that becomes available when you have reached level 55. You can use it to harvest Prime Meat from the corpses.
And that’s not just it. This can also be used to gather tons of other items including Organic Polymer, Hide, Bio Toxin, Cactus Sap, Raw Mutton, Scrap Metal, Element Dust, and others.
A Chainsaw is an extremely useful tool for harvesting purposes. As soon as it becomes available, you should craft one without wasting any time.
Here is what you will need to craft Chainsaw.
- 75x Polymer
- 50x Cementing Paste
- 50x Metal Ingot
- 25x Electronics
These ingredients will go in the Fabricator and it will give you 1x Chainsaw.
So, that’s all about the Raw Prime Meat. Hence, now you see how to get Prime Meat in Ark. It can be harvested from specified dinos either with the help of other creatures or with Chainsaw.
Although, Prime Meat is mainly used to tame carnivore creatures in Ark.
