Thatch is a common resource that is used for many things in Ark, it is very easy to gather, just use a pickaxe on trees, then you will get it. You can also use some dinosaur to gather it like Brontosaurus, Megatherium, Triceratops, Doedicurus, Mammoth, or Megaloceros. Thatch is a common resource that you use in the early game and late game, so it is a good idea to farm a lot of it.
There is a dinosaur that has weight reduction and that is a Castoroides that has 50% weight reduced. There will spawn some new trees overtime at the same places. Thatch can also be found in white, green, and blue supply create.
Thatch used as fuel:
Thatch is also used as fuel and there is different burn time: (wood or sparkpowder is much better fuel to the different items)
| Item: | Burn time: |
| Campfire | 7.5 seconds per unit. |
| Cooking Pot | 7.5 seconds per unit. |
| Refining Forge | 7.5 seconds per unit. |
| Standing Torch | 1 minute, 40 seconds per unit. |
What can you craft with Thatch?
It is a list of some of the items you can craft from thatch, because you can craft 195 items with thatch.
- Ballista Turret
- Beer Liquid
- Bola
- Campfire
- Cooking Pot
- Crop Plots
- Fertilizer
- Parachute
- Preserving Bin
- Simple Bed
- Stone Hatchet
- Stone Pick
- Stone Structures and Buildings
- Thatch Structures and Buildings
- Wooden Structures and Buildings
