Ark Scorched Earth Chitin Locations

Chitins are a crafting ingredient in Ark Scorched Earth that may be utilized at various game stages to create various materials. This resource is gathered from the creatures with a hard exoskeleton, such as a shell or a beak.

Getting chitin in the early game will help you build water wells, wind turbines, chainsaws, and Lymantria Saddle. This guide focuses on the best ways to farm Chitin in Ark Scorched Earth.

Desert Area

Desert area where Scorpions, Dung Beetles and Mantis spawn for chitin in Ark Scorched Earth

The easiest and quickest way of farming chitin is harvesting Scorpions, Dung Beetles, Oil Jug Bugs, Centipedes, and Mantis. These creatures are found throughout the desert area, but they most commonly spawn at 67.2 Latitude and 88.9 Longitude and all the area around it.

Mantis drops the maximum amount of chitin.

Swamp Area

Swamp area with ants and oil jug bugs to harvest for chitin in Ark Scorched Earth

Head to the swamp at 48.4 Latitude and 49.4 Longitude, and you will find lots of bugs here, like ants and oil jug bugs; you can harvest these bugs for chitin. This is one of the best early-game chitin farming locations.

Hunting Achatinas

Achatina spawn locations marked in the swamp areas of Ark Scorched Earth

Another way of farming chitin is by hunting Achatinas and harvesting them. You will find this creature in the swamp areas at the above-marked locations.

Chitin Spawn Command

If you’re finding it hard to locate Chitin on Ark Scorched Earth, open up the console command box by pressing TAB on your keyboard, but if you’re playing on PlayStation, you’ll need to hold down L1, R1, Square, and Triangle at once, and similarly, on Xbox, hold down, LB, RB, X, and Y at once. After the console opens, type “cheat gfi PrimalItemResource_Chitin 1 1 0” and press enter.