polymer

[ray1voster]

hi im down south where all the metal is i am close to nearly all resources except polymer right now im on foot and i just started on a official server im a high lvl but i am solo for the moment i wanna start raiding but dont know how to get polymer down south which is bad i know that organic polymer spoils in 40 mins but i think that a boat is gonna take longer than that to get back will an iguanadon be sufficient ? idk any other solo players that know how to deal with this?

[WinkyTheWonderWorm]

What map

[ray1voster]

the island

[ToXiN]

Boat is probably safer than riding a Iguanodon on a PvP server.
An argie or quetzal would be even better.
Best option is finding a supply drop near, upload the polymer and then download it near your base.

Also polymer doesn't spoil that fast, only 1 polymer spoils in a stack at a time (one stack can hold up to 10 polymers).
You can also carry a snail with you to increase the spoil timer.

[Jahon]

Obsidian + cementing paste (or snail paste) on a fabricator makes polymer. If you have a source of obsidian you can get to that would be one solution. :)

Hesperonis is also a source of organic polymer. Using a club gets more. Organic polymer spoils slower in dino inventories.

[ray1voster]

jahon i dont have a source of obsidian lol toxin ill try to upload the poly but there is a 30 min timer so dont know if i will be able to

[sir_palamides]

There are 2 types of Polymere ...organinc and crafted polymere .... by your discription I'm thinking you wanting organinc... maybe to make a Ghille set of armor . The problem is high levels of Organic polymere exists in the snow biome... meaning you need cold weather gear ...Fur Armor . Fur armor can be made out of anything that provides fur or pelts to also add your own human hair. (google Ark Fur)

I made my first suit out of my own hair ... I had to make scissors and with a little bit of obsidian that I got from the highest peek volcano off the back of my ptradon . Then cut my hair every time it grew out . It took a while but got the suit made .

With that I bolaed and tamed a Pelagornis and few to the isolated is lands in the north west corner with the Pelagornis. Loaded wiith enough fiber and hides . I used the Pelagonis to kill Kairuku (Penguins ) and farmmed ONLY the Organic polymere I needed to make the Ghille suit . Kill one make a piece ...rinse and repeat. If you pack a camp fire you can cook the prime meat drops for norishment ... in place of watching it spoil. Remember to destroy the camp fire when you leave.

There are many faster ways to do this but this worked for me ... With the Ghille suit I was able to tame a Tapee and the Tapee helped me tame a Qutzel and well ... if can solo tame a Quetzel you can just about tame anything in the game , if your apply your mind to it.

[ray1voster]

thanks sir i will try to do the hair thing lol and i will probably try to trade metla for a set of pelt

[KitsuneShiro]

It would be slow. But if you could tame a breeding pair of furry creatures, you could breed to harvest babies for fur.

Same thing with the penguins for polymer.

[ray1voster]

Can't breed ATM cause I'm solo but will try the hair method