Question regarding Extinction OSD, mek and enforcer blueprints

[きょすけ]

Hey there, I've started the extinction map and been playing it for a bit while... not gonna lie, I'm not really that impressed with the map, between dying because of the "invisible" barrier (seriously, why?) and being unable to build virtually anywhere aside from the center, cause of meteorites or corrupted creatures, I'm not enjoying my time with this map so far...
With that said, I tamed its exclusive map creatures (barring the titans), I'm collecting the explorer notes, and cleared my first OSD event.

The one I did lasted a very long of time, I believe 7 waves (actually 8) and was doing the ninth one until I've noticed that I could "eject" the items, which finally ended the event (reading from the wiki I believe it was the purple one, since it seems that it's the only one which has no finite number of waves going until you eject the items).
The wiki states that continuing with the waves increases the number of loot the OSD will yield, but it caps at 149 slots, which brings me here with a few questions:

- Does the difficulty increases in accordance with the number of waves cleared?
- Is there a known number of waves that is needed clear in order to reach the 149 slots cap of loot yield?
- Will damage sustained by the OSD lower the number and worsen the quality of the items?
- Are OSD on extinction the best way to farm TEK blueprints, or TEK specific blueprints, such as mek or TEK armor, or is GEN 2 considered the best place to farm them?

Now regarding mek and enforcers:
- The wiki states that you can only get better enforcers BP when killing wild ones of high levels, (I've got some) and that when an enforcer dies, it will drop its BP in order to be able to be crafted again, does the same holds true for BP crafted mek as well?
- Are high quality mek BP worth it? Are they able to sustain damage and deal a lot more, or are breed dinos still the best source of damage?

Thanks in advance for anyone willing to answer my questions!

[きょすけ]

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[retsam1]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

Hey there, I've started the extinction map and been playing it for a bit while... not gonna lie, I'm not really that impressed with the map, between dying because of the "invisible" barrier (seriously, why?) and being unable to build virtually anywhere aside from the center, cause of meteorites or corrupted creatures, I'm not enjoying my time with this map so far...
With that said, I tamed its exclusive map creatures (barring the titans), I'm collecting the explorer notes, and cleared my first OSD event.

The one I did lasted a very long of time, I believe 7 waves (actually 8) and was doing the ninth one until I've noticed that I could "eject" the items, which finally ended the event (reading from the wiki I believe it was the purple one, since it seems that it's the only one which has no finite number of waves going until you eject the items).
The wiki states that continuing with the waves increases the number of loot the OSD will yield, but it caps at 149 slots, which brings me here with a few questions:

- Does the difficulty increases in accordance with the number of waves cleared?
- Is there a known number of waves that is needed clear in order to reach the 149 slots cap of loot yield?
- Will damage sustained by the OSD lower the number and worsen the quality of the items?
- Are OSD on extinction the best way to farm TEK blueprints, or TEK specific blueprints, such as mek or TEK armor, or is GEN 2 considered the best place to farm them?

Now regarding mek and enforcers:
- The wiki states that you can only get better enforcers BP when killing wild ones of high levels, (I've got some) and that when an enforcer dies, it will drop its BP in order to be able to be crafted again, does the same holds true for BP crafted mek as well?
- Are high quality mek BP worth it? Are they able to sustain damage and deal a lot more, or are breed dinos still the best source of damage?

Thanks in advance for anyone willing to answer my questions!

This should answer all your questions for the OSD:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Orbital_Supply_Drop_(Extinction)

This should answer your questions for the MEK:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Mek

As for subjective questions regarding "worth" or "best" that's something you'll have to decide per your game play style/choices etc.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by retsam1:

This should answer all your questions for the OSD:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Orbital_Supply_Drop_(Extinction)

This should answer your questions for the MEK:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Mek

As for subjective questions regarding "worth" or "best" that's something you'll have to decide per your game play style/choices etc.

Thanks for replying, however (aside from linking the old wiki, https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Orbital_Supply_Drop and

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mek respectively)

As I did mention in the original post I have already checked the wiki, but all the information I'm seeking cannot be found in there, hence why I made this thread.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

Originally posted by retsam1:

This should answer all your questions for the OSD:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Orbital_Supply_Drop_(Extinction)

This should answer your questions for the MEK:
https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Mek

As for subjective questions regarding "worth" or "best" that's something you'll have to decide per your game play style/choices etc.

Thanks for replying, however (aside from linking the old wiki, https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Orbital_Supply_Drop and

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mek respectively)

As I did mention in the original post I have already checked the wiki, but all the information I'm seeking cannot be found in there, hence why I made this thread.

- Does the difficulty increases in accordance with the number of waves cleared?
Yes as answered on the wiki

- Is there a known number of waves that is needed clear in order to reach the 149 slots cap of loot yield?
Yes as answered on the wiki

- Will damage sustained by the OSD lower the number and worsen the quality of the items?
No as answered on the wiki.

- Are OSD on extinction the best way to farm TEK blueprints, or TEK specific blueprints, such as mek or TEK armor, or is GEN 2 considered the best place to farm them?

That is a subjective question that depends on the player and playstyle(as I mentioned in the first post).

- The wiki states that you can only get better enforcers BP when killing wild ones of high levels, (I've got some) and that when an enforcer dies, it will drop its BP in order to be able to be crafted again, does the same holds true for BP crafted mek as well?

No as they're not attained in the same way.

- Are high quality mek BP worth it? Are they able to sustain damage and deal a lot more, or are breed dinos still the best source of damage?

Subjective question that depends on how you're playing, what you're fighting, how you've got the mek equipped etc etc.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by retsam1:

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Originally posted by retsam1:

- Is there a known number of waves that is needed clear in order to reach the 149 slots cap of loot yield?
Yes as answered on the wiki

Would you mind telling me exactly where? I can only read about the 149 cap, but I cannot find how many waves are needed in order to reach 149 cap, the wiki only says that you can get past wave 7, but you will eventually reach the cap. I did 9 waves but didn't reach the cap yet.

Originally posted by retsam1:

- Will damage sustained by the OSD lower the number and worsen the quality of the items?
No as answered on the wiki.

Where does it says that? I cannot find this information.

EDIT: Finally found the answer to my first question, it was hidden under the creatures list on lengendary (purple) "Note: Drop health starts at 100,000 HP. Be well aware that the further the wave progress, the more powerful the Corrupted Creatures become, and the more likely Rare or Very Rare Corrupted Creatures will appear as well".

I'm still looking for the other two though, for the life of me I can't find anything about those.