Maps & farming2026-07-13Updated 2026-07-164 min read

Aberration Resource Map for ASA: 23,106 Playable Nodes

ARK: Survival Ascended Aberration resource nodes extracted from Aberration_WP in ASA DevKit build 85.19.273.805383 and calibrated with official MinimapData_AB bounds.

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The playable atlas contains 23,106 nodes: 7,859 mushroom, 3,709 Element Ore, 2,407 Obsidian, 2,104 Red Gem, 1,782 Crystal, 1,404 Blue Gem, 1,353 Green Gem, 1,154 Oil, 961 Metal, 204 Black Pearl and 169 Gas Vein locations.

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This atlas comes from the official ASA DevKit rather than copied community coordinates: it audited all 669 of Aberration's InstancedFoliageActor packages, reviewed exact harvestable mesh paths and rejected partial exports. The extractor found 23,119 classifiable instances, documented the 13 that sit beyond the official MinimapData_AB playable bounds and plots the remaining 23,106 valid GPS points, while Small Tribes mode keeps every marker visible and shifts the advice toward narrow transitions, predictable ramps and the loaded return trip.

#How the Aberration atlas was verified

The World Partition audit loaded 669 of 669 foliage actors, inspected 10,540 components and completed with zero errors. Fifteen reviewed source assets plus the official GasVein actor class produced 23,119 stable extracted IDs; 13 outside-map instances are retained in the audit but excluded from playable GPS output.

GPS uses MinimapData_AB and the map WorldSettings: X and Y range from -400,000 to 400,000, with latitude and longitude scales of 800 world units per GPS point.

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Verified Aberration resource counts

ResourceNodesPrimary planning use
Mushrooms7,859Raw harvestable instances
Element Ore3,709Lower-region progression
Obsidian2,407Heavy return
Red Gems2,104Element region
Crystal1,782Cross-region crafting
Blue Gems1,404Bioluminescent region
Green Gems1,353Fertile region
Oil1,154Cross-region resource
Metal961Weighted farming route
Black Pearls204Specialist run
Gas Veins169Predictable collection stops

#Green, Blue and Red Gem progression

Green Gems anchor the Fertile region, Blue Gems the Bioluminescent region and Red Gems the Element region. Their official fields also provide deterministic region anchors for resources that occur across multiple chambers.

  • Green Gems: 1,353 playable nodes
  • Blue Gems: 1,404 nodes
  • Red Gems: 2,104 nodes

#Element Ore and the lower region

The export contains 3,709 reviewed Element Ore instances. A dense field is not a promised yield: tools, rates, respawn and server settings still determine the actual return.

  • Plan radiation protection before capacity.
  • Keep an exit route for a loaded tame.
  • Treat region transitions as PvP choke points.

#Metal, crystal, obsidian and oil

These resources cross chamber boundaries, so the filters are more useful than a single editorial route. Zoom into a cluster, inspect exact GPS points and compare the return path before committing weight.

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#Gas Veins and Black Pearls

The 169 Gas Veins are official descriptor actors and use the center of their World Partition bounds. The 204 Black Pearl instances come from the exact mesh referenced by Aberration's foliage cells, even though that shared asset lives in a Ragnarok content folder.

#Why mushrooms remain individual nodes

The dataset preserves 7,859 reviewed harvestable mushroom instances. Clustering keeps the wide map readable without replacing the raw points with approximate painted zones.

#Aberration survival and farming field notes

The atlas plots the nodes; surviving to reach them is its own skill on Aberration. Charge light is the core system - it stops Nameless and Reapers from spawning and strips their armour so you can actually kill them. Keep a Bulbdog or other light pet charged (their preferred taming food is Plant Species Z seeds), and fall back to charge nodes, glow bugs or a charged lantern when you need more. The catch is that charge light attracts Seekers, so be ready to flick it off with the clap emote to deal with them.

The map has no beaver dams and little surface oil, so the farming rig is different. A Karkinos carrying two Ankylosaurus is the metal team, a Roll Rat hauls wood at an 80% weight reduction, a Ravager is the all-round traversal and hoarding tame, a Beelzebufo or Achatina replaces beaver dams for Cementing Paste, and a Direbear on the red-zone Organic Polymer bushes slot-caps you in minutes. Trilobites and tamed dung beetles cover early Oil.

The best metal and the best loot are on the Surface: five entrances (three in the Fertile region), night only, hazard suit and a light pet required. It has standard metal rocks, Oil, Element Ore and the map's top loot crates. For the endgame tames, Rock Drake eggs sit in the deepest Element region and need Nameless Venom to raise, and the easiest Reaper Queen spawns on the southeastern edge of the Blue zone, so you never have to push deep into radiation.

  • Charge light: a Bulbdog light pet (feed Plant Species Z seeds), charge nodes, glow bugs or a charged lantern - it removes Nameless spawns and Reaper armour.
  • Metal: a Karkinos holding two Ankylosaurus, or the Surface metal rocks by the region entrances.
  • Wood and Cementing Paste: a Roll Rat for Wood, a Beelzebufo or Achatina for paste, since there are no beaver dams here.
  • Organic Polymer: red-zone bushes with a Direbear - hundreds per bush.
  • Radiation: aberrant tames are immune; for the rest, a mushroom brew grants 120 seconds of immunity.
  • Spores: Agaric mushrooms counter hallucinations, Aquatic counter freezing, and a full Hazard suit blocks every spore effect.

#Prepare for the loaded climb home

Compare farming and transport tames or resource options when a contested return costs more than the run saves.

FAQ

Common questions

How accurate is this Aberration resource map?

The 23,106 plotted nodes come from Aberration_WP in ASA DevKit build 85.19.273.805383. The audit loaded all 669 foliage actors without errors; 13 extracted instances outside MinimapData_AB bounds are documented but not assigned fake GPS coordinates.

Does the map include all three gem colors?

Yes. It contains 1,353 playable Green Gem, 1,404 Blue Gem and 2,104 Red Gem nodes as separate filters.

Are Gas Veins exact?

The 169 markers use the center of each official GasVein World Partition actor bounds.

Does PvP mode hide dangerous nodes?

No. It preserves every node and changes only route guidance and risk warnings.

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