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Metal Pillar
Metal Pillar
This metal-plated concrete pillar adds structural integrity to the area it is built under. Can also act as stilts for building on inclines.
Type
Health
6,250
Weight
4.0
Found in Supply Crate
Yellow
Spawn Command
cheat giveitemnum 173 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Metal/PrimalItemStructure_MetalPillar.PrimalItemStructure_MetalPillar'" 1 0 0
Required level
Engram points
18 EP
Crafting XP
27.2 XP
Required stations
Purchased in
Cost
90 × Molds (Mobile) Molds (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile)

The Metal Pillar is the third unlockable pillar. A pillar is a stackable form of a foundation, which is used for building structures. You can stack up to 11 pillars in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.

Construction[]

The Metal Pillar can be placed on even or slightly uneven ground, or on the top or bottom of foundations, ceilings, or other pillars. Once the first Metal Pillar is placed, subsequent pillars can snap into place on the top or bottom of the first one, provided there is adequate room to do so.

A pillar or series of pillars with the bottom touching the ground and a ceiling on top will function as a foundation, providing support and allowing structures to be built on top of it.

Support[]

Disambig See also: Foundation Foundation

Pillars provides sufficient support to allow a structure built on top of it to extend up to 2 ceilings in any direction on the x and y-axis, and up to 1 ceiling diagonally, not counting the center ceiling. However, the ceilings on the far end will not support walls.

       
         
   
         
       

A diagram showing how a single pillar or foundation (✖) can support 13 ceilings (indicated in green). The edges marked in red will not be able to support a wall without additional support beneath.

Notes[]

  • There seems to be a max height of 78 pillars before you are prevented from placing more.


The Metal Pillar Metal Pillar and Metal Dinosaur Gateway Metal Dinosaur Gateway share the same paint regions.

 

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Blue Coloring Dye, Paintbrush Paintbrush, or Spray Painter Spray Painter pages.

Metal Pillar PaintRegion1

Region 1:
Body

Metal Pillar PaintRegion2

Region 2:
Thin Bars

X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Object.

Metal Pillar PaintRegion4

Region 4:
Decorative Plates

Metal Pillar PaintRegion5

Region 5:
Screws

X mark

Region 6 is not used
for this Object.

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