What Does a Feeding Trough Do in Ark

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Put food for your nearby pets in this, and they'll automatically eat it when hungry! Can refridgerate items, so long as it's powered by a Tek Generator!

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Spawn Command

cheat gfi TekTrough 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough.PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough'" 1 0 0
Unlock Tekgram
cheat unlockengram "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough.PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough'"

Ingredients

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The Tek Trough in ARK: Survival Evolved is an advanced version of the Feeding Trough.

Usage

Much like Feeding Trough, the Tek trough can hold almost any type of food for any tames. While it too allows strange items as stone or sulfur for Rock Elementals, it does not allow feces for Dung Beetles. Tames within its range eat from the trough before consuming food in their inventory. Any and all foods can be placed in the trough at once, so Berries, Meat, and so on can all be mixed together to feed all types of tames.

Tames belonging to allied tribes can also feed from a trough. The Tek Trough must be powered by the Tek Generator, otherwise food inside will spoil as if a survivor was carrying it.

It can also be used to craft Iced Canteens and Iced Water Jars.

Spoilage

When powered, Food placed in the trough has its spoil time multiplied by 100 (same as the Refrigerator). Furthermore, the total amount of food that can be stored inside is 100 stacks, while the refrigerator holds only 80.

Range

The Tek Trough allows tames to feed within a cubic range of 11 foundations horizontally and 17 walls vertically from the point of placement. The tames do not have to move as long as they are within this cube. Tames that wander through the range area are also able to feed from it. You can confirm which tames are within range by observing the feeding trough icon above each tame's name. Tames display the icon regardless of whether the trough(s) they are in range of actually have suitable food for them.

Engram

The Engram is unlocked by defeating Beta Megapithecus, Gamma Manticore, Gamma Rockwell, Desert Titan, Gamma Moeder and Gamma Crystal Wyvern Queen and must be unlocked in order to craft this item, but not to use it or equip it. Defeating the more difficult versions will also give the player the engram.

Notes

Other players can steal from a feeding trough if it is left unlocked.
Much like Feeding Trough, Baby dinosaurs can't eat from the trough until they reach the Juvenile stage. (10.1%)
Unconscious dinosaurs will not feed off trough such as those thrown from cryopods during the cryocooldown process.
Creatures only eat food from the tek trough if they would eat it from their inventory - herbivores will not eat meat, carnivores will not eat berries, and so on.
An icon appears above the name on tames that indicates if they are within range of a feeding trough.
Requires a Tek Generator (see underwater Bases)
Prior to 281.107 when playing on the DLC Scorched Earth the Tek Generator would shut off during thunderstorms, resulting in having unpowered Tek Troughs. An unpowered Tek Trough has the spoil time of a player inventory (not the spoil time of a normal trough).

Changelog

Patch	Changes
307.56	Added an optional visual indicator for the TEK trough radius

Structures

Primitive

Crafting	Campfire • Cooking Pot • Mortar and Pestle • Refining Forge • Smithy

Production	Bee Hive • Beer Barrel • Compost Bin • Crop Plot (Small, Medium, Large) • Feeding Trough • Fish Basket • Tree Sap Tap • Water Well

Irrigation	Metal Irrigation Pipe (Flexible, Inclined, Intake, Intersection, Straight, Tap, Vertical) • Stone Irrigation Pipe (Flexible, Inclined, Intake, Intersection, Straight, Vertical, Tap) • Water Reservoir (Metal)

Storage	Bookshelf • Delivery Crate • Preserving Bin • Storage Box (Large) • Vessel • Wooden Cage

Furniture	Artifact Pedestal • Crystal Wyvern Queen Flag • Dragon Flag • Gorilla Flag • Gravestone • Hide Sleeping Bag • King Titan Flag (Mecha) • Manticore Flag • Mirror • Moeder Flag • Multi-Panel Flag • Painting Canvas • Pressure Plate • Rockwell Final Form Flag • Rockwell Flag • Shag Rug • Simple Bed • Single Panel Flag • Spider Flag • Standing Torch • Stone Fireplace • Taxidermy Base (Small • Medium • Large) • Tent • Toilet • Training Dummy • Trophy Wall-Mount • VR Boss Flag • Wall Torch • War Map • Wardrums • Wooden Bench • Wooden Chair • Wooden Table

Weaponry	Ballista Turret • Cannon • Catapult Turret • Plant Species X

Elevator	Wood Elevator Top Switch • Wood Elevator Track • Wood Elevator Platform (Small, Medium, Large)

Vehicles	Wooden Raft

Industrial

Crafting	Chemistry Bench • Fabricator • Industrial Cooker • Industrial Forge • Industrial Grill • Industrial Grinder

Production	Air Conditioner • Dino Leash • Gas Collector • Lamppost (Omnidirectional) • Oil Pump

Power	Electrical Cable (Flexible, Inclined, Intersection, Straight, Vertical) • Electrical Generator • Electrical Outlet • Wind Turbine

Storage	Refrigerator • Vault

Furniture	Bunk Bed • Remote Keypad

Weaponry	Auto Turret (Heavy) • Minigun Turret • Rocket Turret

Elevator	Elevator Track • Elevator Platform (Small, Medium, Large)

Vehicles	Motorboat

Tek

Crafting	Tek Replicator

Production	Cloning Chamber • Tek Trough

Power	Tek Generator

Storage	Cryofridge • Tek Dedicated Storage

Furniture	Tek Bridge • Tek Jump Pad • Tek Light • Tek Remote Camera • Tek Sensor • Tek Sleeping Pod • Tek Surveillance Console • Tek Teleporter • Tek Transmitter

Weaponry	Tek Forcefield • Tek Turret

Vehicles	Tek ATV • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

Other

Crafting	Charge Node • City Terminal • Mission Dispatcher • Obelisk

Loot	Deep Sea Loot Crate • Giant Beaver Dam • Loot Crate • Orbital Supply Drop • Supply Crate • Treasure Chest

Veins	Element Node • Flower • Gas Vein • Oil Vein • Poison Tree • Water Vein

Nests	Deinonychus Nest • Magmasaur Nest • Rock Drake Nest • Wyvern Nest

Events	ARK Anniversary Surprise Cake • Birthday Cake • Bunny Egg • Fossil Pile • Gift Box • Holiday Lights • Holiday Stocking • Holiday Tree • Pumpkin • Scarecrow • Snowman • Stolen Headstone • Wreath