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ARK: Survival Ascended, 20 Essential Mods to Boost Game Quality: A Full Rundown!Here are 20 essential mods to significantly upgrade your gameplay experience in ARK: Survival Ascended. From resource management and dinosaur taming to base building and combat, discover mods that will enhance convenience and fun in every aspect of the game. These mods will make your ARK life much richer.
1. 🎮 B+ Spawner: Get the creatures you want, where you want them!
· The B+ Spawner mod grants admins access to a radial wheel offering various options like dino spawners, OSDs, Element veins, fertilized eggs, loot crates, and beaver dams.
· Specifically, dino spawners allow you to place a spawner at a desired location on maps where certain creatures don't naturally spawn, adjusting the spawn range and settings to make them appear.
· The OSD (Orbital Supply Drop) function doesn't work as intended, so corrupted creatures won't spawn, but waves will automatically complete, allowing you to collect loot.
· Specifically, dino spawners allow you to place a spawner at a desired location on maps where certain creatures don't naturally spawn, adjusting the spawn range and settings to make them appear.
· The OSD (Orbital Supply Drop) function doesn't work as intended, so corrupted creatures won't spawn, but waves will automatically complete, allowing you to collect loot.
00:13 - 01:31
1. 🎮 B+ Spawner: Get the creatures you want, where you want them!
· The B+ Spawner mod grants admins access to a radial wheel offering various options like dino spawners, OSDs, Element veins, fertilized eggs, loot crates, and beaver dams.
· Specifically, dino spawners allow you to place a spawner at a desired location on maps where certain creatures don't naturally spawn, adjusting the spawn range and settings to make them appear.
· The OSD (Orbital Supply Drop) function doesn't work as intended, so corrupted creatures won't spawn, but waves will automatically complete, allowing you to collect loot.
· Specifically, dino spawners allow you to place a spawner at a desired location on maps where certain creatures don't naturally spawn, adjusting the spawn range and settings to make them appear.
· The OSD (Orbital Supply Drop) function doesn't work as intended, so corrupted creatures won't spawn, but waves will automatically complete, allowing you to collect loot.
01:32 - 01:58
2. ⚡ Super Fast Crafting: No more slow crafting!
· This mod significantly speeds up crafting within the player's inventory.
· It applies to all vanilla and modded items, engrams, and blueprints, saving crafting time and letting you focus more on gameplay.
· It applies to all vanilla and modded items, engrams, and blueprints, saving crafting time and letting you focus more on gameplay.
01:59 - 03:45
3. ⛏️ Resource Placer: Place the resources you want, where you want them!
· Allows you to place DLC resource nodes on maps where they don't naturally spawn (e.g., blue gems on The Island map).
· Craft a gun to scan rocks or meshes with a scanner via the radial wheel, or select pre-set meshes and resources from the Resource Placer interface.
· You can change the size of the crystals to be placed, respawn timers, harvesting rates, and more.
· A drop gun for supply crates is also provided, allowing you to add supply crates from various DLC maps.
· Misplaced nodes can be easily removed with the gun's melee attack or AoE delete option.
· Craft a gun to scan rocks or meshes with a scanner via the radial wheel, or select pre-set meshes and resources from the Resource Placer interface.
· You can change the size of the crystals to be placed, respawn timers, harvesting rates, and more.
· A drop gun for supply crates is also provided, allowing you to add supply crates from various DLC maps.
· Misplaced nodes can be easily removed with the gun's melee attack or AoE delete option.
03:48 - 04:23
4. 🎁 Level Up Loot Crates: Rewards with every level up!
· Provides a loot crate as a reward every time you level up, adding motivation to your gameplay.
· You can obtain various items such as consumables, resources, saddles, and gear, balanced for vanilla play, with better loot at higher player levels.
· It's useful as you can get loot from all maps.
· You can obtain various items such as consumables, resources, saddles, and gear, balanced for vanilla play, with better loot at higher player levels.
· It's useful as you can get loot from all maps.
04:24 - 04:51
5. 😴 MSKYO (Mama Said Knock You Out): The start of easy taming!
· This mod changes complex passive taming methods or creatures that require stealing and raising fertilized eggs into a simple knockout taming method (using kibble, meat, berries, etc.).
· It streamlines the in-game taming process, enhancing player convenience.
· It streamlines the in-game taming process, enhancing player convenience.
04:52 - 05:26
6. 🦁 Yuty Auto Courage Mod: Yutyrannus' roar, always on!
· Allows the Yutyrannus' automatic courage mode, previously only available in single-player when unmounted, to be used on servers.
· Previously tamed Yutys need to be put into a cryopod and then taken out again for the option to activate, and automatic courage mode can be set via the radial menu.
· Previously tamed Yutys need to be put into a cryopod and then taken out again for the option to activate, and automatic courage mode can be set via the radial menu.
05:27 - 06:29
7. 🧪 Dino Upgrade Potions: Perfect Dinos in your hands!
· You can craft various potion recipes at a workbench unlocked at level 20.
· These potions can change the base stats of wild or tamed creatures. For example, there's a potion that removes 5 oxygen stat points and transfers them to 5 melee attack stat points.
· With various potions like mutation potions, gender change potions, and breeding potions (resets female creature's mating cooldown), it reduces the effort of finding perfect wild stats.
· These potions can change the base stats of wild or tamed creatures. For example, there's a potion that removes 5 oxygen stat points and transfers them to 5 melee attack stat points.
· With various potions like mutation potions, gender change potions, and breeding potions (resets female creature's mating cooldown), it reduces the effort of finding perfect wild stats.
06:30 - 06:52
8. 🤖 Easy Tek Spawns: Tek Dinos on all maps!
· A simple mod that adds vanilla Tek creatures (Raptor, Stego, Parasaur, Rex, Quetzal, Giga, etc.) to spawn on all maps.
· Makes it easier to find Tek Dinos on various maps.
· Makes it easier to find Tek Dinos on various maps.
06:53 - 07:43
9. 🛠️ The One Bench: All crafting stations in one!
· An all-in-one crafting station that integrates all crafting functions.
· When placed, it automatically detects all nearby crafting stations and replicates their functions.
· You can activate all crafting stations in The One Bench settings, and once detected, you can retrieve the original crafting stations to save base space.
· When placed, it automatically detects all nearby crafting stations and replicates their functions.
· You can activate all crafting stations in The One Bench settings, and once detected, you can retrieve the original crafting stations to save base space.
07:44 - 08:02
10. 🔓 Auto Engrams: Unlock all engrams with every level up!
· This mod automatically unlocks all engrams every time you level up.
· It reduces the time spent deciding which engrams to learn, allowing you to focus more on survival and prosperity.
· It reduces the time spent deciding which engrams to learn, allowing you to focus more on survival and prosperity.
08:03 - 08:54
11. 📦 Ascended Storage: The start of efficient resource management!
· Adds four dedicated storage tiers (wood, stone, metal, Tek) without needing to wait for the Tek tier to unlock Tek-specific storage.
· Includes two fast remote storage boxes for quick and easy resource transfer.
· When you assign resources to a dedicated storage, resources in your inventory or on tamed creatures are automatically moved to the correct storage.
· Wireless crafting is also possible in early stages, making resource gathering and management more enjoyable.
· Includes two fast remote storage boxes for quick and easy resource transfer.
· When you assign resources to a dedicated storage, resources in your inventory or on tamed creatures are automatically moved to the correct storage.
· Wireless crafting is also possible in early stages, making resource gathering and management more enjoyable.
08:55 - 09:39
12. 📥 Note Deposit Box: Clean automatic resource sorting!
· A terminal unlocked at level 35 and craftable in the Fabricator.
· Place all resources from your inventory into the dropbox and press the 'Auto Sort' option, and resources will automatically move to all storage boxes containing the same resources.
· Simple, but a very useful mod for players who dislike the hassle of manually organizing numerous storage boxes around their base.
· Place all resources from your inventory into the dropbox and press the 'Auto Sort' option, and resources will automatically move to all storage boxes containing the same resources.
· Simple, but a very useful mod for players who dislike the hassle of manually organizing numerous storage boxes around their base.
09:40 - 10:28
13. ☁️ Cyber Pull It: Instantly get the resources you need!
· Adds a new set of icons to the in-game inventory to help with resource management.
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| Icon | Function |
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| Cloud Icon | Pulls resources from other storage boxes within your base to the selected storage. |
| Box Icon | Click on an item, engram, or blueprint you want to craft, and it will pull the necessary resources from the nearest storage. |
| Repair Icon | Click on an item you want to repair, and it will pull the necessary resources. |
10:29 - 11:50
14. 🏠 Cyber Structures: Automate everything in ARK!
· A QoL mod inspired by Structures Plus from Survival Evolved, allowing you to skip most of ARK's tedious processes.
· It includes structures that automate almost all tedious processes, such as CS Farmer and Gardener (crop farming), Nanny (baby dino care), and Propagator (mutations).
· Adds over 100 new structures and upgraded vanilla crafting stations (smaller, quieter, with more inventory slots).
· Includes a pull-in system and multi and omni tools with various functions.
· The 'Loot Scanner' option on the omni tool shows the location of all loot crates on the map.
· Craftable Mind Wipes (refunds level-up points, keeps engrams) and creature Mind Wipes (resets creature level-ups) are also provided.
· It includes structures that automate almost all tedious processes, such as CS Farmer and Gardener (crop farming), Nanny (baby dino care), and Propagator (mutations).
· Adds over 100 new structures and upgraded vanilla crafting stations (smaller, quieter, with more inventory slots).
· Includes a pull-in system and multi and omni tools with various functions.
· The 'Loot Scanner' option on the omni tool shows the location of all loot crates on the map.
· Craftable Mind Wipes (refunds level-up points, keeps engrams) and creature Mind Wipes (resets creature level-ups) are also provided.
11:51 - 12:48
15. 💎 B+ Loot Editor: Only the loot you want!
· Allows server owners or admins to add, remove, or completely customize the loot in all supply crates in the game.
· You can change settings like item rarity and quality via the radial wheel as desired.
· Greatly enhances the survival experience by solving the problem of getting disappointing loot even after exploring challenging caves.
· You can change settings like item rarity and quality via the radial wheel as desired.
· Greatly enhances the survival experience by solving the problem of getting disappointing loot even after exploring challenging caves.
12:49 - 13:19
16. 📜 Craftable Artifacts: Eliminating the hassle of artifact farming!
· A mod that allows you to craft all in-game artifacts in the Fabricator and Tek Replicator.
· While the crafting cost is quite high, it's useful when cave access is difficult on PvP servers or when you're tired of repetitive artifact farming in PvE.
· While the crafting cost is quite high, it's useful when cave access is difficult on PvP servers or when you're tired of repetitive artifact farming in PvE.
13:20 - 14:07
17. 🍰 Sweet Meat Cake & More: Healing for Carnivores!
· Adds an oven for new recipes.
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· You can plant coffee cherries obtained by defeating Gachas to grow coffee seeds.
· This mod is well-balanced for vanilla play.
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| Item | Effect |
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| Sweet Meat Cake | Restores health for carnivores (same as Sweet Veggie Cake for herbivores). |
| XP Potion | Feeds to creatures to help them level up faster. |
| Coffee | Provides various temporary buffs to the player. |
· You can plant coffee cherries obtained by defeating Gachas to grow coffee seeds.
· This mod is well-balanced for vanilla play.
14:08 - 14:25
18. 🏊 Swim Sprint: Fast even underwater!
· Adds the ability for your character to sprint underwater.
· Provides faster swimming speed but increases stamina consumption.
· Provides faster swimming speed but increases stamina consumption.
14:26 - 15:37
19. 🌱 Abundant Seeds: Grow all resources at your base!
· Adds various new crafting stations to craft berry, crop, meat, and resource seeds, allowing you to grow them at your base.
· Provides various new crop plots that significantly increase the production of vanilla crops, berries, and most importantly, resources.
· Adds tools to collect unique resources needed for seed crafting, such as a sickle (for harvesting bushes) and a pickaxe (for unique ores from obsidian and crystal nodes).
· Combine crafting stations to craft seeds at the Abundant Seeds workbench and plant them in crop plots to grow resources.
· Provides various new crop plots that significantly increase the production of vanilla crops, berries, and most importantly, resources.
· Adds tools to collect unique resources needed for seed crafting, such as a sickle (for harvesting bushes) and a pickaxe (for unique ores from obsidian and crystal nodes).
· Combine crafting stations to craft seeds at the Abundant Seeds workbench and plant them in crop plots to grow resources.
15:38 - 15:59
20. 🌾 Additional Seeds: Rare resources can be grown too!
· Similar to the 'Abundant Seeds' mod, but its biggest feature is allowing you to grow unique resources like Wyvern Milk or Nameless Venom.
· As there haven't been recent updates, the 'Abundant Seeds' mod might be a better choice.
· As there haven't been recent updates, the 'Abundant Seeds' mod might be a better choice.
16:00 - 17:33
21. 🐾 Additional Chibis: Adventure with cute companions!
· Adds a variety of new Chibis to the game, offering unique and challenging experiences such as gaining extra level-ups by defeating Alpha predators.
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| Item | Description |
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| Chibi Station | Unlocks at level 1 and allows you to craft all items from the mod. |
| Chibi Cooker | Unlocks at level 35 and allows you to melt down Chibis to transform them into other Chibis. |
| Mini Boss Summon Token | Craftable at the Chibi Station; using it summons a boss. Defeating the boss grants Element, loot, and rare Chibi pets. |
| INI Settings | You can change almost all mod settings in your server or single-player game settings (e.g., enable Chibi crafting at the Chibi Station). |
| Chibi Stand | Display your Chibis on four themed Chibi Stands to keep them safe and make friends at your base. |
