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20 Essential Mods for ARK: Survival AscendedIntroducing 20 essential mods to enhance your ARK: Survival Ascended gameplay. These mods range from quality-of-life improvements to new features, making your gaming experience richer and more enjoyable.
1. 🎮 B+ Spawn Editor: Freely control creature spawns on your map
· The B+ Spawn Editor mod allows you to set up desired creature spawns on any map or change spawn settings in specific areas.
· Admins can edit spawn settings by holding down the reload button, enabling them to add or remove specific creatures in certain locations.
· Admins can edit spawn settings by holding down the reload button, enabling them to add or remove specific creatures in certain locations.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature Spawn Control | Add or remove desired creatures from specific spawn containers |
| Ease of Use | Intuitive interface for easy spawn setting modifications |
00:12 - 01:08
1. 🎮 B+ Spawn Editor: Freely control creature spawns on your map
· The B+ Spawn Editor mod allows you to set up desired creature spawns on any map or change spawn settings in specific areas.
· Admins can edit spawn settings by holding down the reload button, enabling them to add or remove specific creatures in certain locations.
· Admins can edit spawn settings by holding down the reload button, enabling them to add or remove specific creatures in certain locations.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature Spawn Control | Add or remove desired creatures from specific spawn containers |
| Ease of Use | Intuitive interface for easy spawn setting modifications |
01:09 - 02:07
2. 🏗️ RR Floating Platforms: Build your own space above the sky and sea
· The RR Floating Platforms mod adds floating platforms of various shapes and sizes, increasing architectural freedom.
· It also includes platforms with special functions, such as healing platforms, dome platforms providing a greenhouse effect, and water cage platforms for underwater base construction.
· It also includes platforms with special functions, such as healing platforms, dome platforms providing a greenhouse effect, and water cage platforms for underwater base construction.
| Platform Type | Features |
|---|---|
| Standard Floating Platform | Offers various sizes and designs |
| Healing Platform | Heals nearby creatures using Element power |
| Dome Platform | Provides greenhouse effect and shield functions |
| Water Cage Platform | Enables underwater base construction and breeding of aquatic creatures |
02:08 - 03:34
3. 💎 Resource Gatherer: Focus on exploration with automated resource collection
· The Resource Gatherer mod adds three tiers of automatic resource collectors, allowing you to easily obtain almost any in-game resource.
· The highest-tier collector produces resources at a faster rate and can even generate Praise and Artifacts.
· Once powered and placed, collectors continuously produce resources over time when recipes are inserted into slots.
· The highest-tier collector produces resources at a faster rate and can even generate Praise and Artifacts.
· Once powered and placed, collectors continuously produce resources over time when recipes are inserted into slots.
| Tier | Features |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Produces basic resources |
| Tier 2 | Improved resource production speed |
| Tier 3 | Fastest resource production speed, can produce Praise and Artifacts |
03:35 - 04:29
4. 🤖 Auto Metal Farmer: Automate metal harvesting with Ankylosaurus
· The Auto Metal Farmer mod adds placeable Ankylosaurus that automatically harvest metal from rocks.
· This mod ensures a steady supply of metal without the hassle of manual harvesting.
· Unlocked at level 1, it can store up to 1,500 metal.
· This mod ensures a steady supply of metal without the hassle of manual harvesting.
· Unlocked at level 1, it can store up to 1,500 metal.
04:30 - 05:32
5. 💡 Neo ARK Ascended: Enhance convenience with essential structures
· The Neo ARK Ascended mod adds useful structures like Tech Charging Nodes, Tech Sap Collectors, and Tech Rewinders.
· Tech Charging Nodes can charge batteries and craft Elements, while Tech Sap Collectors produce sap at a faster rate.
· Tech Rewinders offer automatic repair for item durability.
· Tech Charging Nodes can charge batteries and craft Elements, while Tech Sap Collectors produce sap at a faster rate.
· Tech Rewinders offer automatic repair for item durability.
| Structure | Function |
|---|---|
| Tech Charging Node | Charges batteries, crafts Element |
| Tech Sap Collector | Fast sap production, high storage capacity |
| Tech Rewinder | Automatically repairs item durability |
| Preserving Ice | Increases expiration time of consumables by 5x |
05:33 - 07:01
6. 🛠️ Cetu's Tools: Enjoy the game with various crafting items and convenience features
· Cetu's Tools mod enriches gameplay by adding new structures, tools, quality-of-life improvements, and elixirs.
· Basic and advanced grinders convert DLC map resources into base resources, and a charcoal maker mass-produces charcoal.
· Includes tools with infinite durability, a bola that stuns larger creatures, and a sickle for harvesting various resources.
· Basic and advanced grinders convert DLC map resources into base resources, and a charcoal maker mass-produces charcoal.
· Includes tools with infinite durability, a bola that stuns larger creatures, and a sickle for harvesting various resources.
| Item Type | Function |
|---|---|
| Grinder | Converts base resources to DLC map resources |
| Charcoal Maker | Mass produces charcoal |
| Potion Brewer | Crafts various potions with different effects |
| Infinite Durability Tools | Pickaxe, Bola, Sickle, etc. |
| CT Crop Plot | Allows cultivation of rare resource crops |
07:02 - 08:29
7. 🔧 Awesome ARK Tools: A powerful suite of convenience features for admins
· The Awesome ARK Tools mod provides various administrative functions, including management of players, creatures, tribe structures, item and creature spawning, and server settings.
· Features like easily spawning items and creatures, and teleporting directly to desired creatures from the wild creature tab, are particularly useful.
· This mod offers powerful convenience for server administrators and single-player users.
· Features like easily spawning items and creatures, and teleporting directly to desired creatures from the wild creature tab, are particularly useful.
· This mod offers powerful convenience for server administrators and single-player users.
08:30 - 09:01
8. 📜 Tribute Table: Easily obtain materials for boss summoning
· The Tribute Table mod offers a new way to acquire items needed for boss summoning.
· Instead of gathering materials through cave exploration or defeating creatures, you can craft boss summoning items using basic resources.
· This is useful for PvP servers where cave access might be difficult.
· Instead of gathering materials through cave exploration or defeating creatures, you can craft boss summoning items using basic resources.
· This is useful for PvP servers where cave access might be difficult.
09:02 - 09:17
9. 🧗 Mantling: Easily climb over obstacles
· The Mantling mod allows players to easily climb over waist-high obstacles by holding the jump button.
· It's a simple but useful quality-of-life mod that slightly improves traversal during exploration.
· It's a simple but useful quality-of-life mod that slightly improves traversal during exploration.
09:18 - 09:57
10. ⚡ Element & Tribute Transfer: Simplify item transfer between servers
· The Element & Tribute Transfer mod allows you to transfer Element and Boss Tributes to other servers.
· You can craft 'Cross Travel Packaging' items, upload them to a terminal, or place them in your character's inventory to move them to another server.
· This significantly reduces the hassle of item transfer when moving between servers.
· You can craft 'Cross Travel Packaging' items, upload them to a terminal, or place them in your character's inventory to move them to another server.
· This significantly reduces the hassle of item transfer when moving between servers.
09:58 - 11:14
11. 🍲 Parra's Immersive Food: Enhance survival with various foods and potions
· Parra's Immersive Food mod alters the properties of Meat and Med Brew, and adds a variety of new craftable foods.
· Wyvern Cheese Fondue provides 700 insulation for 600 seconds, and various foods grant players specific buffs and effects.
· Healing Potions are more expensive to craft than Medical Brew but offer more effective healing and combat support.
· Wyvern Cheese Fondue provides 700 insulation for 600 seconds, and various foods grant players specific buffs and effects.
· Healing Potions are more expensive to craft than Medical Brew but offer more effective healing and combat support.
| Food/Potion | Effect |
|---|---|
| Wyvern Cheese Fondue | 700 Insulation (600s) |
| Healing Potion | Effective healing, provides specific buffs |
11:15 - 12:23
12. 🌳 JVH Decorations: Decorate your base beautifully
· The JVH Decorations mod adds hundreds of trees, bushes, vines, plants, flowers, crystals, and rocks to beautify your base surroundings.
· You can also place giant redwood trees and rocks of various sizes, enabling unique and personalized base construction.
· Craftable with basic resources, making it accessible without a high cost.
· You can also place giant redwood trees and rocks of various sizes, enabling unique and personalized base construction.
· Craftable with basic resources, making it accessible without a high cost.
12:24 - 12:58
13. 🚫 Anti-Thief: Prevent annoying behaviors from Pegomastax and Ichthyornis
· The Anti-Thief mod prevents Pegomastax from stealing player items and changes their behavior to be tamed by stunning them.
· Ichthyornis will ignore players unless provoked near water, reducing instances of item theft or weapon dropping.
· This mod mitigates the annoying behaviors of some of the game's most irritating creatures.
· Ichthyornis will ignore players unless provoked near water, reducing instances of item theft or weapon dropping.
· This mod mitigates the annoying behaviors of some of the game's most irritating creatures.
12:59 - 13:36
14. 🔧 Repair Kit: Reduce worries about equipment durability
· The Repair Kit mod adds craftable repair kits to the player inventory to restore equipment durability.
· They are lightweight and convenient to carry, offering an economical way to repair even high-quality items.
· Useful for preventing equipment damage during exploration.
· They are lightweight and convenient to carry, offering an economical way to repair even high-quality items.
· Useful for preventing equipment damage during exploration.
13:37 - 14:15
15. 🔦 Additional Portable Lights: Illuminate dark cave explorations
· The Additional Portable Lights mod adds Oil Lanterns and Flashlights to provide visibility in dark environments.
· They can be held in hand or attached to the shoulder. Oil Lanterns are fueled by oil, and Flashlights are charged by generators.
· A very useful quality-of-life mod for cave exploration.
· They can be held in hand or attached to the shoulder. Oil Lanterns are fueled by oil, and Flashlights are charged by generators.
· A very useful quality-of-life mod for cave exploration.
14:16 - 14:38
16. ♨️ Industrial Dehydrator: Speed up jerky production
· The Industrial Dehydrator mod adds an industrial dehydrator that significantly speeds up jerky production.
· Powered by a generator, it allows for quick jerky production by inserting meat or oil.
· This mod reduces the hassle of making jerky.
· Powered by a generator, it allows for quick jerky production by inserting meat or oil.
· This mod reduces the hassle of making jerky.
14:39 - 15:22
17. 🚫 No Torpor: Improve creature spawn issues in single-player
· The No Torpor mod can help resolve the issue of creatures disappearing after leaving the rendering distance in single-player mode.
· It can improve the spawn consistency of creatures, artifacts, and loot crates, enhancing the single-player experience.
· However, caution is advised as it may impact game performance.
· It can improve the spawn consistency of creatures, artifacts, and loot crates, enhancing the single-player experience.
· However, caution is advised as it may impact game performance.
15:23 - 16:52
18. 📦 Bulk Storage: Provides efficient resource management and wireless crafting
· The Bulk Storage mod adds dedicated storage boxes for Wood, Metal, and Tek tiers, along with wireless crafting capabilities, to facilitate resource management.
· Auto Sorters automatically sort all resources into the correct storage boxes, and Storage Box Intakes instantly transfer resources from your inventory to storage.
· Significantly reduces the hassle of resource management from early to late game.
· Auto Sorters automatically sort all resources into the correct storage boxes, and Storage Box Intakes instantly transfer resources from your inventory to storage.
· Significantly reduces the hassle of resource management from early to late game.
16:53 - 17:18
19. 🖐️ Inventory Smithy: Craft items directly from your player inventory
· The Inventory Smithy mod allows you to craft certain items, such as arrows and bolas, directly from your player inventory.
· Simply drop the required resources into the crafting interface, and the items are generated, making it convenient.
· Streamlines the crafting process to save time.
· Simply drop the required resources into the crafting interface, and the items are generated, making it convenient.
· Streamlines the crafting process to save time.
17:19 - 18:27
20. 🐾 Dino Consumables: Provide special treats and buffs for your dinosaurs
· The Dino Consumables mod adds various treats and items that provide healing, experience, attack, and defense buffs to dinosaurs.
· You can use Healing Beacons to heal nearby dinosaurs or Healing Darts to treat wild or tamed dinosaurs.
· Makes dinosaur management and taming processes more engaging.
· You can use Healing Beacons to heal nearby dinosaurs or Healing Darts to treat wild or tamed dinosaurs.
· Makes dinosaur management and taming processes more engaging.
| Item | Function |
|---|---|
| Healing Beacon | Heals nearby dinosaurs |
| Healing Dart | Heals wild/tamed dinosaurs |
| Calorie Pellets | Fulfills dinosaur hunger |
