Acrocanthosaurus
ARK Additions is an interesting addition to ARK: Survival Evolved, developed by Garuga123. This mod adds ten unique, modeled, and animated creatures to the game, offering a new dimension of taming. A highlight is the Ceratosaurus introduced in August 2023.
Since October 30, 2021, the mod also includes a special boss, the Savage Acrocanthosaurus, providing players with an additional challenge.
It is important to mention that Garuga123 was able to publish parts on Curseforge on the first day of the start of ASA (ARK Survival Ascended).
This MOD is currently available on daily-maps (only the number of creatures will be increased over the coming days/weeks).
https://steamcommunity.com/shar…
Creatures
The available creatures and additionally the available variants:
- Acrocanthosaurus (Scorched, Bog, Eden)
- Archelon (Ocean)
- Brachiosaurus (Aberrant, Vulcanic, Eden, Woolly)
- Concavenator (Aberrant, Volcanic)
- Cryolophosaurus (Rockwell)
- Deinosuchus (Aberrant, Bog)
- Helicoprion (Ocean, Eden)
- Xiphactinus (Abyssal, Ocean)
- Deinotherium (Rockwell)
- Ceratosaurus (Gen2)
Configuration
Configuration for Game.ini with the following current restrictions
- Only Grinder is not possible (HeliCanConvertCrafted), BP Converter must be turned on
- It is not possible to set that the new Blueprint can only be crafted once (HeliBPMaxCraftAmount=1), probably a bug
- Blacklist with the Lasso (HeliBlacklistedItems) is just an example, not tested
- In general, we find the conversion of items for a long-term PVP/PVE server to be too OP (which is why disabled in the following settings)
Game.ini
[ARK_Additions] HeliCanConvertBP=False HeliCanConvertTek=False HeliCanConvertQuality=5 HeliCanConvertCrafted=False HeliBlacklistedItems=Lasso HeliCanRefundResources=False HeliBPMaxCraftAmount=1 HeliEnablePufferfishAaugh=True AcroAddBuffOverlay=True BrachioHarvestingMultiplier=1.00 BrachioIsAllowedToFear=False BrachioBigStompCooldown=45.00 GatorGigaBiteCooldown=45.00 XiphCanWildGrab=True CeratoPercentMaxHealthForEnemy=0.01 CeratoHealRadiusMulti=2 CeratoMaxRecoverableAmount=500 CeratoAdditionalHealOverTime=50 CeratoHealDrunkMulti=3.5
Class Names
Basic Variants
Further information is also available on the ARK Wiki (though these were slightly outdated).
| Class Names | Tag Name |
|---|---|
| Acrocanthosaurus_Character_BP_C | Acro |
| Archelon_Character_BP_C | Archelon |
| Brachiosaurus_Character_BP_C | AdditionsBrachio |
| Concavenator_Character_BP_C | Concavenator |
| Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP_C | Cryolophosaurus |
| Deinosuchus_Character_BP_C | Deino |
| G_Helicoprion_Character_BP_C | G_Helicoprion |
| Xiph_Character_BP_C | Xiph |
| Deinotherium_Character_BP_C | Deinotherium |
| CeratosaurusAA_Character_BP_C | AACerato |
Variations
Variants Woolly/Abyssal (all regular maps), Scorched (Scorched Earth), Bog/Volcanic/Ocean (Genesis 1), Aberrant (Aberration), and Rockwell/Eden (Genesis 2)
Scorched_Acrocanthosaurus_Character_BP_C Bog_Acrocanthosaurus_Character_BP_C Acrocanthosaurus_Character_BP_Eden_C OceanArchelon_Character_BP_C Brachiosaurus_Character_BP_Aberrant_C Volcanic_Brachiosaurus_Character_BP_C Brachiosaurus_Character_BP_Eden_C Brachiosaurus_Character_BP_Woolly_C Concavenator_Character_Aberrant_BP_C Volcanic_Concavenator_Character_BP_C Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP_Rockwell_C Deinosuchus_Character_BP_Aberrant_C Bog_Deinosuchus_Character_BP_C G_OceanHelicoprion_Character_BP_C G_EdenHelicoprion_Character_BP_C AbyssalXiph_Character_BP_C OceanXiph_Character_BP_C Rockwell_Deinotherium_Character_BP_C Gen2_CeratosaurusAA_Character_BP_C
Preventing Over-Spawning
The spawning frequency of individual mod creatures (dinosaurs) is significantly reduced here, as particularly with the new dino Ceratosaurus, there are far too many spawning on the Island. More details on the ARK Wiki.
DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="AACerato",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Acro",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="AdditionsBrachio",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Archelon",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Concavenator",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Cryolophosaurus",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Deino",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Deinotherium",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="G_Helicoprion",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1) DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Xiph",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1)
