ARK Additions: The Collection!

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:

  1. Acrocanthosaurus (Scorched, Bog, Eden)  
  2. Archelon (Ocean)  
  3. Brachiosaurus (Aberrant, Vulcanic, Eden, Woolly)
  4. Concavenator (Aberrant, Volcanic)  
  5. Cryolophosaurus (Rockwell)  
  6. Deinosuchus (Aberrant, Bog)  
  7. Helicoprion (Ocean, Eden)
  8. Xiphactinus (Abyssal, Ocean)
  9. Deinotherium (Rockwell)
  10. 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Further information is also available on the ARK Wiki (though these were slightly outdated).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)