The ARK Awaits!

• PVE

• XP = 0.5

• Difficulty = 3 [level 100 wild - some creatures can/will be higher]

• Taming Speed = 0.8

• Wild Creature Food Drain = 2.0

• Allow Flyer Speed Leveling = True

• Friendly Fire = Disabled

• Allow Cave Building = True

• Harvest Amount for Creatures = 1.0

• Harvest Amount for Players = 0.6

• Harvest Health (rocks, trees, etc) = 1.5

• Day Speed = 0.7 [~60 mins]

• Night Speed = 1.2 [~16 mins]

- added spawn location "Start Island" [suggested start location]

- creature changes;

- all creatures are gendered and breedable

- carnotaurus now has knockback instead of bleed

- diplodiucs is now neutral instead of pushing players

- gasbags, procoptodon no longer take fall damage

- raptors can jump higher and are slightly faster

- abberant variant pounce fix

- sabertooth can jump higher

- sinomacrops no longer freaks out when you move

- pteranodon are now neutral and will fight back

- tropeognathus are now aggressive

- [needs testing] leedsichthys no longer target rafts

- creature spawning;

- tek trike now spawns as wild variant

- start island 'herbivore island'

- removed most large creatures

- added more small creatures

- large predator spawns removed from southern areas

- spino spawns removed from southern rivers

- added more large predator spawns to more nothern areas

- added griffins to mountain areas

- added gasbags, procoptodon, lymantria, sinomacrops to southern areas

- added megachelon

- added wyvern (fire/ice) to 2 mountain tops

- added magmasaur to volcano

- added bloodstalkers to northern swamp

- removed thylas default spawn and added custom (shouldn't spawn on trees)

- added karkinos to deep coastal waters

- added many spawns for "breeding areas" for many creatures

- nests;

- more than 200 added to The Island so far

- most nests have a 66% chance to spawn egg(s) from one of the nearby creatures

- location of the nest matters, e.g fliers wont be on the ground

- some nests have a 100% chance to spawn from a specific creature - "breeding grounds"

- some nests (and spawn areas) have a 5% chance to spawn a wild baby

- due to how ARK handles babies (they have their own team), predators will attack all babies, even their own

- creatures that do not lay eggs and are predators (e.g sabertooth) will require normal taming methods

- mutations;

- increased mutation chance 2.5% > 10%

- increased twins chance 10% > 15%

- increased triplets chance 2% > 6%

- increased mutation cap 20 > 40

- all engrams available to learn on all maps, no DLC required

- cryopod / cryofridge auto unlocks at level 1

- loot;

[the idea is to encourage exploration and farming of loot drops & creatures]

- supply drops contain blueprints relative to level required to open said drop

- higher level drops contain higher level blueprints for the previous tier(s)

- higher level drops contain more total blueprints

- supply drops can also contain cryopods

- deep sea loot crates (level 80) contain the best blueprints

- beaver dams have a chance of low level blueprints / cryopod

- many creatures have a chance to drop saddle blueprints

- alpha creatures

- always drop black pearls & cryopod

- chance for high quality, saddle and other blueprints

- resources;

- DLC resources have been added to many areas on The Island

- some extra spawn locations for metal, crystal, etc. 

- added spawn locations for wild crops

- gas grenades / tripwire now apply torpor to creatures 

- boss arenas allow any creature / cryopods / tek gear

- added lower level 'primitive' swimming gear

- added awesome teleporters [power required]

- added 'unlock hairstyles/emotes' via craftable item at level 0

Dino Fixes <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2328391092>

- allows all creatures breedable / gendered 

- many small changes to fix creatures, no behaviour changes

Simple Spawners <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1295978823>

- adds spawners for creatures/nests/resources/OSD/Element Vein/Boss terminal/etc

Random Configs <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2541512967>

- config mutatuion chance/points given/max cap

- config twins/triplets chance

- config tek-engrams given per boss/difficulty

- allow all DLC engrams to be learned on all maps (no dlc required)

Placeable Spawn Regions <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2178522816>

- allows disabling of default spawn regions and placement of custom spawn regions

Configurable Explosives <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2079678453>

- gives configurable buffs to all grenades to make them more PVE viable

- example; poison grenades deal torpor to creatures (vanilla does not)

Ticked Off Tropeos and Tolerant Pteras <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2602242112>

- tropeos are agressive rather than neutral

- pteranodon are neutral rather than passive, same behaviour as Trikes

All Arena+ <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2833470633>

- configurable boss arenas, any creature, use cryopods/tek

Primitive Replacements: Swim Gear <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2750722559>

- adds lower level "primitive" swimming gear

Awesome Teleporters! <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=889745138> 

- adds configurable teleport pads and remotes, optional power requirement

Unlock Haircuts and Emotes <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=942185438>

- adds craftable to unlock hairstyles/emotes + low level single use scissors

[Optional] Moby Dick Less <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=907962205>

- Leedsichthys / alpha no longer target rafts

[Optional] Quetz Weightless <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3005348015>

- quetz platform saddle structures will not add to quetz weight capacity

[Optional] All Dinos allow guns <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1440414363>

- allows weapons when riding all dinos