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Ark Descended

Ark Descended is a creature rebalance overhaul for ARK: Survival Ascended with dinos far stronger than vanilla and very demanding high-tier bosses.

1.9M downloads2,221 total entries
Creatures496Items775Loot Drops129Buffs462

About Ark Descended

Ark Descended is a creature-rebalancing overhaul for ARK: Survival Ascended by EmptyDream. Its dinos have much higher stats than vanilla ones, so it is built for players who want a harder game with a long power climb. The author asks that it not be mixed with vanilla creatures, since the two do not balance against each other.

  • Balanced around difficulty 5, with wild dino levels of roughly 150 to 300
  • High-tier bosses designed to be extremely tough
  • Includes Dying Light and Beast of Darkness creatures as a tribute to Psycho's earlier AG and EC mods
  • Server options cover harvest rates, boss music, Tek Shield health, Tier 8 breeding and risky singularity attacks
  • The author advises leaving dino health recovery settings unchanged

Full guide: Ark Descended Guide

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A Creature Rebalanced Mod Made By EmptyDream

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Mod Details

Game
ASA
Category
Overhaul
CurseForge
ark-descended
Downloads
1.9M
Author
CFEmptyDream233

Game Statistics

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Creatures

496

Items

775

Loot Drops

129

Buffs

462

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What Ark Descended adds

Ark Descended adds 496 creatures, 775 items, 462 buffs to ARK. Every entry below is read from the mod's own files, so the stats, recipes and spawn codes on these pages are the ones the mod ships with.

Ark Descended — Detailed Guide

Ark Descended is a creature-rebalancing overhaul for ARK: Survival Ascended by EmptyDream. Its dinos have much higher stats than vanilla ones, so it is built for players who want a harder game with a long power climb. The author asks that it not be mixed with vanilla creatures, since the two do not balance against each other.

  • Balanced around difficulty 5, with wild dino levels of roughly 150 to 300
  • High-tier bosses designed to be extremely tough
  • Includes Dying Light and Beast of Darkness creatures as a tribute to Psycho's earlier AG and EC mods
  • Server options cover harvest rates, boss music, Tek Shield health, Tier 8 breeding and risky singularity attacks
  • The author advises leaving dino health recovery settings unchanged

Full guide: Ark Descended Guide

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