Annunaki Genesis Mod Guide

Annunaki Genesis is an overhaul mod for ARK: Survival Evolved (Steam mod ID 538986229). It fills the map with stronger versions of the usual creatures, from Alphas and elemental Badass variants up to eight Wardens and the Celestial Annunaki creatures. It also adds instant-tame items, Alpha saddles, new armor sets and a workbench for its gear. Our database holds 387 creature entries, 241 items (110 of them eggs) and 45 engrams from the mod.

Before you start

• It is hard from day one: wild Badass, Alpha and boss creatures roam next to normal ones. Some of them, like the DodoRex, are best avoided until you have strong tames.
• Engram points matter: the key items unlock late and cost a lot. The Drake Tribute costs 60 points, the Boss Tribute 100, and each Annunaki Matrix 150. Plan your points early.
• One main station: almost every mod item is made at the Annunaki Workbench, which unlocks at level 25. Its item text says it takes materials together with blueprints.
• Tame items do the heavy lifting: Drakes, bosses and the Annunaki creatures are tamed with a special item rather than by feeding. You knock them out and use the item on them.

The creature tiers

The mod's creatures are grouped by the first word of their names. Each group has its own look and role.

There are also three baby DodoRex pets: Blaze, Frosty and Toxio, each called "the Badass Baby". Our data lists fire, frost and poison area effects for these pets.

The Wardens

Each Warden is a reworked vanilla species with an area title:

• Gnashor, Warden of the Beach (a Carbonemys)
• Karkinos, Warden of the Rivers (a Sarcosuchus)
• Mormaw, Warden of the Depths (a Mosasaurus)
• Nilloc, Warden of the Sky (an Argentavis)
• Perdition, Warden of the Plains (a rhino)
• Rawaiim, Warden of the Mountains (a Giganotosaurus)
• Smough, Warden of the Isle (a Doedicurus)
• Bokito, Warden of the Snow (a gorilla)

Each Warden has a matching Essence item and a costume that makes your own creature of that species look like the Warden.

Taming and knockout

Instant-tame items

Knockout tools

• Javelin: a poison-tipped melee weapon for knocking out smaller enemies. Level 5.
• Lance: a poison-tipped melee weapon that also knocks the target back. It lasts longer than a pike but hits for less. Level 30. Players rate it highly because each hit adds a lot of torpor, and it can also turn up in loot.
• Annunaki Poison Arrow: poison arrows for smaller targets. Level 30.
• Annunaki Poison Dart: stronger than the arrow, fired from a Longneck Rifle. Level 70.
• Annunaki Compound Poison Arrow: the Compound Bow arrow made for knocking out the biggest creatures. Level 90.

Taming a Badass creature

Badass creatures lose torpor very fast, so a normal feeding tame rarely works. The usual method from the player community:

1. Knock the creature out, for example with the Lance.
2. Open its inventory right away, put in a Sedative Narcotic and use it. The item keeps the creature deeply sedated and makes it hungry.
3. Add meat or the right food. It eats and the tame completes.

Players aim first for a green Badass creature. Its attacks add a lot of torpor, which makes it the knockout tool for the next steps. The community walkthrough starts with a green Badass Pteranodon.

Progression and bosses

1. Early game: level up, gather resources and build the Annunaki Workbench at level 25.
2. First knockout tame: unlock the Lance and the Sedative Narcotic (level 60), then tame a Badass creature that adds torpor.
3. Drakes: Badass Drakes come in Fire, Poison and Ice forms. Kill one to get a Drake Trophy, which the Drake Tribute needs. Then knock out a second Drake and use the Tribute on it. The Drake Saddle unlocks at level 80.
4. Uber bosses: the Boss Tribute tames the Uber tier, which includes the Dragon, the Araneo Broodmother, the Megapithecus and the DodoRex. The Dragon, Megapithecus and DodoRex saddles unlock at level 100.
5. Wardens and Celestials: the eight Essences are named after the Wardens. Their item text says that combining all of them leads to the Annunaki creatures. The two Annunaki Matrix items bind Primordius and Raphus.

Tips from players on Drakes and bosses

• The Golden Dodo: it lives mostly on beaches. Do not hit it with a weapon: the weapon breaks on the first hit, and the same happens with zombie dodos. Kill it from a tame instead. Its drop is used for the Drake and Boss Tributes, so keep it in a fridge.
• The Drake Trophy: when a Badass creature lands the killing blow, the trophy does not drop. Bring a normal tame, such as a Pteranodon, to finish the Drake.
• Drakes heal fast: when you finish one, bring it close to death and strike quickly.
• Poison Drakes can knock you out too, so the Fire Drake is the safer first target.
• Boss Tribute: players craft it from the trophies of the Araneo Broodmother, the Megapithecus and the Dragon, plus a Golden Dodo drop. Kill those three bosses first.

Items and stations

Stations and storage

• Annunaki Workbench: the mod's crafting station. Level 25, 32 points.
• Annunaki Vault: a compact metal vault for storage. Level 65.
• Annunaki Forge: refines resources in bulk and runs on gasoline. Level 85.

Potions and creature care

• Experience potions: Tiny, Small, Medium, Large and Huge. They work on you and on your tamed creatures, which saves a lot of levelling. They drop from creatures and loot.
• Health potions: Small, Medium, Large and Max. They work on players only.
• Health Booster and Agility Booster: restore all of a creature's health or stamina, with a cooldown. The Health Booster does not work while the creature is bleeding. Level 5.
• Oxygen Booster: extra oxygen for your creature in deep water. Level 5.
• Detox Elixer: removes all torpor when used. Level 60.
• Carnivore and Herbivore Baby Food: light food for young creatures, unlocked at level 1.

Armor and weapons

• Alpha armor: boots for speed, a chestpiece for damage resistance, gauntlets for melee damage, a helmet for underwater sight and leggings for stamina regeneration.
• Warden armor: the same bonuses, and the Warden Cap adds unlimited oxygen.
• Warchief armor: on top of the same bonuses, it adds health recovery, recoil reduction, torpor resistance, and unlimited oxygen and nutrients on the helmet.
• Guns: the Annunaki Assault Rifle and Annunaki Sniper Rifle, with the Annunaki Rifle Bullet and Annunaki Sniper Bullet.
• Compound Bow arrows: fire for damage, frost for slowing and poison for knockouts. All three unlock at level 90.

Alpha saddles

The Alpha Mosasaur and Alpha Plesiosaur both have platform saddles for a mobile base. The Annunaki DodoRex Saddle has a very high armor rating and seats three people.

Treasure Pygmies and cosmetics

Seven Pygmies are named after gems: Amethyst, Citrin, Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, Ruby and Sapphire. The mod also has Zomdodo costumes, DodoRex costumes, Warden costumes and the Original Rex, Raptor and Carno costumes, which give your creature the Apex look. Alpha colorings are dyes that come only from the essence of an Alpha.

Server settings

Add 538986229 to your server's mod list. All mod blueprints sit under /Game/Mods/Genesis/ and their class names end in _GNS, which helps when you write spawn or loot entries. We have no confirmed list of the mod's own ini options, so check the mod's Steam page before you tune it.

Tips

• Your first goal is a creature that adds torpor. Everything after that depends on it.
• Always carry a Sedative Narcotic when you go after a Badass creature. Without it the creature wakes up before it eats.
• Bring two tames for a Drake: one to knock it out and a normal one to take the trophy.
• Use experience potions on fresh tames to skip the slow early levels.
• Save engram points for the Tributes and the Matrix items. They are the most expensive engrams in the mod.
• Stay away from the DodoRex until you have a strong team.

Every creature, item and spawn command of the mod is listed on its mod page.