Primal Fear: Unofficial Extras Guide

Primal Fear | Unofficial Extras is a fan-made add-on for the Primal Fear creature mod in ARK: Survival Evolved (Steam mod ID 2845758764). Its author built it around the creatures they felt were missing from Primal Fear, and the Workshop page links to the main mod for players who do not have it yet. It adds new Primal Tek machines, aquatic tiers, Celestial, Demonic, Chaos and Spirit creatures, several summonable bosses and a set of food and storage helpers. Our database holds 115 creature entries, 121 items and 56 engrams from it. For the main mod itself, see the member-written Primal Fear guide.

Before you start

• Startup error: if your game or server will not start, or shows an error with "fLatentActionManager" near the top, the author's fix is to add -FORCERESPAWNDINOS to the launch options. Your server host can tell you where to set it.
• Credits: the author thanks Pikkon, who made the original Primal Fear, and Zythara, whose models are used for the Primal Tek Magmasaur and the Spirit Therizinosaur.
• Creature list: the author keeps the full creature list and spawn codes in their Discord. Our mod page lists every creature with its spawn command too.

Bosses

Most of the add-on's bosses come from a summon item that you consume. The engram level is the level at which the summon unlocks.

In our data Nova's Revenge has a base health of 700,500,000 before any levels, and the Ascended Celestial Indominus Rex Emperor has 543,750,000. The Fallen Demonic Reaper Empress sits at 72,500,000 and the three Origin bosses at 25 to 32.5 million. Treat all of them as end-game fights.

Boss rewards

• Soul packages: the Celestial Indominus Emperor Soul Package gives 5 to 7 Celestial Emperor Souls, and the Demonic Reaper Empress Soul Package 5 to 7 Demonic Empress Souls.
• Ascension and descension: the Emperor Ascension Item ascends your Celestial Indominus Emperor, and the Empress Descension Item descends your Demonic Reaper Empress. Convert either one to its Extras version from the multi-use wheel before you use it.
• Your own Skynet: Unassembled Skynet revives a Skynet that follows your commands, and there is a Skynet armor for it. Skynet's Revival Core is also in the files.
• Primal Tek Supercharger Module: its text says it was torn from Skynet's mechanical heart. See the Primal Tek section below for what it does.
• Nova's Aspect of Destruction: a minigun charged with the power of Nova's Revenge. It needs no ammunition and never overheats, but it is very inaccurate.

Wandering bosses

The add-on also has a Wandering Tyrant Hoarder, which drops a mysterious Glowing Red Rock, and six wandering loot bosses: Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant and Godliath. Each has its own loot table. Their base health doubles at every grade, from 220,000 for the Apprentice to 3,520,000 for the Godliath.

Primal Tek

In Primal Fear, Primal Tek creatures are built at the Primal Tek Bench and improved with modules. This add-on brings five more: the Primal Tek Enforcer, Primal Tek Magmasaur, Primal Tek Tusoteuthis, Primal Tek Woolly Rhino and Primal TEK Skiff. Each comes as an Unassembled item that you use to put the creature together.

• Gear: Primal Tek Rhino Saddle (level 53), Primal Tek Enforcer Armor (65), Saddle Primal Tek Tuso (91) and Primal Tek Magmasaur Saddle (95). The Magmasaur saddle protects its rider from extreme heat.
• Supercharging: place all eight modules you made for a Primal Tek creature, such as the Shield Module and the Health Module, in its inventory. Add the Primal Tek Supercharger Module, then pick the new Supercharge option on the multi-use wheel.
• Supercharged forms: our data lists Supercharged Primal Tek versions of the Enforcer, Giganotosaurus, Magmasaur, Quetzal, Rex, Triceratops and Woolly Rhino.

Sea creatures

• Liopleurodon tiers: Fire, Ice, Electric, Caustic, Light, Dark, Buffoon and Abyssal Liopleurodons, with an Elemental, a Buffoon and an Abyssal Liopleurodon armor (all level 75).
• Abyssal Kibble: unlocks at level 85. Its text says it is the only food an Abyssal creature accepts for taming. Abyssal creatures also drop an Abyssal Soul.
• Scaled hides: Fire, Ice, Electric and Caustic Scaled Hide come from the aquatic elementals and go into elemental kibble.
• Primal Harpoon Launcher (level 88): very strong and fast underwater but short-ranged on land. Its bolts include a recoverable Primal Spear Bolt, an Explosive bolt, an Incendiary bolt that still burns underwater, and tranquilizer bolts with Toxic, Alpha, Apex, Potent or Primal Narcotic.
• Tek Mosasaurus: the add-on's files include one as well.

Land creatures

• Celestial: Baryonyx, Gasbags, Giganotosaurus and Rock Elemental, each with an Ascended form, plus Corrupted versions of the Celestial Giganotosaurus.
• Demonic: Bulbdog, Morellatops and Terror Bird, each with a Fallen form.
• Chaos and Spirit: a Giant Bee, a Rock Elemental and a Therizinosaur in each tier. Their saddles unlock at levels 69 to 70 and the bee armor at 78.
• Buffoon: Buffoon Dodo, Buffoon Mantis and Buffoon Terror Bird, next to the Buffoon Liopleurodon.
• Skeletonized Tyrannosaur: tames only on Bone Meal (level 95), and its saddle unlocks at 90. The Infernal Transformation Item changes it, and the files also include an Infernal Skeletonized Tyrannosaur.
• Elder Meganeura: equip the Elder Meganeura Minigun Framework (level 45) for a little armor and a large boost to its damage.
• Others: Kamikaze and Nuka Titanomyrma, the Omega Deinonychus (one saddle fits both it and the Black Omega Deinonychus) and the Necrotic Dodo.

Our data holds fertilized eggs for many of these, including every Liopleurodon form, the four Celestial creatures, the Demonic Morellatops and Terror Bird, the bees, the Rock Elementals and both Titanomyrma.

Food, buffs and storage

The Primal Food Cooker (engram Primal Cooker, level 12) is a station for special dishes that help you and your creatures. These are the add-on's dishes and treats:

The Primal Preserving Bin (engram Primal Bin, level 18) dries food faster and keeps perishables fresh longer than a fridge. It burns one Fire & Ice Feather Mixture every 15 minutes and can also make an Ammonite Bile Substitute, which spoils faster than the real thing. You craft the Feather Mixture in your own inventory, and consuming it gives the feathers back.

Tips

• If the server will not start after you add the add-on, try the launch option above before anything else.
• Aim into the air before you use either Tier 6 rematch summoner.
• Convert ascension and descension items to their Extras version on the multi-use wheel before you use them, as their text instructs.
• Have all eight modules in the creature's inventory before you add a Supercharger.
• Carry the Dino Treat that matches your enemy's element on elemental hunts.
• Kill the Spirit and Chaos Guardians first if you want Artifacto's artifacts.

Further reading: the Russian-language Steam guide Мод: Primal Fear explains the main mod's tiers, Primal Tek and ascension items.

Every creature, item and loot drop of the add-on is listed on its mod page, with spawn commands.