Ark: Survival Evolved cheats and console commands
Cheat codes for Ark on PC: use god mode, fly, teleport, unlock all engrams, tame dinos, and more.
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Welcome to your own treasure trove of Ark: Survival Evolved cheats. Let’s not stand on ceremony: You’re playing a game where you’re some kind of time-clone taming dinosaurs. We’re already operating outside the borders of reality. Might as well bust the sandbox wide open eventually, yeah? Ark cheats let you enter all sorts of console commands to enable god mode, level up instantly, teleport, spawn items, instantly tame dinosaurs, unlock all the engrams, and more.
Ark cheats are primarily used in singleplayer mode, but you can also use them in multiplayer if you’re the server admin or if you’ve been given access to the server admin password. Otherwise, you can’t use cheats while playing online. And if you’re looking for other ways to enhance Studio Wildcard’s dino survival game, don’t forget to check out list of thebest Ark mods.
Below you’ll find cheats for the base game, and some for Ark: Genesis that will work with the new dinosaurs added in Ark’s latest expansion.
How to use Ark cheats
How to use Ark cheats
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You can access the console in Ark by pressing the Tab key—you’ll see a narrow box open at the very bottom of your screen. That’s where you’ll be typing in the cheats. To close the console, press Tab again.
In singleplayer mode, just type the cheats to enable them. In multiplayer, if you have the admin password, you’ll need to type ‘EnableCheats ’ before you can use cheats. Some cheats (while playing on a server) will require the prefix ‘admincheat’. In singleplayer, you don’t need to worry about a prefix. Just type them and press Enter.
The cheats are written in bold below (and they’re not case-sensitive).
Ark cheats: Player commands
First up, player cheats. These are all cheats that are focused on you specifically, whether you’re turning on good, old God mode, changing your size, or learning engrams. This is also where we’ve got your cheats to immediately tame a dinosaur for you.
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Ark armor and weapon cheats
Let’s face it: You’re going to end up pissing something off eventually. Best to be prepared, at least. These cheats will help you gear up with weapons and armor.
Armor tiers options can be entered as a number or word, as follows:0(orCloth)1(orChitin)2(orMetalorFlak)3(orTek)And alsoHide,Fur,Desert,Ghillie,Riot,Scuba,Hazard
Armor quality options are:Primitive,Ramshackle,Apprentice,Journeyman,Mastercraft,Ascendant,Alpha
Weapon tier options can be entered as a number or word, and are as follows:
0(orPrimitive): Bow, Pike, Spear, Bola1(orBasic) Assault Rifle, Shotgun, Longneck Rifle, Sword, Grenade2(orAdvanced) Compound Bow, Fabricated Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, C4 Charge3(orTek) Tek Grenade, Tek Rifle, Tek Railgun, Tek Sword
Weapon quality options are same as the options for armor, as listed above.
Ark spawn item cheats
These commands allow you to give a specific item to yourself or another player. Setting ForceBlueprint to ‘true’ or ‘1’ will give the blueprint, while setting it to ‘false’ or ‘0’ will add the item itself.
For a full list ofArk item ID numbers, see this list.
There’s also the GiveItemSet cheat, which gives you a convenient package of consumables from a given item tier.
Item tiers can be a number or word, and are as follows:
0: 90 Cooked Meat, 200 Stimberry, 2 Waterskin1: 2 Water Jar, 200 Stimberry, 90 Cooked Meat, 100 Medical Brew2: 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew, 100 Cactus Broth, 60 Cooked Meat Jerky, 2 Canteen3: 5 Shadow Steak Saute, 5 Enduro Stew, 5 Focal Chili, 5 Lazarus Chowder, 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew, 100 Cactus Broth, 90 Cooked Meat JerkyFood: 30 Cooked Meat Jerky, 30 Prime Meat JerkyWater: Canteen RefillBrews: 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew
Ark dinosaur cheats
If you’re not playing Ark for the dinosaurs—well, frankly, I’m confused. If you’re feeling underserved on the dinosaur front, these cheats will help. These cheats summon a specified creature, either tamed or untamed, using its creature ID. ForArk creature ID numbers, see this list.
Tier options can be entered as a number or word, as follows:
Ark Genesis dinosaur cheats
There are new dinosaurs and creatures in Ark: Genesis. To summon them, use theSummon orSummonTamed command, and the bolded creature ID below.
For example, to summon a small ferox, you’d type:summon shapeshifter_small_character_bp_c
Ark teleport cheats
These cheats teleport you or a player of your choice to specified locations.
Ark creative mode cheats
Creative Mode removes weight restrictions and crafting requirements, unlocks all engrams, and grants godmore and infinitestats. Also lets you toggle flight by double-tapping your jump key.
Ark weather and time cheats
These cheats start or stop the desired weather effect. Different expansions have different cheats for weather.
The Island expansion:
Scorched Earth expansion:
Ragnarok expansion:
Aberration expansion:
Extinction expansion:
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