Mods to use in 2022

[mjdecker123]

I've always had the game but never really got into it. What are good mods to use. Like really helpful ones, dino's, anything.

[Sicksadpanda]

It's hard to pick the mods since there's so many mods and it's really up to your preference. Starting with the mods that are considered QoL improvements, I suggest looking into Dino Storage V2, Structures Plus, and Awesome Spyglass.

There are some mods that can completely change the gameplay, such as Primal Fear, but that's a whole different conversation that is probably best discussed if we know you're interested in those.

There's also mods that can enhance building and/or decorations, such as Eco mods or "Castle, Keep, and Forts".

Just give us some ideas of what you might want to look for, and we can help you find them.

[BlackDino]

I find Kraken's Better Dinos great. I've also been enjoying immersive taming and best Eggs.

I wouldn't recommend Classic Flyers though if your after a QOL Flyers mod. Naji's Speedy Flyers is way better. Plus no over spawns with them.

[Liralen]

I only use 4 mods routinely. Each was played for about a year or more before adding another one.

The first one was Structures Plus, because of it's stackable foundations, and the ability to pick up structures at any time. I later found it to have a lot of other time savers, such as an object that automatically picks up poop, eggs, etc.

The second is Castles, Keeps, and Forts (replaced by the Remastered version). I chose it first basically for prettier building textures, but then found it also has better building stability.

The third was Awesome Spyglass, because another player wanted something better than the regular spyglass. I liked this one the best because it also tells you exactly what's needed to tame a dino. Then much later, as I began breeding, because it preserves a record of a dino's original stats.

The fourth was Creature Finder Deluxe, motivated by getting tired of located lost dinos. But later found it useful for finding dinos I wanted to tame.

[Animosity]

Awesome spyglass
Super structures -( better and more up to date then structure plus)
Krakens better Dino’s
Shiny! Dinos
Ark additions: more creatures
Gaia alphas


Other ones that are good are
Classic flyers
Ecos RP
Viking wardrobe
Balanced narcotics

[retsam1]

Originally posted by mjdecker123:

I've always had the game but never really got into it. What are good mods to use. Like really helpful ones, dino's, anything.

We cant answer this question necessarily for you because we do not know exactly what subjectively you wish to play mod wise.

Simply go to the steam workshop area for ark and browse mods to see what may match your interests.

The most important thing that you need to keep in mind is reading the details of information about mods. Avoid mods that are broken/abandoned, avoid using a glut of mods, avoid combining multiple dino adding or utility adding mods from different authors as conflicts can occur/adverse effects, use proper load orders etc etc etc etc.

[Rat]

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[PatoPixelado]

Originally posted by mjdecker123:

I've always had the game but never really got into it. What are good mods to use. Like really helpful ones, dino's, anything.

my mods list: natural babies
creature finder deluxe
death recovery mod (v1.13)
alterante stacks v1.5
dino tracker
getter component
awesome spyglass!
dino storage v2
structures plus (s+)

[Sicksadpanda]

Originally posted by BlackDino:

I find Kraken's Better Dinos great. I've also been enjoying immersive taming and best Eggs.

I wouldn't recommend Classic Flyers though if your after a QOL Flyers mod. Naji's Speedy Flyers is way better. Plus no over spawns with them.

Not sure why this was labeled as hot take, but there is a reason why classic flyer mod isn't reliable. Classic Flyer actually replaces the dino itself, which can lead to compatibility problems. Wyvern overspawns happens very frequently with this mod.

Additionally, we don't need classic flyers anymore since we can select the option to allow flying dino level up.

[BlackDino]

Originally posted by Sicksadpanda:

Originally posted by BlackDino:

I find Kraken's Better Dinos great. I've also been enjoying immersive taming and best Eggs.

I wouldn't recommend Classic Flyers though if your after a QOL Flyers mod. Naji's Speedy Flyers is way better. Plus no over spawns with them.

Not sure why this was labeled as hot take, but there is a reason why classic flyer mod isn't reliable. Classic Flyer actually replaces the dino itself, which can lead to compatibility problems. Wyvern overspawns happens very frequently with this mod.

Additionally, we don't need classic flyers anymore since we can select the option to allow flying dino level up.

I was giving my opinion on which mod I find better. I don't know about the hot take ether. Plus another reason I suggested Naj's Speedy flyers was also do to the mod author not exactly taking questions or suggestions well. Plus if they block you for any reason your then unable to use their mods. Which ok your free to say who can and can't use your mods. but knowing this I ended up just avoiding their mods all together.

But hey thats just me. No ill will just throwing what I can out there.

(A reason people would still use a speedy flyers mod is cause they allow flyers to attack while landed aswell as walk backwards. As well as other QOL things. which is pretty hand in some moments.)

[mjdecker123]

Thanks everyone. I know I didnt give much for what I am looking for, Kind of figure the lack of that would just mean anything lol. Just wanted to see what everyone else was using. Have tried a few mods that make the game just better. Like the structure one, that should be base game it feels like.

Thanks again everyone, will be trying everyone suggestions.

[Liralen]

Originally posted by mjdecker123:

Thanks everyone. I know I didnt give much for what I am looking for, Kind of figure the lack of that would just mean anything lol. Just wanted to see what everyone else was using. Have tried a few mods that make the game just better. Like the structure one, that should be base game it feels like.

Thanks again everyone, will be trying everyone suggestions.

Some elements of Structures Plus have been incorporated into the base game. The maker of the mod not only made it open source, he also was hired by Wildcard. He no longer works there, but either the fact he worked for WC or the fact Structures Plus is open source allowed the Ark devs to copy it so exactly that when dedicated storage was incorporated in the official game, it broke my S+ dedicated storage.

Apparently, WC copied even the name of it, so the official version overwrote my S+ dedicated storage because they changed one parameter - increased the HP. So my S+ dedicated storage was converted to official, but needed repair in order to access them. I elected to replace the official version with the S+ version instead. The S+ version could be picked up and moved at any time (if empty), while the official version could not.

Then when WC incorporated S+ ability to move structures after placement, but only for 30 seconds, it broke my ability to move S+ structures at any time. There was something I had to do in *.ini file (I've forgotten what exactly) to re-enable S+ ability to pick up and move S+ structures at any time.

Devices with storage have to be emptied first though. But that's another feature of Structures Plus - the ability to move all of the objects from one storage structure to another at the click of a button.