How to get the Mod ID and GiveItem commands for any Mod.

Never need to ask for Mod IDs or GiveItem commands again!

Outdated Info, YMMV

This guide is pretty old now, and I haven't played Ark in a whiles. If it still works for you, then great! However, if file locations/names/etc change, I'm not really in a position to help. If I get much feedback that one or both sections no longer apply, I'll make that clear here

Getting the Mod ID

Mod IDs

The Mod IDs are easy to get, they're the number in the workshop URL after ?id= and before &

Seeing the URL bar

If you can't see a URL in your steam client, open your Steam Settings;


Go the Interface section and make sure the "Display Steam URL address bar when available" box is ticked;

That's it! Now you'll always see the Mod's ID in your URL bar :)

Getting the GiveItem commands

WARNING AND DISCLAIMER

While the guide specifically tells you NOT to make any changes to game or mod files, and warns you of things likely to cause that, it's possible that you might mess up and do that anyway.
If you do mess up and change game or mod files, it's your own responsibility, and so is any validating, re-installing, or other work you have to do to fix things, or any data loss you cause.
Make back-ups before you begin.
By using this guide, you agree that you are entirely responsible for your own actions and that the author has no liability in any manner, for any issues you cause while following this guide.
If you're unhappy with that, don't use this guide.

Finding your Mods folder

In your Steam library, right-click on ARK and select Properties;


Select the "Local Files" tab and click "Browse Local Files";


Click through the following folders;
ShooterGame
Content
Mods
Until you end up here;

Figuring out the GiveItem commands

This assumes you've already subscribed to and downloaded the Mod you want the commands for. By now you should know the ID of the Mod you're looking for, so go into the folder that matches that Mod ID, and look for files called "EngramEntry_[ItemOrStructureName].uasset";

sometimes they're in the Mod folder, sometimes they're in a subfolder, it depends on the Modder as to where you'll find them.
We're using the EngramEntry files because they're usually pretty small and won't give your text editor a hard time.

WHATEVER EDITOR YOU USE FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, MAKE SURE ANY AUTO-SAVE FEATURE IS TURNED OFF AND/OR DISABLED.

DON'T USE WORD, WORDPAD, OR ANY OTHER WORD PROCESSOR,
THEY'LL LIKELY MUNGE THE ENGRAM FILE AND YOU'LL HAVE TO VALIDATE/REINSTALL THE MOD.

DON'T CHANGE THE ENGRAM FILE, DON'T SAVE THE ENGRAM FILE.
IF YOU MESS THIS UP, IT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

Open Notepad, Notepad++[notepad-plus-plus.org], or whatever your favourite text editor is, and drag in the EngramEntry file named after the item you want the GiveItem command for.

The file will mostly look like garbage with some text.
Example in Notepad;

Example in Notepad++ ;

You're looking for the first recognisable bit of text that has the item name in it and does not have the word "engram" in it. I've highlighted the relevant lines that you're looking for in the examples above.
Select the text, starting from the first slash (" / ") until the end of the readable text. Copy the selection, and paste it into a seperate Notepad. In the examples above, you'll want to copy and paste the following;

/Game/Mods/GateMod/structure/Structure_BigMetalGate

Once you've got that pasted into a fresh Notepad, close the EngramEntry file WITHOUT SAVING. DO NOT SAVE, DO NOT LET IT SAVE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT BEGS YOU, DO NOT LET IT SAVE!
In your new Notepad file, make the following changes;
add

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'

(that's a double-quote before the word "Blueprint" and a single-quote after it)
to the start of the line, so it looks like this;

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/GateMod/structure/Structure_BigMetalGate

Now, add a dot (" . ") to the end of the line. Copy the text between the last slash and the dot you just added, then paste it after the dot you added, so your line looks like this;

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/GateMod/structure/Structure_BigMetalGate.Structure_BigMetalGate

(this is supposed to one line, but your browser probably displays it as two. whatever you're looking at above, it should be one line in your text editor)
Finally, add one single-quote, one double-quote, a space, and the numbers "1 0 0" spaced just like that, to the very end of the line, so you have this;

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/GateMod/structure/Structure_BigMetalGate.Structure_BigMetalGate'" 1 0 0

And that's your spawn command! The first two numbers are item quantity and item quality, the last number is 0 (or false) to give the item or 1 (or true) to give a blueprint for the item.
It's up to you if you want to save this file as a reminder, it's just for putting the command together.
Now you can copy and paste it into your console in game, and so long as you have cheat permissions you'll get your item :)

[Fapciu]

does it work the same in ark asa?

[....]

wiki

[SinThea]

Thank you so much for this, it worked perfectly and helped me fix something that would have ruined my day.

[indigowulf]

Scratch my last comment. After trying about 30 variations of how he "could have" entered the name, I got it!

[indigowulf]

The only spawn code I'm having trouble with doesn't have an engrams folder :( I know for a fact there's 1 engram at least in this mod, but the other items are "admin only" and don't have engrams. (Trying to get the trappers hut code from gsrp prospector, mod 1269583873)

[ZaGeR]

Works perfect for me! Found what I wanted!

[ZaGeR]

Cool! Thank you, pal!

[™Slurpity™]

anybody know how to remove the 'bPreventCheatGive" part of the file?

[Lonk]

@BluJnBaby /Game/Mods/Extinction/Items/Consumables/Treasure/PrimalItemConsumable_ElementPack_Core is the one you are looking for, you basically want the first one after the one that says "Icon" in it

[Lonk]

Just a suggestion tho lol