ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Castles, Keeps, and Forts (Legacy) For new version go to Castles Keeps and Forts Remastered. This version still works
4,658 Comments
Chief Mar 18 @ 5:59pm 
There are items in this mod that Exile does not have in the remastered.
MommyDearest Mar 18 @ 4:47pm 
The new version of this seems to be missing alot of the pieces that this one has. Is that intentional, or do I have to do something special to unlock them?
Kraven Jul 24, 2024 @ 5:35am 
Will this be going to ASA?
N7_Shadow Jul 3, 2024 @ 12:14pm 
@Numanice

Also, drops shouldn't be so good that there isn't a reason to do the dungeons anymore. In short, there still needs to be a reason to do the boss fights.


I was an Admin in a server where we added so many things that the game became pointless. Taming/baby raising could be done with any meat. So almost all dinos became pointless. The game became pointless. The only point to the game became building fancy bases. So we got rid of most of the mods, and the game became fun again.

IMHO, the best servers reduce the grind, but don't remove the game loops/tasks that need to be done. Want the best T-Rex? Get some Carnos, for their eggs, for kibble. Again, IMHO.
N7_Shadow Jul 3, 2024 @ 12:14pm 
@Numanice

What most Server owners get wrong. Increasing tame speed, and baby mature speed, while not reducing the effectiveness of the food. In short, it can get to the point that any food works to get the best results. This means the majority of the game is now pointless. Why ever tame a Carno if you don't need their eggs for kibble. Now, granted, refrigerators that keep the eggs fresh forever is nice, so you don't have to have a large group of Carnos, and every other dino in large groups. Plus the automatic pick-up and store mods are good. But we should want to make kibble. No kibble bench running off dodo farms. Kibble should be required for the best tames/babies, and you should have to actually make it. No kibble benches to use Dodo eggs.
Numanice Jun 30, 2024 @ 3:56pm 
🔥 MAIN MODS:
💥 Omega
🧜‍♀️ Pyria: Mythos Evolved
🐲 Dragons Evolved
🐉 More Kaiju Mod
🗺️ Island Extension CIE
🧙Cosplay Evolved

❌ RATES:
XP: 10x
🏹 Taming: 25x
👶 Baby Mature Speed: 20x
🥚 Egg Hatch: 8x
📦 Drop Quality: 20x

🔎 DETAILS:
💥 Max Player Level: 500
💥 Max Dino Level Wild: 1.050
💥 PVE
💥 The island mod map modified with all dlcs


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3248488370
TrimiGLe Jan 6, 2024 @ 8:40pm 
Mod shit! what is this version, what is the second one. the gate does not work correctly, it is impossible to get out on a dinosaur, because it only works when the player approaches at point-blank range.....why couldn't the radius be increased? foundations don't always stack up and not everywhere... when Utiranus screams at the walls, the FPS drops to 5-10......have you fucking checked your mod at all?? these are not all the problems that I have found. bug on bug! where are the other INI settings?
Bodean Abernathy II Nov 1, 2023 @ 7:15pm 
Hey fellas. I haven't played ARK for a bit but I remember in my game (I play SP) that there were ranged weapons and a whole slew of melee weapons and shields. Viking shield and axe with a falchion, knights axe, knights dagger ETC. Is that this mod or am I missing something? Can't find it anywhere for some reason in game anymore.
Falcon19 Oct 30, 2023 @ 5:02am 
I can't wait to see your mod on ASA.
Chief Aug 24, 2023 @ 2:29pm 
Im running this now and still has the selectable meshes for the pieces. Just craft the material change tool
Σmpress Aug 24, 2023 @ 12:07pm 
Did you freaking remove the multiple choice in pattern and color for the walls on the legacy too?!
CainFr0st Jul 27, 2023 @ 5:58am 
Update we did it. Its was painstakingly stupid but still NOBODY SAID WE DIDNT NEED THE WATER WHEEL WHY PUT THAT INSIDE THE MILL FOLDER IF ITS NOT NEEDED:steamfacepalm:
CainFr0st Jul 27, 2023 @ 5:07am 
Do not try to build the windmill... Myself and 12 others have been sitting here for the past 4 hours trying to get everything to snap perfectly for the mill to work as "Intended" and yet do not see any use of the time effort and tears we have shed trying to do so. It feel as if this was tested on a EXTREMELY flat surface which any and all ARK maps do not have. With the need to build the Water wheel first followed by the need of perfection of foundation and the TIRING drive shaft just to accurately line up EVERYTHING including the snap point for the GIANT Windmill it has taken HOURS of tearing down and rebuilding just to see if we could get everything to snap properly. As I am writing we are still attempting coming up to hour 5
DreamMasterFTW Jun 5, 2023 @ 9:17pm 
For some reason I can't get the other styles of castle. It only goes between greystone and mossy. did i do something wrong?
ByteMe May 30, 2023 @ 8:10pm 
Love the mod!!!! One request though... can you make the "Keep Sloped Half Wall" into a "Peek" so that it will create a nice finishing touch with the "Keep Roof Ridge"....
N7_Shadow Apr 24, 2023 @ 1:21pm 
Zgames1234 No, they are not exactly the same size. You can use some pieces from vanilla in a limited way, but for starters, the foundations are slightly different in size, and I do mean slightly.
Killerbee_ds Apr 24, 2023 @ 12:40am 
I realy like the mods of Castle and keepr, in the begining we where able to choose ice building, can you please bring that back so we can use is on the ice maps and snow Bios
Zgames1234 Apr 5, 2023 @ 2:13pm 
does this use vanilla sizes for builds
N7_Shadow Sep 18, 2022 @ 8:16pm 
I think he made the new version use the same size blocks as vanilla, because people wanted to be able to use vanilla blocks with this mod. The problem isn't the mod maker. The problem is game devs don't seem to understand that 8 foot walls may look fine in real life, but in game, the ceiling looks unnaturally low, so people use double walls. This could be fixed if they just gave us 12' x 12' blocks instead of 8' x 8' blocks. This would allow single blocks to be used for a wall, instead of 2 blocks. This would save on CPU resources also. Less blocks to make a base, ship, etc., in these survival games that use blocks to build with.
Ashrak117 Sep 18, 2022 @ 12:04pm 
I just found this and it kinda make the "remastered" look like you just cut it in half and called it better.
N7_Shadow Aug 17, 2022 @ 1:57pm 
Does anyone know if this Mod is at all compatible with his newer version of CKF?
DragonQueen44 Aug 16, 2022 @ 9:24am 
hi Is there spawn codes for the Items
TC25 Jul 16, 2022 @ 11:17am 
I wish someone could make or take this mod and make it like the CKFR version to contain all the engrams in the work bench, to cut down on engram bloats.
A.shhh Jul 13, 2022 @ 1:01am 
Hii! Can someone tell me why some people cant see the folder in the Castle table?
Grim_Reaper Jul 12, 2022 @ 2:32pm 
yes i played ark last week without any problems
DragonQueen44 Jul 12, 2022 @ 5:02am 
does this mod still work
Grim_Reaper Jul 11, 2022 @ 3:58pm 
please make this for ATLAS :P
i build massive castles in ark now i would like to do the same in ATLAS
Pashid Jun 23, 2022 @ 5:07am 
Open source this master piece so people with interest and time can continue the work on this mod.
No offense but the remastered version is just trash and lacks all the handy parts the Legacy version has to offer. Sadly the legacy version lacks in minor QoL changes
FluffyBunnykins Jun 22, 2022 @ 5:24pm 
Bacon Overlord® 17 Jun @ 10:07am
"Does this version have working skin selection and rounded foundations/walls? I'm asking because those don't work on remastered... I'd rather use this one if that's the case."

It does but it's a little tricky to use because of the funky snap points. We use Snap Fixer plus mod with it, which seems to help a bit but the triangle pieces and rounded foundations are a nightmare to work with. I wish someone would make a mod like this again. I love the Machilations/battlements, the rounded walls and the unique weapons and fireplace/cook pot/cook spit
Bacon Overlord® Jun 17, 2022 @ 7:07am 
Does this version have working skin selection and rounded foundations/walls? I'm asking because those don't work on remastered... I'd rather use this one if that's the case.
Galddar Jun 6, 2022 @ 11:02am 
Anyone know if any of the ckf foundation block spwan and if so a size it blocks ? thank you
davidm1987 May 7, 2022 @ 10:08am 
hi everyone, can you use this mod with the remastered one?
Missy May 2, 2022 @ 4:00am 
Ist it not possible to stack stairs or Foundations?
pm79 Apr 1, 2022 @ 2:56am 
hey there, is ther any Hideengramm-Post where i can find here? Want to Hide all Weaponengramms on a Server. Thanks for Help me out.
Best Regards
AranixTV
Gimilkhad Mar 19, 2022 @ 8:53pm 
I've just released a new mod called Snap Fixer Plus that is mostly aimed at CKF mod users.
Main bullet points:
- Adds S+ Snap Compatibility to CKF parts (CKF Legacy, CKF Remastered, and CKF Science Fiction). Currently supports S+ and SuperStructures. Crop Plots, dedi storage, etc
- Scales CKF Legacy parts to correct size, to fit with other structure mods properly. This is optional and must be enabled via ini. The main reason is because building with rescaled CKF Legacy parts means if you ever remove my mod, the parts will have visible gaps between them (since they're normally slightly smaller).
- Fixes some snap issues with CKFR and CKF:SF. These fixes will eventually make there way into the actual mods, but for now, installing this mod will fix them. Main ones are better triangle foundation snapping, and better fence support snaps, and fence supports can be placed even if AllowIntegratedSPlusStructures=false
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2781753225
Mavslab Feb 4, 2022 @ 8:53am 
stop askt thousand of mod stacks !! One mod to rule them all. Simply put and set overrides, and customize !!
N7_Shadow Jan 27, 2022 @ 10:16am 
Would be cool if he removed all the weapons and stuff, and put it in a separate mod, so you can have just that, with the new mod.
xSOVxMUFASA Jan 27, 2022 @ 12:38am 
Is there any issues if I pair this mod with the new remastered one? I like the weapons and seigecraft stuff in the old one.
Quelthinaru Dec 3, 2021 @ 12:32pm 
Has anyone found spawn codes that work for the arrows/bolts ? the posted ones seem to not work at all
Sentient NPC Oct 27, 2021 @ 9:01am 
@FluffyBunnykins Did you ever get an answer on whether or not you can run this mod with the remastered version? If not, I'm going to give it the old college try.

Spiral staircases are a staple of castle architecture (They were implemented to keep attackers from having even the slightest advantage by keeping their sword hand as close to the center column as possible).

I'm not as into the rounded foundations, walls, etc. as everyone else seems to be but it would definitely look great with the spiral staircase.
Mae Lei Oct 18, 2021 @ 9:31am 
@Nerevar I run it and S+ on our cluster and have had zero issues
Nerevar Oct 5, 2021 @ 7:13am 
Does this work well with S+?
GameCastle Sep 4, 2021 @ 3:50am 
is it some ini settings to stack founation on top off etch others?
GameCastle Sep 3, 2021 @ 2:12pm 
hi, how to place Foundation over eatchothers. Is it a ini setting for that?
Truman Corporation Aug 18, 2021 @ 11:05am 
And weapons... your Castle Mod was the best Weapons Mod ever... :steamsad:
Lost Aug 15, 2021 @ 2:23am 
Are you planning to reply to all these comments asking why you took out some of the best of this content when you made your remastered one? No round walls and foundations in the new one? That's practically the whole point of a castle mod. Very sad. Hope you plan to bring things from this back to your new version.
LegsDay Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:17am 
Are you gonna update the new one with the old stuff.....O.o
Alexus Jul 27, 2021 @ 3:03pm 
...:steamthumbsup:
Zenodotos Jul 15, 2021 @ 7:17am 
Why aren't this Mod and the remastered one combined? In this one Keeps have much more building materials to choose from but the roofs don't have the valleys. In the remastered mod I can only choose between to types of stone but I can make better roofs. It's just confusing and this mod is so great that it's quite a shame.
HG_Alarion Jul 11, 2021 @ 1:01am 
Why don´t you update this Mod. Its much better than Remastered an For example BEHEMOTH Gate is missing . And most of the other parts are much better.