ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Rebalanced Compost Bin
176 Comments
Zairya Jun 7 @ 11:15pm 
Good morning,

I was just a bit irritated that the bag says, it can be repaired in the bin. I guess it's a glitch.
RedDwarf  [author] Jun 7 @ 9:17pm 
Hey Zairya! Compost in ARK is a consumable =) You just make more once they’re used up
Zairya May 18 @ 11:12pm 
How do you "repair" the large fertilizer bags? the option is greyed out when I put them in the bin. Thank you for the awesome mod!
NPC Aug 12, 2024 @ 6:16am 
I forgot to remove the comment bc i alread found out
RedDwarf  [author] Aug 4, 2024 @ 11:51am 
@NPC: “SpeedMultiplier”
NPC Aug 3, 2024 @ 8:45am 
what setting do i edit to make fertilizer quicker?
RedDwarf  [author] Nov 7, 2023 @ 8:14pm 
RedDwarf  [author] Nov 3, 2023 @ 2:18pm 
@Sophie: Maybe ARK changed something =) I’ll have a look
Sophie Scott Nov 3, 2023 @ 7:26am 
I've been using this mod for a few days with no issue, and have been enjoying it. However, I am now finding my Large Fertilizers all spawning with only 1000 out of 540,000 nitrogen. Any idea what's going on? Great mod otherwise :)
RedDwarf  [author] Oct 29, 2023 @ 6:38pm 
Awesome =) Modding is super fun — highly recommend
Kaffiend Oct 29, 2023 @ 6:24pm 
You rock. I've downloaded the devkit and started playing around with it, using these as a test for myself. I managed to get the large fertilizer added and that's where i stopped but it was fun nonetheless.
RedDwarf  [author] Oct 29, 2023 @ 1:52pm 
I’ve already ported and I’m working on uploading it now =)
Kaffiend Oct 29, 2023 @ 11:45am 
Any plans to port to ASA?
RedDwarf  [author] Sep 30, 2023 @ 9:24pm 
Hey @Zairya: Glad you're enjoying it =) ARK fishing is a little weird -- you have to have both the fishing pole and the bait in your inventory, and then you drag the bait onto the fishing pole, which changes the fishing pole to use another type of bait. Then once it's equipped, it'll use the bait from your inventory correctly. Let me know if you have any problems =)
Zairya Sep 30, 2023 @ 7:09am 
Hi there,

I like the mod a lot. it makes managing fertilizer production much more relaxed but how do I use the worms? The fishing rod didn't register them as bait, showing a 0/0 ammunition in hotbar.

Thank you very much for all the time and effort you invested in this mod <3
RedDwarf  [author] Aug 28, 2023 @ 4:50pm 
@JonC: Awesome =) I've actually got an update to this that I've been meaning to push -- been too busy with Paintball
JonC Aug 28, 2023 @ 10:34am 
Working great for me, thank you. Single player pve. ( I did copy paste the .ini info above )
RedDwarf  [author] Jul 31, 2023 @ 9:24am 
@Adrianne1976 : Yep! The INI settings will let you change the stamina/water cost of picking up poops, and there’s multiuse wheel options on the compost bin itself for choosing how many poops you want to pick up each attempt
Adrianne1976 Jul 31, 2023 @ 3:10am 
Is there a way to increase the amount of poop picked up using the Config Options?
ExcessiveBananas™ Apr 12, 2023 @ 4:09am 
For everyone else wondering where the default values are in the GameUserSettings.ini file you need to MANUALLY paste it in the file, it doesn't appear on its own after subscribing to the mod. My advice is to put it in the bottom of the code. Then save it. Worked for me. Great mod!
Godzilly ^~^ Apr 5, 2023 @ 12:38pm 
i cant find the location to change stuff, i checked in gameusersettings, but didnt find this mod there.
RedDwarf  [author] Mar 23, 2023 @ 12:51am 
You bet =) Basically you take a single poop and spread it around the bin to spoil everything =P
jaheem666 Mar 23, 2023 @ 12:48am 
Oh, it may have used a single feces, but I was not looking for only 1 to be used LOL

Thanks for clearing that up.
RedDwarf  [author] Mar 22, 2023 @ 11:36pm 
It should be consuming the feces, though -- I'll check on that. Thanks!
RedDwarf  [author] Mar 22, 2023 @ 11:36pm 
Hey @jaheem666: The recipe requires 1 feces, and then it will spoil all of the meat in the bin instantly =) Good for when you have stack mods, and you need to spoil thousands of meat all at once
jaheem666 Mar 22, 2023 @ 10:33pm 
Hiya again, just noticed that in the compost bin when mousing over the Spoil Meat recipe it shows the requirements for it being feces and not meat but will use the meat and not the feces.
jaheem666 Mar 12, 2023 @ 7:28am 
Thanks so much :)
RedDwarf  [author] Mar 12, 2023 @ 1:46am 
Hey @jaheem666: I've added that tag to the compost bin (I've known about it for a while, just never got around to doing it), but I think that documentation is old because the current version of S+ doesn't use it. I've found the spot in S+ where it needs to be added, and I'll talk to Orionsun about it.

In the meantime, I'll deploy the next update with the tag, and then it'll work with S+ whenever S+ adds that functionality back in. =)
jaheem666 Mar 10, 2023 @ 12:15am 
So I found this in the documentation of S+ and thought it might help:

To allow the Item Collector & Farmer to pull/push fertilizer & dung to your custom compost bins, add an entry to the "Tags" field with:

SPlusCollect
jaheem666 Mar 10, 2023 @ 12:07am 
Hiya, first let me say that I love this great mod. I was wondering if there is any way to get S+ to recognise your compost bin because when I have S+ sending poop to the compost it will not send them to your bin. Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
RedDwarf  [author] Jan 1, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
@MantarTheWizard: When that happens (with any mod) it means that your local mod files are out of date with the server. Try unsubscribing and resubscribing to the mod -- and if that doesn't work, try deleting your local mod file.
Erelae Dec 28, 2022 @ 10:52am 
I adore this mod. It served me very well through my first complete playthrough of The Island. I've ascended to Scorched Earth, and now the bin refuses to craft large fertilizer, despite dozens of regular fertilizer and tons of thatch being present.
Renshae Dec 27, 2022 @ 4:38am 
Mod is currently working perfectly for me, in single player. Honestly can't play without this
MantarTheWizard Jul 13, 2022 @ 3:04pm 
Can't seem to learn the engram, clicking on the learn button makes it flash but then leaves it in the locked state. At least it doesn't cost me the 6 engram points at the same time, I guess.
Also the command to give me the blueprint just fails silently. I've got cheats enabled, "admincheat god" will give me "godmode enabled/disabled" responses and all, but no blueprints will appear.
I've had this as the only mod enabled and it did this, currently I have two other small mods that shouldn't conflict.
So it seems like it's busted. Anyone have an idea?
Dark Mar 29, 2022 @ 7:24am 
doppest, mod, ever. how they dont have this in vanilla i'll never know.
Diego Jan 6, 2022 @ 9:56am 
1000 years to create a fertilizer. Already tried with 0.01- x5 - x10 Crafting Speed.:steamsad:
infinifix51 Nov 20, 2021 @ 9:58am 
Hi there I could use your help. I installed a mod called Rebalanced Compost Bin. Also I have Structures Plus mod installed. However my Item Collector & Farmer will not pull/push fertilizer & dung to my crop plots or dung beetles. I read the Third Party Mod Integration section:

5.) To allow the Item Collector & Farmer to pull/push fertilizer & dung to your custom beetles, make their "Custom Tag" or "Dino Name Tag":

Beetle

5.) To allow the Item Collector & Farmer to pull/push fertilizer & dung to your custom compost bins, add an entry to the "Tags" field with:

SPlusCollect

I can do this but I don't know how to do this. I play single player. Where is the ini file located? I don't see it In GameUserSetings.ini or Game.ini

Can you please tell me how to do this? What do I need to do?
Dark Oct 30, 2021 @ 4:53pm 
freakin sweet, thanks.
RedDwarf  [author] Oct 30, 2021 @ 9:32am 
@Dark: You bet, I’ll add that in the next patch. =)
Dark Oct 30, 2021 @ 6:12am 
any chance i can talk you into ini-ing the slot count?
RedDwarf  [author] Oct 15, 2021 @ 3:11pm 
Another update is out. This time just doing some optimizations and bugfixes. If you notice any bugs, please let me know on my discord. Thanks! https://discord.gg/VdKUDqd
RedDwarf  [author] Oct 4, 2021 @ 3:52pm 
Update is out! I'll get the INI settings posted soon. If you have any questions for feedback, feel free to ping me on my modding discord: https://discord.gg/VdKUDqd
sashahellsing Sep 27, 2021 @ 5:30pm 
k thx will add this long over due needed mod to my server cluster
RedDwarf  [author] Sep 27, 2021 @ 5:25pm 
@sashahellsing: The “pickup poop” feature broke last DLC, but everything else works great — and I’m getting ready to release a big update
sashahellsing Sep 27, 2021 @ 5:23pm 
does this still work as of 2021 ?
garyp156 Sep 10, 2021 @ 8:53am 
Thanks, RedDwarf.
RedDwarf  [author] Sep 10, 2021 @ 7:33am 
Hey everybody, I just realized I wasn't getting notifications about your comments here. I'll get the Poop Pickup fixed this weekend. I'll also remove the engram requirement.
Firella Sep 9, 2021 @ 4:31am 
Is there a new discord link?
garyp156 Aug 14, 2021 @ 8:19am 
I'm having the same issue. This no longer works it seems. It's a same, it was a really great mod.
sunjorn29 Jul 31, 2021 @ 9:23am 
I have a poop on the ground. I press collect poop command but it say no poop collected.