ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Shiny! Dinos
Terris Sep 8, 2020 @ 7:27pm
how do I make a dino eat shiny essence
been trying to figure this out for a while now, there's no option to feed, even with it in the inventory
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strangechilde  [developer] Sep 8, 2020 @ 8:20pm 
If it's the raw essence you got from killing an Enraged (looks like an oil-slick coloured rock), you can't feed that. Use three of these to charge the Shiny prod, then use the Shiny prod on a wild Shiny with extra-special abilities. If you can then manage to kill it within 60 seconds, you will get the essence of that dino's abilities-- it looks like a little pile of rainbow dust. This is the thing you will be able to feed to a dino of the same class.
Terris Sep 8, 2020 @ 8:57pm 
ah so not just a regular shiny, got you :) I see what i was doing wrong now, I was using it on regular shinies
Weatherz Sep 9, 2020 @ 12:15pm 
@Strangechilde What do you mean by "class" and how is this beneficial? Why would I not just tame THAT dino? Could you elaborate on where the positive side is cus I think Im missing something. If there is a better explanation somewhere else, could you please guide me to that?
nevcairiel  [developer] Sep 9, 2020 @ 1:25pm 
The advantage is that you can apply it to your favorite dino that you already own, perhaps a bred one, or just a favorite you've had for a long time.

You can still just tame them if you want. :)

And "class" means the same type of dino. If you extract something from a Stego, then you can only apply it to another Stego.
strangechilde  [developer] Sep 9, 2020 @ 9:07pm 
If you give Shiny special abilities to a dino you've bred and imprinted, you will get the best of both worlds--- your imprint benefits, plus, if you've put work into your breeding, a nice ability for an already strong dino. Another neat thing is you can now potentially have Shiny special abilities on dinos you can't tame, but have to steal the eggs and raise the babies.
@Steve@ Sep 10, 2020 @ 3:34am 
Just to be sure that I got it right.
Let's say I've got a bred Rex and it's now lvl 500.
1) What happens, if I hunt a "Rainbow Rex Essence" and feed it to my Rex? Probably nothing, because it's just a colour. Will the colour of my Rex change?
2) What happens, if I hunt a "Hefty Rainbow Rex Essence" and feed it to my Rex? Will it get now additional stats in Health?
3) What happens, if I hunt a "Burning Rex Essence" and feed it to my Rex? Will it burn from now on?
Last edited by @Steve@; Sep 10, 2020 @ 3:35am
strangechilde  [developer] Sep 10, 2020 @ 5:59am 
1) Yes, that's right. Plain colours won't work. 2) No, the stat boost abilities just add points to the wild dino when it is chosen for Shinification. It's not a special ability. 3) Yes! Your beautiful level 500 Rex can now be ON FIRE!!!!!
@Steve@ Sep 11, 2020 @ 2:43am 
Thank you!
Sireoptera Sep 14, 2020 @ 6:30am 
Just curious, how do I get the raw shiny essence in the first place?
strangechilde  [developer] Sep 14, 2020 @ 8:13am 
Kill Enraged shinies.
Sireoptera Sep 14, 2020 @ 8:21am 
Right I read that and my brain just must have said "Nope" and chucked it out.. Sorry about that and thank you so much for your help.~ :)
strangechilde  [developer] Sep 14, 2020 @ 8:23am 
Brains are weird! Haha, no problem. :)
LUNA Nov 12, 2020 @ 1:04am 
After applying the special shiny essence (burning, frozen, ect.) on regular dino, can i cryopot it without loosing this effect? Or will be lost the applied shiny effect after cryopoting it? @strangechilde
Last edited by LUNA; Nov 12, 2020 @ 1:05am
strangechilde  [developer] Nov 12, 2020 @ 5:26am 
It will still be lost if you cryopod it or upload it to to an obelisk, yes. The special Shiny abilities are persistent buffs, and cryopods and obelisk uploads don't retain that information. Dino Storage 2's soul traps do, which is why we recommend using Dino Storage with Shiny. I'd recommend Dino Storage anyway even without Shiny. It's flat out a brilliant mod. @lun-A
Last edited by strangechilde; Nov 12, 2020 @ 5:26am
djphllps Nov 26, 2020 @ 12:40am 
I have bred some raptors and am trying to feed them shiny essence taken from special raptors but when i put them in the inventory the consume option is greyed out. What am i doing wrong here? Also i noticed i can breed shiny Pteranadons but not my shiny raptors not sure what to do here lol. Edit......ok i tried to feed the essence to a normal tame and it still has not option for consume.
Last edited by djphllps; Nov 26, 2020 @ 12:58am
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