ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Ark Omega
RoundWaffle Feb 3, 2023 @ 12:53am
Can’t Mate Dinos
I am new and trying to mate a basic comet ptera with a basic starfire ptera(both cosmic). Every time I enable mating, they start to mate for a few seconds and then both of their mating options reset to disabled and they stop. I saw in videos that you could breed the same variants together, but am I doing something wrong?
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Flockerkill Feb 3, 2023 @ 5:19am 
first of that are not the same variants, they are same group

secondly on default .ini settings you can only mate same variant (meteor + meteor)

you can see your current breeding mode in the ingame guide -> boss tab

1 means same variant but any tier
Fred Aug 25, 2023 @ 4:41pm 
What are there more breeding modes and what do they do
Flockerkill Aug 25, 2023 @ 6:47pm 
1 same group any tier, bosses unchanged, default

2 same variant same tier, bosses more easy

3 any variant any tier, bosses are stronger

7th variants ignore this modes beside the tier requirement
HATE Sep 24, 2023 @ 7:45pm 
Originally posted by Flockerkill:
first of that are not the same variants, they are same group

secondly on default .ini settings you can only mate same variant (meteor + meteor)

you can see your current breeding mode in the ingame guide -> boss tab

1 means same variant but any tier

When you say boss tab, I really can't find it, plus when I did change it to 3 it just kept not working and yes they are the same group and they are the same tier just different variant
Flockerkill Sep 24, 2023 @ 9:59pm 
Originally posted by HATE:
Originally posted by Flockerkill:
first of that are not the same variants, they are same group

secondly on default .ini settings you can only mate same variant (meteor + meteor)

you can see your current breeding mode in the ingame guide -> boss tab

1 means same variant but any tier

When you say boss tab, I really can't find it, plus when I did change it to 3 it just kept not working and yes they are the same group and they are the same tier just different variant
If one fo your dinos is one of the following conditions, than breeding will fail:
Is a gg variant
Is a clone
Is a 7th variant (lethal is 7th and psychosis is normal), 7th, no matter the breeding mode, can only mate with the same variant

Also rarely: if another Dino of the same species is near it can trigger to fail if it's one of the upper conditions
AlpacaGodman Jan 15, 2024 @ 9:16am 
Originally posted by Flockerkill:
first of that are not the same variants, they are same group

secondly on default .ini settings you can only mate same variant (meteor + meteor)

you can see your current breeding mode in the ingame guide -> boss tab

1 means same variant but any tier
what settingh do u need to change and hwere
Flockerkill Jan 15, 2024 @ 9:20am 
the one in your gus.ini called breeding mode
Cabana Jul 18, 2024 @ 7:51am 
Originally posted by Flockerkill:
the one in your gus.ini called breeding mode
Where is that file located?
Flockerkill Jul 19, 2024 @ 12:18am 
Originally posted by Cabana:
Originally posted by Flockerkill:
the one in your gus.ini called breeding mode
Where is that file located?
As it depends on multiple factors, the best way to search for the right file is useing a Google to find a tutorial about ark .inis
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