ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Scorched Earth Tabula Rasa
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YMD  [developer] Sep 5, 2016 @ 10:31am
README: Detailed FAQ & Tips
Fear Wyverns Types FAQ
  • All Zombie types: Slightly better physical defense but weaker against their own element. Loves Rex Kibble.
  • Undead type: Slightly better defense but weaker against explosives, bullets, lightning, Immune to Fire and Poison. Loves Rex Kibble.
  • DodoWyvern: Better defense but weak against Fire. Loves Spino Kibble.
Note: All Fear wyverns are tameable and breedable. But setting NoTamingWyvern will not work on them. You can disable their spawns instead by setting NumFearWyvern=-1

General FAQ
  1. Changing any 'Num*' spawn settings to a negative number, e.g. -1 will disable that type of spawn. Don't put 0 as that will revert to default instead.

  2. All Wyverns are tameable and breedable. Alpha / Fear Wyverns too.
    Manticore Boss is tameable too, but has a 'cage-stuck' exploit prevention (means don't build structures to trap it or you can't tame it).

  3. Manticore Boss drops Tek elements and Tek engrams when killed. But will not drop if tamed. Server setting can disable this.

  4. Oil Pump works and is very expensive to craft, generates 30 free oil per hour, and needs to be built in large water bodies.

  5. Ice wyverns are weak to fire and fly slower, but they shoot Torpor-inducing ice missiles. Disabling wyvern taming via settings means using default ark wyverns, hence will also disable ice wyverns.

  6. (Wyvern milk for hatching eggs can be obtained from knocked out wild wyverns, or from killing alpha wyverns)

  7. Scorched Shrine can store wyvern milk much longer.

  8. Learn the engrams from your player's learn list.
    Learn the 'Scorched Shrine' to unlock resource engrams like 'Sand', 'Propellant', and few other special SE items like 'Dragon Gloves'.

  9. Check under your "Primal" section engram list for this mod, not "Scorched Earth". After learning the engrams, they will appear in the shrine for crafting.

  10. All wild dino spawns are randomly generated. They will not spawn near players or bases. Compatible with any map and optimized for performance.

  11. More than one shrine doesn't matter, build as many as you want. There is smart checks to prevent any problems with spawners.

  12. Wild dino levels follow your server's difficulty level. If you wish to increase it, consider using a difficulty increase mod for higher dino levels e.g. : "Epic Level" or "Difficulty+".
    Or consider this newest ark setting: Servers can now override their difficulty above 4.0, using "?OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0"

  13. If you use Annunaki mod on your server, then set mod setting to UseHighLevelDinos=true. If you don't use it, make sure you keep it as false or just don't write that setting.

    Server settings controls explained & tips:
  14. Server settings should be added as a new section inside your server's GameUserSettings.ini. Not specifying it is fine, the mod will then use defaults.
    - NumBoss: Manticore. (Sleep tameable/breedable)
    - NumWyvern: Wyverns (Fire, Poison, Lightning. Sleep tameable/breedable, but can disable)
    - NumMegaWyvern: Alpha Wyvern (drops milk, no tame)
    - NumWorm: Deathworm, Alpha Deathworm (5% chance only). No tame.
    - NumBig: Rock Golem.
    - NumFlyer: Vulture, Moth, Water Bug.
    - NumDino: Moth, all remaining land dinos.
    - NumJerboaMother: Jerboa Mother (she can heal nearby pets and players)
    - NumUndeadJerboa: Control spawn count of small tameable Undead jerboas.
    - NumFearWyvern: Control spawns of tameable special ark fear wyverns: dodowyvern, undead, zombie.
    - NumWyvernNest: This is off by default. You can set how many max wild wyvern nests you want to autospawn. Each nest can spawn up to 2 fert eggs. Nests will be laid near wild wyverns. Recommend not too high, maybe 10 to 20 is good.
    - UseHighLevelDinos: Set this to true if you wish to use this on Annunaki servers. It will spawn higher base level, damage and resistance dinos instead. But leave as false if using with difficulty mods instead.
    - NoTamingWyvern: Default false will use this mod's wyverns which are tameable, breedable and have turning control fixes. Change to true if you want to use ark's original wyverns without these traits.
    - ManticorePassive: Change to true will force wild Manticores to not attack players unless attacked first.
    - DisableJerboaHeal: Default false means all Jerboa Mothers can use their Heal alt ability. Set true to block it.
    - DisableTekDrops: Default 0 or -1 means Tek elements and engrams will drop from wild Manticore. (Change to 1 to disable all Tek Drops/Engrams from it.)
    - DisableItem: Click Here for Full List

Extra: How to Lower Manticore Boss Damage / Armor Resistance / Torpor Resistance.
  • Add under "shootergamemode" section in your server's Game.ini file, example:
      [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
    • DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="Manticore_Character_BP_C",Multiplier=0.50)
    • DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="Manticore_Character_BP_C",Multiplier=0.50)
    • DinoClassTorporMultipliers=(ClassName="Manticore_Character_BP_C",Multiplier=0.50)
Last edited by YMD; Mar 5, 2017 @ 6:22pm
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Virtual Realms Sep 8, 2016 @ 9:47am 
Heya Pegi, this is probably a very stupid question so please forgive my ignorance. In single player where would one go to change the spawn settings? Or would these entries need to be added somewhere for single player?
How do I get Dino's 2 spawn?
YMD  [developer] Sep 8, 2016 @ 1:46pm 
Singleplayer has a GameUserSettings.ini too. It's located in one of the ark folder, you'll have to search for it.
YMD  [developer] Sep 8, 2016 @ 1:47pm 
Build a scorched shrine anywhere. One will do.
Last edited by YMD; Sep 8, 2016 @ 1:47pm
Nellom Sep 8, 2016 @ 7:51pm 
i searched all the gameusersettings.ini's and i cannot find the lines for the dino spawns anywhere would like to turn the bosses off and there are wyverns everywhere lol
YMD  [developer] Sep 8, 2016 @ 10:57pm 
u have to add the lines in yourself
NinjaVenomz Sep 9, 2016 @ 8:24pm 
Hey Pegi, how would you change how long the egg hatch and growing to an adult take. My server settings for that dont seem to affect this
YMD  [developer] Sep 9, 2016 @ 10:30pm 
i dont know, u have to search ark forums for a tutorial
Wildefire Sep 9, 2016 @ 10:49pm 
I'm really noobish...by any chance could I get some help? I'm trying to update the spawn rates in my singleplayer game, however I have no idea where to go to change the settings properly. I want to remove the Boss spawns from the mod as the Chimera seems bugged at the moment (dying to an invisible flying monster isn't that fun).
YMD  [developer] Sep 9, 2016 @ 11:55pm 
you will have a gameusersettings.ini too, just search your ark folders.
then Set NumBoss=-1
YMD  [developer] Sep 9, 2016 @ 11:56pm 
Right now it appears that deathworms cant really work on theIsland. I've tried spawning them and they just disappear after a few minutes. Not sure how ark is doing this on the SE map.
Cha0sfury Sep 10, 2016 @ 12:38am 
Originally posted by ̀͠͏̡Pegi16̖̲͕:
Right now it appears that deathworms cant really work on theIsland. I've tried spawning them and they just disappear after a few minutes. Not sure how ark is doing this on the SE map.

Do you know about Valhalla? Because this map accually does have a desert. If so is is possible to make it so they only spawn there?
Last edited by Cha0sfury; Sep 10, 2016 @ 12:39am
28 Sep 10, 2016 @ 1:09am 
Originally posted by Cha0sfury:
Originally posted by ̀͠͏̡Pegi16̖̲͕:
Right now it appears that deathworms cant really work on theIsland. I've tried spawning them and they just disappear after a few minutes. Not sure how ark is doing this on the SE map.

Do you know about Valhalla? Because this map accually does have a desert. If so is is possible to make it so they only spawn there?
Valhalla is no longer supported by developers. I see no reason to make optimisations for that map :)
Cha0sfury Sep 10, 2016 @ 1:36am 
Originally posted by TePMuHaToP:
Originally posted by Cha0sfury:

Do you know about Valhalla? Because this map accually does have a desert. If so is is possible to make it so they only spawn there?
Valhalla is no longer supported by developers. I see no reason to make optimisations for that map :)

How long has it not been supported and any reason why?
28 Sep 10, 2016 @ 2:10am 
Originally posted by Cha0sfury:
Originally posted by TePMuHaToP:
Valhalla is no longer supported by developers. I see no reason to make optimisations for that map :)

How long has it not been supported and any reason why?
something happened with map optimization. it can not be optimized because of map size, too many items and something went wrong after game updates, I'm not sure exactly. Was away for 3 month. Excited Kangaroo making new smaller map (not smaller Valhalla. new map) to release :)
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