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Description

This mod adds 45+ mutated creatures to your ark. These dinos are designed to have unique twists and are either new or mutations of familar creatures that will not behave like you remember. 
The reason the mod is so large is because almost all of the dinos have remade models and textures.
This mod is not an overhaul and is designed to fit in with the base game without overrunning anything. Can be considered more of a DLC addition.


[New Dinos]

  • SHM-Rex: Extremely aggressive and faster than its full size counterparts.
  • SHM-Tuso: The SHM-Tuso can defy gravity and takes to the sky.
  • SHM-Argentavis: A pocket sized argentavis to light your way at night.
  • SHM-Flaming Wyvern: A faster and more dangerous version of the Flaming Wyvern.
  • SHM-Undead Wyvrn: How does this thing even fly?
  • SHM-Megalodon: Even Jason stratham wont be able to save you.
  • SHM-Yutyrannus: It looks really unwell...
  • SHM-Dodo: Together, Dodo strong.
  • SHM-Hagane: Turns wood into metal.
  • SHM-Dilo: Tamed like a Cacha.
  • SHM-Parasaur: Can carry more than any other dino. Perfect for pulling carts.
  • Anaconda: Just like the movie.
  • Frost Wyvern: Can snap freeze meat for longer storage. Cools the area around it.
  • Flaming Wyvern: It burns hotter than other wyverns and as such can travel for longer.
  • Tech Wyvern: It's like a Tek wyvern only spelt differently.
  • Fire Drake: A smaller version of a familiar Dragon.
  • Undead Wyvrn: Uses two types of elemental attack at once.
  • Maculonomia: Passively generates honey.
  • Monowolf: Be Princess Mononoke.
  • Gigachelon: Build a base on its back and take to the seas!
  • Predator Wyvern: You can't hide from its thermal vison.
  • Shadow Drake: You won't see it coming.
  • Sand Drake: Passive tame that is friendlier than other drakes.
  • Mud Drake: It really likes eating rocks.
  • Lissachatina: Ever wanted to build a base on the back of a snail?
  • Petaurus: Can expell oxygen to glide and keep you breathing underwater.
  • Shimogarmr: Its icebreath will freeze anything its tracks.
  • Corvus: Is it a crow or a glider?
  • Crystalized Wyvern: It's crystal fire breath will create crystal in anything it hits.
  • GM-Shoop: This little sheep can heal you and your dinos.
  • SHM-Shoop: This giant sheep will haunt your nightmares.
  • GM-Featherlight: It's eye glow like spots lights and can light up large areas.
  • GM-Schroomcap: Elegant and adorable.
  • GM-Firetail: Reminiscent of a gecko but will keep you warm.
  • Puppycorn: A slobbering, roly-poly ball of affection.
  • GM-Sinocomps: Makes you completely immune to radiation.
  • SHM-Shastasaurus: It's like a regular Shasta except a little bit faster and everything ignores it.
  • SHM-Puppycorn: A large ridable puppycorn that floats.
  • SHM-Velonosaur: Fires flaming darts.
  • SHM-Featherlight: A ridable featherlight that can do barrel rolls.
  • Tech Rex: A mechanical rex.
  • Giga Tech Rex: A boss that drops tek armor bluprints.
  • Shattered-Rynio: Build a base on its back.
  • Goober: A large cosmo you can ride on.

Dino and taming info can be found on the Wiki
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What are the SHM and GM mutations? There is a distinct difference between the SHM and GM creatures:

  • The GM creatures pass on their mutations to their offspring.
  • The SHM creatures obtain their mutations after they are born. They don't pass on.

Where do I get magma? Magma has a low drop chance when harvesting from obsidian nodes, and can also be obtained from harvesting some wyverns.

Where do I get irradiated metal? Irradiated metal has a low drop chance when harvesting any metal node. You can also make it using the Neutron Emitter.


The mod uses a custom spawn system in addition to wildcards in order to ensure that all of the creatures spawn across all maps. You can adjust the spawn rates ingame or via the ini settings. You can find more info in the wiki and also a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6ZspvFA4Y