New dino variants, more realistic AI behaviors, new weapons, new armor, advanced player progression. This is an overhaul mod that creates an entirely new and exciting survival adventure on The Island
Incinerator unlocked at level 23. Works like an early game grinder to melt down unwanted items for 10% material return
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Early game Mantis Saddle and Primitive Forest Ghillie.jpg
Little sand scorpions attacking a dodo
A heavy slingshot. Notice the weapons also have simple tooltips that include the damage!
A small pack of dilos hunting together
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An Ancient World Reimagined
Description
Key Features:
Full survival adventure overhaul
600+ new dinos and dino variants
Hundreds of new saddles, weapons, armor, and items
Fully customized loot system
Dozens of new structures that offer new gameplay and features
New dino behaviors and AI
The game progresses in difficulty as you travel through different biomes
Deep player progression from the beaches all the way to world Mini-Boss dinos wandering in the Map
Supported Maps for Jurassic Awakening:
The Center
The Island
Ragnarok
*More will be added as time allows.
Note: This is a challenging survival mod, and is not intended to be easy. Even veteran players can expect to be pushed and challenged in a new experience!
Mod Summary/Vision:
Experience a Premium Level Mod, that is completely free!
Jurassic Awakening is an ambitious overhaul for ARK Survival Ascended, creating a world of ominous realism. From stronger behemoths to fun new companions, the mod breathes new life to Your ARK Adventure.
The mod introduces sophisticated custom AI and behaviors, bringing to life the pack and herd mentalities of these ancient creatures. We want you to feel immersed in a realistic Jurassic experience, while also giving you a massive scale of new content to explore!
Current Feature List:
Dinos increase in level and as you travel from Southeast beaches to the Northwest snow
New dino behaviors and AI to create realism and unique encounters
New herd spawning, following, hunting, and defending mechanics
Hundreds of dino variants…ranging from DLC dinos that have been rebalanced, to popular dinos that can spawn as special variants with unique stats
Loot variety mechanics, including weapons, armor, and saddles being able to drop with special stats and properties. Rebalanced dino and supply drop loot tables
Rebalanced the durability and armor system. Armor no longer instantly breaks during your first battle
Deep player progression system
The leveling rate is slowed down, with 3x as many items, weapons, armor, structures, saddles, and new dino encounters per level, and you get nearly 3x the stat pts per level.
We were deciding whether or not to make the max player level 450, but instead went with packing 3x as much content in per level, but slowing the leveling rate to 1/3rd. This allows the player to really enjoy all the new content that's been added to each stage of the game!
Hundreds of new weapons and armors
Dozens of new buildings offering new gameplay mechanics and deeper gameplay progression
We have many more features in development, and we continue to release new content every few days!
Please leave feedback if you are interested in seeing this mod grow and develop
We look forward to hearing from you, and hope you enjoy your experience!
Important Notes / Installation:
Please start a new game to play this mod. It is not compatible with old game settings. To create a new singleplayer game, simply go into your steam folder and backup your current map folders. Then you can safely delete your save games in-game and create a new world to enjoy the full experience of this mod!
This is a massive scale overhaul mod. It is not intended for use with other mods. There are some which will be compatible, but as mentioned, this is intended to be a standalone Challenging game overhaul.
This mod is intended to be a consistent experience for all players. It requires very specific game settings to play properly. And for these reasons, we automatically override your singleplayer and multiplayer game settings with the mod's own game settings. You do not have to set any special server settings for this mod. (Server owners can set Stack size to "2" to avoid any potential Multiplayer Issues) Simply leave your settings at something somewhat normal, and the mod will automatically adjust your world to give you the Jurassic Awakening experience
Flyers: Yes, there are tameable flyers in this mod. However, they are rare spawns until you venture into the difficult areas. We want players to enjoy their journey and experience the maps WildCard published
This mod is intended to be a challenge! The content will provide scaling difficulty and will give you a challenge that levels with you as you progress.
Available Servers:
If you would like to test out this mod and see that you want to host it for your group of friends, we have provided servers for you to play on and test the mod out!
Or if you just want to play and survive with others, come check them out.
**Finding the CrossPlayServers
[How to find our servers:]
Wiki / Mod Details:
These videos by our Content Creators, give a really good overview of what our mod offers:
We will be publishing a full mod wiki, with a complete breakdown of biomes, dinos, items etc. In the mean time, visit the mod's discord page for a breakdown and guide on the mod info, along with patch notes, feature discussion, etc. https://discord.gg/QWYkehnr7D
Additionally, we are creating an in-game guide. You will simply be able to open your inventory and pull up an in-game guide that explains details about what to expect in each biome, info about the new dinos, new items etc.
Upcoming Features:
Many new ranged weapons being added, multiple ammo types per gun, interchangeable scopes.
Lead and tungsten ore veins spawning naturally in the northern mountains, allowing the crafting of better ammunition
New content for Caves, dungeon areas, and oceans
More weapons and armor options for mid to late game
Many more unique dinos, variants, and world boss like dinos in the works
In-game tablet with mod info, dino stats, achievements and missions
More unique and realistic dino behaviors and gameplay mechanics coming soon.
This is a fast evolving mod! Updates are published every few days based on feedback, rebalancing, and feature requests! Check out the discord for a full list of features and patch notes!
Available Video Content:
Changing Settings in Jurassic Awakening:
Yes, Jurassic Awakening is a challenging mod, and intended to be so!
However, we have provided two additional features that allow some adjustment within the mod.
Singleplayer adjustment::
The mod will automatically detect if you are on singleplayer and will adjust several of the settings to specifically cater to the flow and time limitations of singleplayer.
Settings Panel:
There is a Settings panel available within the mod! Server administrators and singleplayer games can adjust the mod between Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty. And inside of the setting panel, it will show you all of the rates and changes that are made to the game when changing difficulties.
Yes, Easy does have a little higher harvest rates, xp gain, etc. The mod will still be very challenging, but these aspects will be a little easier. Note that when changing difficulties, it also affects the game loot and how often the rare items can be found. Normal difficulty is the recommended experience.
How to Access the Settings Panel:
For server admins and for singleplayer, simply open your inventory. On the righthand side of the screen, there is a blue icon that will open the Settings page. If for some reason your admin access is not showing, you can always suicide by consuming the Ark implant inside of your inventory. Upon respawning, the blue gear icon will be showing in your inventory.
NOTE: The Blue Lock Icon,  is for our Early Access supporters, they have access to the newest features that we believe still need a bit of real world testing before we set them as Live.  See the discord if you want to Join!
Arkikon: "Cooking Station" licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution The 3D model is modified from its original form by Haliotro
bdou19s: "Katana 3D model" licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution The 3D model is modified from its original form by Haliotro
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Charlie Tinley "Hunting Rifle" licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution The 3D model is modified from its original form by Haliotro
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Make Armor work like armor should! Improved durability and adjusted damage reductions for balance. All armor classes, engrams, and blueprints have been updated for a balanced and improved armor system
Make Armor work like armor should! Improved durability and adjusted damage reductions for balance. All armor classes, engrams, and blueprints have been updated for a balanced and improved armor system
