🧬 M-BioShift

Mod ID: 1314180

M-BioShift introduces a new breed of red-black ARK creatures with enhanced stats, unique abilities, and quality-of-life improvements. Each creature has been biologically “shifted” to provide new gameplay variety while retaining its original core identity. Expect frequent additions as the project grows!

🦖 M-BioShift Creature Overview

🐌 M-Achatina

Passively produces Cementing Paste (toggleable ON/OFF)

🐙 M-Angler

Increased Stamina & Weight
Weight reduction on Silica Pearls & Black Pearls
Can harvest Black Pearls
Can swim backwards

⛏️ M-Ankylo

Smelts Metal automatically in its inventory (toggleable ON/OFF)
Weight reduction on Metal Ingots, Scrap Metal, Wood, Thatch, Stone, Flint & Berries
Much faster and can jump

🌲 M-Archa

Passively produces Sap (toggleable ON/OFF)

🐢 M-Archelon

50% faster
Produces Algae much quicker

🦅 M-Argentavis

Can fly backwards
30% faster than vanilla
Strong weight reduction on Metal, Ingots, Obsidian, Crystal & Stone

🦬 M-Bison

Slightly larger
Can harvest Stone & Metal
Produces Milk faster
Nearby babies request Milk for imprinting more often

🦖 M-Carcha

Cooks Meat automatically in its inventory
Much higher Weight & weight reduction on all Meat types

🦫 M-Castoroides

50% faster than vanilla
Can jump
Massive weight reduction on Wood, Fiber, Thatch, Stone, Fungal Wood & Berries

🐈 M-Cat

Knockout tame so every cat can be tamed
30% larger than normal

🦏 M-Cerato

No special ability yet — just looks cooler in red & black

⚡ M-Cnidaria

50% larger, 30% faster
Rideable and a knockout tame
Passively produces Biotoxin (toggleable ON/OFF)

🐷 M-Daeodon

Uses less Food while healing
50% faster than vanilla

🐊 M-Deinosuchus

Already strong enough — just red & black style!

🐘 M-Deinotherium

Just a stylish red-and-black variant 🔥

🐻 M-Direbear

Much faster than vanilla
Passively produces Honey (toggleable ON/OFF)

🪨 M-Doedicurus

2× faster than vanilla
Can jump, even while rolling
Better turning radius

🦕 M-Dreadnoughtus

Smaller, faster, and more Stamina
Less HP & Damage
Knockout tame, 5% chance to replace Bronto spawns

🦈 M-Dunkleo

Swims faster and can reverse swim
Higher Weight & Stamina

🐴 M-Equus

30% faster than normal
Now wears a stylish hat

🦎 M-Fasolasuchus

30% faster
Gains 500 Torpor from any rock — easier to knock out

🔥 M-Fire Wyvern

More Stamina & Weight
Better turn radius and can fly backwards

🦖 M-Giga

Rex-sized, slightly stronger
Usable in boss arenas
New tail swipe attack (right-click)
Can jump
Very rare spawn, replacing some Rexes

🪶 M-Gigantoraptor

Knockout tame – no more baby dancing!
Drops more feathers
Can jump higher and glide

🦅 M-Griffin

Flies backwards faster
Can carry up to 300 Drag Weight

🦈 M-Helicoprion

50% faster movement speed
Much higher Blueprint success rate (cap 90%)

❄️ M-Ice Wyvern

More Stamina & Weight
Better turn radius and can fly backwards

🐦 M-Ichthyornis

Replaces 100% of vanilla spawns
No longer steals items

🦀 M-Karkinos

Wild ones no longer grab you

⚡ M-Lightning Wyvern

More Stamina & Weight
Better turn radius and can fly backwards

🦋 M-Lymantria

50% faster than vanilla
Can fart much more frequently
Uses less stamina while doing so

🐴 M-Maeguana

5% chance to replace Equus spawns — spawns on every map
Higher nursing range

🔥 M-Magmasaurus

5% chance to replace Pyromane
Knockout tame
Saddle manually added
Taunt attack temporarily removed (not yet in DevKit)

🦗 M-Mantis

Much larger than vanilla
Harvests 3× more resources
Can jump and is a knockout tame
Intended as a Tek Stryder substitute

🦎 M-Megalania

40% faster, even while climbing
Can jump and applies Thyla Bleed on auto-attack
Swims faster

🦈 M-Megalodon

33% larger, 33% faster, 50% stronger bite

🦖 M-Megalosaurus

Never sleeps
Can jump, with more Stamina & Weight

🦖 M-Megaraptor

10–20% more base damage
Replaces 5% of Carno spawns on all maps

🐻 M-Megatherium

Insect buff lasts 300 s (was 120 s)
50% faster

🐋 M-Mosa

30% smaller
Can swim backwards

🦏 M-Pachy

Same base stats as a Rex – finally boss-ready

🐀 M-Pegomastax

Replaces 100% of vanilla spawns
No longer steals items
Knockout tame for peaceful taming

🐖 M-Phiomia

Converts 5 Feces → 1 M-Fertilizer
M-Fertilizer lasts 4× longer
Must be manually placed into Crop Plots
50% faster and can small-jump

🐟 M-Piranha

0.5% chance to replace Megalodons
Deals as much damage as a Plesio
Immune to Jellyfish & Eels
Knockout tame, breedable, no saddle needed

☠️ M-Poison Wyvern

More Stamina & Weight
Better turn radius and can fly backwards

🦅 M-Pteranodon

Barrel roll (C-roll) costs less Stamina
Can use weapons while riding
No cooldown on barrel roll

🦊 M-Purlovia

Rideable, doesn’t stun players
High jump, applies Bleed on primary attack
Uses Thyla base stats

🦜 M-Quetzal

Smaller, but much faster

🦖 M-Raptor

30% faster, more Stamina, and higher jump

🐺 M-Ravager

Can use weapons while riding

🦖 M-Rex

Smaller turn radius, more Stamina & Weight
Weight reduction on all Meats & Hide

🦏 M-Rhino

Can mine Stone

🪰 M-Rhynio

Smaller, faster, knockout tame

🦎 M-Rock Drake

Much more agile while gliding
Less Stamina drain while in glide mode
Knockout tame
Will later drop eggs when killed

🐈 M-Saber

Larger than vanilla
Uses Allo base stats
Weight reduction on Hide, Meat, Chitin & Keratin

🦈 M-Shasta

66% faster
Can harvest Stone, Metal & Oil
1% chance to replace Megalodon spawns — spawns on all maps

🦌 M-Shinehorn

3× larger, rideable, Carno base stats
Can jump higher and move backwards

🦉 M-Snow Owl

Better gliding and reverse flight

🦖 M-Spino

Water buff lasts longer and is stronger

🦜 M-Tapejara

70% faster, deals Bleed damage with every hit

🐾 M-Therizino

Higher base Weight
Weight reduction on Hide, Raw/Prime Meat, Wood, Thatch, Fiber, Pelt
20% faster

🦎 M-Thorny Dragon

Converts Wood → Charcoal
Weight reduction on Wood, Thatch, Fiber, Stone & Charcoal
40% faster and can jump

🐅 M-Thyla

More HP & Damage
Faster movement speed

🦐 M-Trilobite

50% larger, 70% faster
Knockout tame, rideable, breedable
Passively produces Oil (toggleable ON/OFF)

🦎 M-Troodon

Knockout tame, rideable, larger
Uses Allo base stats
Bleed attack with C-key

🦑 M-Tusoteuthis

20% faster, better turn radius

🦖 M-Velo

More Stamina
Minigun mode uses less Stamina
Faster movement while firing
Spawns 10% replacing Velos, 5% replacing Thorny Dragons

🐋 M-Xipha

Swims backwards
Wild Xiphas don’t dismount you anymore

🐦 M-Yi Ling

Spawns on all maps (1% replacing Raptors, 10% replacing Yi Lings)
Jumps much higher than vanilla
Drops Plant Z when killed (used for taming)

🦖 M-Microraptor

Fully replaces all Microraptor spawns (100%)
No longer stuns you off your mount ⚡

🔥 M-Phoenix

Moves 50% faster than the vanilla Phoenix
Spawns with a 1% chance instead of Argentavis

🕊️ M-Pelagornis

Faster, with increased Stamina and Damage
Converts Organic Polymer into regular Polymer ⚙️

🔬 Notes

More genetically enhanced creatures will follow. The BioShift has just begun.

🙏 Credits & Links

Big thanks to Nekatus,Bluesucho and Freakybert for helping me understand the Dev Kit a little better!

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