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SURVIVAL ASCENDED

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The Island

The original map. Discover all artifact caves, explorer notes, and how to conquer the Overseer.

Free Update 🌋

The Center

Navigate the floating island, deep sea trenches, and the dual boss arena (Broodmother + Megapithecus).

Free Update 🏜️

Scorched Earth

Survive the harsh desert heat, tame Wyverns, and defeat the Manticore.

Free Update Bob's Tall Tales (DLC) 🍄

Aberration

Navigate the radioactive underground, steal Rock Drake eggs, and tame Reapers.

Free Update Bob's Tall Tales (DLC) 🏙️

Extinction

Survive the corrupted Wasteland, defend OSDs, tame Titans, and defeat the King Titan.

Free Update Bob's Tall Tales (DLC) 🏝️

The Island

Every artifact cave, resource node and rare spawn, with coordinates.

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Ragnarok

Griffins, Ice Wyverns, and a massive 144 sq km open world.

Coming Soon ❄️

Fjordur

Nordic realms, Runes, Desmodus, and the legendary Fenrir.

Coming Soon 🐒

Lost Island

Ruins, Sinomacrops, Dinopithecus, and Amargasaurus.

Coming Soon

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Taming Calculator

Interactive tool to calculate required food, narcotics, and time to tame any dinosaur instantly.

New Tool 🥚

Breeding Calculator

Work out imprint timers, mutation odds and stat inheritance before you commit an egg.

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PvP Raid Calculator

Calculate the exact amount of C4, Rockets, and raw materials needed to wipe an enemy base.

New Tool 📜

Explorer Notes Tracker

Interactive checklist to track your collected Explorer Notes across all maps. Saves your progress locally.

New Tool 💀

Boss Tracker

Track all 12 bosses across every map and sync your ascensions to Game Memory.

New Tool 🦖

Essential Tames Tracker

Check off the 30 must-have creatures to tame and sync them to Game Memory.

New Tool 🗺️

Artifact Maps ✦

Real interactive maps of all 51 artifact caves across 7 worlds — click to log, synced to your Vault.

New Tool 🗺️

Interactive Resource Map

Toggle resource layers to find exact GPS coordinates and spawn locations across all story maps.

New Tool ⚙️

Engram Crafting Calculator

Calculate the total raw materials (Metal, Polymer, Paste) required for your base and structures.

New Tool

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Taming & Kibble

Learn knockout taming, passive taming, trap designs, and the complete Kibble chart.

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Bestiary & Tier List

The best dinosaurs for gathering, combat, and travel. Stats and abilities explained.

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Breeding & Mutations

How to hatch eggs, raise babies, and stack mutations for boss-killing super dinos.

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Base Building

Best base locations, structural integrity, and defense setups for PvE and PvP.

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Farming & Cooking

Greenhouse mechanics, fertilizer generation, and essential custom recipes.

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PvP & Raiding

Advanced strategies for soaking turrets, explosive damage, and FOB construction.

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Tek Tier & Element

Unlock the Tek Suit, farm Element efficiently, and build the ultimate base.

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Colors & Dyes

Dino color regions, rare event colors, and recipes for all 25 custom dyes.

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The Taming Compendium

A massive A-Z database of every creature in Ascended. Spawn locations, taming methods, and foods.

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Bosses & Ascension

Recommended armies, artifacts, and strategies to defeat the Guardians and the Overseer.

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Farming Routes

The best locations and dinosaurs to efficiently harvest Metal, Obsidian, Polymer, and Pearls.

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Cave Walkthroughs

Locations and required gear for surviving the artifact caves without losing your tames.

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Bob's Tall Tales

Learn to build trains, pilot airships, and dig up buried treasure in the new DLC.

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Console Commands

The most useful admin commands for single-player, debugging, or hosting a private server.

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Best CurseForge Mods

A curated list of the best cross-platform Quality of Life mods available for consoles and PC.

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FAQ

Quick answers about this guide, its checklists and how progress is saved.