Best CurseForge Mods

Enhance your game with the best cross-platform Quality of Life mods available on CurseForge.

Cross-Platform Modding

For the first time in ARK history, mods are available on Xbox and PlayStation! You can browse and install these directly from the main menu using the in-game CurseForge browser.

Top Quality of Life Mods

1. Super Spyglass Plus / Awesome Spyglass

Replaces the vanilla spyglass. Shows the exact stats (Health, Melee, Weight) and stat points of wild dinosaurs, plus their taming requirements (which food they want and how many tranq darts it will take). Mandatory for breeders.

2. Automated Ark (AA)

Automates the tedious parts of the game. It pulls resources into crafting stations automatically, gathers poop and eggs from dinosaurs, and sorts your inventory with a single click. A must-have for large bases.

3. Custom Dino Levels

The Island map is notorious for spawning very low-level dinosaurs (levels 5 to 45). This mod equalizes the spawn weights so you have the same chance of finding a Level 150 Rex as you do on Ragnarok or The Center.

4. Awesome Teleporters!

Allows you to place teleport pads around the map and craft a personal remote to instantly travel to them. It also allows you to teleport your dinosaurs instantly to your location, removing the pain of moving land dinos across the map.

Best Dino & Content Mods

Kraken's Better Dinos

An overhaul mod that buffs and reworks dozens of useless vanilla dinosaurs. It gives the Triceratops a better charge, makes the Stegosaurus faster, and completely rebalances flyers.

Gryphons

Brings the fan-favorite Griffin from Ragnarok into Ascended with a high-quality model remake. They can dive-bomb and allow you to shoot weapons while riding.

S-Dino Variants

Adds glowing, Aberrant-style versions of dinosaurs to regular maps. Excellent for cosmetic hunting and breeding unique color mutations.

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