Ark: Survival Evolvedcan be a very gratifying game. Once you figure out how to craft and tame your dinos then you’re in for a treat. Sometimes though, you just want to romp around and in those cases cheats help a lot - so with that being said here are the commands so that you can have everything at your disposal.

Enabling Ark Commands

Firstly, the console will need to be opened (not the console you’re playing on). To do this simply press the corresponding button for your format:

After pressing these you will see a bar appear at the bottom of the screen, letting you know you have done it correctly. This will also be where you input the commands.

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Multiplayer

If you are wanting to use cheats in multiplayer mode then you will have to typeEnableCheats [Password]. The password is the one held by theAdmin. If you are playing within a server then you will also need to putadmincheatin front before inputting the command.

Player Console Commands

Creative Mode allows you to have all crafting equipment, no inventory or weight limits and also makes you invincible as well as repellent to enemies.

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Spawn and Tame Dinosaurs

[Type]options, are entries specified inArk Creature IDs, and[Tier]settings are from one of the following options:

ForcePoop- Makes the dinosaur you are targeting or riding to poop

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Spawn Items, Armor & Weapons

GiveWeaponSet [Tier] [Quality]- Provides you with all the weapons specified in the tier you select.

You must include one of the followTiersin the command for it to work:

[Quality]is optional and can be a number ranging from 0 to 20; or you may use one of the following phrases instead:Primitive, Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant, Alpha

[Tier]for armor is a setting that is required and mandatory, you can pick from the following options:0 (or Cloth), 1 (or Chitin), 2 (or Metal or Flak), 3 (or Tek), Hide, Fur, Desert, Ghillie, Riot, Scuba, Hazard

[Quality]for armoris required/mandatory and can be a number ranging from 0 to 20; or you can use one of the following phrases instead:Primitive, Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant, Alpha

GiveItemSet [Tier]- Gives you all the items in the tier you specify.

[Tier]for items is a required and mandatory setting, choose from one of the following options:

The following items can be used to spawn items to either yourself or another specified player:

GiveItem [BlueprintPath] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]GiveItemNum [ItemNum] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]

GiveItemToPlayer [PlayerID] [BlueprintPath] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]GiveItemNumToPlayer [PlayerID] [ItemNum] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]

[Quantity]and[Quality]work the same as for the lists above.[ForceBlueprint]is either1orTrueto include the blueprint, or0orFalseto just add the item itself.

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