Ark cheats provide a whole host of shortcuts and benefits that will significantly increase your chance of survival, as you explore a world full of dinosaurs and other threats that could end you with little warning. Within the selection of Ark Survival Evolved cheats and console commands you'll find codes to immediately receive weapons and supplies you'd otherwise have to slave away to earn, and even control the behavior of beasts around you to bend them to your will. Handily, a lot of the Ark cheats available are compatible with PC, PS4, and Xbox One, including the classics such as God mode and item spawning, so console players can easily get in on the action. Whether you're trying to simplify some of the more complicated processed or just playing around, here's everything you need to know about all of the Ark Survival Evolved cheats.
How to enable Ark cheats
To open the console and enter these Ark console commands, you should press the following key or button combinations:
* PC - Tab key (also works if using keyboard and mouse on a console)
* PS4 - L1, R1, Square, and Triangle (in the pause menu)
* Xbox One - LB, RB, X, and Y (in the pause menu)
This will then give you a small text bar to enter the Ark cheats you want to use. When you're finished, just press the same key or button combination again to close the console.
These cheats should work 'as is' in single player, but in multiplayer you'll need to input EnableCheats [Password] with the admin password first, and may need to then prefix them with admincheat if you're playing on a server. We've listed what we consider to be the most useful Ark cheats below, with the console commands in bold which are not case-sensitive.
Ark cheats for player console commands
God - Toggle God mode, prevents all damage apart from drowning
InfiniteStats - Refill your health, stamina, oxygen, food, and water
GMBuff - Combine God and InfiniteStats effects with extra experience points
EnemyInvisible - Every creature will leave you alone, even if you attack
LeaveMeAlone - Combine God, InfiniteStats, and EnemyInvisible effects
ChangeSize [value] - Adjust your character size by this multiplier, default = 1
Fly - Your character can fly
Ghost - Your character can pass through objects (no clip mode)
Walk - Cancels Fly and/or Ghost effects
Teleport - Moves you forward until you collide with an object or terrain
TeleportPlayerIDToMe [PlayerID] - Moves the specified player to you
TeleportPlayerNameToMe [PlayerName] - Moves the specified player to you
TeleportToPlayer [PlayerID] - Moves your character to the specified player
TeleportToPlayerName [PlayerName] - Moves you to the specified player
TPCoords [Lat] [Lon] [Altitude] - Moves your character to the specified GPS location. Refer to the full list of Ark Coordinates for more information
GiveCreativeMode - Sets you in Creative Mode
GiveCreativeModeToTarget - Sets the targeted player in Creative Mode
GiveCreativeModeToPlayer [PlayerID] - Sets specified player in Creative Mode
While in Creative Mode, players have no weight restrictions or crafting requirements, crafting is instant, all engrams are unlocked, God and InfiniteStats effects are applied, and more
Ark cheats to spawn and tame dinosaurs
DoTame - Tame the targeted dinosaur, if it can be tamed
ForceTame - Tame the targeted dinosaur, which can be ridden without a saddle
ForceTameAOE [Radius] - Tame all dinosaurs in specified radius, default = 2000
Summon [Type] - Spawn the specified creature to your location
SummonTamed [Type] - Spawn the specified tamed creature to your location
GMSummon ["Type"] [Level] - Spawns a tamed creature of a set level
GiveDinoSet [Tier] [Quantity] - Spawns set of dinos with saddles
For [Type] options, refer to the full list of Ark Creature IDs, and [Tier] settings must be one of the following options:
0 - Raptor, Dilo, Trike
1 - Raptor, Carnotaurus, Thylacoleo
2 - Rex, Spino, Paracer, Therizinosaur
3 - Normal Rex, Rex with Tek Saddle, Daeodon, Yutyrannus, Therizinosaur
Flyers - Pteranodon, Tapejara with Tek Saddle, Argentavis, Quetzal
Mek - Mek with M.S.C.M., Mek with M.R.L.M., Mek with M.D.S.M., Element for each
SiegeMek - Mek with M.S.C.M., Element, Cannon Shell
MissleMek - Mek with M.R.L.M., Element, Rocket Pod
ShieldMek - Mek with M.D.S.M., Element
Argent - Argentavis
Extinction - Enforcer, Gasbags, Snow Owl, Gacha, Managarmr, Velonasaur
ForcePoop - Forces the dinosaur you are riding or targeting to poop
Ark cheats to spawn weapons, armor, and items
GiveWeaponSet [Tier] [Quality] - Spawns you all weapons in the specified tier
Weapon [Tier] is a required setting and must be one of the following numbers:
0 - Bow, Pike, Spear, Bola (Primitive)
1 - Assault Rifle, Shotgun, Longneck Rifle, Sword, Grenade (Basic)
2 - Compound Bow, Fabricated Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, C4 Charge (Advanced)
3 - Tek Grenade, Tek Rifle, Tek Railgun, Tek Sword (Tek)
Weapon [Quality] is an optional setting and can either be a number from 0 to 20 or one of the following:
Primitive, Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant, Alpha
GiveArmorSet [Tier] [Quality] - Spawns you a full armor set in the specified tier and quality then equips it
Armor [Tier] is a required setting and must be one of the following:
0 (or Cloth), 1 (or Chitin), 2 (or Metal or Flak), 3 (or Tek), Hide, Fur, Desert, Ghillie, Riot, Scuba, Hazard
Armor [Quality] is a required setting and can either be a number from 0 to 20 or one of the following:
Primitive, Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant, Alpha
GiveItemSet [Tier] - Spawns you all items in the specified tier
Item [Tier] is a required setting and must be one of the following options:
0 - 90 Cooked Meat, 200 Stimberry, 2 Waterskin
1 - 2 Water Jar, 200 Stimberry, 90 Cooked Meat, 100 Medical Brew
2 - 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew, 100 Cactus Broth, 60 Cooked Meat Jerky, 2 Canteen
3 - 5 Shadow Steak Saute, 5 Enduro Stew, 5 Focal Chili, 5 Lazarus Chowder, 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew, 100 Cactus Broth, 90 Cooked Meat Jerky
Food - 30 Cooked Meat Jerky, 30 Prime Meat Jerky
Water - 1 Canteen refill
Brews - 100 Medical Brew, 100 Energy Brew
GiveResources - Spawn 50 units of each resource into your inventory
You can also use the following commands to spawn specific items to yourself or another player. Refer to the full list of Ark Blueprint Paths and Item IDs:
GiveItem [BlueprintPath] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]
GiveItemNum [ItemNum] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]
GiveItemToPlayer [PlayerID] [BlueprintPath] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]
GiveItemNumToPlayer [PlayerID] [ItemNum] [Quantity] [Quality] [ForceBlueprint]
Within those commands, [Quantity] is the number of items added, [Quality] is an option from the above lists for weapons and armor, and [ForceBlueprint] is either 1 or True to add the blueprint, or 0 or False to add the item itself
GiveEngrams - Unlock all crafting recipes
GiveEngramsTekOnly - Unlock all Tek engrams
GiveColors [Quantity] - Gives you the requested quantity of each dye
Ark cheats for weather effects
CE [Type] - Start or stop the selected weather effect, from the list below:
The Island:
starttime, stoptime, heatwave, coldfront, makeitrain, fogitup
Scorched Earth:
start_superheat, stop_superheat, start_sandstorm, stop_sandstorm, start_electricalstorm, stop_electricalstorm, start_rain, stop_rain
Ragnarok:
"start rain", "stop rain", "start electricalstorm", "stop electricalstorm", "start sandstorm", "stop sandstorm", "start superheat", "stop superheat", Start_Volcano
Aberration:
startquake, stopquake
Extinction:
"start meteors"
Valguero:
SpawnRainbow, TestNorthernLights1
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