Fresh Server QOL
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Fresh Server QOL

Quality of Life update meant for our Tribe Ark Servers

This mod is meant to be a total conversion mod for the private servers me and my buddies have but is open to anyone that would like to use it but keep in mind as a WARNING it does remap a lot of the following structures and could possibly not work with other mods installed on your Private Servers or Single Player games so use this mod at your own risk.

For anyone that doesn't know what remapping is, it means that it will replace the following Creatures/Structures with basically the same thing but with my tweaks and changes from the point you install the mod so it is a perfect way to start your fresh Private Server/Single Player game but can be used on an already existing game and may have to Tame creatures again/craft another structure as those previously tamed/built as it will not be the same ones as this mod has (I.E. if a smithy is built before installing this mod, that smithy will not be accurate with this mod and you would have to build another Smithy to get the mod benefits).

Also, can't predict what will happen in the future with any updates to Ark itself and how it will affect this mod so install at own risk.

Changes to Structures/Items/Misc.

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The following Engrams are now auto unlocked on the corresponding crafting stations and no longer appear/need to be unlocked in the engram list (These Crafting Stations are remapped):

  • Cementing Paste (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Sparkpowder (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Gunpowder (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Propellant (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Clay (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Preserving Salt (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Narcotic (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Stimulant (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Bug Repellant (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Lesser Antidote (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab/Equus)
  • Flamethrower Ammo (ChemBench/Megalab)
  • Absorbent Substrate (Mortar&Pestle/ChemBench/Megalab)
  • Hemogoblin Cocktail (CookingPot/IndustrialCooker)
  • Electronics (Fabricator/TekReplicator)
  • Polymer (Fabricator/TekReplicator)
  • Unstable Element (Player)
  • Unstable Element Shard (Player)
  • Silencer (Smithy/Argentavis/Castoroides/ThornyDragon/TekReplicator)
  • Scope (Smithy/Argentavis/Castoroides/ThornyDragon/TekReplicator)
  • Holo Scope (Fabricator/TekReplicator)
  • Flashlight Attachment (Fabricator/TekReplicator)
  • Laser Attachment (Fabricator/TekReplicator)
  • Rocket Pod (TekReplicator)
  • Cannon Shell (TekReplicator)
  • M.R.L.M. (TekReplicator)
  • M.S.C.M. (TekReplicator)
  • M.D.S.M. (TekReplicator)

Ammo Outputs:

  • Simple Bullet - 1 Craft Yields 10
  • Simple Rifle Ammo - 1 Craft Yields 10
  • Simple Shotgun Shell - 1 Craft Yields 5 (But Needs 5 instead of 3 Simple Bullets)
  • Tranquilizer Darts - 1 Craft Yields 3
  • Spear Bolt - 1 Craft Yields 2
  • Advanced Bullet - 1 Craft Yields 15
  • Advanced Rifle Bullet - 1 Craft Yields 10
  • Advanced Sniper Bullet - 1 Craft Yields 8

Foundations (Thatch, Wood, Stone, Adobe, Metal, Tek):

  • Now has the option to disable snapping

Industrial Grinder:

  • Now gives 50% of the materials back from 25%

Steam Forge:

  • Can now be powered by a Tek Generator
  • Smelts 2 Organic Polymer into 1 Polymer per second

Industrial Preserving Bin:

  • Extends the Spoil time of both Leech Blood and Ammonite Bile by 5x

Tinkering Desk:

  • Now has a higher chance at success from an Unstable Combine
  • Can now use MEK Blueprints on it

Tek Teleporters (Small, Medium, and Large):

  • Can now be powered by electricity
  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)

Tek Sleeping Pod:

  • Can now be powered by electricity
  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)

Tek Forcefield:

  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)

Tek Transmitter:

  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)

Tek Cloning Chamber:

  • Can now be powered by electricity
  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)
  • Clone with receive the Imprinting Bonuses from its original
  • Clone no longer gets the "(Clone)" next to its name, but player can still rename their creature that if they desire

Tek Generator:

  • No longer requires Engram to use or access (Still Requires Engram to craft though)

Blood Extraction Syringe:

  • No longer has a Delay
  • Can be placed in the Hotbar

Electronic Binoculars:

  • Can now be unlocked at Level 92 and crafted from the Fabricator
  • No longer needs engram to use

Torch:

  • Increased its base crafting cost by 1 for each material which will now make the torch grindable

Mushroom Brew:

  • Increased its duration to 5 minutes (From 2 Minutes)

Changes to Creatures

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Achatina / Aberrant Achatina:

  • Does not Defecate
  • Now generates Cementing Paste instead of Achatina Paste
  • Generates Organic Polymer 2x faster

Angler / Aberrant Angler:

  • Reduces the weight of Black Pearls in its inventory by 80%

Dodo / Aberrant Dodo:

  • Now drops 1-2 Dodo Feathers when killed (Explained further down)

Doedicurus / Aberrant Doedicurus:

  • Reduces the Weight of Sand in its inventory by 75%

Dung Beetle

  • Is now Breedable (Lays Insect Egg and is Genderless)

Gacha:

  • Now can have Green Crystalized Sap as a common resource (Explained further down)
  • Now can have Element Ore as an Uncommon Resource

Meganeura:

  • Now has a chance to drop a Neura Husk (Explained further down)

Rhyniognatha:

  • Can now only request these cravings:
    • Basic Kibble
    • Simple Kibble
    • Regular Kibble
    • Superior Kibble
    • Exceptional Kibble
    • Extraordinary Kibble
    • Lazarus Chowder
    • Broth of Enlightenment
    • Fria Curry
    • Focal Chili
    • Enduro Stew
    • Calien Soup
    • Cactus Broth
    • Mushroom Brew
    • Sweet Veggie Cake

Rock Golem:

  • Reduces the Weight of Stone in its inventory by 80%
  • Can Breed (Goes through Gestation)

Snow Owl:

  • Heals Players/Creatures 2x faster

Titanoboa

  • Is now Breedable (Still Genderless)

New Structures

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Beehive

  • Can be unlocked at level 59 and crafted at a Smithy
  • Has 30 Slots instead of 45 (Small Price to not have to deal with a Queen Bee)
  • Still Requires Rare Flower to keep it alive and takes slightly longer to generate Honey

Cantilever Platform

  • First introduced in Ark Mobile and ported from there
  • Large Wood like Platform that is very similar to Cliff Platforms but a Large Square Platform instead of a circle clipping into the Terrain.
  • Unlock at Level 55 and crafted at a Smithy

Battlements

  • Large Walls that are as tall as a Behemoth Gateway and as long as 14-15 Foundations
  • All Battlements are Straight or Curved
  • Adobe Battlement is unlocked at level 23 and crafted at the Smithy
  • Stone Battlement is unlocked at level 32 and crafted at the Smithy
  • Metal Battlement is unlocked at level 58 and crafted at the Smithy
  • Tek Battlement is unlocked at level 90 and crafted at a Tek Replicator
  • These are my custom-made versions of the battlements since the ones from Ark Mobile were not that good looking to be honest

Electrical Outlet

  • Can be unlocked at the same level as the Electrical Generator
  • Used to extend the range of Power from an Electrical Generator the same way the Water Tank extends the water from the Water Intake

New Items

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Aerial Symbiote:

  • My Version of an Aerial Symbiote that works very similar to a Parachute but with a Meganeura instead
  • Can be unlocked at Level and is crafted in the Player's Inventory (Will change to smithy in the next update)
  • Does not expiring after one use and instead takes damage
  • Can be placed in Hotbar and requires Neura Husk resource to craft

New Consumables

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Hemostatic Serum

  • Consumable from Ark Mobile
  • Can only be obtained from a Supply Crate / Orbital Supply Drops
  • Works basically as an Upgraded Medical Brew for 180 seconds
  • Does not expire

Stamina Salve

  • Consumable from Ark Mobile
  • Can only be obtained from a Supply Crate / Orbital Supply Drops
  • Works basically as an Upgraded Energy Brew for 180 seconds
  • Does not expire

Adaptogenic Serum

  • Consumable from Ark Mobile
  • Can only be obtained from a Supply Crate / Orbital Supply Drops
  • Gives the Player more Insulation for 180 Seconds
  • Does not expire

New Resources

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Green Crystalized Sap:

  • Replaces the Fragmented Green Gems Resource with this

Fertile Sap:

  • Works as upgraded fishing bait from regular sap
  • Can catch Sabertooth Salmon with this
  • Also have a chance to obtain other Loot beyond the island's loot
  • Can be crafted at the Makeshift Megalab with Sap and Green Gems

BioLum Leech Blood:

  • Works as upgraded fishing bait from regular Leech Blood
  • Also have a chance to obtain other Loot beyond the island's loot
  • Can be crafted at the Makeshift Megalab with Leech Blood and Blue Gems
  • Does not expire

Element Honey:

  • Works as upgraded fishing bait from regular Honey
  • Also have a chance to obtain other Loot beyond the island's loot
  • Can be crafted at the Makeshift Megalab with Honey and Red Gems
  • Does not expire

New Ammo

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Toxicant Arrow

  • From Ark Mobile, is an upgrade Tranquilizer Arrow to is crafted using Stone Arrow, Polymer, and Bio Toxin
  • Can add more torpor to targets

Dodo Arrow

  • From Ark Mobile, is an upgrade Arrow to is crafted using a Stone Arrow and Dodo Feather
  • Provokes creatures hit with this arrow (essentially pisses them off)

Mod Integration

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This Mod also integrates my other mod labelled "Death Essence Upgrade" and do not need that mod installed since it is a part of this mod

Death Essence:

  • Updated its HUD Icon to make it look more like the Creature Implants from Ark Mobile

Revival Platform:

  • Unlocked at level 65 and crafted at the Fabricator
  • Revives Creatures from their Death Essence by placing the Essence in its inventory and selecting it then hitting the "Resurrect" button on the bottom middle (Costs 2500 Element Shards)
  • Must be placed on flat ground

Tek Implant Chamber

  • Unlocked at Level 100 and must be crafted from a Tek Replicator
  • Can now be powered by Electricity
  • Freezes the Timers of all Death Essence placed in its inventory as long as the Chamber is powered

Tek Kibble Processor

  • Unlocked at Level 100 and must be crafted from a Tek Replicator
  • Can now be powered by Electricity
  • Has engrams that can convert Kibble into other Kibbles using any Death Essence
  • Can also craft T.O.A.S.T. that can boost certain creature's stats by 50% for 30 minutes but afterwards it takes twice the incoming damage for 5 minutes (Creatures affected cannot be cryopodded during any of these buffs)

Oasisaur

  • Can now Reincarnate Creatures from these new Death Essences
  • Reduced cooldown time on Reincarnating from 24 hours to 4 hours

Engrams Remapped

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Also remapped the following engrams to get them to unlock with this mod and its changes:

  • C4 Remote Detonator
  • Compound Bow
  • Flare Gun
  • Gas Mask
  • Grenade
  • Industrial Forge
  • Night Vision Goggles
  • Remote Keypad
  • SCUBA Mask
  • SCUBA Tank
  • Smoke Grenade
  • Tek Gravity Grenade
  • Tree Sap Tap
  • Water Tank
  • Water Well

These Engrams were remapped to swap out their level requirements to make more sense:

  • Wood Tree Platform from Level 33 to 20
  • Wood Cliff Platform from Level 20 to 33
  • Metal Tree Platform from Level 59 to 51
  • Metal Cliff Platform from Level 51 to 59

Supply Drops

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Re-did both the Island Supply Crates and Orbital Supply Drops to root out the non-sense (Stone Walls, Pillars, Spike Walls, Etc.)

Added the above new consumables to the loot pool and also added in repair kits

Known Issues ATM

Battlements somewhat don't snap properly (can still unsnap of course though)

Toxicant and Dodo Arrows Textures are weird and displaced but still will know what arrow you have equipped

Cantilever Platform might be able to place structures down without using a foundation

Ammonite Bile extends way past 5x on the spoilage timer but that might be a timer glitch since the settings are the same as the Leech Blood