Ark: Survival Ascended Gets 400 New Dinos Thanks To Huge DLC-Sized Mod

Summary The Jurassic Awakening mod for Ark: Survival Ascended adds over 400 new dinosaurs and variants, as well as new items and customization options.

adds over 400 new dinosaurs and variants, as well as new items and customization options. The mod improves AI behavior for a more rewarding experience and increases difficulty as players progress across The Island.

Players looking to refresh their gameplay experience in Ark should check out this customizable mod.

Despite the abundance of content already featured in Ark: Survival Ascended, this massive mod delivers a DLC-sized experience that exponentially grows the vanilla game. In World of Ark, a large part of the game's appeal comes from how developer Studio Wildcard encourages talented modders to take its creation and make it their own with massive tweaks and additions that may not be a part of the official development project. The result is an extremely customizable survival game that's constantly growing thanks to gigantic add-ons that allow for unprecedented customization.

Over on Curse Forge, creator Haliotro, working alongside others like CalmariaGaming, Trix3r, PeterPan, and SkyAurelia, released the staggering "Jurassic Awakening" mod which completely overhauls survival mode and introduces over 400 new dinosaur and dinosaur variants to Ark: Survival Ascended. If that wasn't enough, the add-on also includes hundreds of new saddles, weapons, armor, and items to make taming those additional critters all the easier. Loot has also been tweaked to be fully customizable so adventures across The Island can be more rewarding than ever before.

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What Else Is New In Jurassic Awakening?

Making Survival Ascended Even Better

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While Jurassic Awakening looks to expand upon Survival Ascended, it also builds upon what's already in place, improving systems to make for a better Ark experience. One such adjustment is to the AI running how dinosaurs behave, a system which has been markedly improved by the mod to make hunting and taming the beasts more rewarding. The add-on also implements a system to ensure a consistently challenging experience by having difficulty increase as players make their way across The Island.

It's worth noting that Jurassic Awakening may not be for everyone as the mod specifically states that it's intended to be "a challenging survival mod" that makes Survival Ascended much more difficult. The description notes that even veterans of the game who are well-versed in its systems may be challenged by the more realistic adjustments. Fortunately for those who do want to experience some of the bigger changes, the mod is relatively customizable so it can be adjusted to better fit the kind of experience players are looking for.

Perhaps the most exciting part of Jurassic Awakening is that the mod is still in active development with several more features coming in the future. These include more ranged weapons and ammo types, new content for caves, oceans, and dungeons, and even more unique dinosaurs and world boss creatures. Ark: Survival Ascended players looking to completely refresh their interest in the game should really check out this add-on.

Source: Curse Forge