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Better Tek Abilities

by Shinygati · for ARK: Survival Evolved

This mod makes several changes to tek weapons such as increased range, reduced element cost, prevent self damage and more. All of the changes will only work on vanilla tek items as nothing has been…

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About Better Tek Abilities

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This mod makes several changes to tek weapons such as increased range, reduced element cost, prevent self damage and more. All of the changes will only work on vanilla tek items as nothing has been…

This mod makes several changes to tek weapons such as increased range, reduced element cost, prevent self damage and more.

All of the changes will only work on vanilla tek items as nothing has been replaced or remapped.

Players will take no damage from their own projectiles from a range of tek weapons including turrets and explosives.

Current Supported Items Tek Sword Tek Rifle Tek Railgun Tek Bow Tek Phase Pistol

INI Options [BetterTekAbilities] RifleOverheat=True RailgunOverheat=True ReduceHeatAmount=True UseRifleDamage=False RailgunHeatDuration=5 RailgunInterval=6 RailgunMaxAmmo=1 SwordMaxAmmo=1 PistolMaxAmmo=1 BowMetalCost=5 BowExplodeCost=80 BowTranqCost=20 BowFlameCost=10 BowExplodeSpeed=1 PistolStunRange=15 PistolHealRange=15 PistolKillRange=15 RifleDamage=1 RailgunDamage=850 SwordDamage=200

RifleOverheat/RailgunOverheat will enable/disable the overheating mechanics.

ReduceHeatAmount will increase how long it takes before the tek rifle overheats.

RailgunHeatDuration is how long it will take for the tek railgun to cool down after overheating.

RailgunInterval affects how often you can fire between each shot (only works if overheating is disabled).

RailgunMaxAmmo, PistolMaxAmmo, RifleMaxAmmo and SwordMaxAmmo is a multiplier that affects how much use you get before element is depleted.

Bow cost is self explanatory, set how many element shards you want it to consume for each shot.

BowExplodeSpeed is a multiplier for how fast you want the explosive arrow projectiles to travel before exploding.

Pistol range is in foundations, set the range for each mode that you want it to hit targets.

RailgunDamage, and SwordDamage will allow you to change the amount of damage that you can do with these weapons.

RifleDamage is a Multiplier for the damage output from the weapon.

UseRifleDamage when set to true will use the rifle damage multiplier values.

Mod ID: 2802804366

This is not a remap, so it's safe to remove at any time.

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment and don't forget to rate and favourite if you enjoy the mod!

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.

Better Tek Abilities on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon ARK: Survival Evolved servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
ARK — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2023-05-08, released 2023-05-08

Game versions by loader

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From 1 recorded build of Better Tek Abilities.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Balance”

Weapons, items & crafting

New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.

Compatibility

Game
ARK: Survival Evolved

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorShinygati, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Better Tek Abilities, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Better Tek Abilities is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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