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Dino Colors Plus

by 123 · for ARK: Survival Evolved

Dino Colors Plus is a modification for ARK Survival Evolved that adds a greater variety of colors to the dinosaurs in the game. It also adds babies to most species and allows Doedicurus to attack…

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About Dino Colors Plus

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Dino Colors Plus is a modification for ARK Survival Evolved that adds a greater variety of colors to the dinosaurs in the game. It also adds babies to most species and allows Doedicurus to attack…

Dino Colors Plus is a modification for ARK Survival Evolved that adds a greater variety of colors to the dinosaurs in the game. It also adds babies to most species and allows Doedicurus to attack while being carried!

Have you become tired of the dull, drab and earthy tones of most of the Ark dinosaurs? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride a vividly bright Argentavis into battle? Or to wander the swamps on a frog that reminds you of Kermit the Frog? How about the fear that a bold red Giganotosaurus might evoke in the eyes of your enemy? Or the laughter that your pink Parasaur might cause if you were ever game enough to ride it out of your front gate...

This modification adds to the color options available to wild dinos. The dull, drab and earthly colored dinosaurs will still be available, but so will some more exciting options. Colors are created randomly when the dinosaur is spawned and we take no responsibility for any color combinations that look dreadful!

NOTE! This mod is made to replace the 'Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns' mod and they must not be loaded together. Please backup your island first, but changing from the 'Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns' to this mod will not lose any of your dinosaurs, their colours will just revert to something a bit more boring. On the plus side, you will now have proper spawning of wild dinosaurs, including the Gallimimus, along with a host of other fixes to issues caused by that mod becoming out-dated.

What dinosaurs are colored?

As of the latest release the following dinosaurs are available in a wider variety of colors:

* Achatina * Allosaurus * Ammonite * Angler fish * Ant * Ankylo * Archaeopteryx * Argentavis * Arthropluera * Baryonyx * Basilosaurus * Beaver * Beelzebufo * Bronto * Carno * Chalicotherium * Coel * Compy * Daeodon * Dilophosaur * Dimetrodon * Dimorphodon * Diplocaulus * Diplodocus * Direwolf * Direbear * Dodo * Doedicurus * Dragonfly * Dunkleosteus * Electrophorus * Equus * Eurypterid * Ichthy * Ichthyornis * Iguanodon * Gallimimus * Giant Bee * Giganotosaurus * Gigantopithecus * Kairuku * Kaprosuchus * Kentrosaurus * Jerboa * Liopleurodon * Lymantria * Lystrosaurus * Mammoth * Manta * Mantis * Megaladon * Megaloceros * Megalosaurus * Mesopithecus * Microraptor * Morellatops * Mosasaurus * Moschops * Onyx * Oviraptor * Ovis Aries * Pachy * Pachyrhinosaurus * Parasaur * Paraceratherium * Pegomastax * Pelagornis * Piranha * Phiomia * Plesiosaur * Pteranadon * Procoptodon * Pulminoscorpious * Purlovia * Quetzal * Raptor * Rex * Rock Elemental * Sabercat * Sabertooth Salmon * Sarco * Spino * Stego * Tapejara * Terror Bird * Titanboa * Titanosaur * Therizinosaurus * Thorny Dragon * Thylacoleo * Trilobite * Trike * Troodon * Turtle * Tusoteuthis * Woolly Rhino * Vulture

What dinosaur colors should we update next? Leave a comment with the dinosaurs you most want to see made more colorful!

Team Mod Plus Discord

Come and join us on our Discord to get update notifications, contact the Devs directly for support or just hang out!

Known Issues

Please understand the limitations of this mod, especially the first one:

1) Dinosaurs that spawn after installing this mod will all be Dino Color Plus versions of each dinosaur. This means that if you uninstall this mod in the future you will lose any dinosaurs tamed that are Dino Color Plus variants. All color mods, to the best of our knowledge, have this limitation. We are working on a solution, but it isn't in this release.

2) Dino Color Plus dinosaurs can only mate and be mate boosted with other Dino Color Plus dinosaurs (this includes dinosaurs caught in the wild while running the IDRS mod). This means that Dino Color Plus dinosaurs are unlikely to be able to mate or be mate boosted with your existing dinosaurs. Your existing dinosaurs can still mate and mate boost other existing dinosaurs though.

3) When the Ark Developers add new dinosaurs they will automatically spawn on your map as non-Dino Color Plus dinosaurs. It will take us a little bit of time to add a Dino Color Plus variant of each new dino to the mod and any dinosaurs caught before the Dino Color Plus variant will be unable to mate or be mate boosted by the Dino Color Plus version. Where possible we will add Dino Color Plus variants for new dinos to this mod before they are officialy released by the Ark Developers.

Cheat Codes

You can find cheat codes for spawning in Dino Colors Plus Creatures under the Discussion tab.

ModID

The ModID for this mod is: 632898827

If you are running this mod on a dedicated server you must specify this mod ModID as a commandline arguement GameModIds=632898827 or as ActiveMods=632898827 in GameUserSettings.ini. You only need to specify it as a commandline arguement -OR- in the ini file - not both :) If you have another mod running then use a comma to separate the mod numbers. This mod is stackable but must be called first.

Installation Instructions

Check the Discussions tab for the installation instructions.

Servers Running This Mod

You can find a list of servers in the Discussion tab: Servers Running Dino Colors Plus

Is your server running this mod? Would you like to let others know? Visit the Discussion Thread and leave the details of your server so that others can join it.

Verson History

Release v2.6 - Added Daeodon, Giant Bee, Liopleurodon and Kentrosaurus.

Read the full description on Steam Workshop →

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 9 yr ago.

Dino Colors Plus 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
2017-05-11, released 2017-05-11

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Dino Colors Plus.

Run Dino Colors Plus on a ARK: Survival Evolved server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Workshop”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Compatibility

Game
ARK: Survival Evolved

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓Author123, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Dino Colors Plus, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Dino Colors Plus is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run Dino Colors Plus on a ARK: Survival Evolved server.

Deploy in about a minute from $14.99 a month, then add Dino Colors Plus in one click.