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Forces of Nature: Lightning Storm Map Ext.

by P0k3r_OF_Sm0t · for ARK: Survival Evolved

A map extension that adds lightning and thunder to the rain in Ark for any map. Works great on servers, 100% clean and stack-able. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU MAY WANT TO READ THE…

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About Forces of Nature: Lightning Storm Map Ext.

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A map extension that adds lightning and thunder to the rain in Ark for any map. Works great on servers, 100% clean and stack-able. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU MAY WANT TO READ THE…

A map extension that adds lightning and thunder to the rain in Ark for any map.

Works great on servers, 100% clean and stack-able.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU MAY WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE ON THIS PAGE:

By default there is a random chance for "Ball Lightning" (google it). The ball lightning is a fast moving projectile that does massive amounts of damage to any dino's, players or structures that it may hit. It is random in the fact that every rain "session" will have lightning, not every session will have ball lightning. It is also random on it's trajectory so technically it should not hit the same spot twice but it may happen since this Ark after all. The damage for the ball lightning can be adjusted via the GameUserSettings.ini and can also be turned completely off.(settings listed below) If you do not adjust the .ini settings and the ball lightning happens to hit your base and kills you, your dino's, + your mom and your sister too as well as taking out half your base and you come cry about it to me I will only laugh and rest easy knowing it is working as intended.

You've been warned

Mod ID=677745441 Spawn codes=N/A - Wait for it to rain

GameUserSettings.ini using default as example. Set to whatever you want: [Thunderstorm] BallDMG=2500 DisableAlerts=0 DisableBall=0

If you do not add .ini settings it will use the defaults listed above. DisableAlerts=1 to disable the Audible/Text alerts DisableBall=1 to disable the ball lightning completely

See it in action: 2x Everything, Max Level 185, Many mods - mostly mine.

Special Thanks: Mezzo - UE4 Forums/Discord - Helped with linking the event to the rain start/stop.

More info to come... P0k3r.

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 10 yr ago.

Forces of Nature: Lightning Storm Map Ext. on Nxeon

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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
2016-07-03, released 2016-07-03

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What kind of mod it is

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Listed on Steam Workshop as “Workshop”

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Custom maps, arenas and scenarios to play on.

Compatibility

Game
ARK: Survival Evolved

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  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorP0k3r_OF_Sm0t, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Forces of Nature: Lightning Storm Map Ext., answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Forces of Nature: Lightning Storm Map Ext. is free to download from Steam Workshop.

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