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Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns

by Premixedpie · for ARK: Survival Evolved

Check out http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/479929837/530649887213040621/ for help setting this mod up. This mod aims to improve dinos with cosmetic and gameplay changes. Main…

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About Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns

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Check out http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/479929837/530649887213040621/ for help setting this mod up. This mod aims to improve dinos with cosmetic and gameplay changes. Main…

Check out http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/479929837/530649887213040621/ for help setting this mod up.

This mod aims to improve dinos with cosmetic and gameplay changes.

Main Features

  • [list]- Adds new color combinations to dinos. Albino raptors, t-rexes, direwolfs. Rare all black argentavis, red raptors etc.[/list]
  • [list]- Adds new color options to dinos. Including rare colors like teal, pink and purple.[/list]
  • Rare Spawn Variations
  • [h1]Raptor Elite[/h1]
  • Found in grass lands and identified by slightly larger size, dark skin color, bright feathers and glowing particles when nearby. 2-3 mid level players with dinos recommend. Currently untamable. Limited to 3 alive at a time.
  • [list]Health: Medium High[/list]
  • [list]Damage: Medium High[/list]
  • [list]Rarity: Very Rare[/list]
  • [list]Drops: Ramshackle flak blueprints, ramshackle-apprentice leather blueprints, apprentice raptor saddle[/list]
  • [h1]Alpha Dilo[/h1]
  • Found near beaches and identified by slightly larger size, bright vibrant colors and glowing particles when nearby. The alpha dilo is always male. 1-2 low level players. Drops improved cloth armor blueprints. Tamable (No mate boost possible, always male). Limited to 3 alive at a time. Tamed dilos count toward the limit of 3.
  • [list]Health: Medium Low[/list]
  • [list]Damage: Medium Low[/list]
  • [list]Rarity: Extremely Rare[/list]
  • [list]Drops: Improved cloth recipes[/list]
  • [h1]Obsidian Carno[/h1]
  • Location unknown. Identified by it's shiny black and grey scales. 3-5 mid-high level players. Limited to 1 alive at a time. Not tameable.
  • [list]Health: Very High[/list]
  • [list]Damage: High[/list]
  • [list]Rarity: Very Rare[/list]
  • [list]Drops: Obsidian, improve carno saddle blueprint, high quality flak helmet[/list]
  • Dinos Supporting New Colors
  • Argentavis, Carno, Dilo, Megalodon, Parasaur, Ptero, Raptor, T-Rex, Scorpion, Saber, Spino, Dire Wolf
  • WiP mod for an alpha game - use at your own risk.
  • Confirmed working as a direct upgrade from the All Colors Mod
  • Working with existing saves
  • Mod ID: 479929837
  • Map Name: PieLand
  • Working on version: 217.2
  • Single Player Status: Working
  • Dedicated Server Status: Working
  • Upcoming
  • Fix for alpha's spawning too close to bases.
  • More colors.
  • The wolf pack.
  • Known Issues
  • - Newly tamed dinos do not get mate boosted with previously tamed partners. Newly tamed dinos still get mate boosted by other newly tamed dinos. This is a limitation in the way mate boosting is setup and I have not been able to find a fix yet. In the meantime, tame a male/female pair after first installing the mod for mate boost!
  • Recent Changes
  • - Vanilla alpha spawns should now always work and are handled by the mod, you can disable them or change the chance to spawn via new [ServerSettings]. See the section on alphas on the help page.
  • - Added obsidian carno. Use 'SpawnRareCarnos' in [ServerSettings] to disable or adjust number of spawns. He appears around the same area so increasing the number will make that area very dangerous.
  • - Added all color direwolfs. No pink, teal or bright color options. Still found in white, black, red, blue etc. colors.
  • - Added darker grey color option.
  • - Adjusted pink and teal color chance for all dinos. Now properly lower then all other possible colors.
  • - Updated to a mod for 217 dev kit.
  • - Added new [ServerSettings] options to control the number of rare spawns. Including disable support.
  • - Fixed issue with overspawning raptor elites.
  • - Obsidian Carno prep work.
  • - Increased elite raptor spawn chance, now that they are limited to 3.
  • - Alpha dilo is now limited to 3 and no longer de-spawns. Tamed alpha dilos count toward this limit, protect your tamed alpha dilos!
  • - Added alpha dilo.
  • - Rare spawns will now despawn after 10 minutes of not attacking anything.
  • - Raptor Elite has been restrict to a maximum of 3 alive in the world at any time.
  • This should help prevent them from taking over an area of the map on lower population servers.

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 11 yr ago.

Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns 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
2015-10-05, released 2015-10-05

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Compatibility

Game
ARK: Survival Evolved

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

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