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Play As Dino V2

by Finntastic · for ARK: Survival Evolved

This is Play As Dino V2, this is a reworked version of the original Play As Dino mod. Most of the changes are under the hood, so the mods look and play very simular. However this mod comes with many…

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About Play As Dino V2

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This is Play As Dino V2, this is a reworked version of the original Play As Dino mod. Most of the changes are under the hood, so the mods look and play very simular. However this mod comes with many…

This is Play As Dino V2, this is a reworked version of the original Play As Dino mod. Most of the changes are under the hood, so the mods look and play very simular. However this mod comes with many improvements including: -Admin menu: allows admins to disable dinos on the fly and change the breeding stats -Playing and Breeding as almost all dinos (vanilla and modded) and easier to select -Sleeping: gives increased stamina and health regen -Building custom structures: you can built your own food storage or den as a dino

The V2 version will launch with less dinos than the orignal to focus more on the quality of the features, the dinos will slowly be added until it matches the orignial version. When the version is bug free it will replace the original version on the main mod page. When posting feedback please tell me if you are playing on singleplayer or multiplayer, which dino you are playing as and when it issue occurs.

Current Play As Dino Dinos: -Ant -Argentavis -Beaver -Direwolf -Direbear -Gigantopithecus -Hyeanadon -Kairuku -Megalodon -Raptor -Rex -Spino -Titanoboa -Troodon -Wyverns These are the dinos that are specifically made for this mod and they come with special abilities and balancing. The mod also allows you to play an breed as all vanilla and modded dinos, but these may contains bugs and balancing issues.

Upcoming features: -Bug fixes

Mod ID: 1429625638 (Needs to be first in loading order)

Follow me on Twitter for the latest news about upcoming updates: https://twitter.com/FinntasticMods

Use the Placeable Spawn Region mod to for example add spawn regions in the ocean for the water creatures: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2178522816

This mod is sponsored by Nitrado:

This mod/code/work is protected by the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons License.]

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 5 yr ago.

Play As Dino V2 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
2022-01-07, released 2022-01-07

Game versions by loader

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Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Play As Dino V2.

Run Play As Dino V2 on a ARK: Survival Evolved server

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Balance”

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 ↗
  • ✓AuthorFinntastic, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Play As Dino V2, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Play As Dino V2 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.

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