If you’re a beginner looking for an easier start or an experienced player looking for complete control, cheat codes can be a game changer. From taming creatures to having unlimited resources. Not only that, you can also spawn legendary creatures or activate God mode. These codes give you full control over your game. It is a whole new way to play ARK : Survival Evolved and you can enjoy a fun survival experience.
Is it safe to use cheat codes in ARK: Survival Evolved?
Majority of ARK: Survival Evolved players have doubts about cheat codes being safe to use. These doubts come from other games which bans your account if you use cheats. Ark: Survival Evolved cheat codes are only for single player mode and private servers which in you have permission to use them. Otherwise using cheat codes can get you banned by the server’s admin. So, it’s safe to use cheat codes in the single player mode to have control over your gameplay.
How to activate cheats in ARK: Survival Evolved on PC?
In the ARK: Survival Evolved, you can’t just type some codes and expect the cheats to be enabled. The first thing you need to do is making sure that you have the correct permission of the server to use cheat codes.
Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to activate cheat mode in ARK: Survival Evolved on your computer:
- Step 1: Open the Start Menu.
- Step 2: Press TAB.
- Step 3: Enter enablecheats in the command bar. Step 4: If the server has a password then insert the password
The best cheat codes in ARK: Survival Evolved:
Creature summoning cheat codes:
ARK: Survival Evolved is famous for its creatures. It has pretty cool creatures which most people don’t know how to summon them. Here are some cheat codes that spawns specific creatures.
Summon: It summons a creature at your location.
SummonTamed: It summons a tamed creature at your location.
GMSummon: It summons a tamed creature of a set level.
GiveDinoSet: It summons a set of dinos with saddles.
Here are the IDs of different creatures that you can write next to cheat code to spawn:
- 0 — Raptor, Dilo, Trike
- 1 — Raptor, Carnotaurus, Thylacoleo
- 2 — Rex, Spino, Paracer, Therizinosaur
- 3 — Rex, Rex with Tek Saddle, Daeodon, Yutyrannus, Therizinosaur
- Flyers — Pteranodon, Tapejara with Tek Saddle, Argentavis, Quetzal
- Mek — 3 Meks, one with each module
- SiegeMek — Mek, M.S.C.M., Element, Cannon Shell (Extinction)
- MissleMek — Mek, M.R.L.M., Element, Rocketpod
- ShieldMek — Mek, M.D.S.M., Element
- Argent — Argentavis
- Extinction — Enforcer, Gasbags, Snow Owl, Gacha, Managarmr, Velonasaur
Genesis dinosaurs cheat codes:
Use the cheat code Summon or SummonTamed and enter the creature IDs below to spawn genesis creatures. For example: Summon spacewhale_character_bp_c
- spacewhale_character_bp_c : Astrocetus
- bogspider_character_bp_c : Bloodstalker
- shapeshifter_small_character_bp_c : Small Ferox
- shapeshifter_large_character_bp_c : Large Ferox
- cherufe_character_bp_c : Magmasaur
- giantturtle_character_bp_c : Megachelon
- insectswarmchar_bp_c : Insect Swarm
Weapons and Armors cheat codes:
The best way to prepare yourself for the wild world is to have weapons and armors to protect you. The stronger the weapon and armor the better. In order to provide these weapons and armors insert the cheat code and insert the ID or the word for providing the specific armor and weapons.
Cheat code:
GiveArmorSet
GiveWeaponSet
Armor options IDs and words:
- 0 or Cloth
- 1 or chitin
- 2 or Metal or Flak
- 3 or Tek
- And also Hide, Fur, Desert, Ghillie, Riot, Scuba, Hazard
Weapon IDs and words:
- 0 or Primitive: Bow, Pike, Spear, Bola
- 1 or Basic: Assault Rifle, Shotgun, Longneck Rifle, Sword, Grenade
- 2 or Advanced: Compound Bow, Fabricated Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, C4 Charge
- 3 or Tek: Tek Grenade, Tek Rifle, Tek Railgun, Tek Sword
Armor and Weapon quality options are: Primitive, Ramshackle, Apprentice, Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendant, Alpha
Teleportation cheat codes:
There are times when you don’t want to ride a creature or walk to the other side of the map to complete a task. It will take a lot of time. The solution is teleportation. Use these cheat codes for teleportation:
- TPcoords: Teleports you to a specified location instantly.
- Teleport: It moves you forward until you collide with something.
- Teleport (player ID)ToMe: It teleports the specified player to your current location.
- Teleport to (player ID): Teleports you to the specified player’s location.
Player cheat codes:
These cheat codes include cheats that are specialized for your own character only. You can change your size, enter god mode and many other things. Here are some first player’s cheat codes and their function:
- God — Toggles godmode, protects you from all damage (except drowning)
- InfiniteStats — Refills health, stamina, oxygen, food, and water
- GMBuff — Godmode plus infinitestats and additional experience points
- EnemyInvisible — All creatures ignore you, even when attacked
- LeaveMeAlone — Combines the cheats God, InfiniteStats and EnemyInvisible
- ChangeSize — Changes your size by this multiplier, the default value is 1
- Fly — Lets you fly. Use ‘Walk’ to disable
- Ghost — Activates noclip mode. Use ‘Walk’ to disable
- GiveEngrams — Unlocks all crafting recipes
- GiveEngramsTekOnly — Gives you all Tek engrams
- GiveColors — Gives you a quantity of each dye
- DoTame — Tames targeted dinosaur (if it’s tamable)
- ForceTame — Tames targeted dino, and dino is rideable even without saddle
- ForceTameAOE — Tames dinos in specified radius (default is 2000)
Weather change and time stop cheat codes:
There are cheat codes that can change weather and even stop the time in the game. There are different cheat codes for different maps.
The Island:
- starttime
- stoptime
- heatwave
- coldfront
- makeitrain
- fogitup
Scorched Earth expansion:
- start_superheat
- stop_superheat
- start_sandstorm
- stop_sandstorm
- start_electricalstorm
- stop_electricalstorm
- start_rain
- stop_rain
Ragnarok expansion:
- start_superheat
- stop_superheat
- start_sandstorm
- stop_sandstorm
- start_electricalstorm
- stop_electricalstorm
- start_rain
- stop_rain
Aberration expansion:
- startquake
- stopquake
Extinction expansion:
- start meteors
Valguero expansion:
- SpawnRainbow
- TestNorthernLights
Creative mode cheat codes:
This mode removes most of the survival restrictions and gives the player admin-like abilities. It gives you full freedom and control over the game. You can enter the cheat code and enjoy the open world of ARK: Survival Evolved.
- GiveCreativeMode — Sets you in creative mode
- GiveCreativeModeToTarget — Gives creative mode for players you are targeting
- GiveCreativeModeToPlayer — Gives creative mode for a player using their ID
Conclusion
These cheat codes are used for full control over your game. Use it to cure your boredom and explore the open world of this game. Using these codes are only allowed in single player mode and private servers. Using them in any other server can get you banned permanently.
