Mods
Every mod the cluster runs downloads automatically the first time you join a server — nothing to install by hand, on PC or console. The only mods that cost money are the 6 premium maps, and you only need one if you want to play that map’s server. Everything else on this page is free.
First join taking a while? That’s the mods downloading. It happens once per mod — after that you load straight in.
Cybers Structures QoL+
Section titled “Cybers Structures QoL+”A full building upgrade — CS versions of storage, vaults, crafting stations, crop plots, feeding troughs, teleporters and more, in every material tier. The two systems you’ll use every day:
Resource pulling — open any inventory and you’ll see 3 extra buttons and a number box added to the screen:
- Pull — opens a list of every resource within range; pick what you want and how much, and it’s pulled straight into this inventory.
- Craft — type a quantity in the number box, select an engram or blueprint, and it pulls exactly the materials needed to craft that many.
- Repair — pulls the resources needed to repair the item you’ve selected.
Pulling reaches 25 foundations in every direction and grabs from boxes, crafting stations and even your dinos’ inventories — anything not currently in use. No more hauling boxes of metal to the forge.
The structures worth knowing:
- CS Dedicated Storage — networked bulk storage: dump everything into an Intake, take anything out through an Interface.
- CS Teleporter — place two or more, link them, fast-travel between them.
- CS Blueprint Maker — turns an item into a blueprint you can craft again.
- CS Feeding Trough / Tek Trough — feeding with an adjustable range, so one trough can cover the whole pen.
- CS Tek Transmitter — has a Dino Scan on its radial menu that shows creature levels and locations, and gives access to boss arenas.
ARKomatic
Section titled “ARKomatic”13 automation structures. Start by crafting the ARKomatic Workbench — every other ARKomatic structure is crafted inside it. The crafters all work the same way: open it, select a recipe, and it auto-crafts on its own until you stop it or it runs out of materials.
| Structure | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ammunition Crafter | Auto-crafts any ammo type on a loop. |
| Composite Crafter | Auto-crafts composite materials. |
| Forge | Refines metal at 2× industrial forge speed in a fraction of the footprint. |
| Multi-Cooker | Industrial cooker and grill in one, at faster rates. |
| Meat Spoiler | Turns raw meat into spoiled meat instantly — narcotic farming sorted. |
| Wood Baker | Converts wood into charcoal at high speed. |
| Egg Collector | Auto-collects fertilised and unfertilised eggs from your dinos in range. |
| Poop Collector | Auto-gathers poop in range and turns it into fertiliser rapidly. |
| Terrarium | Advanced crop plot — grows seeds to fruitlings instantly at high production rate, and auto-pulls fertiliser from a nearby Poop Collector. |
| Refrigerator | Heavily extended spoil timers, with a text display so you can label it. |
| Vault | Secure metal vault with a text display. |
| Earthquake Collector | Auto-gathers the resources dropped by earthquakes (Aberration). |
| Workbench | Where you craft all of the above. |
Solo Farm Mod
Section titled “Solo Farm Mod”Sets a dino farming on its own while you do something else. Built to keep solo players and small tribes competitive.
- Craft the Solo Farm Remote from your engram list.
- Aim at your tamed dino and activate Farm Mode — Alt+G on PC, or through the radial menu on controller.
- The dino attacks on a loop, harvesting until its inventory is full.
- Open the mod’s menu to set item filters — it keeps only the resources you want and dumps the rest. You can save and load filter presets.
There’s also a Farmmode Enabler buff item that puts the same controls on your radial menu instead of the remote.
Dino Depot
Section titled “Dino Depot”Replaces cryopods. Store your dinos as balls, carry a whole army in your pocket, and take them with you to any of the 17 servers. Crafting, throwing, summoning sickness, stat boosts and the Depot Terminal are all covered on their own page: see Dino Depot.
Map and World Content
Section titled “Map and World Content”| Mod | What it does |
|---|---|
| ZUZ Maps Extension | The mod behind the extra caves, hourly world bosses, new resources and unlockable tech on the official maps. Where everything is and how to unlock it: see Map Extensions. |
| World Builder and INX Cave Builder | The tools used to hand-build the cluster’s custom content — places like the New Legion Cave (The Island), the Gorilla Empire (Scorched Earth) and the Megalodon Terminal (The Center). You don’t craft anything from these; you explore what was built with them. |
| Club ARK | The official Studio Wildcard mod that runs our arcade island — 12 minigames paying 15× the official token rate. How to get there and what every game pays: see Club Ark. |
Shop, Quests and Protection
Section titled “Shop, Quests and Protection”These are the in-game windows and structures for the cluster’s systems. The systems themselves run on the servers, so there’s nothing to set up — it’s all there when you join.
| Mod | How you use it |
|---|---|
| MX-E Ark Shop UI | The shop window. Press F3 on PC (on console it’s part of the shop mod’s menu — see The Basics). Browse dinos, kits and resources and pay with points. Full walkthrough: see Using the Shop Menu. |
| Lethal Quests UI | The quest window — your live quest list and progress. What’s on offer and what each quest pays: see Quests. |
| Lethal Protection | Adds the Lethal Protection shield — the placeable structure that runs Offline Raid Protection. Craft it, place it at the centre of your base, and 60 minutes after your tribe logs off your structures take 66% less damage. Full numbers, placement rules and raid flags: see Offline Raid Protection. |
Premium Maps — the only paid mods
Section titled “Premium Maps — the only paid mods”Six servers run premium maps, paid mods bought from the in-game mod list. Buy one and it downloads like any other mod; skip them and the other 11 servers cost you nothing.
| Map | What you’re getting |
|---|---|
| Amissa | Huge scenic landscape map with its own unique creatures. |
| Ancient Sands | Egyptian-themed desert map. |
| Svartalfheim | Norse dwarven realm — dark, mountainous and full of tunnels. |
| Lost City | Sprawling ruins built for vertical city bases. |
| Temptress Lagoon | Tropical pirate waters. |
| Reverence | Dramatic landscapes built for exploration. |
Which server runs which map: see Maps and Travelling.
Behind the Scenes
Section titled “Behind the Scenes”The rest of the cluster’s systems — the points and shop backend, quests, tribe log Discord feeds, the kill feed, the one-tribe-across-the-cluster rule, dino colour commands and name checks — run on the servers themselves. You never download them and they cost nothing. Their player-facing sides each have their own page: see Points, Quests, Discord, Kill Feed, Tribe Rules and Dino Colours.