Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world action-adventure survival game where players awaken stranded on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and mythical beasts. Gameplay revolves…
Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure developed by Studio Wildcard, released 27 August 2017 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This page lists 52 cheat codes for it.
What Ark: Survival Evolved is
Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure game developed by Studio Wildcard and released in 2017. It was published by Snail Games. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Google Stadia, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Players awaken on a mysterious island called the Ark with no memory of how they arrived. Surrounded by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, they must survive while uncovering the island's secrets through scattered explorer notes left by previous inhabitants. As survivors progress through increasingly difficult boss encounters, they begin to piece together the truth about the Ark and the technology sustaining it. The deeper story, revealed through expansion packs, follows survivors as they travel from the island to an underground alien world, a corrupted future Earth, and eventually aboard a massive colony ship traveling through deep space in search of a new home for humanity.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 127 players online. Available modes: Battle Royale, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Ark: Survival Evolved holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 272 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1,486 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 670 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 60GB.
What it launched against
Ark: Survival Evolved launched on 27 August 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 52 cheat entries for Ark: Survival Evolved — 19 cheat codes and 33 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Every code labelled
Ark: Survival Evolved cheat codes
Enable Admin Cheats
Authenticates you as admin on a server so cheat commands work. Not needed in single player.
Press Tab to open the console, type enablecheats followed by your server password.
On servers you need the admin password; never share it publicly.
NoClip Ghost Mode
Walk through walls and objects.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat ghost.
Instant Tame
Instantly tames the dino you are aiming at; you can ride it without a saddle.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, aim at a dino and type cheat forcetame.
Tamed dino keeps the wild level it had when tamed.
Normal Tame Target
Tames the targeted dinosaur with normal taming rules applied.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, aim at a dino and type cheat dotame.
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Quick answers
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