Ark: Survival Ascended Gets 400 New Dinos Thanks To Huge DLC-Sized Mod

Despite the abundance of content already featured in , this massive mod delivers a DLC-sized experience that exponentially grows the vanilla game. In World of, a large part of the game's appeal comes from how developer Studio Wildcard encourages talented modders to take its creation and make it their own with massive tweaks and additions that may not be a part of the official development project. The result is an extremely customizable survival game that's constantly growing thanks to gigantic add-ons that allow for unprecedented customization.

Over on Curse Forge, creator Haliotro, working alongside others like CalmariaGaming, Trix3r, PeterPan, and SkyAurelia, releasedthe staggering «Jurassic Awakening» mod which completely overhauls survival mode and introduces over 400 new dinosaur and dinosaur variants to. If that wasn't enough, the add-on also includes hundreds of new saddles, weapons, armor, and items to make taming those additional critters all the easier. Loot has also been tweaked to be fully customizable so adventures across The Island can be more rewarding than ever before.

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While Jurassic Awakening looks to expand upon, it also builds upon what's already in place, improving systems to make for a better experience. One such adjustment is to the AI running how dinosaurs behave, a system which has been markedly improved by the mod to make hunting and taming the beasts more rewarding. The add-on also implements a system to ensure a consistently challenging experience by having difficulty increase as players make their way across The Island.

It's worth noting that Jurassic Awakening may not be for everyone as the mod specifically states that it's intended to be "" that makes much more difficult. The description notes that even veterans of the game who are well-versed in its systems may be challenged by the more realistic