Console commands are essentially cheats that you can use in Ark: Survival Ascended to personalize your gaming experience. Some commands can make the game easier by providing materials, while some allow you to become invisible or fly. Regardless of what you want to do, console commands are quite useful.
In this guide, we are going to go over how to use console commands in Ark: Survival Ascended. Additionally, we’ll take a look at some of the commands that you can use. At the time of publication, the game is only available on PC, however, we will update this guide with information regarding PlayStation and Xbox once available.
Ark: Survival Ascended is currently in Early Access and as such, the content is subject to change. We will update these articles as required.
How To Enable The Command Console
Before you can use commands, you will need to enable the command console. This is a simple process that you only have to do once though.
To do this, head to the main menu of the game, navigating to the Advanced tab of the Settings menu.
From here, you should see “Console Access” in the lefthand column. By default, this will say “Off”, but by clicking on it, it will turn to “On”. With this set, you can exit the menu and go back to the game.
How To Open The Command Console
With the command console enabled, you will now need to open it. This displays an area that you can put cheats into.
To do this, simply press ‘~’ (this is the tilde button). When you do this, a command console will open, allowing you to type cheats. The bar itself is quite tiny; in the image above, you can see the command console enabled at the bottom of the screen.
Every Command Code In Ark: Survival Ascended
There are a lot of commands in Ark: Survival Ascended but fortunately, they are pretty much the same as those found in Ark: Survival Evolved. Below, you can check out every command in the game, as well as what it does.
Item ID Vs. Blueprint Path
There are a lot of variables mentioned above, with many of them representing the same thing. Two variables like this are “itemNumber” and “blueprintpath”.
The “itemNumber” refers to an item’s specific number ID. For example, the ID for Chitin Leggings is 27. To summon one pair of leggings at the lowest quality, you would use the following command.
By setting “forceblueprint” to “true”, you will also unlock this blueprint on the Engram tree. If false, the item will remain locked, and you will need to use your own Engram points to unlock it if you want to craft manually.
Blueprint paths are a bit more complex to use, and aren’t necessary for every situation, however they can be helpful if you are playing with certain mods. If you were to summon the same Chitin Leggins with this code, you would use the following command.
- giveItem “Blueprint’/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Chitin/PrimalItemArmor_ChitinPants.PrimalItemArmor_ChitinPants'” 1 1 true
At ArkIDs, you can find a complete list of every item number in the game.