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Ark ASA: All Console Commands & Cheats in ARK Survival Ascended

Cheat if you want to survive!

Taming and riding a T-Rex is hard, especially if you're a beginner. While I already had experience with ARK: Survival Evolved, I wanted everything straight away in this improved version. For that, I needed to learn all console commands and cheat codes in ARK Survival Ascended.

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All ARK Survival Ascended cheat codes and console commands list

  • settimeofday <hh:mm> - Choose what time it is on a map.
  • setcheatplayer true - Enables onscreen stats like fps number, zone, coordinates, time, etc.
  • setcheatplayer false - Disables onscreen stats.
  • ToggleInfiniteAmmo - You have unlimited ammo.
  • Givebossitems - Gets you a boss reward.
  • Fly - You can fly around the map like Superman.
  • walk - You no longer fly or float.
  • Changesize <value>  –  Change how large you are. Starting size is 1, so enter a bigger number to become a giant.
  • addexperience <number>  –  enter how much experience you want to earn.
  • Enemyinvisible  –  You will be ignored by all creatures even after you attack them.
  • Ghost  –  You can float and go through objects. Type Walk to return to normal.
  • Gmbuff  –  God mode, over 5000 points for engrams, and extra experience.
  • Infinitestats  –  you don't need food, water, oxygen, and you never get tired.
  • Leavemealone  –  God mode ON.
  • Givearmorset <tier> <quality>  –  Unlocks an armor set:
    • Tier: desert, ghillie, riot, scuba, cloth, chitin, metal, flak, tek, hide, hazard, fur
    • Quality: primitive, alpha, ramshackle, apprentice, ascendant, journeyman, mastercraft
  • Giveweaponset <tier> <quality>  –  Instantly unlocks every weapon of your chosen tier.
    • Tier: primitive, basic, advanced, tek
    • Quality: primitive, alpha, ramshackle, apprentice, ascendant, journeyman, mastercraft
  • Giveitemset <tier>  –  Receive items from different groups by typing tiers: 0, 1, 2, 3, food, water, brews.
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  • Giveitem <blueprintpath> <quantity> <quality> <forceblueprint>  –  Get the item you want.
  • Giveitemnum <itemnum> <quantity> <quality> <forceblueprint>  –  Get the item you want.
  • Giveitemtoplayer <playerID> <blueprintpath> <quantity> <quality> <forceblueprint>  –  Supply another player with an item of your choosing.
  • Giveitemnumtoplayer <playerID> <itemnum> <quantity> <quality> <forceblueprint>
  • Giveresources  –  You'll receive 50 of each type of material.
  • Givecreativemode  – This places you in creative mode where you have everything unlocked.
  • Givecreativemodetotarget  –  You can "give" creative mode to a player you've targeted.
  • Givecreativemodetoplayer <playerID>  –  Give creative mode to a specific player.
  • Giveengrams  –  Instantly unlock every crafting recipe.
  • Giveengramstekonly  –  Grants you every Tek engram.
  • Givecolors  –  Grants you some of each dye.
  • Dotame  –  Tame a dinosaur you've targeted.
  • Forcetame  –  Tame a dinosaur you've targeted and ride it without a saddle.
  • Forcetameaoe <radius>  –  Tame all dinosaurs around you. The default radius is 2000, but you can expand that.
  • Givedinoset <tier> <quantity>  –  Spawns and saddles a dinosaur. Type: 0, 1, 2, 3, flyers, me, siegemek, misslemek, shieldmek, argent, extinction
  • Summon <type>  –  Summons a creature.
  • Summontamed <type>  –  Summons tamed creature.
  • Gmsummon <type> <level>  –  Spawns a tamed animal of a specific type and level.
  • Tpcoords <lat> <lon> <altitude>  – Enter coordinates to teleport to a specific part of the map.
  • Teleport  –  move forward until you hit the wall.
  • TeleportplayerIDtome <playerID>  –  Teleport near a player you wish.
  • Teleportplayernametome <playername>  –  Teleports a specific player to your location.
  • Giveallmeat – You'll get meat from all types.

Best cheat codes and console commands - ARK Survival Ascended

There are so many console commands, but I found only a handful of them really useful. These are the best ARK: Ascended cheat codes and console commands I've found:

  • Gmbuff  –  God mode, engram points, and extra experience.
  • Forcetame  –  Tame a dinosaur you've targeted and ride it without a saddle.
  • Infinitestats  –  you don't need food, water, oxygen, and you never get tired.
  • Giveengrams  –  Instantly unlock every crafting recipe.
  • Giveresources  –  You'll receive 50 of each type of material.
  • Givearmorset <tier> <quality>  –  Unlocks an armor set:
    • Tier: desert, ghillie, riot, scuba, cloth, chitin, metal, flak, tek, hide, hazard, fur
    • Quality: primitive, alpha, ramshackle, apprentice, ascendant, journeyman, mastercraft
  • Giveweaponset <tier> <quality>  –  Instantly unlocks every weapon of your chosen tier.
    • Tier: primitive, basic, advanced, tek
    • Quality: primitive, alpha, ramshackle, apprentice, ascendant, journeyman, mastercraft
  • ToggleInfiniteAmmo – You have unlimited ammo.

How to enable console commands and cheat codes in ARK Survival Ascended

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To use the admin console for cheat codes in ARK: Survival Ascended, you must turn Console Access on in Settings under the Advanced tab. If you're playing on a map created by someone else, you must have an admin password, or else you won't be able to use console commands in ARK: Survival Ascended.

For more information on ARK: Survival Ascended, check out Differences between ARK Survival Ascended (ASA) and ARK Survival Evolved on Pro Game Guides.


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Nebojša Prijić
Nebojša Prijić is a senior staff writer at Pro Game Guides with over 25 years of experience in journalism, screenwriting, and copywriting. He previously worked as Editor-in-Chief of Maxim Serbia magazine and the IGN Adria website. Nebojša is an old-school gamer who loves real-time strategies, shooters, and RPGs, but most of all, he plays Roblox and mobile games with his son. He remembers the first Diablo, PC games on a single floppy disk, and playing Mortal Kombat on the keyboard.