Cheats & codes
Ark: Survival Evolved Cheat Codes
Grouped by type and platform, each one labelled reported working or tested.
There are 52 cheat codes for Ark: Survival Evolved across PC (Microsoft Windows). Each code below lists the exact button combination or console command, what it does, and whether using it disables achievements.
Cheat codes
19Add Experience
Gives your character 1000 XP; change the second 0 to 1 to share with your tribe.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat addexperience followed by the amount and share flags.
Creative Mode
Activates creative mode with all engrams unlocked, instant crafting and unlimited inventory weight.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat givecreativemode.
Destroy Aimed Target
Destroys the object or dino you are aiming at.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, aim at a target and type cheat destroytarget.
Destroys permanently; use on the wrong target and it is gone.
Enemy Invisibility
All creatures ignore you even if you attack them. Use false to turn off.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat enemyinvisible followed by true or false.
Fly Mode
Lets you fly freely.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat fly.
Free Resources
Gives you 50 of every resource.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat giveresources.
God Mode
You cannot die from damage.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat god.
You can still drown while god mode is active.
Infinite Ammo
Gives you infinite ammo for your weapons.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat toggleinfiniteammo.
Infinite Stats
Infinite health, stamina, oxygen, food and water.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat infinitestats.
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.
NoClip Ghost Mode
Walk through walls and objects.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat ghost.
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.
Save World
Saves the current world state immediately.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat saveworld.
Set Time Of Day
Sets the time of day, e.g. cheat settimeofday 12:00 for noon.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat settimeofday followed by the time.
Slow Motion Speed
Changes game speed; 1 is normal, 5 is faster movement.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat slomo followed by the speed value.
Extreme values can break the game; use slomo 1 to return to normal.
Summon Creature
Summons the named creature to your location.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat summon followed by the creature blueprint name.
Teleport Forward
Teleports you forward in the direction you are facing until you hit something.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat teleport.
Unlock All Engrams
Unlocks every crafting recipe instantly.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat giveengrams.
Walk Mode
Turns off fly or ghost and lets you walk again.
Press Tab, authenticate with enablecheats on servers, type cheat walk.
Console commands
33Disable Ambient Occlusion
Turns off ambient occlusion to lift FPS
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Disable Global Illumination
Disables Lumen global illumination for a major FPS boost (ARK: Survival Ascended engine setting)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
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.
Fix Blue Screen (SSR)
Fixes the blue screen effect near water (screen space reflections bug)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Fly
Lets you fly in any direction.
Open the console and type the command.
Force Tame Looked-At Creature
Instantly tames the creature you're looking at
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
FPS/Performance Mode
Disables volumetric cloud and fog rendering to lift FPS (together with grass-density and ground-clutter tweaks)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Ghost Mode (No-Clip)
Like fly but you also pass through terrain and objects
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Access to All Structures
Gives you the ability to access all player-built structures
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give All Blueprints
Grants you every engram blueprint in the game
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give an item
Gives the named item. The three numbers are quantity, quality and whether it comes as a blueprint.
Open the console and type the command, swapping spyglass for another item name.
Give Armor Set by Tier
Grants a full armor set of the chosen tier (0 = lowest, 3 = best)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Color Dye
Grants every dye color item
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Experience Points
Grants you experience points to level up
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Item by ID
Grants you the item with the given numeric ID and quality; Blueprint = 1 for a blueprint, 0 for the item itself
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Item by Path/Blueprint
Grants an item by its internal path (the short GFI name works), e.g. cheat gfi MetalPick 1 0 0; blueprint 1 = blueprint only
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Resources
Grants 50 of every material item
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Give Weapon Set by Tier
Grants a full weapon set of the chosen tier (0 = lowest, 3 = best)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Insta-Tame All Nearby Dinos
Immediately tames all wild dinos near you
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Kill All Dinosaurs
Kills all dinos on the map, tamed and wild (server briefly lags while the map repopulates)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Kill All Wild Creatures
Kills every wild creature on the map; the server briefly lags while the map repopulates
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Kill Targeted Creature
Kills the creature you are looking at
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
No hunger, thirst or stamina drain
Food, water, stamina and torpidity stop draining and stay full.
Open the console and type the command.
Open the console
Opens the command console.
Press Tab during play. On some keyboard layouts it is the key above Caps Lock.
Screenshot Mode
Hides parts of the HUD (no floating names) for clean screenshots
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Show FPS Counter
Shows the frames-per-second counter above the hotbar; type 'stat fps' again to hide it
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Show HUD
Shows or hides the HUD
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Show Unit Stats
Shows process times for CPU, GPU and draw calls (performance diagnostics)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Stop flying
Cancels fly and puts you back on the ground.
Open the console and type the command.
Use this before you land. Cancelling fly high in the air drops you.
Summon Creature by ID
Spawns a creature of the chosen type nearby (e.g. Summon Rex_Character_BP_C, Summon Dodo_Character_BP_C)
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Teleport to Higher Ground
Teleports you to higher ground
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Teleport to Look Point
Teleports you to where you are looking
Press Tab to open the console, type the command and press Enter
Disables achievements/trophies while active
Unlock every engram
Unlocks all engrams for your character at once.
Open the console and type the command.
There is no undo, and it removes most of the game's progression.
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