Ark: Survival Evolved console commands on PC: How to use console commands

❘ Published: 2022-01-07T12:48:35

Studio Wildcard

Ark: Survival Evolved is one of the more unique games on the market as it tests your survival instincts. Lots of crafting, hunting, and fighting is the name of the game, but if you want to make your tasks a bit easier, here are all the Ark: Survival Evolved console commands on PC.

In order to survive Studio Wildcard’s world, you’ll have to endure. This means creating your own sturdy home, traversing the terrain, gathering supplies, and crafting. If that’s not enough, the deadly wildlife roaming the land consists of dinosaurs, tigers, mammoths, and even wyverns!

Creating the perfect setup can be difficult, so it might not be the worst idea in the world to give yourself a few helping hands. To do so, you’ll need to make the most of Ark: Survival Evolved’s console commands on PC.

There is a hefty amount of them, and our guide will run you through every single command and what they do.

All Ark: Survival Evolved console commands
How to bring up Ark: Survival Evolved console commands
Are there console commands in Ark: Survival Evolved for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch?

All Ark: Survival Evolved console commands

Hunting dinosaurs is one of the many things you can do in Ark!

Console commands are used to access certain features in the game’s coding. They allow players to manipulate a whole host of different gameplay modifiers to make the software easier or harder.

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Below, you’ll find every available console command, alongside the action they perform. Just to note, many of these commands have tons of sub-options as well. So if you need extra details on how to alter settings within settings, you can check them out here at the Ark: Survival Evolved Wiki.

Console Command	Action
AddEquipmentDurability	Amount of durability/water/energy to add.
CE	Type of weather.
DCMSet	Sets a property on the Day Cycle Manager.
DisableSpectator	Quits ‘spectatormode’
EnableCheats	Enable server administrator commands for the current player.
EnableSpectator	Mode spectator (will destroy inventory, leave all your stuff at safe place first)
FindMutagenDrops	Prints locations of nearby spawned Mutagen Bulbs to the console.
ForceGiveBuff	This Command allows you to put Status Effects on yourself or the dinosaur you’re riding.
ForceMutagenSpawn	Forces nearest Mutagen Bulb to spawn.
GameCommand	Runs a game-mode specific command / trigger.
GetEgg	This Command will allow you to spawn a fertilized egg from the targeted egg-laying dino to your feet.
GFI	Adds the specified item (or its blueprint) to the player’s inventory in the specified quantity and with the specified quality.
HatchEgg	Set the egg’s incubating progress to 0%.
ListActiveHordeEvents	Lists all current active Orbital Supply Drop and Element Node in the extended console (you can access it by using ‘Tab’ a second time).
Open	Joins a specific server.
PlayersOnly	Stops all creature movement in the game world and halts crafting. Players can still move normally. Repeat the command to disable its effects.
previewmode	Changes graphics when executed.
PrintColors	Prints the Color IDs.
r.shadowquality	Sets shadow quality depending on the number given.
RemoveAllWorldBuffs	Remove all world buffs at map Genesis: Part 2.
RepairArea	Repairs all structures in given radius around player.
RequestSpectator	Requests spectator mode on servers where there is a spectator password.
ScriptCommand	Runs a game mode-specific command / script.
SetDifficultyValue	This command will allow you to change the max level of wild dinosaur spawns.
SetShowAllPlayers	Show player names in spectator mode.
Slomo	Sets the game speed multiplier.
StartNearestHorde	Spawns an Orbital Supply Drop or Element Node at the nearest location to you.
StopSpectating	Leaving the spectator mode which was started with Enable Spectator.

ToggleDamageNumbers	Toggles floating damage numbers on the server
AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck	Adds the player specified by their Integer encoded Steam ID to the server’s whitelist.
BanPlayer	Add the specified player to the server’s banned list.
Broadcast	Broadcast a message to all players on the server.
TribeMessage	Adds a message to the specified tribe’s Tribelog.
DisallowPlayerToJoinNoCheck	Removes the specified player from the server’s whitelist.
DoExit	Shuts down the server as soon as possible.
GetChat	Returns the latest chat buffer.
GetGameLog	Print 100 entries at a time also outputs to dated file in in “\Logs”.
GetTribeIdPlayerList	Prints a list of every player of a specified tribe with both PlayerID and SteamID in the console and in a special in-game chat window.
TribeStructureAudit	Console output of the types and counts of a given TribeId’s structures.
TribeDinoAudit	Console output of the types and counts of a given TribeId’s dinos.
ServerChat	Sends a chat message to all currently connected players.
ServerChatTo	Sends a direct chat message to the player specified by their int64 encoded steam id.
ServerChatToPlayer	Sends a direct chat message to the player specified by their Steam name.
SaveWorld	Forces the server to save the game world to disk in its current state.
SetGlobalPause	Pauses everything game-related.
SetDay	Sets the current day number.
SetTimeOfDay	Sets the game world’s time of day to the specified time.
ShowMessageOfTheDay	Displays the message of the day.
UnbanPlayer	Remove the specified player from the server’s banned list.
SetCheatPlayer	Enable cheat commands that affect the current player, mounted dinosaurs and the game world
ClearPlayerInventory	Clears the specified player’s inventory, equipped items, and/or slot items.
GetAllState	Prints all entities of given type to console (server console, not in-game) and to server log file ‘ShooterGame.log’ after a while if logging to file is enabled in server configurations.
GiveExpToTarget	Same as AddExperience, but adds it to the player or dinosaur you’re currently looking at.
GiveInfiniteStatsToTarget	Gives infinite stats to the player or dinosaur you’re looking at.
KickPlayer	Forcibly disconnect the specified player from the server.
Kill	Instantly kills the targeted structure or dinosaur, leaving behind a corpse.
KillAOE	Kills all specified creatures in the designated radius.
KillPlayer	Kills the specified player in-game
RenamePlayer	Renames the player specified by their in-game string name.
RenameTribe	Renames the tribe specified by its string name.
TakeAllDino	Changes ownership of all dinosaurs of the tribe the player is currently looking at to the tribe of player.
TakeAllStructure	Changes ownership of all structures of the tribe the player is currently looking at to the tribe of player.
LevelUp	Auto-adds some XP, then levels up a stat on your player character, or if riding a dinosaur, on that dinosaur
LevelUpAOE	Auto-adds some XP, then levels up a stat on all nearby players and dinosaurs in the specified radius
LevelUpTarget	Auto-adds some XP, then levels up a stat on your targeted player or dino.
ForceUpdateDynamicConfig	Force an update of the dynamic config.
Teleport	Moves the player character forward in the direction the player is facing until the character collides with an object or the terrain.
TeleportPlayerIDToMe	Teleports the player specified by their in-game ID to the current player.
TeleportPlayerNameToMe	Teleports the player specified by their name to the current player.
TeleportToPlayer	Teleports the current player to the player specified by their in-game ID.
TeleportToPlayerName	Teleports the user to the player named as given in command.
TeleportToActorLocation	Lets you teleport to a specific actor in the gameworld.
TP	Lets you teleport to defined locations quickly.
TPCoords	Moves the player’s character to the specified GPS position instantly.
SPI	Does the same as SetPlayerPos but lets you set a yaw and pitch for a specified view too.
SetPlayerPos	Moves the player’s character to the specified position instantly.
MoveTargetTo	Sets the world location of the player or dinosaur you are currently looking at.
TeleportToActiveHorde	Teleports you to the specified horde event.
DestroyAll	Destroys all entities (like creatures, structures) of the specified type.
DestroyWildDinoClasses	Destroys all wild creatures of the specified type.
DestroyAllEnemies	Destroys all non-player creatures on the map, including tamed creatures.
DestroyFoliage	Destroys all foliage and resource nodes in radius.
DestroyMyTarget	Instantly destroys the creature or structure in the current player’s crosshairs, without leaving any corpse.
DestroyStructures	Destroys all structures owned by all players on the map.
DestroyTribeDinos	Will destroy all dinosaurs on the ARK, based on the Tribe owner (or player owner) of the thing that you are currently looking at.
DestroyTribeId	Will destroy a tribe.
DestroyTribeIdDinos	Will destroy all tames in a tribe.
DestroyTribeIdPlayers	Will destroy all players in a tribe.
DestroyTribeIdStructures	Will destroy all structures in a tribe.
DestroyTribePlayers	Will destroy all players of a tribe on the ARK, based on the Tribe owner (or player owner) of the thing that you are currently looking at.
DestroyTribeStructures	Will destroy all structures on the ARK, based on the Tribe owner (or player owner) of the thing that you are currently looking at.
DestroyTribeStructuresLessThan	Destroy all the structures owned by the given tribe that have less than the given connections (snapped structures).
DestroyWildDinos	Destroys all untamed creatures on the map. Useful for helping newly-released creatures to spawn.
ForcePlayerToJoinTargetTribe	Forces the player specified by their in-game UE4 ID to the tribe that the target entity or structure of the current player belongs to.
ForcePlayerToJoinTribe	Forces the player specified by their in-game UE4 ID to the tribe specified by its name.
ForceJoinTribe	Let’s you join a targeted Tribe.
ForceTribes	Creates a new tribe and forces specified players to join it.
GiveAllStructure	Gives the current player ownership of all the targeted structures and all structures connected to it recursively.
MakeTribeAdmin	Promotes you to an admin of the tribe you’re currently a member of.
MakeTribeFounder	Makes you the founder of the tribe you’re currently a member of.
RemoveTribeAdmin	Removes your admin status for your current tribe.
TakeTribe	Gives you all of the tribe’s dinosaurs and structures.
GiveCreativeMode	Sets yourself in Creative Mode.
GiveCreativeModeToTarget	Sets the target you are visiting in Creative Mode.
GiveCreativeModeToPlayer	Sets a certain player identified by the player’s ID in Creative Mode.
AddExperience	Adds the specified number of experience points to the player.
AddChibiExp	Adds the specified number of experience points to the command-executing player’s currently equipped Chibi-Pet.
AddChibiExpToPlayer	Adds the specified number of experience points to the target player’s currently equipped Chibi-Pet.
DebugAllowvrMissionTeleport	Allows teleport in Genesis: Part 1 to the final boss without completing missions.
forcecompleteactivemission 0	Completes the current mission successfully on Genesis Part 1 and Part 2.
UnlockEngram	Unlocks Tekgram
HideRiders	Makes a rider of a dinosaur visually invisible. You stay invisible after un-mounting.
ChangeSize	Changes the current player’s size.
ClearTutorials	Resets all tutorials on your client.
EnemyInvisible	When enabled, all creatures on the map will ignore the current player, even when attacked.
ExecSetSleeping	Puts the current player character to sleep or wakes them up
Fly	Activates “fly mode,” permitting the player character to move freely in any direction without physics or gravity being applied.
Ghost	Activates “no clip” mode, permitting the player character to pass freely through objects in the world that normally block movement, including the terrain itself.
GiveColors	Gives you quantity of each dye in the game.
GiveEngrams	Unlocks all crafting recipes for the player character.
GiveEngramsTekOnly	Gives you all tek engrams.
GiveTekengramsTo	Provide the partial string of a tek engram to give them to players, works similar to GFI Tekgrams unlocked this way will stay even after a relog and server restart.
GiveExpToPlayer	Gives the specified player the specified amount of experience points.
GiveItem	Adds the specified item (or its blueprint) to the player’s inventory in the specified quantity and with the specified quality.
GiveItemNum	Adds the specified item (or its blueprint) to the player’s inventory in the specified quantity and with the specified quality.
GiveItemToPlayer	Adds the specified item (or its blueprint) to the player’s inventory in the specified quantity and with the specified quality.
GiveItemNumToPlayer	Adds the specified item (or its blueprint) to the player’s inventory in the specified quantity and with the specified quality.
GiveResources	Add 50 units of each resource in the game to the player’s inventory.
GiveSlotItem	Adds the item specified by its blueprint path into one of your item slots.
GiveSlotItemNum	Adds the item specified by its item ID into one of your item slots.
GiveToMe	Changes the owner of the targeted entity (structure or dinosaur) to the current player.
GMBuff	Gives player God, InfiniteStats, EnemyInvisibleTrue, and a bunch of experience.
EnvQA	A shortcut that internally executes GMBuff, GiveArmorSet Tek 0, stats fps, and stat unit.
God	Toggles “god mode”.
HideTutorial	Hides the tutorial specified by its tutorial index.
HurtMe	Damages the player character.
InfiniteStats	Refills the player’s health, stamina, oxygen, food & water immediately, and keeps them at their maximum level while the command is active.
LeaveMeAlone	Combination of God, InfiniteStats, and EnemyInvisible true.
OnToggleInGameMenu	Opens or closes the in-game menu.
OpenMap	Loads the map specified by its name.
Playercommand	Currently used to give the player the ascension effect.
SetAdminIcon	Hides the Admin Icon next to the name in chat when a player that has enabled cheats writes something.
SetFacialHairPercent	Sets value in the range from 0 to 1.
SetFacialHairStyle	Sets value in the range from 0 to 7.
SetHeadHairPercent	Sets value in the range from 0 to 1.
SetHeadHairStyle	Sets value in the range from 0 to 7.
SetGodMode	Enables or disables god mode for the current player.
SetTargetPlayerBodyVal	Setting a value between -1.0 and 1.0 will adjust the targeted player area.
SetTargetPlayerColorVal	Changes the color of various parts of the body.
ShowInGameMenu	Displays the in-game menu.
ShowTutorial	Displays the tutorial specified by its tutorial ID.
Suicide	Kills yourself.
ToggleInfiniteAmmo	Provides unlimited ammunition for all of the player character’s weapons.
Walk	Deactivates “fly mode”.
ToggleGun	Prevents the player character’s equipped item (or hands if nothing is equipped) from being displayed.
RefillStats	Sets all stats to maximum once.
GiveArmorSet	Gives you a full armor set of the tier specified, and equips them for you.
GiveWeaponSet	Gives you all weapons in the specified tier, as well as the correct ammo for them.
GiveItemSet	Gives you all items in the specified item set tier.
ClearMyBuffs	Attempts to deactivate all of your buffs.
SetMyTargetSleeping	Knocks out target dinosaur or player.
MaxAscend	Unlock Alpha Overseer and Alpha Rockwell ascensions for the player matching the given ID.
DefeatBoss	Unlock the given boss for the player matching the given ID.
DefeatAllBosses	Unlock all the bosses of alpha difficulty for the player matching the given ID.
GiveAllExplorerNotes	Unlock all the explorer notes for every ark for the player issuing the command.
GiveExplorerNote	Unlock the note matching the specified index.
AddHexagons	Adds the specified amount of hexagons to the player issuing the command.
InfiniteWeight	Toggle infinite weight.
DestroyAll	Destroys all creatures of the specified type, both wild and tamed.
DestroyAllEnemies	Destroys all non-player creatures on the map, including tamed creatures.
DoTame	Tames the targeted creature if the creature is capable of being tamed, activating all triggers as if the player had tamed the creature normally.
DumpDinoStats	Dumps the stats for the dinosaur you are riding or looking at to the cheat console output.
ForceTame	Immediately tames the dinosaur under the player’s crosshairs.
ForceTameAOE	Force tames every dino in a specified radius, default’s to 2000 if no number is given.
RainCritters	Spawns a mix of sheep and dodos above the player, cannot change the creatures as it’s hard coded into the game.
RainDinos	Spawns a mix of trikes and parasaurs above the player, cannot change the creatures as it’s hard coded into the game.
RainDanger	Spawns a mix of rexes and allos above the player, cannot change the creatures as it’s hard coded into the game.
SDF	Spawn a creature of the specified type in front of the player character.
SetBabyAge	Sets the age of the target baby dinosaur.
SetImprintQuality	Sets value in the range from 0 to 1 (= 100%) of the target baby or adult bred dinosaur.
SetImprintedPlayer	Changes the imprinted player of the target dinosaur to the provided player name/ID.
SetStatOnTarget	Changes the current value on the set stat.
TransferImprints	Transfers all dinos that are imprinted on the oldPlayerId to the newPlayerId.
SetTargetDinoColor	Sets the dinosaur you target to specified color/s.
SpawnActor	Spawns the entity specified by its blueprint path at a random level.
SpawnActorSpread	Spawns a number of entities in the specified area.
SpawnDino	Spawns a leveled dino specified by its blueprint path.
Summon	Spawn a creature of the specified type at the place of the player character.
SummonTamed	Spawn a force-tamed creature of the specified type at the place of the player character.
GMSummon	Spawn a creature of the specified type at the place of the player character and tame it.
GiveDinoSet	Spawns a set of dinos in the specified tier, fully set up with reasonably optimized stats and saddles.
SpawnExactDino	Spawns a dinosaur specified by the parameters.
SpawnSetupDino	Spawns a fully set up dino with the specified saddle, tamed at Level with random base stats, and pre-applied levels to the selected stats up to 88 total levels.
ForcePoop	Forces the dino you are riding (or if not riding a dino, the dino you are looking at) to poop.
ClearCryoSickness	Clears the cryo-sickness status of the tame you are looking at and wakes it up.
Dino Reset	Resets all blink cooldowns.
Dino InfiniteBlink	Don’t use blink cooldown slots, just always allow blinking.
DinoSet Cooldowns	Set the number of blink cooldown slots the enforcer has.
Dino DontHideRiderDuringBlink	Prevents the Enforcer from touching rider visibility during blink, allowing the HideRiders cheat to work as it does for other dinosaurs.
DinoSet Blink	Sets the blink vfx (forwards) to the specified percentage.
DinoSet BlinkBack	Sets the blink vfx (backwards) to the specified percentage.
Dino Inflate	Sets current inflation to maximum.
DinoSet Inflate	Increases inflation by a specific amount (also accepts negative numbers to reduce inflation).
Dino InfiniteGas	Constantly refills inflation to keep it at maximum (toggle).
Dino TitanMode	Multiplies the inflation by 10x.
Dino Reset	Resets Mek fuel to maximum and heat level to zero.
Dino InfiniteFuel	Keeps fuel at 100%.
DinoSet Fuel	Adds or subtracts the amount of fuel specified.
Dino NoHeat	Keeps heat at 0%.
Dino ToggleUpkeep	Disables/Enables Mek upkeep
DinoSet UpkeepInterval	Sets the Mek’s upkeep interval in seconds.
Dino ReplayIntro	Makes the MegaMek invisible, then replays the intro effect VFX.
DinoSet Blink	Sets the blink/intro effect to that level.
DinoSet EatTime	Sets the time in seconds between sitting down to digest
Dino DestroyRightNode	Dismembers right arm and destroys the node.
Dino DestroyLeftNode	Dismembers left arm and destroys the node.
Dino DestroyCenterNode	Destroys the center node.
CopyCoordsToClipboard	Copies your current coordinates and rotation to your clipboard in the form: X Y Z Yaw Pitch.
DebugStructures	Toggles the display of debug information on structures when you look at them, including the structure’s class name and entity ID.
Stat	Enables an on-screen display showing various debug information.
ShowDebug	Enables an on-screen overlay showing various debug information.
SetGraphicsQuality	Sets your client’s graphics quality.

How to bring up Ark: Survival Evolved console commands on PC

To use Ark’s console commands, you’ll first need to open up the console command function itself.

Here’s how to do it:

PC

Press the ‘Tab’ button.

Stadia

Press the ‘button.

Are there console commands in Ark: Survival Evolved for PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch?

We can confirm that some of the above commands are also usable on PlayStation, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch. To open up the command panel on consoles and investigate, you just need to do the following:

Consoles using a controller

Pause the game
On PlayStation, press L1, R1, Square, and Triangle together simultaneously
On Xbox, press LB, RB, X, and Y together simultaneously
On Switch, press L, R, Y, and X together simultaneously

Consoles using mouse and keyboard

Press the ‘Tab” button

For a bunch of other gaming guides detailing console commands, check these out below:

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Ark: Survival Evolved console commands on PC: How to use console commands

Contents

All Ark: Survival Evolved console commands

AddEquipmentDurability

CE

DCMSet

DisableSpectator

EnableCheats

EnableSpectator

FindMutagenDrops

ForceGiveBuff

ForceMutagenSpawn

GameCommand

GetEgg

GFI

HatchEgg

ListActiveHordeEvents

Open

PlayersOnly

previewmode

PrintColors

r.shadowquality

RemoveAllWorldBuffs

RepairArea

RequestSpectator

ScriptCommand

SetDifficultyValue

SetShowAllPlayers

Slomo

StartNearestHorde

StopSpectating

ToggleDamageNumbers

AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck

BanPlayer

Broadcast

TribeMessage

DisallowPlayerToJoinNoCheck

DoExit

GetChat

GetGameLog

GetTribeIdPlayerList

TribeStructureAudit

TribeDinoAudit

ServerChat

ServerChatTo

ServerChatToPlayer

SaveWorld

SetGlobalPause

SetDay

SetTimeOfDay

ShowMessageOfTheDay

UnbanPlayer

SetCheatPlayer

ClearPlayerInventory

GetAllState

GiveExpToTarget

GiveInfiniteStatsToTarget

KickPlayer

Kill

KillAOE

KillPlayer

RenamePlayer

RenameTribe

TakeAllDino

TakeAllStructure

LevelUp

LevelUpAOE

LevelUpTarget

ForceUpdateDynamicConfig

Teleport

TeleportPlayerIDToMe

TeleportPlayerNameToMe

TeleportToPlayer

TeleportToPlayerName

TeleportToActorLocation

TP

TPCoords

SPI

SetPlayerPos

MoveTargetTo