ARK guides
Every boss fight, every ascension, and every engram in ARK: Survival Ascended. Each number is read from the game files or checked on our test server. Where we give an opinion, it says so.
673 pages · Verified against ASA v94.7 · 2026-10-02
13 bosses, 8 ascensions, 647 engrams, 3 crafting guides, 2 breeding guides. Enter opens the first match.
Guardian and arena fights.
One page per boss: tribute per tier, every tekgram the fight unlocks, abilities, how we kill it, admin commands.
The Island
- Broodmother LysrixBroodmother set
- MegapithecusMegapithecus set
- DragonDragon set
The Center
- Broodmother & MegapithecusBoth sets
Extinction
- Desert TitanDesert Titan set
- Forest TitanForest Titan set
- Ice TitanIce Titan set
Astraeos
- HydraskosDragon set
- Natrix the DeviousBroodmother set
- Thodes the Widow MakerMegapithecus set
Genesis: Part 1
- Moeder, Master of the OceanMoeder set
Ragnarok
- NanatuakNanatuak set
Valguero
- GrendalGrendal set
The fights that raise your level cap.
One page per boss, plus the ascension rule for that map. Overseer is the first cap raise most survivors hit.
The Island
- OverseerOverseer set
Scorched Earth
- ManticoreManticore set
Aberration
- RockwellRockwell set
Extinction
- King TitanKing Titan set
Genesis: Part 1
- Corrupted Master ControllerMaster Controller set
Lost Colony
- Lost King & Lost QueenLost King & Queen set
Astraeos
- Abyssalus the Void BeneathKrakens set
- Shallocis the Void AboveKrakens set
Crafting and the crafting skill.
How crafted stats work, what the Tinkering Desk does when you combine blueprints, and how the Helicoprion turns loot into blueprints.
Crafting
- Crafting and the crafting skillHow crafted stats work, what crafting skill does per point, and the myths we tested.
- Tinkering Desk: combining blueprintsStable vs Unstable, the average quality, and why Unstable is a bad trade on ASA 93.38.
- Helicoprion: turning items into blueprintsConvert To Blueprint, Success Rate, and what actually converts.
Breeding, measured.
How a baby's stats are built from its parents, what the mutation counters mean, and the timers, from our tests and engine reads.
Breeding
- Breeding: how babies get their statsWild and mutation points, the 55/45 pick, cooldowns, incubation, imprinting, all measured.
- Advanced breeding: mutations, counters and traitsHow a mutation is rolled, what the two counters mean, 20/20, twins, colors, gene traits.
Every engram, one page each.
What it is, the level and points to learn it, the base recipe, prerequisites, what boss unlocks it, admin commands. Pick a group or use the find box above.
- BaseGame 340
- Base game (post-datamine additions) 83
- TEK 49
- Scorched Earth 48
- Aberration 32
- ASA New Dinos 22
- Lost Colony 20
- Extinction 19
- Steampunk Pack 16
- Genesis 15
- Genesis 2 3
Crafting Calculator
Material totals for any engram at any quantity and blueprint quality. Every engram page links straight into it.
Dino Stats
Wild, tamed, and bred creature stats from the game's own formula, extracted from ASA v94.7.
Maps.
Resource runs and spawn notes per map, one page each. A map shows up here as a link when its page is real, not before.
- The IslandNEXT
- The Center
- Scorched Earth
- Aberration
- Extinction
- Genesis: Part 1
- Ragnarok
- Valguero
- Lost Colony
- Astraeos
Where a number comes from.
- Game files · read from the game's own data: item recipes, boss stats, unlock tables
- Read in game · checked on our test server against the ASA version the page names
- Our call · a recommendation, labeled as one
A number that can't say which of the three it is doesn't ship. Calculators live under Tools.