In ARK Survival Ascended, you can enter Console Commands to gain advantages in your game. We will show you how to enter these commands on each platform and which commands are available.
How do I enter Console Commands? In ARK: Survival Ascended, you can enter Console Commands to take advantage. This means you can grant yourself a specific amount of XP or even tame all surrounding dinos and animals.
However, to enter these cheats, you first need to open the Command Console, and there is a different key combination for each platform. You must perform the following steps for each platform:
- For PC players:
- Open your menu
- Switch to the second tab “Advanced”
- Activate the “Console Access” option
- Press the “~” key
- For Xbox players:
- Open your menu
- Switch to the second tab “Advanced”
- Activate the “Console Access” option
- Now you can access the Console Command in the pause menu at the bottom left
- or press RB, LB, X, and Y
- For PlayStation players:
- Open your menu
- Switch to the second tab “Advanced”
- Activate the “Console Access” option
- Now you can access the Console Command in the pause menu at the bottom left
- or press R1, L1, Square, and Triangle
Once you have pressed the buttons on your respective platform, the Command Console will open where you can enter your “cheats” and benefit from them. We will now show you all known Console Commands in our list.
All Console Commands of ARK Survival Ascended
| Command | Effect |
| addexperience [value] | Gives your character XP in the specified amount |
| banplayer [player ID] | Bans the specified player from the current server |
| changesize [value] | Changes the size of your character |
| cleartutorials | Disables tutorial messages |
| destroyall [type] | Destroys the specified creature or dino |
| dorestartlevel | The server will restart |
| dotame | Your targeted dino will be tamed |
| enemyinvisible | Makes you invincible against enemies |
| fly | You can fly |
| forcetame | You can tame a dino in your line of sight and then ride it without a saddle |
| forcetameaoe [radius] | All dinos within your specified radius will be tamed and can be ridden without a saddle |
| ghost | Activates ghost mode |
| giveallmeat | You receive all types of meat |
| givearmorset [tier] [quality] | Spawns a specified armor set |
| givebossitems | Spawns a random boss item |
| givecolors | Spawns all types of colors |
| givecreativemode | Activates creative mode |
| givecreativemodetoplayer | Activates creative mode for a chosen player |
| givedinoset [tier] [quantity] | Spawns a dino with a saddle |
| giveengrams | Unlocks all blueprints |
| giveengramstekonly | Unlocks all Tek engrams |
| giveitem [blueprintpath] [quantity] [forceblueprint] | Gives an item of your choice to a player of your choice |
| giveitemset [tier] | Gives a full set of items of the specified rarity to a player of your choice |
| giveresources | Gives you 50 materials of each type |
| giveweaponset [tier] [quality] | Gives you every weapon of the specified set |
| SetGodMode enable | Gives you god mode |
| gmsummon [type] [level] | Summons a tamed creature of your choice with the specified level |
| infinitestats | Gives you unlimited materials |
| listplayers | Shows you a list of all players with their IDs from the server |
| saveworld | Save your settings |
| setcheatplayer [true] | Activates cheats for the selected player |
| setcheatplayer [false] | Deactivates cheats for the selected player |
| settimeofday (hh:mm) | Changes the time of day to the specified time |
| summon [type] | Summons a specified creature |
| summontamed [type] | Summons one of your tamed animals |
| teleport | Teleports you endlessly forward until you reach a ground |
| teleportplayernametome [player name] | Teleports the chosen player to you |
| toggleinfiniteammo | Gives you infinite ammo |
| tpcoords [latitude] [longitude] [altitude] | Teleports you to a specified location |
| walk | Disables flying |
These were all the known cheats you can enter in ARK: Survival Ascended. If you have any additional codes that we should include in the list, please leave us a comment.
If you are wondering which animals or dinos you should tame, we have the appropriate overview for you:
ARK Survival Ascended: 10 creatures you should definitely tame
