ARK: Survival Ascended — Dino Management Commands
Server admins spend more time managing dinos than anything else: wiping wild populations to refresh spawns, instantly taming for testing, summoning specific creatures for events, reviving accidentally-killed tames. This guide covers the commands you'll actually use. Teleporting around to verify spawns? The Ragnarok resource map ships every farming coordinate as a copyable TPCoords command.
Prerequisites
- Open the console (
~on PC,RB+LB+Y+Xon Xbox,R1+L1+Triangle+Squareon PS5). - Authenticate:
EnableCheats <your_admin_password>. - Re-authenticate every session — cheats reset on disconnect.
Full auth walkthrough in our console commands full guide.
Every command below needs an admin password set on the server itself. On a managed ARK: Survival Ascended server you set it in the panel and send the same commands over RCON without joining the game, which is how most wipe and spawn work is done in practice.
Dino command builder
Choose an operation, fill in only the required values, then copy the command. Nothing is sent to your server.
Wipe All Wild Dinos
Most-asked command. Use after a mod change, after a stretch of bad spawn RNG, or to refresh high-level dinos:
DestroyWildDinos- Affects only the cell currently loaded into memory.
- For a true full-map wipe, run from the server console (RCON) — that operates server-wide.
- Wild dinos respawn over the next 10–20 minutes.
- Existing tames are NOT affected.
Force Tame the Dino In Front of You
ForceTameAim at a wild dino, run command. Result: instantly tamed, rideable without a saddle, full stat preservation.
If ForceTame freezes the game on very high-level dinos (community-reported issue), use DoTame instead — slightly slower but more stable.
Most of these commands only matter because the server rates are wrong. Our free ARK server settings generator writes GameUserSettings.ini, Game.ini and the launch line from the rates and breeding multipliers you pick.
Spawn a Tamed Dino at a Specific Level
GMSummon "<BlueprintPath>" <level>Example — spawn a level-150 tamed Rex:
GMSummon "Rex_Character_BP_C" 150- Always quote the blueprint path. Without quotes, the parser falls back to
Summon, which spawns a wild dino. - Level applies before taming bonus.
Common Blueprint Paths
| Creature | Blueprint |
|---|---|
| Rex | Rex_Character_BP_C |
| Argentavis | Argent_Character_BP_C |
| Quetzal | Quetz_Character_BP_C |
| Wyvern Fire | Wyvern_Character_BP_Fire_C |
| Giga | Gigant_Character_BP_C |
| Carnotaurus | Carno_Character_BP_C |
| Trike | Trike_Character_BP_C |
Revive a Dead Tame
If a tame died and you have its Dino ID (visible in the death log or via cheat ShowMyAdminManager):
cheat ScriptCommand revivedino <dinoID1> <dinoID2>- Both Dino ID parts are required (a tame's ID is two 32-bit numbers).
- Works on tames that died within the cell loaded at the time of death.
- For tames that died and were already cleaned up, this won't recover them — back up your save before risky raids.
Other Useful Dino Commands
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
DestroyMyTarget | Delete the dino at your reticle. Works for griefer tames stuck in walls. |
RefillStats | Fully heal/feed the dino you're riding. |
SetTargetDinoColor <region> <colorID> | Recolor a tame for cosmetic events. |
InfiniteWeight | Carry-weight cap removed for the rider's tame too. |
Common Mistakes
- "DestroyWildDinos didn't wipe my map" — only the loaded cell wiped. Use it server-side via RCON to hit the full map.
- "GMSummon spawned a wild dino" — your blueprint path wasn't quoted.
- "revivedino did nothing" — Dino ID was wrong or tame was already cleaned up.
- "My ForceTame'd dino has no saddle slot" — that's correct; force-tamed dinos can be ridden without a saddle as a cheat side-effect.
Run a clean dino economy. Host an ARK: Survival Ascended server with Supercraft and run RCON commands from a web panel.
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Running a PvP server? Pair these commands with offline raid protection (ORP) settings so tribes keep their tames while offline.