ARK | How to Install Mods and Navigate the Steam Workshop

[@HavocGamingChannel]

0:00 - Overview 0:44 - How to find mods in the Steam Workshop (and importance of mod ID's) 3:57 - How to Install and Activate Mods 5:25 - WARNING (know this if you'll be using mods) 6:12 - Updating mods for servers 6:49 - Why you should manually save (or backup) your game often 7:31 - Mod Collections (how to create and find) 9:10 - Conclusion

[@guillermoroseroalvarez2485]

I found this video really really helpful but i want to know if i can do this on ps4?, pls someone tell me

[@anoucklenz8656]

I think it was helpful but how do you do this on xbox ??

[@itssizzz6497]

​@@anoucklenz8656 ​ @Guillermo Rosero Alvarez Xbox and PS4 don't have mods, they're exclusive to Steam

[@spazmatt3000]

@@guillermoroseroalvarez2485 if you need, i can build you a custom pc. just lemme know your spending limit, or buy the parts and ill build it for 100$

[@spazmatt3000]

@@anoucklenz8656 if you need, i can build you a custom pc. just lemme know your spending limit, or buy the parts and ill build it for 100$

[@l33fox]

Reading this 2 years after posting and multiple searches for help with launching mods, thank you for this it deserves way more love 👍🏻

[@d0ct0rpus]

Thank you!! I'm brand spanking new to modding ark so this was absolutely everything I needed in a perfectly delivered and organized package . 10/10

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Sorry for the late reply, thanks Katie!

[@javabucket561]

Thank you!!! Mods make Ark actually feel fresh again, or at least to me. :)

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No sweat, enjoy!

[@tornadomonk5672]

Ye

[@Mushroomisawesome]

This was super help full I’ll be trying it tomorrow you made it sound super simple and easy can’t wait to try!

[@Quthology]

im buying the game with all dlc's tmrw, so i was just wondering where to get all these mods. thank you

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No problem, have fun!

[@Quthology]

@@noyaaknight7275 it's freaking awesome. Especially abberation! I recommend u start off single player with ur own wanted settings and rates and follow the story and move to scorched then aberration and u know the rest of the order

[@cookiewolg6253]

That was the BEST TUTORIAL i ever seen bevore Thank you so much!!!!

[@davidcontarino5278]

Yessss

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Hey Cookie Wolg! Sorry it took so long for a reply, but thank you for the awesome comment

[@Kushking42000]

I like this guy I know what to do now

[@daddyattitude]

Havoc, really good video you made here. What you have done in 10 or so minutes of "recorded" video, would take me hours of typing to explain. The reason I quoted recorded is that most content creators spend at least an hour of real time to make about 2-3 minutes of recorded video time. Most people have no idea the work that goes into making a video. Keep up the good work and I will keep pointing players your direction.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thank you very much for the thoughtful comment, sorry it took so long to respond! Encouragement can be a rare thing to come by, so I'm grateful for it. Hope all is well, and godspeed!

[@skodengaming2477]

I truly appreciate the information in this video. It is exactly the information I've been looking for for weeks to help my 4yo mod godzilla into ark. Not a single KZbin video about godzilla mods gives the information on how to actually mod the game. Liked and subscribed

[@Kate-wo2hm]

this was very helpful, after hours of searching this video really went over everything very clearly and i understood literally everything, you've earned my like and follow :)

[@HavocGamingChannel]

That's one hell of a compliment, thanks FruitNoops!

[@ApexViper]

@@HavocGamingChannel hay I'm in a pickle would I be easyer to install mods one at a time or all at the same time as I'm installing 5 mods but it's been saying that for a few hours now what do I do

[@HavocGamingChannel]

@@ApexViper Hey! Could it be your internet speeds? Some mods are huge, but it shouldn't take hours unless your internet speeds are on the slower end. I would probably stop the downloads, reset the modem, and try again.

[@ApexViper]

@@HavocGamingChannel so unsubscribe and turn internet off and then turn on and start with 1 mod at a time

[@HavocGamingChannel]

@@ApexViper That's what I would try! Unplug the modem and router from the wall, disconnect the power completely. Wait 2 minutes then plug everything back in

[@jenson_vd4495]

This was very helpful thank you

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Glad to hear this was helpful, thank you

[@infinitestrafes7931]

@@HavocGamingChannel can you do this on epic games?

[@SubTactHiphop]

wonderful tutorial, ive consumed a lot of tutorials and this one was pretty high up there when it comes to quality of information.

[@mr.venolive3151]

Bro you are the best thankyou! Send this man to the high Council, give this man a fine dine-in, and give this man a fine room for his generosity.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

lol - thanks man!

[@grzoniec7957]

"You had me at AHOY!" *gigitty*Thank you well done!

[@grzoniec7957]

like/sub also

[@samgoss7160]

Perfect video, straith to the point and smartly build. Helped me a lot thank you (just saw you did the video 3 years ago ahha)

[@64marine]

This video will save me MUCH mental stressing. Many thanks as I have a total mess and it times out trying to get to Viper's server.

[@64marine]

How can I find the Mods used by Viper on her server rental?

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Hmmmm, she might have a collection on steam? If so, you could maybe search there, otherwise I have no clue!

[@sbonteidk6645]

note: the mods take a while to instal ( ofcorse depending on how big the mod is) so u might not see them at first just wait a while and refresh the page thingy

[@jonnycarr6294]

yea mine havent come up for a while

[@eggbertumus8975]

Thanks a lot this work now I can make my game crazy!!!!

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Have fun!

[@eggbertumus8975]

@@HavocGamingChannel I will thanks!

[@gracemark4459]

Thanks for the info, I'm new in the mods in steam, it really helps me

[@rnniebrown4592]

Automatically subscribed bro because this help me alot

[@Leonlizard1111]

Dude this was really helpful thanks for the awesome video!

[@lovs2build2]

Awesome video, Can't like enough, straight to the point and very detailed Wish other tutorial videos follow your style. I like the save idea, may i recommend Game Save Manager. It not only saves your ark but other games as well, compression, even custom saves, highly recommend.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Hey, thanks Michael!

[@whiteknighttx]

you earned yourself a subscriber mate

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks Can Özdemir!

[@jeffdsilva5031]

excellent tutorial - thank you!

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks Jeff, glad to hear that!

[@tabsforever5692]

Awesome tutorial. Got my sub

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks tabi haider!

[@prestonwyss2337]

This helped me so much I got a death finder mod and you are the only reason I now how to download these mods also I had 5 cryopods on my with dinos in them and my argie

[@shadowec1ipse585]

I’m getting a pc in a couple of days and his was really helpful do you know if you can still get mods if you play on the Xbox part of a pc?

[@oneforthealbum3374]

I’m getting building one for Christmas and I’m doing the exact same thing as you 😂

[@teekva7106]

Me too

[@slackersyoutubechannel8092]

i love your vids!

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks Amy!

[@peterrozman6772]

thanks for posting its really helpful!!!! 😊

[@baskingking4367]

Best tutorial ever

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks Basking King! I don't know if that's actually true, but I'll take that excellent compliment anyway

[@thatarchangel_]

ty!! just got the "Play As A Dino" Mod Tysm

[@Mr_TXG]

I just switched from Xbox to pc and ark was the first game I got as I love it on my Xbox and wanted to test some mods but I’ve never used steam other than to buy ark so thank you for the help

[@SophisticatedFrog69]

Xbox? No mons on it nooo

[@staddl7373]

This tutorial is simply amazing, thank you very much

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks for the nice comment!

[@ItsJustPromkes]

helped so much thanks bro!

[@kaiewacha4745]

thanks just bought ark i have 20 hours in it and wanted to get classic flyers. thanks again

[@republikasrpskagaming7436]

I can't find the mod settings it just says information about the world on the right

[@Dannyg1318]

Same

[@ericloffelhardt3248]

Thx brooo best tutorial i ve ever seen!

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thanks Eric, have fun!

[@quirijnkloover3654]

Thank you so much man!!!

[@elfrijol7727]

Helped a lot thx man

[@JotaroKujo-ih3zo]

Good tutorial nice and slow unlike other youtubers that move way to fast and I can’t understand

[@itz_karim9299]

ty this video really helped me , now i go play ark with mods :)

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Have fun!

[@luivilhelmsen444]

EYYyy congrats on 2k subs and, do you remember me?

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Of course I do! Thank you for the gratz. It's taken a couple years to get to this point, but I have learned a ton. Still trying to sound natural on the mic :p

[@guflen]

ty this helped alot ❤

[@Clipz_4_U]

thanks to you i got my favourite dinosaur the deinosuchus from ark additions

[@bonboy127]

Oh my god thank you you are a legend

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thank you for the outstanding comment Bonnie gaming! Enjoy

[@watchdog4454]

Damn never knew ark was so easy to mod unlike some other games…

[@trimzydk783]

i love you mate!, ty so much!

[@thedracoknight2790]

Thank you, o-wise one

[@benjitb2955]

hey man, im having an issue where my high end pc doesnt like the mods at all. i try to use more than 2 mods and it soft locks my pc and i have to restart. ive deleted it and reinstalled it.

[@Delfinhader]

Me too

[@Delfinhader]

Have you found out how? Pls help

[@thestorm5526]

Same thing happened to me

[@potatoman7594]

​@@thestorm5526try right clicking on the game in steam, press properties > local files > verify integrity of local files

[@alisonmulligan4923]

I'm new to pc very helpful video

[@Bob97451]

Very helpful thank you so much!

[@Rottiepit3]

super helpful thank you!

[@adamhems5390]

Thanks that was pretty Much what i needed😁😁

[@ivy_ig_idk]

Thanks I was wanting to get s+ for my solo world

[@taydj2052]

You are so helpful this is the best

[@Acedog8]

Dude what a great video tutorial. Thanks for spending the time to create that for us all. Unfortunately everytime I install ANY mod whatsoever my game doesn't get past "Loading gameprimaldataGP" or whatever... not sure man.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Hey, thanks SniperWolf! That IS strange. Have you attempted validating the game cache? Whenever I have a weird and random issue, I'll try verifying the game cache. - Restart your computer and launch Steam - From a game's library page, select Manage > Properties. - Select the Local files tab and click the Verify integrity of game files... button. - Steam will verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes. Good luck!

[@Delfinhader]

@@HavocGamingChannel im trying it now my screen goes black on gameprimaldatagp

[@Delfinhader]

Sniper did it work

[@Delfinhader]

@@HavocGamingChannel it didnt work pls help

[@inotachance3592]

THANK YOU!!!! YOU ARE A LEGEND!!!!!

[@NuttyMarino]

Thanks, now I can become Dinosaurs.

[@caseymclain3802]

Great vid, new to pc and this was super helpful. One question i have is- the mods you download from steam, will they work if you have ark for windows? I have it for windows bc i own it and all the dlc on xbox but idk if the mods will work from steam over to windows.

[@75ForLife]

No there are no mods for Ark Windows other than ini coding you do thru Nitrado and certain commands you enter thru the Tab key on your keyboard.

[@bodorerik9014]

You are the best thank you so much now i can play with mods

[@OG_Trex]

That helps so much thank you :)

[@fifa20ultimate11]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEIS

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Thank you!

[@stevenchapman7759]

This great video and I appreciate the help ur putting in but I’ve been having a recent problem when going to launch it and I don’t see the mods installed but says they are installing but it’s taking hours for it to install any way to fix the problem will be much of help

[@h_mAz]

thank you OG

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No sweat, enjoy!

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

Remember kids, don't forget to save your game and make a backup copy.

[@andrasnagy5900]

Tanks for help. I subscribe and like. Thanks

[@HavocGamingChannel]

That's awesome, thanks András Nagy !

[@gekke_henkie_nie]

Thanks now i now how to instal mods

[@Kushking42000]

Thank you

[@Nightmare-vu4jh]

Almost tempted to watch this again just to count how many times u said mods for no reason

[@HavocGamingChannel]

It's good to be concise when explaining something

[@sotepote9324]

Thank you so much man

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No sweat, enjoy!

[@alindaodendaal5177]

thank you so much this was so useful although i only have ark on my laggy ps4 i dont know if i can get it on my mac yet

[@TashaXKaa]

to those asking, mods don't work on epic.

[@youssefa224]

Damn it

[@iroxz251]

What if the players from Epic are joining modded servers that are hosted by Steam players?

[@TashaXKaa]

@@iroxz251 not sure about that one. I only ever played either full steam or full epic

[@gavingauthier2844]

I started it before they finished and when you said that I shat myself

[@cookie9016]

Thank you soooooooooomuch

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No sweat The Best! Enjoy

[@azemartinez1911]

Thank you so much

[@HavocGamingChannel]

No problem Aze, enjoy!

[@welshcorgi4652]

Hey thanks for this, getting a pc next month and this is exactly what I needed. Just quick question, when joining a server do I have to put the mods in the active mods section or is that done through the server

[@HavocGamingChannel]

Hey, thanks Welsh Corgi! All the mods will be issued by the server running the game. If you, or other players, don't have the mods installed, the server will download the mods automatically to your computers

[@levi_mas]

the only thing i didnt understand was how you got mod settings to pop up when you whet to host

[@snowyflke8311]

mine dont come up with available mods

[@Aver-ri8tx]

this was helpful but i didn't buy ark on steam so i have to rebuy it.

[@resrex8594]

Thanks really wanted s+

[@bobraekevelt7953]

I don’t have a Mod settings tab, why don’t I have that?

[@calicocat726]

You find out the answer?

[@calicocat726]

From what ive read online, consoles do not support mods :( I sent ticket to see if its possible to switch to a pc server and then run cross platform but im serisouyl doubting it. Very unfortunate

[@bobraekevelt7953]

@@calicocat726 i have a pc, epic games doesn’t supports mods apparently, and the explanation videos give and stuf don’t work, I tried

[@calicocat726]

@@bobraekevelt7953 your comment does not make sense otherwise it would not work with PC at all. It is Microsoft and PS that are the problem with consoles.

[@HavocGamingChannel]

It only works on Steam.

[@djrdawg2]

I had no idea it was this easy. (I've been modding gta5)

[@notallen9179]

If you don’t have a mods tab that means you prob got it on epic games launcher and you need the steam one to run mods you will need to buy ark on steam after you delete ark (the one from epic games)

[@notallen9179]

Don’t use my comment as a guide but more as a REFRENCE ig

[@dotdotdotsdotsdot6260]

I did all the steps to download mods but my mod has been downloading for weeks, did I do something wrong?

[@Codfrp]

when i lunch the mode its crush and tell me that i have to install battle eye pls help

[@Fari1214]

I keep getting stuck on creating a steam account with the robot thing

[@Lordentity303]

Ok there’s a anti chest do I need that or leave it off I’m just starting up ark with a mod to test to if it works

[@redfire-8613]

does it work?

[@Yolo_Swagins]

thank you

[@monkisarefun9303]

thank you very helpfull tut. but i have a question, how long does it normally takle to install the mods?

[@mimiru1995]

Hey thank you for this! I'm having a hard time following the steam update part. If there's a steam update, what do you need to do/look for?

[@slayah4333]

I dont see that option ingame please help me

[@youneskaddouri1301]

Truly it helped me a lot, but is it normal that the installation phase "the thing at the bottom right" takes really long ?

[@twilight__0203]

Can you help pls my game freezes when ı try to play with 2 mods

[@jacklindaman2120]

ur pc bad do better

[@dopperoganders2524]

thank u

[@HavocGamingChannel]

You're very welcome

[@user-dy8kf7mu6x]

There is no workshop in ark i need to buy it to see mods?

[@Baykz1]

This game is sooooo fucked I go in the game it takes me to my desktop I have to reset my whole pc every time and your video was very clear it’s just my game in general

[@chancecheyraq117]

So do I have to download ark from steam to use mods from steam ?

[@redfire-8613]

i did all the steps and i cant do it can someone please help me

[@wommy1732]

Could someone help me?: If i play for ex. on the island with the mods s+ and primal fear. later i want to play on ragnarok with no mods. Is there a way that I dont have to put out and in all mods over and over again? bc sometimes if you paly with round 10 mods i cant remember them all? And the bigger problems would be the settings, bc with primal fear i haver higher settings for harvesting, hp, stamina, etc.

[@apex2382e]

why isnt it working for me, everytime i put the mods in the active box and press single player it freezes and i have to restart my pc.