10 Hidden Features In Ark: Survival Ascended That Will Improve Your Experience
has a lot of different features, some of which are hidden behind menus or console commands and may be hard to find or figure out for new players. Those who are veterans of the franchise and come from likely know many of the tricks, but even for them — some things have changed with the newest iteration of the title from Studio Wildcard.
Because there are so many mechanics inside of, including taming and breeding, base-building, crafting, and more, getting overwhelmed is common for many new players. Even veterans who have spent hundreds of hours in the game may not be going about it in an optimal way, so learning these hidden features can save a bunch of time and make the gameplay experience much smoother.
The first thing that people will need to do is navigate to the settings to turn on the console. To do this, select Settings>Advanced>Console Access and ensure it's toggled on. From here, PC users can hit the ~ key, while console players will need to hit the left menu or option button to access it. From here, there are a few commands that can be used to adjust certain graphics settings to improve performance.
Console Command
Command Description
r.VolumetricCloud 0
Turns off clouds.
r.VolumetricFog 0
Turns off dust and increases view distance in the water.
r.ShadowQuality 0
Turns off shadows.
r.MaterialQualityLevel 0
Reduces textures on materials.
grass.densityScale 0
Flattens and removes grass and small shrubs.
While it might be obvious that has added a new function to quickly change ammo type by holding the reload button, there are also new quick-access toolbars that can be accessed and will organize items in the same order they are placed in the inventory. On PC, the default key is Q, while on consoles, it can be
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