Mod:Custom cosmetics
Custom cosmetics are a feature introduced in 
ARK: Survival Ascended. It allows players to use unofficial, player-created skins for their built structures on any server that has the system enabled. These skins can alter the object's appearance and may even sport custom functionality.
Like traditional mods, these cosmetics are distributed through CurseForge. Currently, these cosmetics also have to be manually installed by the player before they are able to see or use them. However, starting with a future update, these cosmetics will be downloaded and loaded by the game on-the-fly as players and structures are encountered during gameplay, unlike traditional mods.
Some servers (such as the official server network) require cosmetics to be manually approved by their administration before players can see or use them.
Released cosmetics
Released cosmetics may be browsed on CurseForge in the "Custom Cosmetics" category.
List of cosmetics allowed on the official network
Custom cosmetics listed below have been approved for use on the official server network. This list is updated automatically (last updated at April 27, 2024).
Creating
Custom cosmetics can be created using the ARK: Survival Ascended DevKit.
Opting out
Players
Servers
Unofficial dedicated servers can opt out from this system through the -DisableCustomCosmetics command-line parameter.
Console mod storage limitations
Xbox and PlayStation have a total disk space limit of 10 gigabytes instilled on installed ARK: Survival Ascended mods. Custom cosmetics, whether manually installed or (in future) automatically downloaded by the game, count towards this limit.
Version history
| Patch | Changes ARK: Survival Ascended
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|---|---|
| 34.49 | The custom cosmetics system has been added to the game. |
| Additions | Arcadia Additionnal Dinos • Arcadia kitchen props • Additions Ascended  • ARK Additions  • ARK: Project Anomaly  • Balanced Cooking Plus 2 • Balanced Kibble 2 • Balanced Narcotics 2 • Castles, Keeps, and Forts Remastered  • Draconis Glaucus • Giga's Fancy Variants  • Godzillark • Moro's Indomitable Duo • Primal Fear  • Primal NPCs  • Steampunk  • MuchStuffPack  |
|---|---|
| Customization | |
| Maps | Alemia  • Archepelian  • ARK: The Sunken World • Caballus  • Despair • Ebenus Astrum  • Fjell  • Glacius  • Hope • Oceania  • Olympus • Pentagon  • Prisminius • Shigo Islands • Svartalfheim • The Chasm  • The Eärrion  • Zelos • Svartalfheim |
| Overhauls | |
| Reworks | |
| Technicals | Modding • Tutorials • Troubleshooting • Landscape • Foliage • Dinosaurs • Biomes • Weather • Weapons and Items • Oceans and Water • Blueprint • Total Conversion |
| Programs | |
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