PALEO Rex, New Giga Visuals, and MORE | ARK: Ascended 

Omg, thank you guys so much! I love these mods and can’t play the game without them. So high quality and brings so much life to an end game Dino!

I convinced the owner of the scorched earth server I play on to add this mod last night, and damn, I will say I am excited to see them. Great video as always!

*This video covers both new and old updates overtime since Apex Predators first launched in March* but I understand not everyone sees every update, or some just prefer a video format/reminder. I figured it'd be nice to put the more urgent, impactful and FAQ updates together here ^^ Have fun! 💕

I discovered the claw swipe on the evo giga the other day completely on accident - absolutely amazing dinosaurs yall are making. The models, sounds, animations, everything. Yall win ARK LOL

That's why I had no alpha rexes for the overseer lmao

The saddle conversion is a life saver!

I just wanna say, the fact that you all aren't employed in this work just makes it all the more astonishing! You're all doing absolutely fantastic, and I genuinely want to say you have my sincerest thanks and support for everything you're doing. These designs are absolute perfection, and it genuinely puts every other dinosaur representation to shame. Your dinosaur designs just scream paleo-accuracy, and it seriously brings tears to my eyes, as I've loved these creatures ever since childhood. Sorry for my rant, but you're all doing phenomenally!❤

Do you take suggestions for mod spotlights, if so, can I recommend you check out Kaluga's Appalachian denizens mod? It adds more accurate versions of several dinos and mammals along with adding a couple of new ones in

Thanks for the Updates!!! Paleo ARK Team are doing our dreams come true, thanks so much guys ❤️

just seeing these again is such eye candy. the models textured and animated for that grandness and weight with the gorgeous rendering of ASA absolutely screams awesomeness and theyre a joy to look at everytime!

words cannot describe how incredible well done these two TLCs are. amazing work.

so cool to finally see the giga as in regular boss fights

Hyped to hear a tek saddle is coming!!

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE EMPIROSAURUS!!!!!

Always great to hear about Paleo updates. I did go back to SE after the update and did a Dino wipe, however on PS5 in single player I can confirm that there are still no Rexes at all spawning. I also went to the Island and did a wipe. The strange thing was on Carno Island, both vanilla and Evo Rexes spawned in, side by side, which was not the case prior to the update

This is absolutely phenomenal work, and amazing video. After seeing the giga’s crouch claw attack is awesome, It would be funny if it also had a crouch nibble attack, idk why I think that would add to it but I’m not at all disappointed with what we’re getting. I was wondering about the Rex tek saddle but hearing that you’re working on it makes me very excited for it. Excellent job again

Never thought i’d see a giga using it’s claws to attack it’s opponent

Honestly Wildcard should just hire you all to give all of Ark's old creatures TLC's if they aren't going to actually do it themselves, there are so many creatures that really need it and you guys are doing amazing work.

I'll keep the video on in the background and add another comment once I get to watch it.

They should add a evo spino

Honestly, impressive work.

One of the best mods, I’m a big fan!

Okay so after watching your video, which thanks again for the update 😊, however there's a slight problem I'm experiencing with the evo giga, apparently when one of my gigas enrage, its eyes go completely black and stay like that even after the rage mode ends. The female giga on the other hand seems okay. Did it 3 times by force rage, same results. However after after restarting the game its fine, rage again →black eyes

Amazing work as always. Yall are doing a FAR better job than actual WILDCARD at making these new wonderful dinos. Exceptional work, truly. I have a minor request, and I realize it's a long shot, but if yall could add a "loaf" mode to the Rex and Giga, it would breathe additional life into the dinos and just further that immersion. It's remarkable how much little idle animations and a sitting mode add so much more life into a dino in ARK. If not no worries, yall have already done more than enough. Looking forward to Elasmosaur!

oh you wern't kidding, that giga enrage idle DOES look good

Not sure if team are aware but there's currently a cosmetic bug with the giga where if you use the roar, it's irises fade showing black eyes instead.

And about the mosasaurus?

Is the charge up giga bite for the Rex also still being worked on? Also great video thanks for the update

Dang this is absurdly hype

Hope all the other paleo variants come soon I already know a paleo theri TLC is coming next Also the paleo giga raged looks absolutely terrifying

I have a question about the spawn of evo rex and evo gigas on console bc I play on PlayStation and I’m having a hard time ever finding a wild Evo giga and Rex and only confined vanilla versions. I’ve tried Dino wiping multiple times, but it doesn’t work, but I Can still transform the vanilla Rex or giga into the Evo giga or Rex, but just can’t find them in the wild

Im so thankful for these mods, they breath so much more life into the rex and giga and they fwel so much more like actual animals. Arks default rex has always made me think of a plastic toy 😅. Also sooo excited for the parasaur!! Id love a parasaur more like the actual creature. Ark default parasaurs are so tiny ❤

You have created the best mod that exists for Ark imo. Congratulations you are the best!! The default Rex and Giga have always bothered me even after the Rex’s TLC years ago. The fact that the ugly Ark giga never changed in appearance just bothered me and made me not care to have many in my tribes. If you ever make another EVO creature please consider a EVO Spino. The Spino would be such an amazing duo to the Rex and I’m dying to see a lore Jurassic Park 3 looking Spino in Ark.

You guys are doing amazing with the dinosaurs I love it I can wait for it and now I can a feather variant now sweet i was trying to breed them before but I couldn't get it sadly but now I can so thank you for this update keep up the good work^^

It is soo sad mods are not updated for normal ark

Thank you for the coverage Dark! We always appreciate you keeping us in the loop. Can I ask, is the swallowing thing a visual or is it an execute feature?

Amazing updates to the creatures, can't wait to get a paleo rex myself. Only question remains. Is there any plan for sleeping or sitting animations for these guys?

I would really love more options to interact with our dinos. I would love to be able to pet them or something. There was a mod for ASE that added some interactions like putting them to sleep, petting and feeding them. Do you guys think you might be able to add something like this in the future?

I can’t wait for the Evo Mosa

Will there ever be a option to disable paleo spawns and only include the conversion option? Its something id really like so players can have different options for their experience. So many people including me want this mod on a cluster were on but also dont like the idea of an entire overhaul to spawns 😢 otherwise amazing work from you guys

Since the Rex is getting a bit of a facelift, I thought I might add a small consideration around the colour patterns. I think the current one with not really utilising all the regions creates a very 'same look' kinda look for the creatures. They just don't really have enough of an individual character if you know what I mean. It's one of the reasons I like how WC made the patterns on Trikes/stegos/paracers, despite some other shortcomings of those skins, they do produce creatures which look rather unique. Then again if you prefer more uniformity, the current one is better. Just my thoughts

Are you guys planning doing this to a lot more creatures? And if yes, do you have a list or like "priority creatures"? I would love to see wyverns getting some love

Normal Ark dinosaurs I have no fear of pulling up on them with a moschops. Paleo Ark dinosaurs I’m still pooping myself with a evo giga

I love the video and this is somewhat a request or something I know you made the Archelon saddle I was wondering if you were gonna do the bone saddle for the Rex or tarbo I can’t remember but it would be awesome if it was in asa

What are you're PC specs? it looks like your getting 60 fps with medium settings. In order for me to reach 60 i need to turn everything down to low.

Hey im just wondering if it is normal i cant find any of the evo variations, i mean i can change them to evo so i know the mod is working

Thats a Mod i would pay money for to Support the Modders!!! This Mod is the best Dino Mod we have atm, better than Garugas and these 2 are not even "New" dinos lol ❤❤❤ Ngl TLCs are needed and this Shows the potential of the Dinos we already have in the game!

Well uhh good stuff about the giga and rex definitely not gonna get scared about them

Would love to see these mods be playable in the official modded servers the look so fun to play with

Best mod ever! Ill never be able to go back lol.

U could always transform the regular saddle into the evo saddle

Can the evo giga go in boss fights I can’t remember

Does your group have any plans to do a touch-up on the Liopleurodon? I believe it's one of those creatures that needs a TLC the most, and I'd love to see an awesome design from your team truly.

If you manage to get a paleo rex mate pair, will all their offspring be paleo or still 5% chance? Paleo boss army would be awesome

Is there a way to spawn the paleo evo rex??

I haven’t ark in a few weeks and I was continuing my breeding of the tyrannosaurus for the bosses, I did see the odd baby hatch with a hairy spine? Is this just a low odds thing?

Wildcard should really hire you guys. Your creature designs actually fit asa while wildcard's designs look outdated like they belong in ase

Thanks rebecca, I have one question. How strong is Ledu going to be? Are the stats for Evo Theri going to be increased?

I have a problem with this mod. the first time I installed it, it worked fine with no problems. but I did a dino wipe to get better levels and since then I haven't been able to get them to spawn in. only the vanilla ones spawn. I've restarted the game numerous times, and reinstalled the mod but still, it doesn't work. any solution to this?

I just wanted to ask if you guys would be doing the Equus and the direwolf, I absolutely love the Giga and Rex and currently have an Albino Giga named Chad

Hello what happened to the Evo rex having a Giga Bite attack kinda like the Dienosuchus, wasn't it supposed to make the evo trex useful again since Giga now can do boss and other things?

These honestly need to be made part of the base game as they are just too good not to be.

I'm not sure where to report bugs for this mod. but the rexes are not spawning on scorched Earth. I did some testing and after 4 hours of flying around the areas they should spawn, could not find a single Tyrannosaurus. after downloading the mod to fix the spawning problem they showed up. so the issue still seems to exist

Is the charge up bite attack for the Rex still coming as well?

where the spawns fixed for the island too? I still dont see any evo rexes/

how come i cant get the paleo rex and giga to spawn ive already tired a dinowipe

Wait... Is that alpha evo rex in a first clip?

Please more dino tlc i love this mods

question will the evo giga or paleo have an option too take its heart or is that already there ty

As an XBOX (console) player, I can confirm that we don't have access to the game files, and in ASE, we weren't able to download mods.

Is there a way for the Evo giga not to have glowing eyes? Im sure others will like it and maybe I'm being too judgemental but I liked it when the eyes didn't glow, too each their own type deal

If I uninstall the mod will all evo variants be lost or converted back to vanilla? This is my only hesitation on trying this mod.

so glade i stoo playing official but also i cang find any unofficial servers for some reason

We've knocked a Evo rex out but it's inventory is not showing for me to give kibble. Has the taming method changed?

I'm having trouble. I am on Xbox, and I have your mod downloaded, but it's not working. I haven't seen any Evo Rexes, and actually, after I downloaded the mod and did a dino wipe, I had to do a second one to see even one Rex after flying around for over an hour. When it did spawn, it was still the vanilla Rex I tamed it and checked for the conversation option but nothing was there. Any info on what I might be doing wrong or what the issue could be and how to fix it?

At the begining of the bonus teaser section when you said the names of the 2 dinos cryptoclidus and something else. Now I don't want to sound rude but what the actual heck did u say because I heard a mix opposite and squit

Will there be wild paleos?

Can you do an Evo Spino

How can we support the creators

Alpha Evo Rex?? As if they weren't already scary enough, omg it's time to be afraid in ark again....lol Also, is that a new anky I see in the pile of unfinished dinos at 6 minutes in?? It looks soo much bigger than the normal one!

Sorry for a stupid question, was probably mentioned at some point atleast.....does this work on the center rn? When I look at rex with my spyglass mod it says not tameable and everytime I drag a bidy to it, I just get killed, I've mostly been using stegos

Will there be a Tek saddle added to the Paelo Giga?

New TEK rex saddle!!!! YAY!!!!

Is the Evo Rex bone mount still planned for the mod?

How about asa paleo yutyrannus.

I lost my redes because of the mod deactivating is there a way to save it?

On my single player, for some reason neither evo variant is spawning at all.. anyone know how to fix this? (Im on Xbox if that helps)

Hello love what you guys do all the time, but I do have a question. Resently when my giga ( evo giga of course) goes enraged it sometimes kick me off and kills me, not sure if that intentionally or not but just wanted to let you know, also keep up the amazing work ❤

can the gigas stamina be fixed it only has 700 max stamina for me for some reason

A mazing🎉

Question please. I play on console and this mod is better than wildcards version for sure, I just tamed the evo giga. Can you bring 10 plus gigas to any and every single boss fight? When u address this in the video I wasn't able to understand the final answer. But thanks in advance an keep up the outstanding work.

hi guys Im not sure if you are the mod authors, but if you are will we be seeing other dinos such as allo and trike?

Does this mod could work tg with the more encounters mod?

Please tell me yall are gonna make an Evo Spino😢(i cant wait for the impereasaurus hop i spelled it right)

best modpack

What about the rexes gigs bite

Can it beat a giga and is it almost the same size and when u make spino make it bigger

So I gotta ask maybe I'm being stupid will the anky spino and carno be getting the evo treatment?

Is savage acro is also getting in ASA with tlc of this boss😢😢

Is anybody experiencing crashes whenever you get a couple or more Evos on a SCS Container on console?