
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10 (personal opinion) (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 0 - This is an online only game but you can still complete all the trophies on a single player server.
- Online trophies: 19 (3
, 6
, 9
, 1
)
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 5-10 hours (personal opinion) (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: Yes, 2 - Artifact Achaeologist and Survivor Evolved.
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do trophies stack?: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: There are cheats but they don't disable trophies.
- Additional Peripherals Required: No but you can use a USB keyboard to type in codes.

ARK: Survival Evolved is a sandbox survival game set in an artificial prehistoric world (there are giant alien obelisks and guns) with the world overran with dinosaurs and other giant animals from that time period. All the classic dinos that you remember from when you were a kid are here, as well as a bunch of dinos that you probably never knew existed. Besides fighting and surviving with dinosaurs, you can do a host of other things like build structures, make weapons and even tame and ride dinosaurs.
For this trophy guide I will be showing you the fastest way possible to get the all coveted Apex Predator

Admin Commands
To use cheats simply just pause the game while in a single player lobby and hold down




Useful Admin Commands that will be used throughout the Guide:
leavemealone: Puts makes it so you don't take damage from anything and dinosaurs won't attack you.
GiveEngrams: Gives you all the in game engrams, which are basically blueprints for building things.
DoTame: Instantly tames the creature that is standing in front of you.
Summon : Spawns in the dinosaur that you specified directly in front of you. (Example: summon Direbear_Character_BP_C)
Giveitemnum 0: Gives you the specified items. Rarity makes the weapons do significantly more damage(caps out at 100). (Example: giveitemnum 140 1 100 0)
Setplayerpos : For teleporting yourself to a specific place. (Example: setplayerpos -195067 -199302 34000)
Addexperience 0 1: Gives you the specified amount of experience instantaneously. Will give it to your dinosaur if you are riding on them. (Example: addexperience 10000000 0 1)
Ghost: Allows you to move through walls and fly around the map. Press

Walk: Takes you out of ghost mode. Returns you back to having to walk around.
gmsummon: Summons in a creature and instantly tames it.
Helpful Links:
- Item ID's: Item IDs - Official ARK: Survival Evolved Wiki Gives you a list of items and their ID numbers. Some items unfortunately do not have ID numbers so you will have to get them a different way.
- Dinosaur ID's: Creature IDs - Official ARK: Survival Evolved Wiki Gives you a list of all dinosaurs and their ID numbers. The dinosaur will normally spawn right in front of you but sometimes it can be glitchy. I recommend to move around the dinosaur for a few seconds before attacking them so they don't glitch out and not give any loot.
- Dossier and Notes list: ARK Position List - FEARIUN List of the locations for a lot of important stuff around the island like Obelisks, Artifacts, Dossiers and Notes.
Note: You can also use a USB keyboard to enter in codes if you find that to be easier than using the PS4 controller.

Most of the trophies can be earned in any order except for Veteran Paleontologist so feel free to deviate from my path, it is simply just the order I think is easiest.
Setup: At the start screen select the HOST LOCAL option. This will take you to the server setup screen. Once there just select the PLAY SINGLE PLAYER button to start a game.
Once in game there are some quick things I recommend doing that don't unlock trophies but definitely make them easier to get.
This admin command will put you into god mode which makes you invincible and makes dinosaurs ignore you:
leavemealone
This will give you a high damage pike that will make killing things simple:
gfi pike 1 100 0
Step 1: Leveling Up
Use the admin command:
addexperience 10000000 0 1
This will instantly put you to level 100. After you have achieved this you will need to complete the requirements of Gamma Ascension, Beta Ascension, and Alpha Ascension in order to get the trophy for maximum level. Check out the trophies in order to see how to do those. One of the older patches has borked this trophy and made it so the Aberration DLC is needed for the Maximum Survivor

During this step you should get:

Step 2: Quick Miscellaneous Trophies
These are trophies that you can do anywhere on the map and are quick and easy to get. Check the individual trophies for how to do them.
During this step you should get:






Step 3: Artifacts
During this step you will use admin commands to teleport to the artifact locations. Check that trophy to see how to do it.
During this step you should get:

Step 4: Survivor Trophies
These trophies have you going to one of the obelisks on the map and putting in certain materials to allow to fight a boss. The bosses take a while to kill but as long as you have god mode enabled and have the Pike weapon I told you how to spawn in you should be good to go. Glitch Warning: I definitely recommend killing them in the order Broodmother, Megapithecus, Dragon as some people have claimed the trophy for defeating all three, Survivor Evolved, can glitch if not done in this order. Check the individual trophies for how to do them.
During this step you get:




Step 5: Dossiers
Now you can do the most annoying and boring trophy in the game. For this trophy you must collect all of the dossier and note collectibles that are scattered around the map. Thankfully you can simply use to teleport command to instantly go to each location. Check out the trophy to see how to do it.
During this step you will get:

Step 6: Dinosaur Taming
For this trophy you will be spawning in each breed of dinosaur and then you will tame them also using cheat commands. See the trophy itself, for how to do it.
During this step you will get:

Step 7: Exploration
During this step you will be using teleport commands to go to the highest and lowest spots on the map as well as discovering 80% of the map. You may already have discovered 80% of the map by teleporting around for the collectibles. Check the individually trophies for to do them.
During this step you will get:



Step 8: Clean-Up
Time to go back and finish any trophies that you still need. If Artifact Archaeologist glitched up on you (like it did me) now is a great time to delete your save and go get it. Also if you somehow still haven't received Your first day... now is the time to do it.
During this step you will get:


Congratulations!
Special thanks to RachP13 for all the help with keeping up to date with updates and helping other people out!
Ascension DLC:

- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10 (personal opinion)
- Offline trophies: 0 - This is an online only game but you can still complete all the trophies on a single player server.
- Online trophies: 3 (1
, 1
, 1
)
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: less than 5 minutes (personal opinion)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: No
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do trophies stack?: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: There are cheats but they don't disable trophies.
- Additional Peripherals Required: No but you can use a USB keyboard to type in codes.

This DLC is a free update that adds a high level challenge inside the volcano in the middle of the island. Normally to do this challenge you must summon and defeat the three obelisk bosses while also collecting a bunch of rare trophies that drop from alpha creatures. Thankfully there are command cheats that skip all this and instantly pop the trophies.
Admin Commands
To use cheats simply just pause the game while in a single player lobby and hold down





Step 1: Ascension
Do the trophies in order. Start with Gamma Ascension, then do Beta Ascension, and lastly do Alpha Ascension. Check out the trophies for a full walkthrough.
(Special thanks to RachP13 for finding out about the command cheats.)
During this step you will get:



Explorer Notes DLC:

- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10 (personal opinion)
- Offline trophies: 0 - This is an online only game but you can still complete all the trophies on a single player server.
- Online trophies: 10 (9
, 1
)
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 1-3 hours (personal opinion)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: No
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do trophies stack?: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: There are cheats but they don't disable trophies.
- Additional Peripherals Required: No but you can use a USB keyboard to type in codes.

Explorer Notes is a free update that was added to the game. These used to be required for a trophy that were originally part of the Platinum but are now their own separate set of trophies. The notes are randomly scattered across the island, inside of boxes that automatically open up when you get close to them but you can use command cheats to teleport to them instead of having to walk there.
Admin Commands
To use cheats simply just pause the game while in a single player lobby and hold down





Step 1: Dossiers
Simply collect all of the Dossiers and Explorer Notes. There are 221 total collectibles to find i.e. 101 Dossiers, 120 Explorer Notes and 3 Genesis Pass notes. You will get a trophy after roughly every 21 you pick up. Refer to Veteran Paleontologist


During this step, you will get:









Step 2: Boss Fight
After you have collected all the explorer notes and all the dinosaur dossiers all you will left to do is fight the Ascension boss. Unfortunately you cannot use admin commands to instantly kill the boss but you can use them to make it significantly easier. Refer to the Perfect Explorer

Step 3: Genesis Pass
The October 10th, 2019 patch added 3 new notes to the game but you must buy the Genesis Pass and equip the exclusive pet you get for buying it, before the notes will be findable.
During this step you will get:

The Center DLC:

- Estimated trophy difficulty: 1/10 (personal opinion)
- Offline trophies: 0 - This is an online only game but you can still complete all the trophies in a single player server.
- Online trophies: (1
)
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: Less than 20 minutes (personal opinion)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: No
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do trophies stack?: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: There are cheats but they don't disable trophies.
- Additional Peripherals Required: No but you can use a USB keyboard to type in codes.

This DLC is a free update that adds a high level challenge on a new map. You must have a character that has already ascended, before you can get this trophy.
Admin Commands
To use cheats simply just pause the game while in a single player lobby and hold down





Step 0: Get to the Center
In order to go to the Center you will have to have a character that has already ascended. To ascend on a character simply use the admin command:
playercommand Ascend1
This will pop the trophy Gamma Ascension

After you have an ascended character, log out of the server and go back to the start screen. On the start screen choose the HOST LOCAL option. This will take you to the server setup screen. Once there select the little box under PLAYER DAMAGE to the left and put in 100000000 (eight zeros). This will make the bosses die significantly faster. After you have increased your damage, make sure "THE CENTER" option is highlighted; then press the PLAY SINGLE PLAYER button to start the game. This will take you to a prompt to select a character and a spawn point. Choose whatever character you want and just keep the spawn point to the default one.
Step 1: Fight the Bosses
Now all you need to do is summon the bosses on Gamma difficulty and kill them for the trophy to pop. Normally this would be hard but thankfully you can use command cheats to make it really easy. Refer to Survivor of The Center

During this step you will get:
Survivor of The Center
