Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus
ARK: Survival Ascended has seen its share of creature mods, but few blur the line between companion and movement system quite like Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus. This add-on introduces Ranasaurus (pronounced RAN-uh-SOR-us), a frog-lizard mutation born from an Element-soaked lab accident. Sticky toes, a tethered tongue, scaly limbs, and a glowing membrane make this creature one of the most versatile tames you can strap to your survivor.
What the Ranasaurus Actually Does
The core idea is simple: Rana rides your shoulder as a living weapon, or moves to your wrist as a traversal tool. On your shoulder, he lashes out at anything that hurts you, glows a soft blue, breeds, and produces Rana Paste you can brew into fuel. On your wrist, his tongue becomes a grapple that lets you swing, yank, and fling through the treetops, or a tethered spike that snaps back after striking a target with a knockout venom tip. Strikes refill on their own or from Narcotics, so you rarely run dry mid-fight.
Flight That Outpaces Vanilla Tek
Hunt wild Ranas and their membrane becomes a quill-covered flight suit, paired with a Thruster Pack loud enough to crack the sky. The Rana suit unlocks at level 48 and functions as a wingsuit that glides fast, banks into turns, corkscrews, bullet-dives past its top speed, and flares to a stop. It also includes a gas-mask helmet, carry gauntlets, Tek-sprint leggings, and double-jump swim boots. Better-quality pieces drop from beacons and cave crates, so there is a reason to keep looting.
The Thruster Pack at level 80 adds hover, rocket flight, a bullet-pose sprint to top speed, a sonic boom, and a burst out of the water. Combined with Rana on your shoulder, the trigger becomes your trick trigger, and mixing shoulder and wrist modes opens up brand-new aerial fun. This is a flight system that genuinely outdoes vanilla Tek tenfold.
Compatibility and Installation
Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus for ARK: Survival Ascended supports current ASA builds and is designed to work alongside Bob's Tall Tales, since Rana tames like Cosmo. The mod is controller-first and tested on Xbox, but it works fine on PC and PlayStation with the documented control scheme. Multiplayer is supported, and wild Ranas roam every map, so you do not need a specific map to find them.
If you want the smoothest setup, the foxygame.net launcher handles the entire process in a single click, pulling Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus straight into your mod list without manual file juggling. When you download Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus, check that your server's GameUserSettings.ini includes the [Ranasaurus] section for tuning options like MaxFlightSpeed, RanaGlowBrightness, ThrusterPackUsesJetFuel, ThrusterPackThrustMultiplier, and RanaPasteRateMultiplier. Server owners can also use the provided spawn codes to hand out the helmet, membrane suit, gloves, pants, boots, thruster pack, jet fuel, membrane, Rana Cloth, and Rana Paste for testing.
How to Install
- Subscribe or add the mod through your preferred platform or the foxygame.net add-on catalog.
- Confirm your ARK: Survival Ascended version is up to date before enabling it.
- Enable Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus in your active mod list and restart the game or server.
- Verify Bob's Tall Tales is installed if you plan to tame Rana the same way you tame Cosmo.
- Adjust server settings under [Ranasaurus] if you want faster flight, brighter glow, or free thruster flight.
Final Thoughts
Dark Puddles Companions: Ranasaurus is more than a cosmetic pet mod. It is a full traversal overhaul with a companion that fights for you, a wingsuit that rewards skilled flying, and a thruster pack that turns the sky into your playground. Whether you are swinging through Redwood canopies or corkscrewing past a Wyvern, Rana changes how you move through ARK: Survival Ascended. If you want aerial combat and exploration that feels genuinely new, this is one add-on worth adding to your collection.