Poop To Plant
If you have spent more than a few hours running a farm in ARK: Survival Ascended, you already know the routine. Your crops stall, you sprint across base with a stack of feces, and your Phiomia looks at you with quiet judgment. Poop To Plant exists to end that loop entirely. This add-on introduces a fertilizer forge that hoovers up dinosaur waste, converts it into high-grade fertilizer, and feeds your crop plots without you lifting a finger.
What the Fertilizer Forge Actually Does
The core of Poop To Plant is a single placeable structure: the Fertiliser Forge. Drop it down, load it with poop and fiber, and it handles the rest. The machine collects dung from dinos within its trace range, processes it into high-grade fertilizer, and then distributes that fertilizer directly into any crop plot that needs it. No more manual transfers, no more spoiled meat moments where you realize your narcoberries died because you forgot to top up the plot.
The conversion recipe is simple and cheap. Ten poop plus 150 fiber produces fertilizer, which means a modest herd of dinos effectively becomes a renewable fertilizer factory. Once the forge is powered and activated, the automation runs continuously and shuts itself off automatically when its inventory fills up, so you will not wake up to a mountain of wasted resources.
Crafting Requirements and Unlock Level
This is not an early-game toy. Poop To Plant is designed for established survivors who already have a working base and a decent resource pipeline.
- Level required: 76
- Engram cost: 30 engram points
- Materials: 275 Metal Ingots, 100 Cementing Paste, 30 Electronics
- Crafted in: Smithy
Those numbers put the forge in the same tier as industrial equipment, which makes sense. By the time you can afford 30 Electronics, you are almost certainly running multiple crop plots and a greenhouse, and that is exactly when manual fertilizing becomes unbearable.
Configuration and Commands
Poop To Plant for ARK: Survival Ascended includes server-side configuration so admins can tune performance on larger maps or crowded clusters. Two values matter most, and both are set through the ini file.
- PoopCollectionRange: sets the trace range for poop collection, default 2000
- CropTransferRange: sets the trace range for fertilizer transfer to crop plots, default 2000
If your base is spread out, raising these values keeps the forge connected to distant plots and pens. If you run a dense cluster with many forges, lowering them reduces server load. For single-player testing, the spawn command is straightforward: cheat giveitem "/PoopToPlant/BPs/PrimalItemStructure_FertiliserForge.PrinalItemStructure_FertiliserForge" 1 0 0 false. Note the spelling in the blueprint path, which is how the mod ships it.
Version Support and Mod Compatibility
Poop To Plant is built for the current ARK: Survival Ascended mod framework and installs cleanly through CurseForge alongside other quality-of-life add-ons. It plays nicely with stack mods, since the forge pulls from nearby inventories rather than requiring items in a specific slot, and it does not conflict with most structure or automation mods. If you are running a cluster, install it server-side and clients will pick it up automatically on connect. Older builds of the game may require a matching mod version, so check the mod page before updating a live server.
For players who prefer to skip the manual mod folder shuffle, the foxygame.net launcher offers a tidy alternative: browse the add-on catalog, hit one-click install for Poop To Plant, and let the launcher handle version matching and auto-updates so your fertilizer forge never breaks after a patch.
How to Install Poop To Plant
The install process is the same as any ARK: Survival Ascended mod, and it takes only a few minutes.
- Open the in-game mod browser or your preferred mod platform.
- Search for Poop To Plant and subscribe or add it to your server.
- Restart the game or server so the mod loads.
- Verify the engram appears at level 76 in the Smithy.
- Place the forge, add poop and fiber, power it, and activate automation.
If you want to download Poop To Plant manually, use the official mod page rather than third-party mirrors, since blueprint paths and version numbers must match your game build exactly.
Why It Belongs in Your Base
Farming in ARK has always been a chore disguised as a mechanic. Poop To Plant removes the two worst parts, collecting dung and hand-delivering fertilizer, and replaces them with a single machine that quietly does both. The resource cost is real, but the payoff is a greenhouse that never starves and a survivor who never has to think about poop again. Build the forge, load it once, and get back to the parts of ARK you actually enjoy.