PooPlus
ARK: Survival Ascended is a game about survival, taming, and building. But let's be honest, sometimes it can get a little too serious. You spend hours grinding resources, fighting off predators, and perfecting your base's layout. Where's the fun? Where's the chaos? Enter PooPlus, a mod that takes one of the game's most overlooked byproducts and turns it into a cornerstone of combat, taming, and sheer absurdity. This isn't just a joke mod; it's a fully featured expansion that adds new creatures, weapons, and mechanics, all centered around the humble pile of poop.
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about PooPlus for ARK: Survival Ascended. We'll cover the new crafting station, the unique debuffs, the powerful new weapons, and the bizarre new creatures you can encounter and tame. If you're looking to shake up your ARK experience with something genuinely unique, you've come to the right place.
What is PooPlus?
PooPlus is a creative and surprisingly deep mod that reimagines the role of feces in ARK. Instead of just being a resource for fertilizer, poop becomes a versatile crafting material, a potent weapon, and even a taming resource. The mod was created by a first-time modder who wanted to add some humor and utility to the game, and the result is a polished and entertaining addition that fits right in with ARK's sometimes wacky nature. It's designed for both solo players and large tribes, offering new strategic options for both PvE and PvP scenarios.
The mod introduces a whole new crafting tree centered around the PooPlus Station, a toilet that serves as your hub for creating all sorts of messy mayhem. From there, you can break down standard human and dino feces into a more refined "Raw Poop" resource, which is the key ingredient for everything else in the mod. The bigger the original poop, the more Raw Poop you get from it.
Getting Started and Installation
Before you can start flinging feces, you need to get the mod installed. The process is straightforward. You can easily download PooPlus from the Steam Workshop for ARK: Survival Ascended. Once you've subscribed to the mod, it will automatically download and appear in your mod list when you launch the game. The mod is designed to be compatible with the latest versions of ARK: Survival Ascended, and updates are rolled out to ensure it continues to work with new game patches. It generally plays well with other mods, though you should always be mindful of mod conflicts, especially with those that alter creature spawns or core crafting systems.
If you're using a third-party launcher like the one from foxygame.net, how to install is often even simpler. The foxygame.net launcher provides a one-click install for PooPlus, automatically handling version compatibility and mod dependencies, so you can get straight into the action without any manual file management.
The "Covered in Poop" Debuff
One of the core mechanics of PooPlus is the "Covered in Poop" debuff. This isn't just a visual gag; it's a strategic status effect that can turn the tide of a fight. Each stack of the debuff reduces the target's movement speed by 5%. But the fun doesn't stop there. Once a target reaches 5 stacks, they start to take torpor, which increases with each additional stack and scales with the attacker's damage. This makes it a fantastic tool for knocking out high-level creatures for taming.
At the maximum of 10 stacks, the target begins to take a small amount of damage every 0.85 seconds, again scaling with the attacker's damage. This damage-over-time effect persists until the stacks drop below 5. The best part? The debuff can be washed off by simply standing in water or rain, adding a counter-play element for players and creatures alike.
New Weapons: The Slinger and Flinger
PooPlus adds two new weapon types to your arsenal, each with its own unique ammo and tactical applications.
The Slinger
The Slinger is an alternative to the vanilla slingshot, and it's a direct upgrade in terms of utility. You can convert a standard slingshot into a Slinger at the PooPlus Station, keeping its stats. It comes with three types of ammo:
- Slingable Poop: A simple upgrade over rocks. It applies the "Covered in Poop" debuff on impact. The combination of initial torpor and the torpor from the debuff makes it much more effective than the vanilla slingshot for knocking creatures unconscious.
- Slingable Rage-Poop: This ammo applies the "Maddened" effect to dinos. This makes them deal 15% more damage, take 15% less damage, and attack anything around them for 30 seconds. Be extremely careful, as this affects everything, including your own tamed dinos.
- Slingable Multi-Poop: A bundle of five slingable poops that fire in a spread shot. This is perfect for quickly applying multiple stacks of the poop debuff to a single target or a group of enemies.
The Flinger
The Flinger is a heavier siege weapon, acting as an alternative to the catapult. It can fling both its unique poop ammo and vanilla catapult ammo. It currently has two types of ammo:
- Flingable Poop: A large wad of poop that explodes on impact, dealing area-of-effect damage and applying a stack of the poop debuff. Direct hits apply additional stacks. The explosion also leaves behind a fart cloud that deals damage over time and applies the "Farted On" debuff, which causes coughing and increases torpor.
- Flingable Flaming Poop: A fiery version of the above. The explosion lights targets on fire, and both the explosion and the resulting fart cloud deal significantly more damage.
New Creatures: Poopiomia and Poop Golem
The mod introduces two brand-new creatures, each with unique behaviors, abilities, and taming methods.
Poopiomia
The Poopiomia is a new variant of the Phiomia, replacing about 50% of their spawns. It's a combat-ready version of the humble poop machine. Its bite has been changed to an omnivore damage type, allowing it to harvest corpses and fiber from bushes. It can also move while biting, making it a much more effective fighter.
Its new signature ability is firing poop from its rear like a cannon. Unridden Poopiomias will use this while fleeing, while tamed ones can be put into turret mode to fire at will. The damage, knockback, and range scale with its melee stat, and the cooldown scales with its food stat. It also has a "fart launch" ability, using the power of its gas to blast off, with the launch power scaling with its speed stat.
Poop Golem
The Poop Golem is a rare spawn in jungles, redwoods, and swamps. It's a smaller, poop-themed version of the Rock Golem. It disguises itself as a massive pile of poop, gaining 50% damage resistance and health regeneration while disguised. It's a powerful creature with a unique taming method.
To tame a Poop Golem, you need to have it eat poop that is fresh from a creature's rear. The desirability is based on size and distance. It will gain taming progress with each poop it eats, but be careful not to overfeed it, as it can enter a "Poop Craze" frenzy. Once tamed, it has a variety of powerful abilities, including throwing explosive poop projectiles, a swipe attack that applies debuffs, and an "Expunge" ability that creates a poop explosion around itself. It also passively converts food into raw poop in its inventory.
Other Useful Items and Final Thoughts
Beyond weapons and creatures, PooPlus also adds some quality-of-life items. The Poop Soup is a hilarious and useful consumable. Eating it gives you the ability to jump extra high and even jump mid-air, at the cost of some internal organ damage. You can also feed it to your dinos for the same effect.
PooPlus for ARK: Survival Ascended is a fantastic mod that adds a layer of humor and strategy to the game. Whether you're looking to non-lethally take down a Rex with a slingshot or just want to launch flaming poop at your enemies, this mod has something for you. It's a testament to the creativity of the modding community and a must-have for any player looking to add some fun to their survival experience. The mod is continuously being updated and refined, so be sure to keep an eye out for new features. For a seamless experience, managing your mods through a dedicated launcher can help ensure everything is up-to-date and compatible. Download PooPlus today and see what all the fuss is about.