Stackable Prime Meats (x25)
If you have spent any real time taming in ARK: Survival Ascended, you already know the pain. Raw Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, and Mutton spoil fast, and vanilla stack sizes make hauling them around a logistical nightmare. You kill a Rex, grab a handful of prime, and by the time you reach your taming pen half of it is gone. The Stackable Prime Meats (x25) add-on fixes that problem in the cleanest way possible: it lets you carry all three of these premium taming foods in stacks of 25.
What This Add-On Actually Changes
This is a simple, focused mod. It replaces Raw Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, and Mutton with stackable versions that hold up to 25 per slot. That is the entire change. The meats still function exactly the same as their vanilla counterparts. They feed the same tames, restore the same food values, and trigger the same taming effectiveness bonuses. There are no gameplay problems reported with them, and nothing else in your game is touched.
Because the mod swaps the vanilla item for a stackable but otherwise identical version, there is one important caveat every player should understand before installing. If you remove this mod later, all prime meat in your world will disappear. That is simply how ARK handles item replacement. It is not a bug, and it is not unique to this add-on. Plan accordingly before you strip it out of a long-running save.
Version Options and Mod Compatibility
The author originally wanted to make stack sizes configurable through INI settings but ran into roadblocks with the official modding community, so instead there are three separate versions of the mod: stack sizes of 10, 25, and 50. This article covers the 25 version, which most players find to be the sweet spot. It is enough to make prime meat hauling practical without feeling like you are bending the game too far.
Supported ARK: Survival Ascended Versions
The mod is built for current ARK: Survival Ascended builds and works cleanly with the standard vanilla game. It does not require any DLC, and it plays nicely alongside most other quality-of-life mods. If you are running a heavily modded cluster, the main thing to check is whether another mod already replaces the same prime meat items. Two mods touching the same item entry will conflict, and you will see one override the other. Beyond that, compatibility is generally painless.
How to Install Stackable Prime Meats (x25)
Getting this running takes only a few minutes:
- Open the in-game mod browser or your server's mod configuration panel.
- Search for the exact mod name and select the 25-stack version.
- Add it to your active mod list and let ARK download the files.
- Restart your session or server so the item replacement takes effect.
- Verify by checking that Raw Prime Meat now stacks to 25 in your inventory.
For server owners, remember to add the mod ID to your GameUserSettings or server launch parameters so clients download it automatically on connect. Single-player users can simply subscribe and enable it from the mod menu.
If you would rather skip the manual steps entirely, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install path that handles Stackable Prime Meats (x25) without you touching a single config file. Its built-in add-on catalog keeps everything in one place and pushes automatic updates whenever the mod author ships a new build, so your stack sizes stay current across every ARK: Survival Ascended version you play.
Why Stack Size 25 Matters for Taming
Prime meat taming is all about volume and speed. A high-level Carnotaurus or Argentavis can chew through dozens of prime cuts, and every trip back to a corpse costs you taming progress. With stacks of 25, a single inventory slot carries what used to require twenty-five separate slots. That means fewer corpse runs, faster tames, and far less risk of losing your prize to a spoilage timer mid-flight.
Mutton benefits just as much. Sheep are a renewable prime source, and being able to bank a full stack of 25 Mutton before a big tame session changes how you prepare. The same goes for Raw Prime Fish Meat when you are working on aquatic tames or early-game creatures where fish is easier to source than red meat.
Final Thoughts
Stackable Prime Meats (x25) is exactly the kind of mod ARK: Survival Ascended needs more of: small, clean, and genuinely useful. It does not overhaul taming, add new creatures, or change balance in any dramatic way. It just removes a tedious inventory headache so you can focus on the parts of the game you actually enjoy. If you are tired of watching prime meat rot in your hands, download Stackable Prime Meats (x25) for ARK: Survival Ascended, drop it into your mod list, and enjoy the extra breathing room in your inventory.