Sweet Meat Cakes + MORE! [Crossplay]
Ever found yourself staring at a wounded Carnotaurus, wishing you had a reliable healing option that didn't involve stuffing it with raw meat and hoping for the best? You're not alone. The vanilla ARK experience offers the Sweet Vegetable Cake for herbivores, but carnivore owners have long been left out in the cold. That's where this fantastic mod steps in, bridging the gap with a bloody, delicious twist. Welcome to the ultimate quality-of-life expansion for your tamed predators.
A Carnivore's Dream: The Sweet Meat Cake
At the heart of this mod lies the titular Sweet Meat Cake. Functionally identical to its vegetarian counterpart, this cake provides a massive healing boost of up to 2100 health to your carnivorous companions. It's the perfect way to patch up your Rex after a brutal boss fight or to keep your Spino in top shape during a long resource run. The best part? It's completely vanilla-friendly in its balance, ensuring it doesn't break the game's progression.
To craft these tasty treats, you'll need to build the custom Dino Cake Oven. This structure is auto-unlocked in your player inventory at Level 50, making it accessible for mid-game players who are starting to tackle tougher content. No more hunting for elusive blueprints or grinding through tedious engram points.
Beyond Healing: A Buffet of Utility Cakes
But the tasty fun doesn't stop at healing. The "MORE!" in the mod's name is well-earned, offering a diverse menu of cakes designed to tackle specific situations. Let's break down what else you can cook up:
- Sweet Famine Cake: This is a tactical tool for taming. Force-feed it to a wild unconscious dinosaur to rapidly drain its food and add torpor over 30 seconds. It's an excellent way to speed up the taming process without wasting narcotics.
- Sweet Coffee Cake: Need a speedy getaway? This cake grants a 1.5X speed increase, removes torpor, and boosts stamina regeneration while reducing drain. However, after 30 seconds of the Caffeinated buff, a 10-second Headache debuff kicks in, reducing movement and dealing 200 damage. Use it wisely, especially on wild dinos you might be trying to kite.
- Sweet XP Cake (2X & 4X): Want to level up your tames faster? These cakes provide a temporary 2X or 4X XP gain, just like walking over an Explorer Note. Perfect for power-leveling a new addition to your army.
- Sweet Aloe Cake: The newest addition and an absolute game-changer. This cake grants 60 seconds of fire immunity to your dino and to you while riding. With a 5-minute cooldown, it's a strategic lifesaver against Pyromanes or any fire-breathing threat on the map.
Player Consumables and More
The mod doesn't just cater to your dinos; it also adds some handy items for you, the survivor. The Coffee Cup and Iced Coffee Cup are human versions of the Sweet Coffee Cake, offering speed boosts and stamina management at the cost of rapid dehydration. There's also the Ice Cube, a temporary alternative to Preserving Salt that increases spoil times but melts quickly, making it a great emergency option.
For those wondering how to install, the process is straightforward. Simply subscribe to the mod on the Steam Workshop for your ARK: Survival Ascended server. It's fully crossplay compatible, meaning players on different platforms can enjoy the mod together. The mod is designed to work seamlessly with the latest versions of the game, and its author has confirmed that updates are on the horizon, ensuring continued compatibility with future ASA patches.
If you're looking to streamline your mod management, you might want to check out the foxygame.net launcher. It offers a one-click install for mods, making it incredibly easy to get Sweet Meat Cakes + MORE! [Crossplay] for ARK: Survival Ascended up and running on your client. The launcher also provides a curated add-on catalog and automatic updates, so you won't have to worry about manually checking for new versions when the mod author pushes out fixes or new content.
Gathering the Ingredients
To get started, you'll need to gather some unique resources. Coffee Cherries can be obtained by killing Iguanodons (Aberrant and Archology variants work) with a 0-15% drop chance, or by finding Wild Coffee Tree structures that can be harvested like Beaver Dams. Once you have the cherries, you can grow your own Coffee Trees in crop plots. Note that these trees are set to be destroyed after 24 hours if not harvested.
For the Sweet Aloe Cake, you'll need Cactus Sap. This is obtained by killing wild Achatinas (snails) for a chance to get "Aloe Vera Cuttings," which act as seeds for your crop plots. This is particularly useful on maps where cactus sap isn't readily available for harvesting.
In conclusion, Sweet Meat Cakes + MORE! [Crossplay] is an essential mod for any ARK: Survival Ascended player who wants to enhance their taming and survival experience. It fills a long-standing gap in the game's healing mechanics while adding a suite of creative and useful tools. Whether you're a solo player or running a large tribe, the utility and convenience this mod provides are undeniable. So, fire up your Dino Cake Oven, gather your ingredients, and give your carnivores the sweet, bloody treats they deserve.