Wake Of Fortune
Wave goodbye to slow crossings and cramped rafts. Wake Of Fortune brings two brand-new speedboats to ARK: Survival Ascended, giving survivors a fresh way to experience open water with a new level of speed and luxury. Whether you are exploring the shallow coasts of Astraeos or racing across the dynamic waves of Genesis 1, this add-on turns sea travel into the most exciting part of your playthrough.
Two Boats, Two Personalities
Wake Of Fortune adds a pair of vessels designed for very different styles of play. The Small Mercury Speedboat is the agile choice, ideal for solo scavengers and quick dashes across open water. The Luxury Big Speedboat, on the other hand, is built for comfort and capacity, giving your tribe a stylish flagship with serious storage space.
- Small Mercury Speedboat: fast, nimble, and perfect for quick loot runs after a ship battle.
- Luxury Big Speedboat: spacious, powerful, and packed with passenger seats for the whole tribe.
Fuel, Nitro, and Power
Both speedboats are crafted in the Fabricator (simply search for speedboat) and placed exactly like a Raft, so the learning curve is gentle even for newer survivors. The dashboard is the heart of the boat, housing the steering and speedboat controls. It has its own inventory and requires Gasoline to start the engine, so keep your fuel tanks topped up before long voyages.
Want a little extra kick? Gasballs are optional but can be used for Nitro by hitting the Run command or the Shift key. Just remember that fuel consumption differs between the two boats, and leaving your engine running is never a good idea.
Living Aboard Your Speedboat
The Dashboard
Every control you need lives here, from the steering wheel to the engine start. The dashboard also gives you access to skins, so you can change the boat's look straight from the radial menu and make your vessel truly your own.
The Main Ship
This is where your loot is stored and where passengers can take a seat and enjoy the ride. Multiple passenger seats are available and can be set to Public from the Main Ship panel, letting friendly survivors hop aboard without hassle.
Music, Skills, and Surviving the Waves
The boats carry their own summer bash playlist, which you can control while driving, perfect for setting the mood on long crossings. Like other ships, the speedboats have their own skill tree, although you might want to skip the cannons for now since dedicated ship skills are still being worked on.
A word of caution: these boats are fragile against cannon fire, so respect enemy warships. They are also an excellent quick way to gather the loot after a successful ship battle, letting you swoop in, grab the goods, and speed away before reinforcements arrive. And never detach from the driver seat on the Mercury at full speed unless you fancy becoming shark food; if you do jump overboard by accident, simply pick a driver seat to get back on board.
Compatibility and How to Install
Wake Of Fortune is an early testing version and requires Genesis and The Tides of Fortune DLC because of the ship mechanics. While the speedboats were mainly designed for maps with Dynamic Water, like Genesis 1 or Astraeos, they also work on other maps — just don't expect them to fly. The mod stays in step with supported ARK: Survival Ascended versions, so be sure to keep both your game and the add-on updated for the best experience.
When it comes to how to install, using the foxygame.net launcher makes adding Wake Of Fortune to your setup painless. Its one-click install feature pulls the add-on down and handles compatibility with supported ARK: Survival Ascended versions automatically, so you can focus on cruising. You can even search the add-on catalog in the launcher for Wake Of Fortune and others, while its auto-updates ensure your mod never falls behind a new game patch, and the version compatibility checks help you avoid mismatches before you ever launch a session.
Getting Your Cheats and Blueprints
If you are running a single-player session or a dedicated server, these console commands give you instant access:
cheat gfi PrimalItemDSpeedBoatMercury 1 1 0— Small Mercury Speedboatcheat gfi PrimalItemDSpeedBoatLuxury 1 1 0— Luxury Big Speedboat
Blueprint paths are also available for spawning: /DeimosWakeOfFortune/Vehicles/SpeedBoatLuxe/DSpeedBoatLuxery_BP.DSpeedBoatLuxery_BP for the Luxury model and /DeimosWakeOfFortune/Vehicles/SpeedBoat/DSpeedBoatMercury_BP.DSpeedBoatMercury_BP for the Mercury.
Final Thoughts
Wake Of Fortune is very much a work in progress, and the creator is upfront about current issues, such as banking that doesn't work in singleplayer after rejoining and music that cannot be turned off. If something breaks, report it through the mod's Discord rather than relying on comments. Despite its rough edges, this add-on transforms ocean travel in ARK: Survival Ascended, offering speed, luxury, and a flashier way to own the waves. Whether you are a solo adventurer or the captain of a busy tribe, download Wake Of Fortune and take the fast lane to your next island.