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ARK ASA RCON commands: give a dino or an item to a player

For your vote rewards or your Discord shop, the bot sends admin commands over RCON. The tricky part: targeting the right player. Here’s what works.

Bot variables

• {eos}: the player’s EOS ID (unique ID, known thanks to Link).
• {name}: their name.
• {playerid}: their implant ID (number shown on their character’s implant, asked by the bot).
• {item} and {server}: item name and your server name.

1. The easiest: a mod that targets the EOS ID

Some mods accept the EOS ID directly. Example with the Configurable Cryopods mod: give a level 150 T-Rex in a cryopod.

scriptcommand SpawnCryo /Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rex/Rex_Character_BP.Rex_Character_BP,150,4,{eos}

The exact syntax is described on the mod’s CurseForge page. It’s also the command used by the shop’s example item.

2. Without a mod: the game command

GiveItemToPlayer targets the player’s implant ID (not the EOS ID):

GiveItemToPlayer {playerid} "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponOneShotRifle.PrimalItem_WeaponOneShotRifle'" 1 0 0

The numbers: quantity, quality, blueprint (1) or item (0). Each item’s path can be found in ARK ASA item lists.

3. Other useful admin commands

• GiveExpToPlayer {playerid} 5000 0 0: experience.
• ServerChatTo "{eos}" Thanks for your vote!: a private message in game.
• Points for your in-game shop plugin, if you have one (its command, with {eos}).

Good to know

• Up to 5 commands per reward or per item.
• The command is sent to the map where the player is online. If they aren’t, nothing is charged.
• Test every command on yourself before selling it.