ASA – Experience the Awesome Spyglass! Mod

Are you tired of guessing creature stats, struggling to track taming progress, or wading through complex menus just to see what a dino is worth? In ARK: Survival Ascended, knowledge is power, and in that sense the Awesome Spyglass! mod is a library. This is one of the most popular and essential Quality-of-Life (QoL) mods, transforming a simple tool into an indispensable dino-scouting and information device. This guide will walk you through installing the mod on your Nitrado server and mastering every feature to give you total control over your Ark experience.

What Makes Awesome Spyglass! Essential?

The Awesome Spyglass! mod elevates core ASA mechanics by providing comprehensive, instantaneous data on anything you aim at. This informational advantage dramatically improves efficiency in several critical areas:

• Taming Efficiency: Know exactly how much food is needed and how close a creature is to being tamed, preventing wasted time and resources.
• Breeding/Stat Scouting: Immediately see a creature’s points invested into each stat. This allows you to quickly assess if a wild dino has the high stats you need for your breeding lines.
• Health and Torpor Monitoring: View detailed numerical health and torpor bars for wild, tamed, and enemy creatures, making combat and knockout taming far more predictable.
• Resource Gathering & Structures: See detailed information on structures (who owns them, health) and resource nodes (type, harvest multiplier).

Key Features and In-Game Use

1. Unlock the Awesome Spyglass! engram in your character’s engram menu.
2. Craft the Awesome Spyglass! item at a Fabricator or Tek Replicator. (The resources required are the same as the standard spyglass unless changed by other mods.)
3. Equip the Awesome Spyglass! and look through it (default right-click on PC). The information overlay will appear.
4. With the spyglass equipped, hold the ‘R’ key (default radial menu) to bring up the item’s radial menu. Select the Settings cog to access the configuration menu.

Information Display Breakdown

When you look at a target, the display box provides essential information:

Data Point	Purpose	Mechanics Improved
Creature Stats	Shows the exact number of points invested in Health, Stamina, Melee, etc., for the creature before any bonuses.	Stat Scouting, Breeding
Wild / Tamed Status	Clearly displays the creature’s current level, gender, and status (e.g., Unconscious, Taming, Wild).	Taming, General Awareness
Taming Progress	Shows a percentage of taming completion and detailed Torpor and Food required.	Taming Efficiency
Target Info	Displays the name, level, owner (if tamed/structure), and Tribe.	PVE/PVP Awareness
Resource Info	Shows the type of resource and the server’s gather multiplier on that node (e.g., Metal, Wood).	Resource Gathering

Take Control of Your Ark

The Awesome Spyglass! mod is a powerful enhancement that brings clarity and efficiency to one of the most time-consuming aspects of ARK: Survival Ascended: taming and stat scouting. By installing it on your Nitrado server, you’ve equipped yourself and your tribe with the ultimate informational tool. Go out there, scout the perfect creature, and take full control of your Ark!

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