Gryphons

Gryphons have returned to Ark in this Ascended remake of my original Gryphons mod, remade from the ground up.

Note: This mod was always meant to be a replacer, and will continue to do so.

Having said that, I'll investigate this as soon as the dev kit updates and I'm back from my holiday in the second half of July.

A heartfelt thank you to all those who voted for this mod in the ARKathon contest. You guys are awesome.

Disclaimer: This mod may update at inappropriate times due to the cross-platform approval process. Once I press the Upload button I no longer have any control over all the subsequent processes. I apologize in advance for any potential server explosions that might occur as a result but there's absolutely no way for me to fix these.

Also, since people keep asking me - No, I do not have a Discord server. I barely find time for modding as it is and to then also have to manage a Discord server would reduce that time even further. If you have issues please post a comment on this page.

Change Log

2025-10-21: Simple recook to bring it in line with the latest game changes. DM me if something's wrong.

2025-06-20: Hotfix to hopefully prevent the Gryphon overspawn on Ragnarok. No guarantees - This is Ark, after all!

2025-04-15: A recook of the mod using the latest dev kit version to ensure compatibility. Nothing was changed/added.

2025-01-16: A small hotfix to double the Arctic's health has been released. It was lower then intended.

2025-01-01: Happy New Year! Arctic gryphons have finally arrived!

• Details regarding the long missing third subspecies can be found in the overview below. They can be found in Extinction's snow biome but will of course also spawn on The Island, The Center, etc. I've included a picture in the gallery. Enjoy!

• Large gryphon subspecies now take additional headshot damage, following Wildcard's recent choice to apply this to more carnivores.

2024-12-25: Merry Christmas!

• Gryphons have been added to Extinction - Pygmy gryphons can be found in the swamp in the center of the city, and in the underground forest area in the NW. Their larger mountain brethren can be found near the mountains inside the Desert Biome.

2024-04-04: Scorched Earth support has been added!

• Mountain Gryphons will be spawning in the mountains (obviously!) and Pygmy Gryphons will be found in the canyon area, where the rivers run and plenty of other nasty critters can be found.

• I also did a clean-up of unused textures, lowering the size of the mod a bit.

2024-01-30: Another small update that adds some INI configuration options to enable/disable breeding and set a damage multiplier (0.1-1.0) for the global damage of gryphons. You can add these settings to your GameUserSettings.ini, with the below being the defaults.

[Gryphons] MountainBreeding=True MountainDamageMultiplier=1.0 PygmyBreeding=True PygmyDamageMultiplier=1.0

NOTE: If Breeding is set to False, the option in the radial menu will still show but it'll simply not do anything.

2024-01-08: Now live - An amazing new saddle!

Hope you all enjoyed your holiday - I certainly did! I'm proud to present a new saddle made by the amazing Creep! (You might know her work from Svartalfheim) This new saddle is one tier above the chitin saddle, giving the Mountain Gryphon three distinct options to choose from. I would also like to give credit to Silvervale for sponsoring this amazing creation - Without her help this wouldn't have been possible.

Features

• Breeding

• A new crafting station (the Gryphons Workbench) and three distinct saddles for the Mountain Gryphon: A two person basic saddle at level 50 and two armored single person saddles at level 70, available in both a chitin (40 armor) and a metal (50 armor) version. The Arctic Gryphon has a single person basic saddle, available at level 50. All saddles accept the optional goggles skin, though some clipping occurs with the armored variants.

• Pygmy gryphons have a backpack available that provides a minimum amount of protection and too features an optional goggles skin for added flavour.

• Nests, both mountain and pygmy gryphon sized. Once a gryphon is settled on top of one it'll act similar to an airconditioner.

• Spawns on all maps using Island and Scorched Earth spawn regions. This includes Svartalfheim and The Center.

• Additional colour regions for the eyes and beak/claws

• New feather textures and a redone body texture

Mountain Gryphons. The original gryphon we know and love, almost entirely remade from the ground up to be fully compatible with the various changes introduced in Ascended and then enhanced further with new HD textures. Found in mountain biomes and Carnivore Island.

Arctic Gryphons. This smaller-sized subspecies (limited to a single person) lives in snowy regions and possess higher levels of stamina to help them weather the cold, the improved stat countered by a slight health and weight capacity penalty. They're not the speed monsters that the mountain gryphons are but instead benefit from massively improved agility, able to dodge and weave much more easily. Naturally, these can be found in snowy biomes.

Pygmy Gryphons. Pygmy Gryphons are ferocious cat-sized critters that roam redwoods, jungles and swamps in search of prey. Tame them to earn their eternal loyalty, then carry them around on your back! Much smaller than their mountain brethren, though definitely not to be underestimated. They can occasionally be found in small packs of up to two members, and will attack pretty much anything on sight. They're a classic knock-out tame. Pygmy Gryphons can carry multiple Artifacts, much like otters can.

Credits

• The incredible Creep for the new metal-plated saddle model.

• The amazing Kokuma3D for the basic saddle model.

• The awesome ShantyShark for the reworked sounds, giving the gryphon the glory it deserves.

• And last but definite