Mod:Caballus

Unofficial Map for ARK with beautiful environment, stunning places, treasures instead of air drops and color variants for equus and more creatures

Mod

Mod author

Doudel

Download

Steam Workshop

Workshop ID

1679826889

Release date

March 11th, 2019

Status

90% complete

Server map name

Caballus_P

Spotlight

Caballus is a lovely designed, horse-themed mod map for ARK: Survival Evolved, developed by Doudel.

Caballus Custom Map - The equestrian journey

Important Informations

First the Mod ID = 1679826889
For Command Lines: Caballus_P

Caballus means horse in latin - it is a equestrian based Map with innuendos to the equestrian folks and the wonderful equus creature.
It is a equestrian journey, so feel the wind in the mane!
The surface is 98% complete and fully playable.
Following this page Caballus is explained in more detail.

For spontaneous players follow the download link on Steam:
Steam Workshop

What makes Caballus special?

Caballus Equus Variants

The Dapple
The Pinto
The Bayard
The Quarter
The Appaloosa
The Shimmer

A lovely designed Environment

Ruins of the equestrian folks with a variety of beautiful statues
No Obelisks (just the cosmetic assets) - ARK TERMINALS AVAILABLE
Realistic and lovely designed environment with brand new foliage
Huge landmass and big ocean world (coming)
Beginner Loot Boxes as Saddle Bags at Player Spawns
Insane Wyvern Trench and Wyvern Cave
No air drops and less TEK on the surface - perfect Roleplay (RP) Map
(Coming) Caballus own Boss Arenas (but with the common bosses) - The Island bosses ARE AVAILABLE

A well-thought-out concept

Background Story to feel the wind in the mane
(Coming) Own Explorer Notes to explain the story deeper
Custom Loot System - Treasures with insane Loot
All engrams learnable
Max Level of Dinos is 150 (like on Ragnarok)

Special Color Variants for Creatures

Equus
Ice Wyvern
Breedable Griffin
Breedable Unicorn
breedable Phoenix

A never seen, large biome below the White Birch Mountain

Aberration of Water: Aberration themed collapsed atlantic world.
Combined with elements of Extinction
Story background: Hidden and big secrets of the (ARK) Alien and TEK
DLC Dinos and resources are implemented
RockDrakes and Reapers available
added purple treasure (rare resources and TEK)

A unique biome: The Black Wideness (Obsidian stone)

A never seen Biome with the Big Dam (Ruins)
Dino Spawns and Resources like a desert biome
Trees and black metal nodes dropping charcoal

Good loot left behind by the equestrian folks

Quality chain: green - blue - yellow - red - purple
No stupid things like blueprints for a doorframe or anything
Purple Treasure variant for extreme good loot
Blueprints from DLC saddles, weapons, tools, and armor, rare resources and TEK

Special Supply Crates/Foliage (like the Giant Beaver Dam from Ragnarok)

The Anthill (Supply Crate), dropping feces, fertilizer, rare mushrooms and rare flowers
Pure Flintstones (Foliage) - ocher color Stones to farm only flintstones
Mushrooms - orange Mushrooms, dropping only rare Mushrooms
The Crystal Tree (Supply Crate) - only in the vulcano biome - dropping a high amount of crystal
Red metal nodes of Red Crystalized Sap
Farmable (like plants - with hands) Z plants - dropping Z Seeds
Farmable Cannabis - dropping Rare Flower

All DLC Content will come over time to Caballus!

Mod Caballus Example Treasures — Unique loot system of Caballus - Treasures

On Caballus, instead of Air Drops you can find Treasures, a loot system much different from ARK: Survival Evolved's. The Treasures match better to the background story and I want people to search harder for good Loot. REALLY GOOD LOOT The quality of Treasures are higher, so it is more often possible to find ascendant Items and BPs. I changed the content of the Treasures, so that there are no items like a blueprint for a doorframe in it. Quality chain is: green - blue - yellow - red (underwater) - purple. In the Treasures are Blueprints from the DLC Maps, too: For example a whip, or a Snow Owl Saddle BP

Mod Caballus Saddle Bag photo — Saddle bags

Treasure Green:

Available with Level 15:
Armor:
Cloth Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Gloves, Boots.
Hide Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Bloves, Boots.
Wood Shield
Desert Clots Boots and Gloves

Saddles:
Scorpion
Equus
Hyaenodon
Raptor
Trike
Pachy
Dolphin
Turtle
Parasaur
Phiomia
Procoptodon
Pteranodon

Weapons:
Stone Pick
Stone Hatchet
Slingshot
Bow
StoneClub
MetalHatchet
MetalPick
Crowsbow
Lance
Pike
Sword
Spear
OilJar
Bola

Treasure Blue:

Available with Level 35:
Armor:
Chitin Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Gloves, Boots.
Fur Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Bloves, Boots.
Metal Shield
Desert Clots Helmet and Pants

Saddles:
Kaprosuchus
Sarco
Ankylo
Doedicurus
Terrorbird
Diplodocus
Mammoth
Iguanodon
Gallimimus
Manta
Pachyrhino
Pteranodon
Stego
Mantis
Rhino
Brontosaddle + Platform
ThornyDragon

Weapons:
Boomerang
Sickle
Gun
Shotgun
OneShotRifle
MetalHatchet
MetalPick
Crowsbow
Lance
Pike
Grenade
Whip
Scope

Treasure Yellow:

Available with Level 50:
Armor:
Metal Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Gloves, Boots.
Ghilie Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Bloves, Boots.
Scuba Pants and Flippers
Desert Clots Shirt and Pants

Saddles:
Allosaurus
Ankylo
Mammoth
Sabertooth
Carno
Arthropleura
Rhino
MEgatherium
Thylacoleo
Paracer + Platform
Baryonoyx
Megalodon
DireBear
Dunkleosteus
Pelagornis
Toad
Chalio
Argentavis
Beaver
Daeodon
Moth
Camelsaurus
RockGolem
SnowOwl
Managamar
Tapejara

Weapons:
Rifle
FlareGun
Gun
Shotgun
OneShotRifle
HoloScope
GasGrenade
PoisonGrenade
ClimbPick
MaschinedPistol

Treasure Red and Underwater:

Available with Level 70:
Armor:
Riot Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Gloves, Boots.
Miners Helmet
Scuba Goggles and Tank
Riot Shield
NightVisonGoggles

Saddles:
Allosaurus
Rex
Spino
Yuty
Quetz + Platform
Megalania
Therizinosaurus
Plesio + Platform
Basilo
Megalosaurus
Baryonoyx
Megalodon
Tapejara
Giga
Deino
Mosa + Platform
Tuso
Argentavis
Beaver
Daeodon
Bloodstalker
Cherufe

Weapons:
Rifle
Compound Bow
Prod
Shotgun
MaschinedShotgun
Flamethrower
Laser
Silencer
ClusterGrenade
ClimbPick
MaschinedSniper

Treasure Purple:

Available with Level 100:
Armor:
TEK Pants, Shirt, Helmet, Gloves, Boots.
TEK Shield

Saddles:
Basilisk
Gacha
Cavewolf
MoleRat
Crab
RockDrake

TEK Saddles:
RockDrake
Tapejara
Mosa
MEgalodon
Rex

Resources:
GlowStick
Cyropod
Gas
Polymer
Electronics
Gunpowder
ElementDust
Element
BlackPearl

Caballus has also special Loot Boxes at every Player Spawn. The Saddle Bags contain starter items to make the first steps easier!

Background Story and Current Content


Regions of Caballus Mod Caballus Map.png

Caballus is a world born out of the heat. Grown from lava, cooled and hardened in the wild sea. The largest of the Caballic islands. The still intact volcano formed a multi-faceted world with a variety of biomes, recourses and lives over millennia. Not long was this piece of earth left uninhabited. Ancient nomads first reached the coast of neighbouring islands, until they discovered the richness of resources of Caballus. The different nations were all equestrian folks: numerous, with strength and war experience; always with the goals of reaching wealth and making progress. They changed Caballus a lot, but as a completely new world Caballus turned everything upside down. New creatures were fought, nations continued their education, domestication started, new battles had to be won and leaders were overthrown. But who has remained? Greed is a sin: Caballus stayed with the wild creatures, remaining horses, ruins and hidden treasures. Were they the first? Even this civilization did not discover all the secrets of this graceful lovely world. What´s your decision? Cooperation or war? Which of the equestrian peoples suits your character? Three nations fought for Caballus: The Blue Scythians, who populated the areas of Griffin Mountain, Redwood and the area covered with snow. The Green Huns, which conquered the grassland, the swamp and the jungle. Last the Red Csíkos who managed the impetuous and threatening volcano area with the Black Widen and the Steppe.

Current Content

Caballus has the following content at the moment:
exciting background story
Beginner Loot in form of SaddleBags (Crates) at every Player Spawn
Treasures with insane loot instead of air drops
special color variants for Equus, Unicorn, Phoenix, Ice Wyvern and Griffin
A lot of Biomes:
Griffin Mountain (medium)
White Birch Mountain (medium)
Jungle (medium)
Swamp (medium)
Beach (easy)
Steppe (easy)
Black Wideness (hard) with a little grotto with Light Dinos (AB) in it
Volcano AND a Wyvern Trench, combined with the Black Beach Biome
Snow and Redwood Biome (hard) --> this biomes have subbiomes
Aberration of Water (AB Biome)
the south part of the ocean biome

98% of surface is finished and playable ( But I will add more details!)

a created terrain with world creator --> Mountains look like mountains in the distance
new textures --> the result are unique biomes
all The Island dino spawns, Desertspawns from SE and Aberrationspawns, some spawns from Extinction (Managamar, Gacha, Snow Owl, Velo) and Genesis (Ferox, Magamasaur, Bloodstalker)
bigger than The Island - Caballus has an ocean
a lot of little caves you can build in
all important resources
beautiful statues of Ark dinos
ruins of the equestrian nation
monuments instead of the ARK Obelisks, of course the Terminals are available
Loot out of treasures!
a lot of dungeon caves with an artifact
a really nice Jump and Run Cave
a underwater cave

Biomes

Pictures of the Biomes will come!

Caballus Dungeon Caves

Caballus has ten Dungeon Caves (at the moment). At the end you find artifacts!

Swamp/Spider Cave - 71 / 09 - Artifact of Cunning
Ice Cave - 21 / 10 - Artifact of Strong
Desert Cave - 68 / 84 - Artifact of Immune
Sanctuary Cave - 53 / 17 - Artifact of Devourer
Redwood/ Gold Cave - 21 / 48 - Artifact of Pack
Jungle Cave - 71 / 40 - Artifact of Clever
Underwater Cave - 98 / 13 - Artifact of Massive
Jump and Run Cave - 34 / 91 - Artifact of Skylord
Wyvern Cave - 6 / 28 - Artifact of Brute
Dam Cave - 50 / 80 - Artifact of Hunter
Shimmer Forest - 68 / 29 or 80 / 21 - No artifact - Home of the Secret Shimmer Equus

Spawn Locations

Approximate Spawn Locations

	North
	East
	Middle
	West
	South

Creatures

The Island Dinos

Caballus contains the following creatures from The Island:

Scorched Earth Dinos

Caballus contains the following creatures from Scorched Earth:

Aberration Dinos

Caballus contains the following creatures from Aberration:

Findable in a hidden Grotto or in die Aberration of Water Biome.

Extinction Dinos

Caballus contains the following creatures from Extinction:

Genesis: Part 1 Dinos

Caballus contains the following creatures from Genesis: Part 1:

Special Dinos

Caballus also contains the following creatures:

Deinonychus

Over time I will implement missing creatures, too!

Future Content

My plan for Caballus and future content in more detail:

adding more details to the surface
add the rest of the ocean world and making the AB Biome bigger
rework the boss arenas, so they have the unique Caballus look
made own explorer notes for the history of Caballus
balance the dino spawns
balance resources
add a lot of the DLC dinos
create my own unique biomes
stable and good performance
try to implement a brand new creature
always improve the map - I think ARK will give us a lot of content I can implement (GENESIS comes to Caballus, either)

Discord Link and community

You can help me to make Caballus better:

Join my Discord and talk to me about everything you think about Caballus!
Tell me all your feedback and report the bugs and issus you find. I will work hard and nearly every day on the development of Caballus.

Nevertheless be kind, it is my first modding project and creating a map takes a lot of time.

The Discord Link: Caballus Discord

Resource Map

Strategic Resources
Exploring the map
Creature Spawns