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Description:

Runic Wyverns are enigmatic creatures, boosted by long lost survivor tek that resembles magic! Painted circuitry-like designs containing element boosted nanobots make these Wyvern not only vibrant, but stronger & more maneuverable than the ones typically found on Arks! Featuring a higher damage resistance, better melee damage, augmented special attacks & greater maneuverability among other things, these Wyvern are an excellent tame for survivors looking for a robust battle mount able to travel longer distances quickly!

Features:

Wyvern Diving- By flying up & then pitching down, survivors are able to enter a dive on their Wyvern, which greatly increases their velocity, allowing large distances to be covered in a short amount of time!
Wyvern Barrel Roll- By pressing c while flying or in a dive, survivors will be able to perform a barrel roll attack, leaving enemies hit with a debuff, depending on your Wyvern type! Flame Wyverns will leave a target on fire, Venom Wyverns will apply torpor at an increased rate, Spark Wyverns will apply a 4sec stun, & Glacial Wyverns will apply a slow effect!
Better Maneuverability- Wyverns are lithe, streamlined creatures & as such, these Wyvern have a tighter turning radius, allowing for better mobility both in the air, in a dive, & on land, including mid-air backup.
Vibrant Colors- Dangerous plants & animals are often bright colors to ward off predators or intimidate prey; it's no different with these tyrants of the sky! If you see one of these, be prepared to fight or run! These colorsets were hand designed to make beautiful looking wyverns!
Particle VFX- All Runic Wyverns have a small amount of shiny particle effects they give off to give them that extra 'Special' feel!
Knock Out Tames- Find an Elemental (Flame, Venom, Glacial or Spark) Runic Wyvern in colors you like? These guys are knock out tames so you can claim your favorite one! (Use Kibble, Raw Prime Meat, or Wyvern Milk for best taming results!)
Increased Resilience & Damage- These Wyvern have increased resistance to damage & higher base melee attack, which only increases with careful & nurtured breeding. Imprint buff gives an extra boost to damage resistance & melee attack stat.
Enhanced Special Damage- Boosted by RuneTek™️, these Wyverns attacks have been augmented to do more damage once tamed, scale with melee, & have additional effects such as torpor on the Venom Wyverns' attacks, armor melting flames for the Flame Wyvern, a stun effect on the Spark Wyverns' lightning, & a stamina drain & movement speed debuff for the Glacial Wyvern!
Armor Chip- Small, basic circuitry that can be implanted under your Wyverns' scales & integrates with their RuneTek™️ to add a bit of armor. Can be augmented & upgraded to different quality & armor value, just like saddles.
Saddle- You can equip Runic Wyvern with a saddle to hold up to THREE of your friends and their shoulder pets! (Four if you carry a friend with a Crystal's Grab!)
Loot- Runic Wyverns drop their equivalent Apex loot drops (Wyvern Talons) & also resources useful to any survivor! On harvest, Flame Wyverns will drop Sulfur, Venom Wyvern drop Rare Flowers, Glacial Wyverns drop Crystal & Spark Wyverns drop Absorbent Substrate!
Costumes!- Runic Wyverns have some really neat costumes that will change their appearance slightly to be a bit more flashy! Use the Runic Wyvern Shrine for all your costume needs! Costumes are paintable too!
No Saddle Passenger Seat- Once tamed, you'll be able to have a friend along for a ride!
Levels- Since Runic Wyverns are knock out tames, they can spawn AT your max dino level for your difficulty setting- NOT ABOVE, like Vanilla Wyverns. Their level brackets are setup to favor the mid to higher end of your max level settings.
Wyvern Milk- When knocked out, female Runic Wyvern will drop 4 Wyvern milk. Once tamed, they will produce up to 4 milk over a 2hr period!
New features every few updates!- The most recent update has added QoL in the form of attack tracking via the HUD, and the prismatic Halo Wyvern which comes in TWO variants!
Bosses!- Currently there is one boss in the mod (Ancient Runic Ghost Wyvern) & at least two more are planned for the future!
Crystal Wyvern- These glittering, crystalline Runic Wyvern are passive tames & can transform into other types by eating a specially crafted Runic Crystal after taming! Different types have different abilities too!
Augmented Attacks- Runic Wyverns' bites will have different effects depending on the type of Wyvern!
- Runic Flame Wyvern has a gash (Allosaurus) on bite, & Flamebreath
- Runic Venom Wyvern has a better torpor (Manticore torpor) on bite, & poison spit for ranged
- Runic Spark Wyvern has a health regen when eating corpses (Argy), & stunning lightning beam for ranged
- Runic Glacial Wyvern has a stamina drain (Bees, Ants), & slowing Frostbreath
- Runic Ghost Wyvern bite has the bloodrage (Charca) when pressing C/R3/RBS, & Witherflame projectile which weakens enemy defenses & burns their health for ranged
- Runic Crystal (Quartz) Wyvern has a Windburst that pushes back & holds enemies in place for a short time. When pressing C/R3/RBS on the ground, will fire a projectile which leaves dust in it's wake & spawn a tornado where it hits, dealing AoE damage
- Runic Crystal (Ruby) Wyvern has a Bloodbane breath, which damages enemies & returns that damage as healing to the Ruby Wyvern. When pressing C/R3/RBS on the ground, it will sacrifice 20% of it's current health (can't use below 50% health) to gain a large damage boost for 25sec (30sec cooldown)
- Runic Crystal (Emerald) Wyvern has a Crystal Barrage projectile that pierces armor & does heavy damage to it. When pressing C/R3/RBS on the ground, the Emerald Wyvern will use Shimmering Shell, buffing itself & others around it with a 75% damage reduction for 25sec (30sec cooldown)
- Runic Crystal (Sapphire) Wyvern has a Hydroblast breath of superheated, corrosive water that damages a percentage of the victims' health & stamina. When pressing C/R3/RBS on the ground, the Sapphire Wyvern will use Deluge, spending some of it's special resource, Stored Water, to give it & allies around it, a healing buff for 25sec(30sec cooldown). It also gives the player the Liopleurodon buff, and SWIMS.
- Runic Halo Wyvern (The large version) has a Chromatic breath attack that applies a variety of debuffs to the Wyverns enemies. They can also Grab dinos & players!

CONTROLLING SPAWNS

If you find that they are spawning too much, or you would like to disable them from spawning naturally, please see this page: https://legacy.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/runic-wyverns/pages/adjusting-spawn-rates

Please also feel free to try this mod (Many of my users said it helped to limit spawns to a certain number!): https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/spawn-blocker

Thank you:

MASSIVE thank you to everyone on the Ark Modding Discord for help, but ESPECIALLY: Joehelp, Evolanca, Zarthan, Gaiadanny, & Quellcrest for being patient with me, helping me learn how to do things, & pointing me in the right direction when I had issues troubleshooting. Without Joehelp specifically, this mod would not be in a releasable state, so an impossibly huge thank you needs to go out to him for fixing the groundconform animations that haunted my nightmares.

Also, a huge, more recent shoutout to Jams, who figured out how to override the C++ taming text & was kind enough to share it with me! Special thank you as well to Shinygati who helped me get the Runic Ghost Wyvern Boss' drop item working correctly & sorting out various functions (like the HUD) for the Runic Crystal Wyvern!

Follow Up:

This is my first time making any mod where major game mechanics have been altered & my first time working with Unreal Engine. If you find bugs, please feel free to report them, but bear in mind that the more info you give me, the easier it will be for me to pin point what needs to be fixed! That said, I still may need to get help from the Ark modding discord on certain things, so it may take me a while to fix something. Please be patient & check the Trello for updates on what I'm currently doing!

If you have a beautiful screenshot of the Runic Wyverns you want to share/want me to add to the images section, please feel free to DM me here! I'd LOVE to see them & possibly add them to the gallery (with permission & credit)!

Currently Known Issues:

[Please see my discord, CF doesn't save my description correctly half the time to be a reliable source for me to update constantly]

Currently Planned Features:

Any bug fixes necessary
Queen Runic Crystal Wyvern Boss [Second Boss] (WIP right now!)
Runic Void Wyvern (WIP right now!)
Runic Terror Wyvern [Third boss, Dodo Wyvern base]

You can check this out to keep up with what I'm working on currently! I also post updates fairly regularly on my bsky! https://trello.com/b/QZWeMp9c/runic-wyvern-wip // https://bsky.app/profile/wolfofthenyght.bsky.social

Possible Future Features: (If I can learn how to do them)

Runic Wyvern Saddle- A saddle that will add more armor than the currently implemented armor chip.

Spawn Locations:

Runic Flame Wyvern spawn:

The Island/The Center: DinoSpawnEntriesMountains
Scorched Earth: SE_DinoSpawnEntriesBadlands
Aberration: Surface (not tamable yet, WIP)
Extinction: DinoSpawnEntries_DesertMountain

Runic Spark Wyvern spawn:

The Island/The Center: DinoSpawnEntriesGrassland
Scorched Earth: SE_DinoSpawnEntriesBadlands
Aberration: Surface (not tamable yet, WIP)
Extinction: DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_Med

Runic Venom Wyvern spawn:

The Island/The Center: DinoSpawnEntriesJungle
Scorched Earth: SE_DinoSpawnEntriesGreenDesert
Aberration: Surface (not tamable yet, WIP)
Extinction: DinoSpawnEntries_CityObelisk

Runic Glacial Wyvern spawn:

The Island/The Center: DinoSpawnEntriesSnow
Scorched Earth: SE_DinoSpawnEntriesGreenDesert
Aberration: Surface (not tamable yet, WIP)
Extinction: DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_SnowBuffer

Runic Crystal Wyvern spawn:

The Island/The Center: DinoSpawnEntriesMountains_C
Scorched Earth: SE_DinoSpawnEntriesBadlands_C
Extinction: DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_DesertBuffer, DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_Sulfur, DinoSpawnEntries_City_Trench

Spawn Codes:

Wild:

cheat summon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Venom-V2_C
cheat summon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Flame-V2_C
cheat summon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Spark-V2_C
cheat summon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Glacial-V2_C
cheat summon RW_Character_BP_Ghost_Boss_C 500 0 0

Tamed:

cheat gmsummon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Venom-V2_C 150
cheat gmsummon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Flame-V2_C 150
cheat gmsummon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Spark-V2_C 150
cheat gmsummon Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Glacial-V2_C 150
cheat gmsummon RW_Character_BP_Ghost_C 150

Item Spawn Codes:

Armor: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Saddle/PrimalItemArmor_RWArmorChip.PrimalItemArmor_RWArmorChip" 1 0 0 false
Runic Shrine: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Structures/RW_PrimalItemStructure_Shrine.RW_PrimalItemStructure_Shrine" 1 0 0 false
Glacial Talon: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/RW_PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_GlacialWyvern.RW_PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_GlacialWyvern" 1 0 0 false
Black Ice Costume: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/WyvernCostumes/Costume_Ice/PrimalItemCostume_RW_Glacial-Ice.PrimalItemCostume_RW_Glacial-Ice" 1 0 0 false
Sakura Costume: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/WyvernCostumes/Costume_Sakura/PrimalItemCostume_RW_Venom-Sakura.PrimalItemCostume_RW_Venom-Sakura" 1 0 0 false
Moon Costume: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/WyvernCostumes/Costume_Moon/PrimalItemCostume_RW_Spark-Moon_v3.PrimalItemCostume_RW_Spark-Moon_v3" 1 0 0 false
Lava Costume: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/WyvernCostumes/Costume_Lava/PrimalItemCostume_RW_Flame-Lava_v2.PrimalItemCostume_RW_Flame-Lava_v2" 1 0 0 false
Runic Ghost Boss Spawner: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/SummonItems/RW_PI_GhostSpawner_Boss_v2.RW_PI_GhostSpawner_Boss_v2" 1 0 0 false
Runic Ghost Tamed Spawner: cheat giveitem "/RunicWyverns/Items/SummonItems/RW_PI_GhostSpawner_Tamed_v2.RW_PI_GhostSpawner_Tamed_v2" 1 0 0 false

Runic Wyvern BP Strings:

"Blueprint'/RunicWyverns/DinoEntries/RunicVenomWyvern/Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Venom-V2.Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Venom-V2'"
"Blueprint'/RunicWyverns/DinoEntries/RunicFlameWyvern/Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Flame-V2.Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Flame-V2'"
"Blueprint'/RunicWyverns/DinoEntries/RunicSparkWyvern/Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Spark-V2.Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Spark-V2'"
"Blueprint'/RunicWyverns/DinoEntries/RunicGlacialWyvern/Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Glacial-V2.Runic_Wyvern_Character_BP_Glacial-V2'"

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