Resource Respawn Timer/Multiplier Calculator
Pedro Ferraz
If there is something that have always bother me, is the resource respawn times. I'm not talking about the multipliers in the game settings.
I'm talking about the resources in itself.
For example: How long does it take to respawn a tree/rock/metal node/crystal node(small&big)/obsidian/oil it is questionable, yet, how long these resources actually respawn.
I think, it would be a neat addiction to the app.
Where it would tell individually each of the resources respawn time in Vanilla Ark Settings.
Featuring an advanced option of the resource respawn multiplier, (The multiplier that the game provides), where the user could insert a value, in which it would multiply and change the original time of the respawns and show to the user the "how long the resources it would take to respawn under that value".
It would benefit the servers, and in general the players a lot, so that they could customize their game to their own needs. Without assuming the respawn time of the value inserted in-game. At least you would know and would be aware if the resource is respawning or not.
Dan Leveille
Pedro Ferraz Amazing idea! Are you able to provide any more info on this? Is it a set time for each resource? You need to leave the area for the resource to respawn, right?
Pedro Ferraz
Dan Leveille:
I wish i could help more, and give more info however i believe i can't, not yet at least. Because i know mostly nothing and i can only make assumptions.
I can tell you the truth, that you might be aware, since i believe you do play the game in the end :p
It is extremely hard to know the literal exact time for the respawns, the game indeed makes it hard to let you know when the resource respawns.
Besides that the game, still, bugs out and it might cause for the resources to not respawn at all.
Note. In the Island map, the crystals have this problem in singleplayer.
I think this could be an addiction, however, after the game release, hopefully once they patch up the majority of the bugs related to the respawns and spawns.
The only info i can give to you is only my own experience while playing the game, and i might be wrong on this:
- The Crystals have the longest time of all the resources to respawn, in my "research", I could only found assumptions, where, some people say its "a week" ingame to respawn. Other people say it's 1, 2, 3 days ingame...
- Obsidian and Metal nodes, though when compared to the crystal they do indeed respawn more frequently, again, i've seen, again assumptions, discussions talking about that it is 1-2 days ingame. (In my experience it takes longer than that, but can't say the exact time without inducing errors [4-5] days ingame)
Oil nodes are the most bugged of all of the resources, i've been able to mine 2-3 times in "a day" ingame certain nodes, untill they'll stop to respawn completely.
Some don't ever respawn back after the 1st time being mined.
Trees and rocks, they do sometimes respawn immediately after you leave the harvested area a few mins(in real life mins) and going back to the area, again.
However sometimes it might get bugged and simply don't respawn back for a very long time.
I do believe that every resource has its respawn timer. I am aware, that in singleplayer, if you leave the game the respawn timer resets, that's why getting crystals/obsidian/metal in singleplayer is annoying and frustrating in vanilla settings.
Plus, since the menu overhaul, you do have 2 settings that are factors that will "block" the respawn:
ResourceNoReplenishRadiusStructure and the ResourceNoReplenishRadiusPlayers - the last one indeed tells you that you have to leave the area, the ammount of time that takes for the resources to respawn -after leaving the area- though is the question that everyone asks and makes assumptions.
I can tell you a bit more, the center has faster respawns times, when compared to the island. I am not sure about Scorched Earth, nor the recent Ragnarok map.