In Game App
Free / Windows / Overwolf

Stop alt-tabbing out of ARK

Wikily for ARK: Survival Ascended is a free in-game overlay. Every map, template, timer and stat from this site, on top of the game. Press Shift + F9 to open it.

  • Free, forever
  • No account needed
  • Works on every map
  • Runs on Overwolf

This is a Windows PC overlay. Open this page on your gaming PC to install it.

The Wikily overlay showing an interactive ARK map with the player position marked

The full resource map, with your position on it.

What you get

Everything below runs over the game, without alt-tabbing.

Every map, with your live position

Resource nodes, caves, drops, spawns, notes and artifacts as toggleable layers, with your character on the map. Press M in game to sync.

1500+ building templates

The whole template library, open next to your build instead of on a second monitor.

Taming tracker with timers

Start a tame, keep the timer on screen, and get the food and narcotic counts without alt-tabbing.

203 creatures, 14 categories

Stats, taming times, drops and calculators for every creature, plus the full item and structure reference.

Custom crosshair

Draw your own crosshair over the game for weapons that do not have one.

FPS, GPU, CPU and RAM HUD

Performance in a small corner overlay, positioned wherever you want it. Second-screen support for multi-monitor setups.

Arcade

Something to do while a 4 hour tame ticks down.

More features are on the way, including the rest of the tools from this site.

What it looks like in game

The Wikily overlay taming tracker shown over the ARK map
Taming timers stay on screen while you play.
The Wikily overlay browsing the building template library
Over 1500 building templates, in game.
The Wikily overlay showing the ARK creature database
The creature database, one hotkey away.
The Wikily overlay showing detailed stats for a single ARK creature
Full stats, taming data and drops per creature.
The Wikily overlay showing the ARK item database
Every item, with crafting costs and sources.

Setup takes a minute

1

Install

One installer. It sets up Overwolf and Wikily together.

2

Launch ARK

The overlay attaches itself. Nothing to configure.

3

Press Shift + F9

The menu opens over the game. Press it again to close.

Before you install

Is the Wikily overlay free?

Yes. The overlay is free to download and free to use. There is nothing to buy inside it.

I have Wikily Premium. Why do I still see ads in the overlay?

Because the overlay cannot sign you in yet. Account login is not built into the app so far, so it has no way to tell that your subscription is active. Premium will be supported in the overlay once sign-in ships, and ads will switch off there just like they do on the site. Nothing changes about your subscription in the meantime, and you are not paying twice.

How do I open the overlay in game?

Press Shift + F9 while ARK is running. You can change the hotkey in the app settings if it clashes with something else.

Which platforms does it support?

Windows PC only, for ARK: Survival Ascended. The overlay runs on Overwolf, which does not exist on console or mobile.

Is it allowed, and is it safe?

It runs on Overwolf, a platform built for in-game overlays that reads nothing from the game process beyond what its public API exposes. It does not modify game files.

How do I uninstall it?

Remove it from the Overwolf app list, the same way as any other Overwolf app. Nothing is left behind in your ARK install.

More players unlocks more of the game

ARK does not have Overwolf game events yet, so the overlay works out your position from the screen and you press M to sync it. Game events are granted to apps once they reach enough active players. If we get there, the app can read the game directly: live position tracking with no keypress, and the door open to other features that have to come from the game itself. Every install moves that closer.

Put the wiki inside the game

Free, no account, and it works on every map. Press Shift + F9 once ARK is running.