A Cryopod shows a Raptor picture and won't deploy, or vanished on release

A pod remembers its creature by class. If that class goes missing, the pod shows a Raptor — and the wrong move can delete the creature for good.

The pod's picture turned into a Raptor while its name and stats still look right, and deploying does nothing.
Releasing the pod deleted it, and no creature appeared.
"Failed to spawn" on a modded creature, or ARK Data shows used slots with nothing in them.

"If one were to cryo a modded creature, and remove the originating creature's mod, then the class gets nullified", and releasing a creature whose class has been nullified removes the item, with no creature created (ARK Wiki). After an Obelisk transfer, a pod can show a Raptor picture and be un-deployable when the destination lacks the creature's files (ARK Wiki).

Players hit this with creatures from a map or mod the destination doesn't have, with variants converted between maps (the Ice Wyvern), between maps with different mods, and after game updates (Steam, 2019–2020).

Our ASE maps run no mods. On ASA, check that the destination currently loads the creature's required mod, particularly after a mod is removed, replaced or updated.

Not every Raptor picture means trouble: creatures without their own icon get a Raptor-like placeholder, and a podded Tek ATV shows a Raptor too (ARK Wiki).

A pod remembers its creature by class. If that class goes missing, the pod shows a Raptor — and the wrong move can delete the creature for good.

The pod's picture turned into a Raptor while its name and stats still look right, and deploying does nothing.
Releasing the pod deleted it, and no creature appeared.
"Failed to spawn" on a modded creature, or ARK Data shows used slots with nothing in them.

Our ASE maps run no mods. On ASA, check that the destination currently loads the creature's required mod, particularly after a mod is removed, replaced or updated.

Not every Raptor picture means trouble: creatures without their own icon get a Raptor-like placeholder, and a podded Tek ATV shows a Raptor too (ARK Wiki).

If a Raptor-picture or modded pod fails to release once, do not try again — keep it. Releasing a nullified pod deletes it.
Take the pod back to a map where that creature exists (ARK Wiki; Steam Workshop, 2020).
Move non-native or modded creatures between maps as tames, not inside a Cryopod (Steam, 2020).
Tell an admin the pod's name, the map and when it changed.

As soon as a pod shows a Raptor or a modded pod fails. An admin can make sure the creature's mod is loaded on that map; on other servers some of these cases were fixed by a later update (Steam, 2020). An admin can also look for the creature in a backup taken before the change (Restore from backup). Whether anything is replaced is the owner's decision.

Tell an admin the map, the time (the clock in your profile menu shows the server's time), your character's name, what you carried or had uploaded, and the exact message on the screen. For a transfer: both maps and both times. Report the same day — the backups reach back only about two days. Contact admin is in your profile menu; the Guides page has a question box.

Move non-native or modded creatures only between maps that have them (ARK Wiki; Steam, 2020).
On the server side: check that each intended destination supports the transferred creature's required mod, back up before any change, and give players time to move or release a mod's creatures before the mod is removed — removed mod items can corrupt a save (G-Portal), and podded creatures lose their class (ARK Wiki).

A Cryopod shows a Raptor picture and won't deploy, or vanished on release

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A Cryopod shows a Raptor picture and won't deploy, or vanished on release

What you see

Why it happens

Related guides

What you can do

When to ask an admin

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