# Unable to get NPC dinos to spawn

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589>\
**Category:** ARK: Survival Evolved\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Ark:-Survival-Evolved\
**Created:** [October 23, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589 "2020-10-23T18:52:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_df0a38801](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_df0a38801](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_df0a38801)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589/1 "2020-10-23T18:52:15Z")

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I’ve gone though 5 or 6 youtube tutorials and believe I have everything setup correctly however no dino’s ever spawn.

I’ve created  
NPCSpawnVolume  
NPCZoneVolume that is larger than the SpawnVolume and the SpawnVolume is placed inside the ZoneVolume.  
NPCZonemanager and I linked both the SpawnVolume and ZoneVolume to the manager.  
Added SnowGrasslandSpawn as the spawn container.  
Enabled is checked.  
never spawn in water is checked.  
SP/Min desired NPC 5  
min player dist 100  
world settings enabled NPCSpawner.

I feel like I’ve missed something super simple and obvious but I’m not sure how to find out what it is.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_46746ccb](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_46746ccb](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_46746ccb)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589/2 "2020-10-28T05:18:23Z")

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Are you playing in PIE editor

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**Author:** ![BoomHidde](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@BoomHidde](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BoomHidde)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589/3 "2021-03-30T12:38:42Z")

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I’ve had the same problem with my dinos not spawning and i think i figured out why.  
In ADK if you get to the NPC manager, there i have the option Min desired number of NPC and SP Min desired number of NPC.  
I think those two are the same and somehow there is not a max desired number of NPC that is set by default to 0.  
So i think thats the problem why dinos are not able to spawn, just because that their max spawn cap is 0

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**Author:** ![ZAlpha](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ZAlpha](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ZAlpha)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589/4 "2023-09-21T17:48:17Z")

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I have the same problem. Max desired number of NPC doesn’t even show for me. Does anyone have a solution?

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**Author:** ![sector40000](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@sector40000](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/sector40000)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-get-npc-dinos-to-spawn/152589/5 "2024-04-22T15:06:23Z")

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Hello, I created an item in the Dev Kit that spawns dinosaurs at level 225. How can I set it so that I can determine the level as INI and how I can have it spawn? Many thanks in advance