Where to begin

Hello all,

It may be simple, it may be complex – but I’m completely illiterate to the Unreal Engine Dev Kit. Can someone please point me in the right direction on how I would start making an item?

My item, really has no purpose. I simply want to get an item modelled, textured, set an ID, a recipe on it, and allow it to stack. Very simple for a first item, just so I can wet my beak a little bit.

Thank you!!

Do tutorial 1
then do tutorial 2

Then do these two:
HOWTO: Add new dinosaur variants
HOWTO: Add new structure variants

http://ark.gamepedia.com/Modding:Tutorials