This is a compilation aimed at absolute UE4/ADK beginners. Im trying to point out the most important tutorials and resources(other than this site) that will get you started:
Essential UE4 Tutorials:
These are the official Unreal Engine tutorial i consider most essential when starting out. Watching them should give you a good overview how things work in the Engine in general which i think is necessary for modding ARK.
Intro to the UE4 Editor:
Basic Overview of the UE4 Editor
Twin Stick Shooter Framework:
Explains Actors, Component, Pawn, Character, Controller and Gamemode.
Blueprint Introduction:
Basic Introduction to Blueprint Scripting. Useful even if you don’t plan to do graph scripting yourself because it explains how to create class blueprints, how to add components etc.
NOTE: Lot’s of things are done in the Level Blueprint here which is something that you will probably rarely use with ARK, but it is still a good introduction how the graph scripting works!
Blueprint Essentials:
Covers the most basic Blueprint nodes.
Introduction to Networking:
Series on replication. Very important if you plan on doing scripting since ARK is a multiplayer game.
Unreal Engine Documenation:
The documentation is a very good source of information that you will learn to love. Lots of topics very well explained!
Ark DevKit:
ARKModding Tutorials:
TheWookie’s Ark Modding Tutorials Playlist:
Official Ark Modding Forums:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/forumdisplay.php?70-ARK-Survival-Evolved
Ark Modding Discord:
Ark Modding Community Discord Channel. Lots of helpful people in there, good place to get in touch with other modders.
https://discord.gg/0rE0xSw1sB7GRA7Z
arkmodding.net Wiki:
Modding Wiki, still in its infancy and not very complete yet, but we will get there!