This content requires the base game ARK: Survival Evolved on Steam in order to play.

User reviews:
Recent:
Mostly Positive (315 reviews) - 77% of the 315 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
Overall:
Very Positive (2,056 reviews) - 82% of the 2,056 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 17 May, 2016

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This content requires the base game ARK: Survival Evolved on Steam in order to play.

Download The Center - ARK Expansion Map

 

About This Content

The Center is a free add-on for ARK: Survival Evolved that includes a massive new map for survivors to explore, nearly double the size of the playable geography of the standard ARK Island landscape making it about 70 sq. kilometers. The Center complements the current ARK biomes with a rich, hand-drawn Tolkien-esque aesthetic. Filled with stunning lighting effects, lava rivers, giant picturesque mountains, misty floating islands, ancient underground ice caves, and more, The Center is free for anyone who already owns ARK: Survival Evolved.

Drawn completely by hand without any auto-generated content, The Center uses its own save data, with separate options to reset the save data for each individual map.

Some of the amazing things to discover on the map include:

  • Floating Island
  • Edge of the world/GIANT waterfalls
  • A vast underground world with its own ecosystem/sun (Large enough to build huge cities in)
  • Lava Biome
  • Large underwater air bubbles found deep in the ocean for building bases in
  • Massive Ancient Ruins scattered throughout the world
  • Challenging End-Game Boss Encounters with Special Rewards!
  • Unique level design with tons of verticality
  • Features all of the regular ARK biomes from "The Island"
  • Vast Ocean Systems
  • Giant Ice caverns with etched out ice ruins
  • Lava caverns
  • Several unique cave systems, both regular and underwater

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: 64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, or Windows 8
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU
    • Memory: 4000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX10 Compatible GPU with 1 GB Video RAM
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 5000 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: OSX 10.9 or Higher
    • Processor: 2 GHz Equivalent CPU
    • Memory: 4000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPU with 1GB Video RAM
    • Storage: 5000 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu Equivalent Distro
    • Processor: 2 GHz 64-bit CPU
    • Memory: 4000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPU with 1GB Video RAM
    • Storage: 5000 MB available space
Customer reviews
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Recent:
Mostly Positive (315 reviews)
Overall:
Very Positive (2,056 reviews)
Recently Posted
Knixx
Posted: 9 August
ONE flaw found, it refuses to download. Please provide information/instructions for how this works because im clueless, but the game is awsome alltogether.
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Scoundrl
Posted: 9 August
This game id very immersive and I have recomended it to all my gaming friends.
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G3nD33
Posted: 8 August
amazing map
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finrer
Posted: 8 August
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NCDino
Posted: 8 August
The Center is asome

level 150s can spawn

You can get more resorces
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Dragon61
Posted: 7 August
cant play it and it wont tell me why
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fliiiiiix
Posted: 7 August
DA ISTG NICHT LUSTIG ALDA!!!!
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l-Frenetic-l
Posted: 6 August
11/9
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TheRedGamer
Posted: 6 August
it doesnt even let me download it. this makes me so mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(
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Chimpulus
Posted: 6 August
oooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
29 of 32 people (91%) found this review helpful
7 people found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 28 July
Ark, is for me, what I believe the future of gaming is heading towards. The Center, is without a doubt verifiable proof that the developers of this game have a completely different model that they are working from. In short, this map was made by a guy who quit his job to do something different, and it landed him a job.

The map itself is exquisite in its detail. He had a vision of what he wanted to make, created it, and in a very short timeframe. I saw this map come about, and interested because the man told the story on his mod page. I had at that time approxmiately 2000 hours into this game and i was bored to death, and ready to move into other games. WELL, that all changed.

Ive put hundreds more hours into the game, just to explore the Center, and build. BUT WAIT. Theres more. With the update that drops on 7/28 today as im writing this review. There will be even MORE Content. and its FREE!!!

Wait? I bought a quality game that gives me free DLC, and has no microtransactions. NORMALLY here is where you would scoff and say, BUT this wasn't developed by Studio Wildcard, they didnt make the Center, it was a Modder. They played the ultimate trump card gamers. They hired the modder.

Thank you Video Game Gods, Thank you.
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5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 2 August
good game
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5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 1 August
hi
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4 of 5 people (80%) found this review helpful
Recommended
Posted: 30 July
This is by far the best map in game now there is some much you can do and explore, not to mention the absolutely beautiful land scape and under ground world.
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3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 20 July
Amzing scenic map. Alright PVP. Great PVE though.
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3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
Recommended
Posted: 20 July
Great map, much better than The Island even BEFORE you get underground. Only issues would be it doesn't seem to be being updated as much as The Island, a few tweaks are needed to the spawns and it's missing four, mile high Mammoths riding on the back of a massive Carbonemys
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 29 July
Really awesome map. I love it.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
Posted: 29 July
I recommend this map
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
Posted: 29 July
awesome game even tho its still beta and stuff are added in a regular basis.. its one of the rare games that i played where when i think "That would be so cool if they added that" then a few weeks later i just see it poping in the updates!

totaly recommend it and if they keep going that way this game will be THE next big thing.. if it isn't allready ;P
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