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Awaken within a fractured virtual simulation - a forbidding world unlike anything you’ve seen before. ARK: Genesis Ascended Part 1 represents a story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. With your holographic companion, HLN-A, you must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. Only by fighting, building, taming, and exploring will you uncover the dark secrets behind this place.

CONQUER EVERY MISSION

Your guide, HLN-A, offers a wide array of missions at varying difficulty levels for you to tackle at your own pace. Gun down waves of enemies with the aid of power-ups, escort vulnerable baby creatures, track powerful bosses, or compete in high-speed Dino Races. Earn extra credit by fixing the glitches scattered throughout the world, and spend your rewarded Hexagons on resources, TEK items, and more.

EXPLORE LETHAL LANDSCAPES

The simulator tests your mettle across beautiful biomes ripe for exploration - but they all want you dead. Survive fetid alien bogs, dive into deep undersea trenches, endure frigid mountain peaks, brave dangerous volcanic hellscapes, and float across the wild low-gravity surface of an alien moon. Conquering each area requires preparation, smarts, and the ability to improvise so that when a volcano rains fire from the sky, an avalanche buries you, or a whirlpool pulls you into the briny deep, you’re ready to meet the challenge!

NEW WITH ASCENDED: Dive into a massive, map-wide ocean biome built on a completely overhauled water physics system. Prepare for a true maritime experience with dynamic waves and realistic buoyancy as you navigate the high seas. Discover islands and hidden fortresses that set the stage for chaotic, wide-scale ocean warfare. Whether you are leading a pod of deep-sea beasts, braving dynamic new weather systems on a makeshift raft, or clashing with enemy armadas, the waters are yours to conquer.

HUNT AND TAME NEW CREATURES

The environments may be dangerous, but they are nothing compared to the beasts that call ARK: Genesis home:

• New with Ascended, Palaeoctopus: Master the ocean depths with this cliff-climbing cephalopod that uses its crushing tentacles to seize dual targets and supplies your tribe with limitless colored ink.

• Bloodstalker: Swing through the treacherous canopy of the bogs on this web-spinning terror.

• Ferox: Seek out this cute companion that shape-shifts into a deadly, Element-fueled behemoth.

• Megachelon: Command an island-sized sea turtle that serves as the ultimate foundation for mobile ocean bases.

• Magmasaur: Ride this fiery lizard that acts as a living, breathing industrial forge.

• Astrocetus: Take your tribe to the stars by taming an immense, hyperspace-capable space whale.

GEAR UP AND BUILD UP

As you brave the many dangers of the simulation, craft powerful new gear. Wield combo-capable Plasma Claws and remote-guided Cruise Missiles. Master tools from Fishing Nets to Mining Drills, or pilot advanced new vehicles like the Hover Skiff. Build interactive structural elements such as pressure plates, alarm systems, jump pads, ocean platforms, and more. Whether you’re a go-it-alone survivalist, a weapon-making warmonger, or a base-building architect, this expansion has a crafting project suited for you.

WILL YOU PASS THE TEST?

ARK: Genesis takes your story in an all-new direction - and your skill determines your success. Everything is turned up to the highest setting: the challenges, the dangers...and the vast rewards. Only the toughest and smartest survivors will pass all of the simulation’s many tests. Will you be one of them?