• Nian beast will no longer spawn
  
• Supply drops will return to normal.
  
• New Year Goblin Trading Center will no longer drop.

• Fix a issue where some of the Magic Castle Windows can't be picked up.

PixARK is majorly discounted from now until March 4th! For the love of Dinos and Robots, how many Robots do you think could take down one T-Rex? Let us know in the replies!

In other news the Mod Editor was updated. The developers have added all the new assets from 2021 onward. This includes avatars, buildings, etc. If you run into any crashes, we ask that you do not export/output your mod with the entire map together, and please submit a crash report if possible so we can look into any major issues.

On March 14th (White day) there will be an encore of our previous Valentines Day in game event! Additionally the Lunar New Year event will be ending this Thursday the 29th.

We’re excited for all the activity we have been getting since the beginning of the year! We hope you have enjoyed the community events and we’re looking forward to seeing even more community engagement on Steam. As always please report any bugs to the Bug Report Mega Thread and we will do our best to fix them promptly.

- The PixARK Community Team

Here are the 4 winners for the #WeLoveDinos Challenge!

1 - Purple Rat



2 - Dess



3 - undefined
"Me and my gang"



Community Voted Winner - Mex
"The Beauty and The Beast"

• A feature on our next update post and a shout out on Social Media
  
• 1 Chinese New Year DLC Key

As a reminder, winners have 30 days to respond to the sg_somi account to receive their keys! Keys will be distributed via Steam DM.

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated! It was so difficult to choose the winners because everyone had such good submissions. Keep an eye out for more Community Events! We're hoping to really inspire some friendly fun within the community.

- The PixARK Community Team

We want to celebrate our love for Dinos this Valentine's Day with a fun community challenge.

Submit a screenshot of a dino you love in PixARK to the screenshot section of the Community Hub. It could be your all-time favorite, one of your most recent tames, or your rarest; whatever it may be ~ Share the love!

4 Lucky winners will be selected - 3 Top Placements and one Community Voted Winner! What's your prize for sharing your bestest buds? A key for our brand new DLC Jade Elegance!

In addition to submitting your own screenshot, be sure to give a thumbs up to your fellow Community Members submissions to vote for them.

• Submit a screenshot of your favorite dino to the PixARK Screenshot section of the Community Hub
  
• Must include the following tag in submission to be considered #WeLoveDinos
  
• One entry per user
  
• Once winners are announced they have 30 days to respond to the SG Community account to receive their key

• You can upload screenshots using the screenshot uploader tool. By default this button is bound to "F12", and can be edited within the Steam settings.
  
• Open the Steam client and click on "View" and then "Screenshots" at the top to access the screenshot uploader.

If you need more assistance with how to upload a screenshot to Steam Community, please check here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=181142704

• A feature on our next update post and a shout out on Social Media
  
• 4 winners will receive 1 Chinese New Year DLC Key

We will close off submissions on February 15th, to allow our community to vote and announce the winners on February 16th!

- The PixARK Community Team

Every performance is a canvas where performers, adorned in elaborate costumes, embody the essence of their characters and deliver an aesthetic show. Build your unique stage with your friends, watch it come true, and let it take over you!

The content below can be crafted at the “Traditional Opera Style Shop,” which can be learned with lv9 primitive skill after purchasing the DLC.






Great Nian Beast

The Great Nian Beast is a special kind of Nian beast that only appears during the Chinese New Year. It is much larger and stronger than the ordinary Nian beasts, and has the ability to weaken opponents with fear, ignite, slow and exhaust. It will also buff itself with "Inferno"and "Eternal Night" upon taking damage. However, such a powerful creature is only afraid of the traditional Chinese dragon lantern. Explorers can negate most of the debuff by carrying the dragon lantern to challenge it, and you will also deal increased damage and receive decreased damage.

Skills：
1、Swipe： Regular attack
2、Heavy Slam: Slams the ground with its paws, knocking back enemies.
3、Soul of the Nian Beast: Releases Soul of the NIan Beast to attack the enemies in front, dealing “fear” debuff along the way. (Immune to Dragon Lantern and players carrying dragon lantern)
4、Dance of Blessing: A special kind of dance among the Nian Beasts, which will buff itself with “Force of the Nian,” increasing its damage while taking less damage. It will reflect a portion of the melee damage taken to the attacker. Dragon Tail Lantern can eliminate this buff.
5、Flamethrower: Deals damage and applies an ignite DOT. The ignite DOT can spread among enemies during the “Force of the Nian” buff. (Immune to Dragon Tail Lantern and players carrying dragon tail lantern)
6、Outrage: Slams enemy multiple times and roars at the very end. Each slam deals damage, and slows enemy if it has the “Force of the Nian” buff. The roar decreases enemy attack damage, and decreases enemy defense if it has the “Force of the Nian” buff. (Immune to Dragon Lantern and players carrying dragon lantern)

Boss will buff itself with “Inferno” during the second phase, which will increase its damage.
Boss will buff itself with “Eternal Night” during the third phase, which will increase its damage while taking less damage.

• It is not easy to challenge the Great Nian Beast, but it is afraid of Dragon Lanterns. Brave Explorers can take on the challenge by performing the traditional Chinese "Dragon Lantern Dance."
  
• Players can obtain Dragon Lantern Head/Body/Tail by defeating Nian Beasts at Novice Grassland, Grassland, Dawn Island and Woodland.
  
• Players can initiate the Challenge at the Dragon Lantern Stand.

Rules:

• Players will need to raise different types of Dragon Lanterns in a “Head-Body-Tail” order to initiate the Challenge.
  
• Only the player holding the Dragon Head Lantern can initiate the challenge.
  
• The first and the final position have to be “Head” and “Tail” respectively. However, there can be up to 5 players holding “Body” in between.

Challenge Requirements:

• At least lvl90 to initiate the challenge.
  
• Challenge can be done once per day.
  
• 1 player holding “Head only” will allow a total of 3 players and 7 creatures into the challenge.
  
• 3 players holding “Head-Body-Tail” will allow a total of 5 players and 8 creatures into the challenge.
  
• 5 players holding “Head-Body-Body-Body-Tail” will allow a total of 8 players and 13 creatures into the challenge.
  
• 7 players holding “Head-Body-Body-Body-Body-Body-Tail” will allow a total of 12 players and 19 creatures into the challenge.

Loots:

• Lantern Dragon (Single Seat) at 100% chance, and another one at a small chance.
  
• Red Tassel Gold Lance at a small chance
  
• 50-100 Red Packets
  
• Chainmail avatar pieces at a small chance.
  
• Daeodon Food Recipe (can increase the effectiveness of the healing ability, and lower food consumption, doesn't work in boss arena)

Nian Beast Avatar
Can be exchanged for at New Year Goblin Trading Center with red packets.
Head：300 Red Packets
Top：200 Red Packets
Bottom：150 Red Packets
Gloves：150 Red Packets
Shoes：150 Red Packets


New Year Goblin Trading Center
Can be obtained from defeating goblins wearing God of Wealth hat or at event supply drops


New Year Avatar Set - Chainmail
Can be exchanged for at New Year Goblin Trading Center with red packets.

• Hat: 300 Red Packets
  
• Top: 200 Red Packets
  
• Bottom:150 Red Packets
  
• Gloves: 150 Red Packets
  
• Shoes: 150 Red Packets

Red Tassel Lance
Copper quality
Can be exchanged at New Year Goblin Trading Center with 200 red packets

Red Tassel Gold Lance
Iron quality
Can be obtained from defeating the Great Nian Beast at a low chance.


Dragon Lantern Stand:
Can be used to start the Great Nian Beast Challenge with:

• Dragon Head Lantern
  
• Dragon Body Lantern
  
• Dragon Tail Lantern

Can be exchanged for at New Year Goblin Trading Center with 300 Red Packets..


Dragon Head/Body/Tail Lantern

• Defeating Nian Beast will drop Dragon Lantern parts (Head/Body/Tail) at 20% chance.
  
• Dragon Head Lantern: Players can raise the Dragon Head Lantern to deal damage to the Great Nian Beast. (Expires in 6 hours)
  
• Dragon Body Lantern: Players can raise the Dragon Body Lantern to shield themselves. (Expires in 3 hours)
  
• Dragon Tail Lantern: Players can raise the Dragon Tail lantern to remove all buffs on Great Nian Beast. (Expires in 3 hours)

Mount: Lantern Dragon
In China, lanterns are indispensable objects for festivals, and the flying Kong Ming lanterns are a symbol of people's aspiration for a better life. Now for the first time in Pixark, players can build their Lantern Dragon with lanterns and enjoy a ride with friends!

Lantern Dragon can have up to 5 seats as you put more parts in!

• Lantern Dragon（Single seat): can be obtained from defeating the Great Nian Beast at a small chance.
  
• Lantern Dragon（Double seat): can be obtained from combining two Lantern Dragon（Single seat）at tailor’s workbench.
  
• Lantern Dragon（Triple seat): can be obtained from combining two Lantern Dragon（Double seat）at tailor’s workbench.
  
• Lantern Dragon（Quadra seat): can be obtained from combining two Lantern Dragon（Triple seat）at tailor’s workbench.
  
• Lantern Dragon（Penta seat): can be obtained from combining two Lantern Dragon（Quadra seat）at tailor’s workbench.

In response to the needs of explorers, we have added permanent lantern dragon (1-4 seats) this year! Which can be an be obtained with Lantern Dragon（Penta seat) and limited time Lantern Dragon（Single seat) at tailor’s workbench!




Boss: Flame Demon
Spawn rate is 50% at the Death Lord Altar in PixARK map and 50% at the Burial Ground Altar in Skyward map.
Rewards: Gargoyle Skin (5% drop rate)



Lunar New Year Supply Drop
Supply Beacon will change its shape to a Chinese Lucky Bag, containing our Lunar New Year gift for explorers.
Rewards: Spring Festival dishes (restores Food and HP), Spring Festival Fireworks, New Year Goblin Trading Center, Red Packets.

Lunar New Year Reunion Party
Placing different Lunar New Year dishes on the table will grant different buffs to the player, along with new year greetings.

God of Wealth Hat
Players can obtain God of Wealth Hat at a small chance by defeating creatures that wearing it (Cosmetic for tamed creatures)

Nian Beasts are Back!
Nian Beasts will be spawning in Novice Grassland, Grassland, Dawn Island and Woodland.
Can only be defeated by the Firecrackers players crafted.
Rewards: Lunar New Year Dishes, Spring Festival Decors and blueprints, Red Packets.

Here are the winners for the #NewYearNewBase Challenge!

1st Place Winner - Benjo707707
#NewYearNewBase - Compiled the screenshots of my Floating Chinese New Year Themed house :D.



2nd Place - bareta83xy



3rd Place Winner - Kubikson226



Community Voted Winner - abraksas



Rewards:

• 1st Place - All 3 DLC Keys (Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic, A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• 2nd Place - 2 DLC Keys (A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• 3rd Place - 1 Key (A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• Community Vote - All 3 Keys (Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic, A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)

As a reminder, winners have 30 days to respond to the sg_somi account to receive their keys! Keys will be distributed via Steam DM.

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated! Keep an eye out for more Community Events! We loved seeing all of your fun screenshots and bases and hope to have more fun things like this very soon.

- The PixARK Community Team

Let’s start the new year off right with a giveaway! Build a brand new base in PixARK and post a screenshot of it in the Screenshots section of the Steam Community Hub for a chance to win PixARK DLC Keys!

4 Lucky winners will be selected - 3 Top Placements and one Community Voted Winner! In addition to submitting your own screenshot, be sure to give a thumbs up to your fellow Community Members submissions to vote for them.

• Submit a screenshot of your new base to the PixARK Screenshot section of the Community Hub
  
• Must include the following tag in submission to be considered #NewYearNewBase
  
• Once winners are announced they have 30 days to respond to the sg_somi account to receive their keys

• You can upload screenshots using the screenshot uploader tool. By default this button is bound to "F12", and can be edited within the Steam settings.
  
• Open the Steam client and click on "View" and then "Screenshots" at the top to access the screenshot uploader.

If you need more assistance with how to upload a screenshot to Steam Community, please check here https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=181142704

• 1st Place - All 3 DLC Keys (Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic, A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• 2nd Place - 2 DLC Keys (A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• 3rd Place - 1 DLC Key (A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)
  
• Community Vote - All 3 DLC Keys (Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic, A Sweet Pack for the Sweetest, A Jingle-Jangle Christmas Pack)

We will close off submissions at 10:00am PST on January 28th, to allow our community to vote and announce the winners on January 29th!
- The PixARK Community Team

Puzzle Challenge
Puzzle pieces are scattered all over the PixARK world. Challenge yourself to find the pieces and complete the puzzle!
Win Christmas rewards after completing the puzzle!


Rewards
Tyrannosaurus Rex Christmas skin
Tyrannosaurus Rex Christmas saddle skin

Christmas doll suit


How to get puzzle pieces
There are a total of 16 puzzle pieces. There is a chance to obtain different pieces in different ways:
Pieces 1 to 10:Participate in snowball fights, mining Christmas snow blocks, and killing creatures wearing Christmas hats.
Pieces 11 to 13:Search airdrop supply boxes.
Pieces 11 to 16:Defeat bosses (Death, Bone Dragon King, Mammoth, Megalodon).

Tips:
Once puzzle is completed, face to the puzzle frame and long press E to get rewards, tribemates nearby can also get rewards. One competed puzzle frame can only get rewards for once, you can get more rewards by compete another frame.

Other ways to get puzzle pieces
You can also use other puzzle pieces to exchange for puzzle piece packs at the Christmas elf station. The pack can randomly give you a puzzle piece (pieces 11 to 16).
Puzzle piece pack: Redeem with 100 of puzzle pieces of any type.


Added an option for the building irregular placement mode in LAN game.
When creating a LAN game, select this option to enable irregular building placement. Buildings (foundations, walls, and ceilings) then can be spliced together without conforming the original placement rules.


The legend has it that the horrifying Snow Devil was born in the land of sheer cold. The perpetual blizzard grants it endless power, allowing it to cast many powerful spells.

Skills:
Snowball:
Activating blizzard energy and firing a gigantic snowball from its chest to attack the enemy from a long distance, dealing damage, and lowering enemy speed and cold resistance.
Blizzard:
Rotating its body and releasing a snow tornado to attack enemies, dealing damage, and lowering enemy speed and cold resistance.
Snow Pillar:
Summoning a snow pillar to attack enemies on the ground.
One-Punch Devil:
Gathering energy to its right fist and punching enemies afront, dealing damage, and lowering enemy speed and cold resistance.

Special Abilities:
Player’s cold resistance is reduced and heat resistance is increased within 50 meters of Snow Devil. The closer the player gets to the Snow Devil, the stronger the effect.
Snow Devil generates an aura of cold air beneath its foot when its HP is under 50%, dealing damage and lowering speed and cold resistance to enemies who touch it.



Players can start the Snow Devil challenge by placing “Snow Devil Doll” at the Christmas Fireplace. A Christmas fireplace can be obtained at the Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 200 Christmas tokens. The Snow Devil Doll has a chance of dropping from Christmas gift boxes.

Challenge Prerequisites

• Character level ≥90
  
• A maximum of 10 creatures
  
• A maximum of 5 players
  
• Note: Each character can challenge Snow Devil only once per day.

Boss Loot
Small chance of obtaining following skins:

• Christmas Dodo Skin
  
• Christmas Pteranodon Skin
  
• Christmas Iguanodon Skin
  
• Christmas Gryphon Skin
  
• Christmas Megarock Dragon Skin

and a small chance of obtaining following items:

• Christmas Cape (Limited)
  
• Christmas Cape (Permanent)
  
• Christmas Reindeer Sleigh
  
• 300-600 Christmas Tokens
  
• Tek Storage Box Blueprint

Decorating a Christmas Tree with various decorations will grant you a Christmas Blessing buff. The Christmas Tree can be acquired with Christmas Tokens at the Christmas Goblin Trade Center. Decorating the tree with Christmas Dolls in five unique colors, will gift players the Christmas Blessing and a Christmas Gift Box.

Christmas Gift Box may contain one or more of the following items:

• Rocking Reindeer
  
• Christmas Painting
  
• Christmas Curtain
  
• Snow Devil Doll

Notes:

• Christmas Dolls may be obtained by looting Snowman.
  
• Christmas Goblin Trade Center can be obtained by looting Goblins wearing a Christmas Hat or from the Christmas Supply Drop.
  
• Christmas Tokens can be harvested from Snow Cubes in Christmas Blizzard

Snowman Fight
Snowmen will spawn in Noviceland, Grassland, Dawn island, and Woodland. Players will need to craft Snowballs to attack the Snowmen, which will drop one or more following items:

• Christmas Candy
  
• Christmas Dolls (50% drop rate)
  
• Snowman Figure
  
• Snowman Costumes
  
• Christmas Token

Red Hat Creatures

Christmas Red Hats have a small chance of dropping from any creature wearing them. Creatures wearing Christmas Red Hats may also drop Christmas Tokens!



Christmas Supply Drop
Santa will be riding his Reindeer Sleigh to give away some gifts! Christmas Supply Drop may contain following items:

• Christmas Paintings (small chance)
  
• Christmas Candy
  
• Christmas Fireworks
  
• Christmas Cape (Limited) (small chance)

Christmas Snowy Biomes

A majority of the biomes will be enjoying snowy views. During snowy seasons, some biomes might experience a “Christmas Blizzard”. Explorers digging blizzard snow cubes in Christmas Snowy biomes will have a chance of obtaining Christmas Tokens, Christmas Blizzard Snow Cube and Christmas Candy.

Rate Boosts:
Double Harvest Rates on ores
Higher Exp from defeating Snowmen.

Snowman Costume

• can be exchanged at Christmas Goblin Trading Center at 150 Christmas Tokens each.

Christmas Goblin Trade Center

• Can be obtained by defeating Snowman or from Supply Drops.

Christmas Reindeer Costume

• Can be purchased from Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 500 Christmas Tokens.

Christmas Treant Costume

• Can be purchased from Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 500 Christmas Tokens.

Christmas Reindeer Sleigh Saddle
Equipping it on a Reindeer allows one player to ride on it and fly across the map. With the Reindeer Christmas Platform Saddle, players can place up to 50 structures behind it. It can be purchased from Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 2000 Christmas Tokens.



Christmas Hat
Players can get in the Christmas Spirit with these Christmas Hats! They can be purchased from the Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 200 Christmas Tokens.



Rocking Reindeer - Drop rate of 10% from Christmas Tree Gift Boxes.
Christmas Paintings - Drop rate of 40% from Christmas Tree Gift Boxes.
Christmas Curtain - Drop rate of 30% from Christmas Tree Gift Boxes and Supply Drops.



Christmas Fireplace

• Obtained from the Christmas Goblin Trade Center with 200 Christmas Tokens
  
• Placing a “Snow Devil Doll” at the Christmas Fireplace will start the Snow Devil Challenge

Snow Devil Doll

• Used at Christmas Fireplace to start the Snow Devil Challenge
  
• Can also be used as a Holiday Decor
  
• Can be obtained from Christmas Gift Box

Creature Christmas Skins
All of the following skins have a chance of dropping upon defeating the Snow Devil Challenge, They can be purchased from Christmas Goblin Trade Center with Christmas Tokens:

• Christmas Dodo Skin (100 tokens)
  
• Christmas Pteranodon Skin (200 tokens)
  
• Christmas Iguanodon Skin (200 tokens)
  
• Christmas Gryphon Skin (400 tokens)
  
• Christmas Megarock Dragon Skin (400 tokens)

Christmas Cape
Christmas Cape (Limited) can be obtained either from defeating the Snow Devil or from Christmas supply drops at a small chance.
Christmas Cape (Permanent) can be obtained by defeating the Snow Devil at a small chance.



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BUG Fixes:

1. Fix the issue where the Stone Golem Guardian Costume which crafted at Magic Castle Shop may cause client crash.

• Fix a issue where under some certain circumstances the client may crush and can't join servers.