This is a strange Dossier, it was found by itself, covered in blood, among a pile of gnarled bones. We expect to have more information over the next couple of weeks as we continue to research the cause of this spooky atrocity!


Hey guys!

Just an update on the upcoming mega-patch, unfortunately we will not be able to release it tonight. We are going to be delaying the patch until the weekend. Everyone on the ARK Team is hard at work on it, and it’s nearly ready - we just want to make sure it’s all awesome before we release it publicly.

We know you guys have been super excited to play it, and it won’t be too much longer, this update is going to add a whole bunch of new content to the game so it’s definitely worth the little extra wait! Here’s another extra peek at what you can expect to see this weekend ;)





Thank you for being so patient <3

All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team!

This is a strange Dossier, it was found by itself, covered in blood, among a pile of gnarled bones. We expect to have more information over the next couple of weeks as we continue to research the cause of this spooky atrocity!


Hey guys!

Just an update on the upcoming mega-patch, unfortunately we will not be able to release it tonight. We are going to be delaying the patch until the weekend. Everyone on the ARK Team is hard at work on it, and it’s nearly ready - we just want to make sure it’s all awesome before we release it publicly.

We know you guys have been super excited to play it, and it won’t be too much longer, this update is going to add a whole bunch of new content to the game so it’s definitely worth the little extra wait! Here’s another extra peek at what you can expect to see this weekend ;)





Thank you for being so patient <3

All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite evasive and calm herbivore, the Pachyrhinosaurus!




Greeting Survivors!

Welcome to the twentieth issue of the Community Crunch! To those unaware this is a topic which primarily consist of content to share, made by the community, for the community! As well as any little changes I want to make survivors aware about, which happen within our community ;).

Click here to read the full crunch!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite evasive and calm herbivore, the Pachyrhinosaurus!




Greeting Survivors!

Welcome to the twentieth issue of the Community Crunch! To those unaware this is a topic which primarily consist of content to share, made by the community, for the community! As well as any little changes I want to make survivors aware about, which happen within our community ;).

Click here to read the full crunch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyLU0anhp4
A video overview of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Tournaments thus far, along with a preview of “The Last Stand!”



http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/92680384785449976


Survivors! Some very exciting news. We’re proud to announce that today is the start of our biggest and fiercest tournament to date, with over $60,000 in prizes!

‘The Last Stand’ will be the final Survival of the Fittest event to take place in 2015. Its open preliminaries will start from September 24th and the event will end with a championship match, featuring 230 survivors on October 24th. During the course of the event we will be periodically be showing streams of the competitions when the servers are live at www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

Survivors will be able to get a chance to qualify for the tournament by participating and winning in the preliminary rounds. These will be open to all gamers from Noon EST to 8PM EST on the following days:

Thursday, September 24 and Saturday, September 26
Tuesday, September 29, Thursday, October 1 and Saturday, October 3
Tuesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 8
Tuesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 15

The winning tribes from the Preliminary rounds will be exclusively invited to the ‘Last Stand Pre-Championships’ which is being held from Noon - 8PM EST, on the following days from which the top 160 finale contestants will be selected!

Saturday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 20

After the 160 final survivors have been selected, they’ll go head to head with and against 70 Twitch streamers in an epic and ultimate tournament which is scheduled to take place on:

Saturday, October 24th

Prizes for ‘The Last Stand’ October 24th Championship Include:

First Place Winning Tribe receives: $24,000 (split six ways)
Second Place Winning Tribe receives: $12,000 (split six ways)
Third Place Winning Tribe receives: $6,000 (split six ways)
Each of ‘The Last Stand’ 230 entrants receives a $100 Steam Gift Card
All three Championship Winning Tribes will receive an in-game Gold/Silver/Bronze Trophy Structure Skin, customized with their Tribe details, for everyone to marvel at with envy!

Unlike the regular Survival of the Fittest, The Last Stand will feature some new changes! These include;

Three Boss Creatures!




At key points through the match, each Boss makes an appearance available for taming at the central platform. That includes the Broodmother, the Dragon, and the previously unrevealed Giant Ape, who can easily smash through forests and throw huge boulders to demolish survivors and their dinosaurs.

Six Player Tribes
Stay in competition longer as extra-large teams have more chances to claim victory!

Improved Competitive Game Balance!
This time, you won’t advance by hiding in a box. ;)

Four New Evolution Events: The world-altering events are triggered by player-voting so that the audience can participate in the action!
Acid Rain: Seek cover! This red-tinted rain won’t quench your thirst, but it will chew through your armor and slowly sap your Health!
I Love You, You Love Me: Mate-Boost effects are doubled! An ideal time to launch your assault with gender-paired creatures, but be careful about wild mates, as they can be extra dangerous.
Hail to the King: A powerful explosive item is dropped at every player’s position… use it wisely!
Food of the Gods: This extra-special Mega Loot crate contains instant-taming Feed.

If you want a shot at qualifying, be sure to look out for these servers when the preliminaries are live:

Server Names:

"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 1 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 2 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 3 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 4"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 5"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 6"

Good luck to all those who enter and may the fittest survivor win!

And we haven’t forgotten your mid-week Dossier! You’ll get to see your favorite ‘other’ Patchy, tonight! ;)



All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyLU0anhp4
A video overview of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Tournaments thus far, along with a preview of “The Last Stand!”



http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/92680384785449976


Survivors! Some very exciting news. We’re proud to announce that today is the start of our biggest and fiercest tournament to date, with over $60,000 in prizes!

‘The Last Stand’ will be the final Survival of the Fittest event to take place in 2015. Its open preliminaries will start from September 24th and the event will end with a championship match, featuring 230 survivors on October 24th. During the course of the event we will be periodically be showing streams of the competitions when the servers are live at www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

Survivors will be able to get a chance to qualify for the tournament by participating and winning in the preliminary rounds. These will be open to all gamers from Noon EST to 8PM EST on the following days:

Thursday, September 24 and Saturday, September 26
Tuesday, September 29, Thursday, October 1 and Saturday, October 3
Tuesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 8
Tuesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 15

The winning tribes from the Preliminary rounds will be exclusively invited to the ‘Last Stand Pre-Championships’ which is being held from Noon - 8PM EST, on the following days from which the top 160 finale contestants will be selected!

Saturday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 20

After the 160 final survivors have been selected, they’ll go head to head with and against 70 Twitch streamers in an epic and ultimate tournament which is scheduled to take place on:

Saturday, October 24th

Prizes for ‘The Last Stand’ October 24th Championship Include:

First Place Winning Tribe receives: $24,000 (split six ways)
Second Place Winning Tribe receives: $12,000 (split six ways)
Third Place Winning Tribe receives: $6,000 (split six ways)
Each of ‘The Last Stand’ 230 entrants receives a $100 Steam Gift Card
All three Championship Winning Tribes will receive an in-game Gold/Silver/Bronze Trophy Structure Skin, customized with their Tribe details, for everyone to marvel at with envy!

Unlike the regular Survival of the Fittest, The Last Stand will feature some new changes! These include;

Three Boss Creatures!




At key points through the match, each Boss makes an appearance available for taming at the central platform. That includes the Broodmother, the Dragon, and the previously unrevealed Giant Ape, who can easily smash through forests and throw huge boulders to demolish survivors and their dinosaurs.

Six Player Tribes
Stay in competition longer as extra-large teams have more chances to claim victory!

Improved Competitive Game Balance!
This time, you won’t advance by hiding in a box. ;)

Four New Evolution Events: The world-altering events are triggered by player-voting so that the audience can participate in the action!
Acid Rain: Seek cover! This red-tinted rain won’t quench your thirst, but it will chew through your armor and slowly sap your Health!
I Love You, You Love Me: Mate-Boost effects are doubled! An ideal time to launch your assault with gender-paired creatures, but be careful about wild mates, as they can be extra dangerous.
Hail to the King: A powerful explosive item is dropped at every player’s position… use it wisely!
Food of the Gods: This extra-special Mega Loot crate contains instant-taming Feed.

If you want a shot at qualifying, be sure to look out for these servers when the preliminaries are live:

Server Names:

"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 1 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 2 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][EU] Prelim 3 (On Nitrado)"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 4"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 5"
"[LAST STAND][US] Prelim 6"

Good luck to all those who enter and may the fittest survivor win!

And we haven’t forgotten your mid-week Dossier! You’ll get to see your favorite ‘other’ Patchy, tonight! ;)



All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite bioluminescent deep-ocean dweller, the Angler!


Hey Survivors!

Welcome to the first Special Edition of the ARK Digest! We’ve got TONS of content released this week and the team is very hard at work to get that out to you! Due to the sheer amount of what needs to come out, we’re going to be releasing it in batches. We’ve mentioned some of what you can expect to see in various places across the board, but we’ve decided to give you a little bit of a teaser so you can know more of what to expect ;)! We’ll also be delaying this week’s regular Digest as the team will be working through to get the content out, but don’t worry - we’ll make sure we hit you guys with a double-header for the next - however you can still send in your questions here!

ARK Patch Notes!


The first of several Major Updates to come out this week will be version 214! This will include a ton of new content, bug fixes, technical fixes and more! Some of the cool things you can look forward to playing around with are;

New Structures: Powered Elevator Structures



New Structure: Controllable Primitive Harpoon Ballista



New Item: Plesiosaurus Platform Saddle!




We have an important (Good!) announcement for the mod community coming tomorrow, so stay tuned for it!


The second core-patch will include the introduction of a new friend on the ARK, a cool special ability added to one of our current friends and much more!

New Creature: Paraceratherium & accompanying Platform Saddle!



New Special Ability: Carryable and Hawk-style Throwable Dimorphodon


This one is going to be fun! ;)

Survival of the Fittest: The Last Stand!



Yup, that’s right! Another major tournament and awesome new changes to the game mode including some new friends, new extinction events and game balance! More details to come later this week ;)


..Now this one is a big one, hold onto your butts everyone!

Swamp and Snow Biomes







The above map represents where the new biomes will exist on this ARK. If there are any structures which have been created in a way that they do not conform to the terrain, the game will automatically demolish them on Friday, so you guys will have a week to move bases. We’re still trying to avoid any wipes as much as possible and will continue to do so up until release. Sorry about any inconvenience guys, this is all part of the early access program and as the game continues in it’s development cycle and the ARK continues to… evolve... things like this are always a possibility.

New Creature: Beelzebufo



New Creature: Megaloceros



New Creature: Direwolf

We don’t actually have him ready to reveal just yet, but you’ll be able to see it in all it’s glory on Friday!

Fur Gear Set



This was a further along concept from the one we showcased earlier, it’s had some changes for when we finalized it!

And there’s even more misc bits of content including new Structures, new items, and lots more bug fixes and usability improvements on the way! So get ready for a ton of new additions to your game, everyone, over this busy week!

That’s it for the Special Edition of the ARK Digest! Thanks for tuning in and for your continued support everyone! Hope you’re just as excited as we are for the new content :D!

All the best,

Wildcard Jat & The ARK Survival Evolved Team!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite bioluminescent deep-ocean dweller, the Angler!


Hey Survivors!

Welcome to the first Special Edition of the ARK Digest! We’ve got TONS of content released this week and the team is very hard at work to get that out to you! Due to the sheer amount of what needs to come out, we’re going to be releasing it in batches. We’ve mentioned some of what you can expect to see in various places across the board, but we’ve decided to give you a little bit of a teaser so you can know more of what to expect ;)! We’ll also be delaying this week’s regular Digest as the team will be working through to get the content out, but don’t worry - we’ll make sure we hit you guys with a double-header for the next - however you can still send in your questions here!

ARK Patch Notes!


The first of several Major Updates to come out this week will be version 214! This will include a ton of new content, bug fixes, technical fixes and more! Some of the cool things you can look forward to playing around with are;

New Structures: Powered Elevator Structures



New Structure: Controllable Primitive Harpoon Ballista



New Item: Plesiosaurus Platform Saddle!




We have an important (Good!) announcement for the mod community coming tomorrow, so stay tuned for it!


The second core-patch will include the introduction of a new friend on the ARK, a cool special ability added to one of our current friends and much more!

New Creature: Paraceratherium & accompanying Platform Saddle!



New Special Ability: Carryable and Hawk-style Throwable Dimorphodon


This one is going to be fun! ;)

Survival of the Fittest: The Last Stand!



Yup, that’s right! Another major tournament and awesome new changes to the game mode including some new friends, new extinction events and game balance! More details to come later this week ;)


..Now this one is a big one, hold onto your butts everyone!

Swamp and Snow Biomes







The above map represents where the new biomes will exist on this ARK. If there are any structures which have been created in a way that they do not conform to the terrain, the game will automatically demolish them on Friday, so you guys will have a week to move bases. We’re still trying to avoid any wipes as much as possible and will continue to do so up until release. Sorry about any inconvenience guys, this is all part of the early access program and as the game continues in it’s development cycle and the ARK continues to… evolve... things like this are always a possibility.

New Creature: Beelzebufo



New Creature: Megaloceros



New Creature: Direwolf

We don’t actually have him ready to reveal just yet, but you’ll be able to see it in all it’s glory on Friday!

Fur Gear Set



This was a further along concept from the one we showcased earlier, it’s had some changes for when we finalized it!

And there’s even more misc bits of content including new Structures, new items, and lots more bug fixes and usability improvements on the way! So get ready for a ton of new additions to your game, everyone, over this busy week!

That’s it for the Special Edition of the ARK Digest! Thanks for tuning in and for your continued support everyone! Hope you’re just as excited as we are for the new content :D!

All the best,

Wildcard Jat & The ARK Survival Evolved Team!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite lonesome scavenger, the Pegomastax!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite lonesome scavenger, the Pegomastax!