ARK: Survival Evolved - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Joe Donnelly)

Today’s the day our Stateside friends move their belts up a notch after yesterday’s mashed potatoes and turkey binge. Thanksgiving may be over for another year, but Ark: Survival Evolved [official site] is still running its Turkey Trial event until Tuesday, December 1st. It’s a good old-fashioned turkey hunt, with the twist that harvesting their ‘Super Turkey Wishbones’ will let you craft something special. And there are fire-breathing DodoRexs. Yeah. Need to see that action? I don’t blame you:

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ARK: Survival Evolved

It's Thanksgiving, so this is the natural time to add giant fire-breathing Dodos to your game. Sadly you can only summon Ark: Survival Evolved's newest monster after harvesting wishbones from tough Super Turkeys. Alternatively, because this is a survival game in 2015, you can turn those Super Turkey bits into a "Chieftain" hat, modeled above.

You reportedly have to throw 1,000 wishbones into a cooking pot to summon the Dodorex, and he vanishes after 15 minutes. That probably isn't worth it. You'll need 60 to craft the new hat at the smithy, and that may also take a while, as Super Turkeys are uncommon creatures. So uncommon in fact that players have reported individual animals dropping more than one wishbone, which isn't how wishbones usually work.

The event started yesterday and runs until Tuesday December 1. The game is also 40% off in the current Steam sale, at  13.79 / $ 17.99, until the event is over. Watch the Dodorex in action in the video below. It might be the only one you see this weekend.

ARK: Survival Evolved - Valve
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ce2y4Qma4

Survivors are now given the opportunity to participate in the turkey-hunt of their lives! With this limited time Thanksgiving event running from today, Wednesday, November 25 through Tuesday, December 1st.

The ARK: Turkey Trial will throw survivors into a large-scale scavenger hunt and allow them to carve up the rare “Super-Turkeys” unleashed across the ARK!



By harvesting sufficient Super Turkey Wishbones from these bloodthirsty, genetically-modified creatures, players can craft their very own stylish "Chieftain" Hat, or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do their bidding for a limited period of time.

Also during this special holiday period, head to the Steam Autumn Sale where ARK: Survival Evolved will be discounted at 40% off! So, go forth Survivors, and hunt down those Turkeys and have a Happy Thanksgiving!


ARK: Survival Evolved - Jat


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ce2y4Qma4

Survivors are now given the opportunity to participate in the turkey-hunt of their lives! With this limited time Thanksgiving event running from today, Wednesday, November 25 through Tuesday, December 1st.

The ARK: Turkey Trial will throw survivors into a large-scale scavenger hunt and allow them to carve up the rare “Super-Turkeys” unleashed across the ARK!



By harvesting sufficient Super Turkey Wishbones from these bloodthirsty, genetically-modified creatures, players can craft their very own stylish "Chieftain" Hat, or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do their bidding for a limited period of time.

Also during this special holiday period, head to the Steam Autumn Sale where ARK: Survival Evolved will be discounted at 40% off! So, go forth Survivors, and hunt down those Turkeys and have a Happy Thanksgiving!


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Dino Dossier

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite mighty beast of burden, the Woolly Rhino!
ARK: Survival Evolved - Jat


Dino Dossier

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite mighty beast of burden, the Woolly Rhino!
ARK: Survival Evolved - Jat


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ee-zWpwqzI



While the Compsognathus is one of the of the smallest predators on the island, ARK Survivors should pay close attention to its behavior, movements, and numbers. Alone, Compys are unafraid of humans and are neither dangerous nor aggressive which makes it an ideal pet that is curious and attentive to human endeavors and their tools. In larger packs, however, the diminutive little creature remembers its carnivorous nature.

When a group of Compsognathus congregate, they intuitively transform into an aggressive, carnivorous pack. Their distress call carries quite far, rapidly alerting the tribe and its pets to danger more efficiently, which also increases the likelihood of a few Compys quickly forming into a 'Compy Gang.’

ARK v224 also adds a powerful high-tech Rocket Turret, homing Sea Mines to aid in water defense, Wall Lamps to light up your ARK home in an aesthetically pleasing manner, persistent Tribe Logs for players to track and monitor their Tribe’s activities and events when they were offline, and a new system for Survivors to design and craft their own unique food and drink recipes -- so “Bob’s Bronto Burgers” can now open up for business!


ARK: Survival Evolved - Jat


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ee-zWpwqzI



While the Compsognathus is one of the of the smallest predators on the island, ARK Survivors should pay close attention to its behavior, movements, and numbers. Alone, Compys are unafraid of humans and are neither dangerous nor aggressive which makes it an ideal pet that is curious and attentive to human endeavors and their tools. In larger packs, however, the diminutive little creature remembers its carnivorous nature.

When a group of Compsognathus congregate, they intuitively transform into an aggressive, carnivorous pack. Their distress call carries quite far, rapidly alerting the tribe and its pets to danger more efficiently, which also increases the likelihood of a few Compys quickly forming into a 'Compy Gang.’

ARK v224 also adds a powerful high-tech Rocket Turret, homing Sea Mines to aid in water defense, Wall Lamps to light up your ARK home in an aesthetically pleasing manner, persistent Tribe Logs for players to track and monitor their Tribe’s activities and events when they were offline, and a new system for Survivors to design and craft their own unique food and drink recipes -- so “Bob’s Bronto Burgers” can now open up for business!


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Greeting Survivors!

ARK Alienware Mod Contest Finalists!



We’re very excited to announce the ARK Alienware Mod Contest finalists!

First of all we’d like to thank everyone who entered their mod to the competition, we've been really pleased to see how well the ARK modding community is developing. The results came in from our judges and the community and this is the top ten that we ended up with, in no particular order, so we wish the following a huge congratulations for making it through to the next stage:

Alienware Modding Contest Finalists

David B - France - ARK PirateWorld
Oyvind R - Norway - Terra Nova Initia
Ricardo M - Germany - Shigo Islands
David M - USA - Valhalla
Alex M - UK - Eggrassic Park
Jake B - USA - Advanced Architecture Mod
Cedric B - USA - Primitive+
Sam J - USA - UMASSOURA
Thomas V - France - Pimp My Rex
Matthias W - Germany - Tribe Wars


The next process of the judging period will begin where we will narrow down our Top 10 to a Final 3 who will take home their share of over $25,000 in prizes! We’ll be looking to announce the winners of the competition by December the 8th! Good luck!

Throughout the days leading up to the final, we’ll be broadcasting one of the finalists on our twitch channel, www.twitch.tv/survivetheark - playing through it for a while and showing off what they had to offer! The first one will be on Sunday the 22nd at 6PM EST. Be sure to keep an eye out on our social media feed to see when we go live!

Special ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Charity Battle!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=558558791

Here’s a first tease of the ARK Survival of the Fittest "Naughty or Nice" Charity Event. Not to be confused with main ARK game's upcoming "Winter Wonderland" re-theme, the "Naughty or Nice" SotF Charity Event will pit two 100v100 Tribes against each other in a massive 3-hour war across a redesigned snowy 'base-vs-base' SotF battlefield, with holiday themed accessories.

The 100-winning tribe members will get to distribute their share of the loot to charities of their choosing, as well as receive a special Xmas present of their own! Entrants will include many previous Tournament winners, streamers, developers (bonus $$$ for killing developers!) as well as an limited open contestant qualifier.

Stay tuned for more details, and keep your SotF skills sharp!

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