A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favourite life-draining leech, the Haementeria!




We are excited to announce that we have taken our stance against cheaters and hackers one step further by enabling BattlEye Anti-Cheat system on the ARK as a defense tool against cheaters!

BattlEye will be run on all Official Servers, and the new executable to properly play on Official Servers is ShooterGame\Binaries\ShooterGame_BE.exe, which we’ve updated the Steam Launch options to include. If you choose to launch ShooterGame.exe directly, you will be redirected to ShooterGame_BE.exe if you connect to any Official Server running BattlEye.

If you wish to run your Unofficial Server with BattlEye, you can do so with the following launch option:

-UseBattlEye

We have a zero-tolerance policy for the use of 3rd party programs in ARK: Survival Evolved and will continue to work on Anti-Cheat measures to put a stop to cheating and catch those attempting to gain an unfair advantage over other survivors ;).

All the best,

Wildcard Jat & The ARK Survival Evolved Team

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favourite life-draining leech, the Haementeria!




We are excited to announce that we have taken our stance against cheaters and hackers one step further by enabling BattlEye Anti-Cheat system on the ARK as a defense tool against cheaters!

BattlEye will be run on all Official Servers, and the new executable to properly play on Official Servers is ShooterGame\Binaries\ShooterGame_BE.exe, which we’ve updated the Steam Launch options to include. If you choose to launch ShooterGame.exe directly, you will be redirected to ShooterGame_BE.exe if you connect to any Official Server running BattlEye.

If you wish to run your Unofficial Server with BattlEye, you can do so with the following launch option:

-UseBattlEye

We have a zero-tolerance policy for the use of 3rd party programs in ARK: Survival Evolved and will continue to work on Anti-Cheat measures to put a stop to cheating and catch those attempting to gain an unfair advantage over other survivors ;).

All the best,

Wildcard Jat & The ARK Survival Evolved Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb8eDpB7q3M



Later today the ARK will be updated to Version 235 and with it comes a plethora of new content, including our new terrifying friend, the Terror Bird!

The Terror Bird also known as the Phorusrhacidae Rapidesultor, is a ferocious but tamable avian capable of high-speed sprints and brief hover-like leaps. It is not a flying bird per se, as its flight is comprised of short, sustained “Joust”-like glides or leaps. At eight to 12 feet tall, the Terror Bird is aggressive, but still tamable and ridable, making it an excellent combat mount, particularly for harassing and scouting. Riders of the Terror Bird gain most of the benefits of a fast, mobile ground-based theropod, while also gaining some of the freedom of movement from a flyer. It is known to show traits related to theropods such as the Utahraptor, Carnotaurus and the ever formidable Tyrannosaurus Rex.



The Grappling Hook is a game-changing tool enabling Survivors the ability to scale cliffs, hitch a ride by attaching to a flying creature, wrangle other players/prisoners, or even small creatures to drag along! Learning how to regularly use this tool will alter the nature of your attacks and dramatically expand the range of your travels with greater ease and fun!

Today’s ARK update will also include:

• Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP). Yes, finally, small Tribes can band together against larger ones!
  
• Fishing Upgrade! Coelacanth Nutritia, common name Coel, are now different sizes (and give different amount of resources depending on the fish size...gives the rare chance of a super-large catch!)
  
• Fully Localizable Game Text: Now you can crowd-source translation and dynamic fonts for any language without Modding/TC's!
  
• All current Items added to the Master Items ID array

Now new players can start the epic survival-adventure ARK: Survival Evolved during the Lunar sale on Steam for only $19.99 (33% off standard price)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb8eDpB7q3M



Later today the ARK will be updated to Version 235 and with it comes a plethora of new content, including our new terrifying friend, the Terror Bird!

The Terror Bird also known as the Phorusrhacidae Rapidesultor, is a ferocious but tamable avian capable of high-speed sprints and brief hover-like leaps. It is not a flying bird per se, as its flight is comprised of short, sustained “Joust”-like glides or leaps. At eight to 12 feet tall, the Terror Bird is aggressive, but still tamable and ridable, making it an excellent combat mount, particularly for harassing and scouting. Riders of the Terror Bird gain most of the benefits of a fast, mobile ground-based theropod, while also gaining some of the freedom of movement from a flyer. It is known to show traits related to theropods such as the Utahraptor, Carnotaurus and the ever formidable Tyrannosaurus Rex.



The Grappling Hook is a game-changing tool enabling Survivors the ability to scale cliffs, hitch a ride by attaching to a flying creature, wrangle other players/prisoners, or even small creatures to drag along! Learning how to regularly use this tool will alter the nature of your attacks and dramatically expand the range of your travels with greater ease and fun!

Today’s ARK update will also include:

• Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP). Yes, finally, small Tribes can band together against larger ones!
  
• Fishing Upgrade! Coelacanth Nutritia, common name Coel, are now different sizes (and give different amount of resources depending on the fish size...gives the rare chance of a super-large catch!)
  
• Fully Localizable Game Text: Now you can crowd-source translation and dynamic fonts for any language without Modding/TC's!
  
• All current Items added to the Master Items ID array

Now new players can start the epic survival-adventure ARK: Survival Evolved during the Lunar sale on Steam for only $19.99 (33% off standard price)!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favourite blood-sucking salmon, the Oncorhynchus!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favourite blood-sucking salmon, the Oncorhynchus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpeU8O4OkPw



Patch 233 welcomes a new friend to the ARK, it’ll come as no surprise to survivors that the Gallimimus has been often been described as being chicken-like, with it’s extremely skittish behaviour, looking nervous even when eating! The speedy herbivore makes its way onto the ARK with no natural way to defend itself except for running away. Thankfully the Gallimimus may very well be the fastest dinosaur on the ARK, it's strength, endurance, and speed of its legs allow it to ferry up to 3 Survivors in a specially-designed Saddle!



Today’s update adds an enormous amount of content and optimization, including:

• SWAT-style Assault Armor for all your raiding needs!
  
• Greenhouse structure pieces to aid survivors in growing crops
  
• The shockingly powerful Electric Prod capable of rendering even the strongest unconscious.
  
• Improved save-game and save-and-load times for your ARKs!

We’ve also added special name tags and custom hat skins for: Wildcard Admin Teams, Wildcard Non-Admin Team, Authorized External Testers, and Dev Kit Masters! You’ll be able to identify who they are on your ARK!

Testers are given an exclusive Account-Bound cosmetic to indicate their much appreciated helpfulness, extra useful to wear when testing something!!



You can apply here to become an Official ARK Tester today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpeU8O4OkPw



Patch 233 welcomes a new friend to the ARK, it’ll come as no surprise to survivors that the Gallimimus has been often been described as being chicken-like, with it’s extremely skittish behaviour, looking nervous even when eating! The speedy herbivore makes its way onto the ARK with no natural way to defend itself except for running away. Thankfully the Gallimimus may very well be the fastest dinosaur on the ARK, it's strength, endurance, and speed of its legs allow it to ferry up to 3 Survivors in a specially-designed Saddle!



Today’s update adds an enormous amount of content and optimization, including:

• SWAT-style Assault Armor for all your raiding needs!
  
• Greenhouse structure pieces to aid survivors in growing crops
  
• The shockingly powerful Electric Prod capable of rendering even the strongest unconscious.
  
• Improved save-game and save-and-load times for your ARKs!

We’ve also added special name tags and custom hat skins for: Wildcard Admin Teams, Wildcard Non-Admin Team, Authorized External Testers, and Dev Kit Masters! You’ll be able to identify who they are on your ARK!

Testers are given an exclusive Account-Bound cosmetic to indicate their much appreciated helpfulness, extra useful to wear when testing something!!



You can apply here to become an Official ARK Tester today!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favourite playful propeller, the Chalicotherium!