Apr 8, 2022

Community Crunch 310: Andrewsarchus Reveal, EVO Event, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Greetings Survivors!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! The return of Eggcellent Adventure begins on Monday! Grab your tribe and hop to all corners of ARK scrambling for colorful Bunny Eggs and eggcellent event loot.

Andrewsarchus makes its way to Fjordur packing an arsenal of utility! Andrewsarchus may seem sluggish while foraging for a meal, but they can move unexpectedly fast when provoked. Once tamed, its saddle will allow you to mount a minigun to the back of it!

Check out this post for more information on the new creatures that will arrive with Fjordur in June 2022!!

Eggcellent Adventure 7 begins on Monday! From Monday, April 11th through Monday, April 25th, follow the trails of wild Bunny Dodo's and Bunny Oviraptor's to gather Bunny Eggs for special event loot. Place down Bunny Eggs to paint on them, or use them in a Crafting Pot to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics including 5 new chibi's and a full-body bunny suit costume!

See the full event details here!

There is an ongoing EVO Event. The event will remain live until Eggcellent Adventure rates are active! You can find the rates below:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

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Noow33#3702

I just went chopping wood for the industrial grinder, and when i came back to my base i got a few death notifications of my tribe's dinos. I had left the gate open and a level 100 raptor killed 3 good dinos. My tribemates won't be happy.
Moral of the story: leave at least a few dinos on neutral.

PotatoChip#8458

So one time while breeding theris I had a ton of extra ones that I didn’t need (ugly colors, bad muts, etc) so I wanted to get rid of them. I had been farming a lot of apex drops, knowing that once I was done breeding I would fight bosses. I had enough drops to run the broodmother a few times, so I took the theris into the gamma fight. Once it began it went really well, and I ended up winning. A few days later I decided to try my hand at the beta broodmother. After I started the fight it was only minutes until all of my dinos were dead, and I was running for my life. I did not survive

Creator: The Pilgrimz Project
The Pilgrimz Project is back with another epic build! This time, it's a gothic-styled castle built on Lost Island!

Creator: Clamen
Follow Clamen as he strives to become the biggest tribe their cluster has ever seen!

My derpy rex <3 by Hotaru♥

ARK Megalania by 드찌/어찌

My ARK Survivor by @SoupEvolved

My Fire Wyvern Alkhiara by Gerald.#4819

You can always tell a former Aberration player by Tacimur

It's almost Easter by @FeelsR3KTman

@ARKLove9

𝑻𝒉𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓#1650

Have an eggcellent weekend!
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Mar 31, 2022

Community Crunch 309: Eggcellent Adventure 7, EVO Event, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

From Monday, April 11th through Monday, April 25th, Eggcellent Adventure returns for the 7th year! Follow the trails of wild Bunny Dodo's and Bunny Oviraptor's to gather Bunny Eggs for special event loot. Place down Bunny Eggs to paint on them, or use them in a Crafting Pot to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics including 5 new chib's and a full-body bunny suit costume!

This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Easter

4/11 - 4/25

Bunny Dodos
Bunny Oviraptors

Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

Full-Body Easter Bunny Costume *NEW*
Bunny Tail
Procoptodon Bunny Costume
Bunny Ears Skin
Dino Bunny Ears Skin
Easter Chick Hat Skin
Dino Easter Chick Hat Skin
Easter Egg Hat Skin
Dino Easter Egg Hat Skin
Marshmallow Hat Skin
Dino Marshmallow Hat Skin
E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin
Easter Egghead Skin
Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin
Sweet Spear Carrot Skin

Bunny Egg
Festive Dino Candy

Tail Wiggle Emote
Bunny Hop Dance Emote

Dilophosaur *NEW*
Purlovia *NEW*
Queen Bee *NEW*
Microraptor *NEW*
Spring Shinehorn *NEW*

Magenta
Light Green
Light Yellow
Light Orange
Light Red
Dino Light Brown
Dino Dark Brown
Yellow
Cyan
Green
Dino Medium Blue
Turquoise
LightPink
DeepPink
Peach
Mint
Teal
PowderBlue
Cream

An ARK: EVO Event will be active on all platforms from April 1st to April 4th, with the following EVO perks:
*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, and Taming
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, and 4.5x Taming
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, and 5x Taming
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, and 6x Taming

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Mr. Mirror#3786

My friend and I were flying around on an argy (me riding and him in the talons). Needing to regain stamina we stopped on someone's base on a cliff. Below the cliff was a swampy area with a spino but we figured we'd be safe since we were on a cliff above it. Wanting to taunt the spino my friend shot at it. Moments before we witnessed hell I joked at him and said "watch it climb the cliff lol". As you might have guessed it climbed the cliff somehow and my friend made a break for it down the cliff in the opposite direction. By some miracle I hopped on the argy and picked him up literally milliseconds before the spino ran up behind him and attacked. Needless to say we didn't push our luck like that ever again, but it was really hilarious and epic that we clutched out of that situation

Creator: Complete Games
Are you looking to breed your first creature in ARK? Check out this helpful guide on hatching eggs!

Creator: Cantex
Who will survive this epic run? Cantex puts ARK creatures to the test in their latest video!

@co3na3 - Aki-chan with Mukinishan!

Maria.#6438 - Otter

@bonten_ARK - WRYYYYY!!!!!!

@HallOfFlameSs1 - Portrait Art of my Ark OC

Youssef356#8262 - ARK Wallpaper

Youssef356#8262 - Managarmr's Rider

@Nekatus

BlueSucho#4999

Mar 25, 2022

Community Crunch 308: Introducing Mjolnir, Community Corner, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Greetings Survivors!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! We know you have been anxious for more information on the upcoming Fjordur launch and this week we're happy to share an upcoming weapon skin!

Acting as a functional weapon skin for the TEK sword, Mjolnir packs its own special powers and empowers Survivors with supernatural might. Devastate your foes with shocking ease as you exercise control over the element of lightning. However, not every survivor will pass the test and be considered worthy to obtain the mighty Mjolnir. Will you be up to the challenge?

Coming to Fjordur in June 2022!

There will be no EVO event this week.

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Rickzz#3486 (Part 2)

I continued my walk because I thought I had torches in my inventory. It got darker and darker and when I couldn't see anything I opened the inventory but I didn't have any torch... It was very dark I couldn't see where I had the necessary resources to make a torch, so I decided to stay where I was. and wait for the dawn. When morning came and there was enough sunlight for me to be able to see the path and the dangers around it, I keep walking south towards my house but something tragic happened.
I was attacked by two Emperor Crocodiles, I was fine but my Beelzebufo (Frog) died and my Triceratops was very hurt, I kept going south and managed to return home with a new dinosaur but I lost one I had. this is the part 2 / final part

Creator: Sypher Sam
Sypher Sam takes on the challenge of rebuilding the snow castle on Lost island without mods!

Creator: pterafier
Everyone makes mistakes, but hopefully, pterafier can help you avoid a few you haven't made yet 😉

Arkadia 1 Key Moment by @unluckyNisis

The Little Griffin by layer

Commission: Crystal Wyvern by capsartwork

Prime Smilodon VS Griffin by UmbraDaiwrf0l

Santiago Da Costa - ARK 2 by J-ManTheAngel

Megachelon by RexMyPet

Aberration Fan Art by @ScutalTheLizard

𝔍𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔧𝔦#6634

Primal#7888

See you next week!
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Mar 11, 2022

Community Crunch 307: Community Corner and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Greetings Survivors!

Lost Island transfers are opening next week on Friday! Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction. On Wednesday we're also releasing a patch for console that includes over 70 fixes across all maps. Map/level changes tend to be quite big and we're expecting this patch to be a significant download so consider this a heads up in advance!

If you're a modder for ARK, our Sponsored Mods program is still accepting applicants. Check out the latest entries in the sponsored mod program here

We are anxious to share more on the upcoming Fjordur release, but in the meantime, we're leaving you with a look at some great community content!

There will be no EVO event this week.

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Rickzz#3486 (Part 1)

One day, to be more exact at five fifty-five in the morning, the sun was already rising and I decided to venture into some region of the map that I didn't know, I prepared my equipment and headed north, through the forest that I tamed my mesopithecus, going straight I arrive at the swamp and I remember my epic battle against the Emperor Crocodile (Sarco) and many Titanoboas (Big Snakes) but I didn't know what existed after the swamp, so that's what I decided to find out . Continuing to the north I find a biome of big trees and its trunk is reddish brown, I researched it and found out that the name was Redwood forests, it's a dangerous forest so much so that right at the beginning of it I was attacked by a Terror Bird that scared me a little. Getting closer to the trees a Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo) jumped on me and attacked me fiercely and I was afraid of this biome because it was just the beginning or also the entrance to the forest, but as I am an explorer I entered the forest and went collect resources to make a fire because my food was running out and I had some raw meats in my inventory I was surprised by a huge Carnotaurus that soon started to attack me, but I managed to survive because my dinosaurs took care of him, I set up my fire and I began to roast the meats to satisfy my hunger. I started to get dehydrated and then I looked for the nearest river to drink some water and I ended up finding an Alpha Raptor and for some events I know it's good to stay away from him when you're alone and without any dinosaur to help you, I hydrate myself and returned to my fire. Arriving there I look to the south and I see a Diplodocus, I was impressed by its size and decided to tame it because I just put berries in the last slot and also because I would use it to carry some resources. After taming it I decided that I had already discovered great things and I started to walk south where my house is, but it was already getting dark and the sun was going down.

Creator: Aaron Longstaff
Do you need some inspiration for your next build? Check out this creative Japanese-influenced build by Aaron Longstaff!

Creator: Lucky Shot
Are you new to ARK? With ARK now a part of the Playstation Plus subscription, these tips may come in handy for those new survivors!

War of Humans and Dinosaurs by Saprom

Sino Drawing by YeetinYuty189#5689

Ferox by @falco_luna

Painting made by a friend of mine by RyanOT02🦕#9246

Glorp by naeriie#2439

Wyverns From ARK Survival Evolved by Daeodude

Fletch#9534 (Created by Cpt Spanky)

@Riinartist

Mar 4, 2022

Community Crunch 306: EVO Event, Hexagon Exchange Upgrades, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Greetings Survivors!

We hope you don't have weekend plans yet because we're kicking the weekend off with an EVO event! See below for the event details!

Lost Island Transfers
On March 18th, we will be enabling full server transfers into Lost Island on our Official Servers across all platforms. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction!

Event Cosmetics
We know you folks enjoy your event cosmetics so as we enter into our last year of events on ARK 1, we will be adding the associated cosmetics to the Hexagon Exchange once each event ends. Speaking of - we've added the Love Evolved cosmetics to Hexagon Exchange this week!
All of the event content will be added to the PC game at the end of the year's cycle of events so they can be opted into for our PC unofficial server owners and players. Our console players will be able to grab all event cosmetics from the Hex store!

An ARK: EVO Event is active on all platforms from now through March 7th, with the following EVO perks:
*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, and Taming
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, and 4.5x Taming
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, and 5x Taming
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, and 6x Taming

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Corrupted Empress Jasmine#7275

Let's speak of a time, a time long since passed Scorching Deserts, Caverns and Cities nothing more than distant dreams a time when Rexes were the true Kings of the Ark, a time when a turkey could end all life on the Ark if it so chose.

My name is Jasmine (Jaz for short) and I bought Ark on the very day of its release into early access, I downloaded the game eagerly awaiting whatever came and eventually loaded into spawning on a picturesque beach on the northern half of The Island I stayed on that beach as if it were my lifeline, I hunted dodos and ate berries gathering a few megre levels unlocking the most powerful weapon I'd ever known the sling.

I gathered stone, hours and hours passing amassing hundreds of lil pieces of lifeline, I grew more confident going into the trees to gather material crafting backup slings and gathering more material until I heard footsteps, I ran as fast as I could back to my beach thinking I was safe until it burst from the trees... a level 12 rex.

Most people, sane people would have run but not me, I started firing rocks as fast as I could dodging and weaving as the titanic beast attempted to strike me down, time past slowly the adrenaline keeping me hyper focused, I took a hit my health bar tanking, I panicked but continued firing...

Something changed, the rex began to flee, I chased it toward a river where upon crossing the threshold it slammed to the ground I gathered meat from any source I could and fed the thing, protecting my once enemy as if my life depended on it I gathered narcoberries and tended to the rex for as long as it took before it arose now under my command.

I had become Queen by subjugating the King, My will was now his command, his name was Sven...

And that's how my first tame in Ark: Survival Evolved was a Rex called Sven.

Creator: SINZAHH
Check out the amazing storytelling and strategy behind setting up a heist on a hard and popular unofficial ARK server.

Stealing Wyvern Eggs (Render) by Veno#5000

Penllyn by @ottermeal

Ferox by @falco_luna

Aberration-Themed Journal by TheUnskilledKwill#3155

Liopleurodon by Khimera

Welcome to the Island by scartitan

Jinx#7374

@properlyspoopi

@NaturalCauzes

Feb 25, 2022

Community Crunch 305: Lost Island Transfers, Map Updates, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! This week we've made some changes to the Community Corner. In the coming weeks, we'll be turning up the heat with more information and exciting reveals of the upcoming creatures debuting with Fjordur!

Lost Island Transfers - On March 18th, we will be enabling full server transfers into Lost Island on our Official Servers across all platforms. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction!
We'll be releasing a patch for PC on March 3rd that will include over 70 fixes across all maps. Map/level changes tend to be quite big and we're expecting this patch to be a significant download so consider this a heads up in advance! We'll endeavor to give size estimations as we near closer to deployment.

There will be no EVO event this week.

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We've made some small upgrades to the Community Corner!

We've seen our fair share of great art posted within the community and throughout the years, we've been honored to share that art using the Community Crunch as a platform. Going forward, we're applying a frame to the art we post in the crunch that includes the edition and date.

Additionally, we'll be uploading these to a public community album to show the years of support the community has provided in one easy place. Every image in the album will contain the artist's name and source. If you're creating content for ARK, we want you to know we respect your art and appreciate your contributions to the community! We've created a form for artists to use when they feel their art is misrepresented or posted without credit.

We're also adding a new section to the Community Corner - Community Stories! Recently, we held a competition in our Discord community for reaching 150K members. Members of the community shared their ARK stories for a chance at a prize. Considering we read so many heartfelt and funny stories, we made it a permanent section in the Discord and the Community Corner. So jump over to our Discord to share your own stories!

krickiex89#8924

I downloaded Ark out of boredom, not knowing what I was downloading, I bought all the DLCs and the season pass for Gen. I named my character girl, because it was a test character, so I thought. I have been girl for 2 years now. When Crystal Isles came out I was a solo player. I met an awesome chick and her friend and we started hanging out and helping each other out. They were friends with the charge battery bandits whose tribe leader was Guardian. The server was very active and everyone would cut up with each other. We had a neighbor tribe who built a small town and it had an arena in it where he hosted tribe fights and gave out prizes. It was hilarious. Once servers opened everything calmed down and people started to disappear. My two friends weren't playing anymore. I started hanging out with Guardian. We started a new tribe on Extinction and acquired some awesome tribe mates and we became the Insiders. We became a family. Eventually our family to split up and everyone stopped playing for about 6 weeks. During those 6 weeks I played a lot of Apex Legends. Guardian would play with me. We decided, during our break from Ark, to meet up and go hiking. Then we went hiking again the next day, and the next. This trend continued for a while. He took me to the top of a mountain, up a scary back road to the most beautiful overlook and we watched the sun set. I was so happy, but I was also sad. I found the love of my life, but my Ark family was falling apart. We got back into Ark and made amends with our friends. We did eventually lose the one, but it was for the best. We found new members along the way and now have a thriving Ark family and RL family. It's been a roller coaster of emotions to get here but I wouldn't change it. I have moved to the top of the mountain with Guardian and I am starting a new position in the career of my dreams and have the best support team everyday as we build up on Lost Island waiting on whatever adventure Ark will throw me next.

My Snow Dragon#5911

My best memories are from early legacy PVP, before transfers were open. I was in a tribe on a server that had a "frienemy" relationship with the other 2 large tribes on the server. One tribe had a member that used to come and troll me, just me, whenever I would leave base to do meat or metal runs and it was always hilarious. His favorite thing to do was tranq me off my tame, tea bag till his legs were tired then steal my pants. Then run off with them laughing hysterically in global chat. It got to the point where I stopped wearing pants lol. Then he started tranq'ing me to PUT PANTS BACK ON ME. Those were the days I miss lol. We became friends and are still friends to this day, some 5+ years later

Creator: Sypher Sam
Take a look at Sypher Sam's latest build - a castle port on Lost Island!

Creator: Cantex
How long can a level 1000 Alpha Rex last? Cantex tests the limits with this challenging deathrun!

MEK by Razo4arovanie

Allosaurus Design by @Ares33909104

Managarmr by DINODOG#8923

Crime. He Stole Her Crown by NeoVanilluxe#0900

ARK: Survival Evolved Armored Basilisk Fan Concept by @Emily_Art

Wurm-Rider by zombeecakes

KS9#4211

@SyntacYT

Feb 18, 2022

Community Crunch 304: Community Corner and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we'll take a look at some community highlights, including the introduction to #ARKADIA2 from the Spanish-speaking ARK community!

In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing more visuals and information about Andrewsarchus, Fjordhawk, and Desmodus leading up to the Fjordur rollout!

There will be no EVO event this week.

Creator: Nexxuz World
It's the return of one of the most-watched ARK series, ARKADIA! Some of the biggest Spanish-speaking ARK creators join together with a custom ARK experience to create an amazing series for the ARK community!

The Gigantopithecus Village by MayaPatch

Raptor by DeadlyKittyy

Untitled by GIOLEGENDS#4940

Freedom by JackyTheMoo

Managarmr by WhiteSkally

Winter Wyvern by syyylvia#5541

Hunted by the Queen by Muku

FurNatic#5778

@EgoSilentium

Feb 11, 2022

Community Crunch 303: Love Evolved 3 is Live, Community Corner, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

The third annual Love Evolved event is live until Wednesday, February 16th! While ARK is under Cupid's spell, go fishing for love and gain a chance at new skins, items, and five new chibi pets to collect! See below for the full event details:

There is an ongoing EVO Event that is a part of Love Evolved. You can find the rates below:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

Creator: Aaron Longstaff
A well-known community builder, Aaron Longstaff, is back with a new stables build!

Creator: captain fatdog
It's a simple question. Can an Amarga be tamed with a Giga? Let's find out!

ARK - CazadorR

ARK Griffin Fanart - Saprom

Hybrid of ARK Creatures - MudgyGaming#6313

Encounter - Asimos

10 Sc before disaster - Umbra_Daiwrfol

#QueremosArkadia2 - @J0vando

Golden Drop (shared by @NeddyTheNoodle)

@Virtual_Optix

Have a great weekend!
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Feb 9, 2022

Love Evolved 3 is Live!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

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From Wednesday, February 9th through Wednesday, February 16th, love will fill the air as we celebrate Valentine's Day with Love Evolved 3. While ARK is under Cupid's spell, go fishing for love and gain a chance at new skins, items, and five new chibi pets to collect!

Show yourself some love with the new self-hug emote, or try to reel in one of the new swimsuit skins!

This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=vday
For the duration of Love Evolved, we will be disabling the world buffs from Baby Boon & Maewing Poach on Genesis Part 2 on the Official Network. In the past, we've adjusted for the impact event have had on the rates by tweaking the bonuses that we use during the holidays, however, those tweaks lead to unfavorable circumstances on maps that aren't Genesis Part 2, so going forward during breeding events, we'll be disabling these mission buffs specifically as not to affect the bonuses on other maps.

2/09/22 - 2/16/22

Valentines Coelacanth can be caught for chibis, chocolates, candies
Mating can randomly drop chocolates and candies!

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

"Bear Hug" swimsuit skin *NEW*
"Odd Couple" swimsuit skin *NEW*
"Sauropod Heart" swimsuit skin *NEW*
Heart-shaped Shield Skin
Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin
"Cupid Couture Bottom" (Pants Skin)
"Cupid Couture Top" (Shirt Skin)
"Halo Headband" (Hat Skin)
"Teddy Bear Grenades" (Grenade Skin)
"Bow & Eros" (Bow skin)
"Love Shackles" (Handcuffs Skin)

Box o' Chocolates
Valentines Dino Candy

Self Hug *NEW*
Flirty Emote
Heart Emote

Pelagornis *NEW*
Archaeopteryx *NEW*
Gallimimus *NEW*
Kairuku *NEW*
The Lovebird *NEW*

Lavender
Cream
MediumLavender
Peach
DeepPink
LightPink
Dark Red
Red
Magenta
Light Red
White

Feb 4, 2022

Community Crunch 302: Introducing Desmodus, EVO Event, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we are excited to share the concept and dossier for Desmodus, the winner of the second Community Creature Vote! We introduced RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) in the most recent round of community voting and saw Desmodus win (39,781 votes) vs. Carcharodontosaurus (24,419 votes) in the 9th and final round!

In other ARK news, we're starting the weekend off with an EVO event and Love Evolved starts next week. Check out the Love Evolved event details here!

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Common Name: Desmodus
Species: Desmodus draculae
Time: Pleistocene
Diet: Sanguivore
Temperament: Aggressive

Even with all the other monstrosities around here, this fugitive from a Creature Double Feature deserves top billing. I mean, Dracula's right there in its species name! And Desmodus has a shriek that'll scare just about anything out of its way. It's also shrewd enough to limit itself to victims that it can carry off into the night.

Although I'm not superstitious enough to advise stocking up on garlic and stakes before you decide to track down Desmodus for yourself, I'd still advise you to hunt these horrors out in the light and away from their caves – they seem uniquely adept at flying and hiding in those dark, narrow spaces.

Taming one of these beasties lets you add its eerie abilities to your arsenal. Use their unsettling scream to scatter your enemies. Command Desmodus to snatch up small prey for you. Let its uncanny power to vanish into darkness become your personal stealth mode.

Desmodus has blood thinner in its saliva, which drains prey of more blood than this vampire could ever digest. If you can stomach the excess blood and drained meat your vampire pet leaves behind, you might be open-minded enough to appreciate another of its unholy gifts: a 'sanguine elixir' that helps enthrall the most stubborn beasts.

Desmodus will land on ARK with the upcoming free DLC map, Fjordur!

There is an ARK: EVO Event active on all platforms from now through February 7th, with the following EVO perks:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval