Dec 18, 2020

Happy Holidays & Introducing the Maewing!

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As 2020 winds up--a year that has been eventful and challenging for all of us--we wanted to take pause and extend our heartfelt gratitude to the ARK community for the tremendous support you've shown us throughout the years. ARK is a community-driven game and you continue to put your dedication and passion on display daily. We pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. We embrace that passion so that we can continue creating epic entertainment for our players. Irrespective of who you are or where you’re located—if you’re a part of our evolving and vibrant community, you're a part of what makes the ARK Franchise what it is today.

Gaming brings people together across the globe. We're humbled that we can bring some joy and fun into player's lives, especially during a challenging year when connection and camaraderie can help us all.

The 'Poglin' skin is a prime example of something born of community love, humour, and passion. The 'Poglin' mask became a reality after the ARK community began to create memes inspired by the debut of the Noglin with the Genesis II teasers. Although the addition of the skin is minor, we wanted to show that the ARK community is major to us. As we move forward to 2021 and the release of Genesis Part II, we strive to reciprocate the creativity, excitement and passion you've continually shared with us.

Speaking of excitement, we couldn't move onto 2021 without a little more teasing of Genesis Part II:

Introducing the Maewing!

Engineered to be the ultimate interstellar wet nurse and surrogate parent, in addition to automatically taking care of your babies, the Maewing can steal enemy offspring by luring their young in for an irresistible suckle at its bounteous teats!

A 2020 wrap up...

Genesis Part I

February

We launched Genesis Part I, a whole new chapter in the saga of ARK: Survival Evolved. Genesis Part I created new challenges that have yet to be seen in prior ARK experiences! ARK: Genesis represented a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival.

You gained a robotic companion, HLNA, to help you overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. You not only needed to tame and fight but you also had to adapt just as the environment around you does.

Crystal Isles Launch

June

We invited you to explore a new world, Crystal Isles, a supernatural beauty won the hearts of the ARK community since its debut as a mod in 2016. Crystal Isles offered rainforest canopies, mysterious floating islands, and introduced three types of crystal wyvern for you to tame and breed and a new custom boss arena.

Extra Life

November

As we have done in prior years, we held a 24-hour charity event for Extra Life. During the stream, we gave away Collector’s Edition boxes, and game keys! We also gave away information about the upcoming DLC Genesis Part II and had special announcements from Jesse and Jeremy.

Thanks to the ARK community, this years Extra Life turned out to be a huge success! We hit $482k lifetime donations as a team and $182,553.24 as a team in 2020 alone! A huge thanks to the generous ARK community for helping us do some good for children in need.

Tender Loving Care 3

We were able to launch our highly anticipated patch: Tender Loving Care 3. When the opportunity presents itself, we like to go back and show some attention to creatures that may need more love or things that our community would like to see addressed. We were particularly excited about TLC 3 and the introduction of insect and wyvern breeding to the game.

In addition to the creature and balance changes, the community saw a rework of the taming UI.

ARK 2 and ARK: The Animated Series

December

Just recently we announced ARK II, a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue ARK's dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind's evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience!

To accompany the ARK II announcement, we announced a partnership with acclaimed director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to executive produce and co-showrun an original animated television series based on the hit video game ARK: Survival Evolved.

From cutting-edge animation studio Lex + Otis and with music composed by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Will of the Wisps), ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected.

However you spend the end of your year, we wish you health, happiness and good fortune (and a lot of rest and nice snacks). Take care of yourselves and each other and we'll see you all in 2021 with a slew of hype and energy!

All the best and happy holidays!

Studio Wildcard

Dec 14, 2020

Community Crunch 249: Winter Wonderland 5 and More!

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Winter Wonderland 5

Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return for the fifth time with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The winter-themed holiday event begins on December 17th at 10am PST for PC, XBOX, and PS4 and will last until Tuesday, January 7th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content including RaptorClaus and GachaClaus.

Our very recognizable helper, RaptorClaus, is returning to drop off holiday gifts filled with loot, event items, mistletoe, and lumps of coal for all those naughty survivors. You'll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps.

GachaClaus is also making a come-back to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps in true holiday spirit while sporting holiday-themed colors. He will be accepting your coal and in exchange will gift you holiday-themed items, or you can trade-in your mistletoe and coal for a chance at event items. weapons, armor and 7 brand new Chibis!

Event Details

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

Dates

December 17th to January 7th

Rates

2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
2X Player XP
2X Harvesting

Event Creatures

RaptorClaus
GachaClaus

Event Skins

Rex Sweater Skin *NEW*
Carolers Sweater Skin *NEW*
Bulbdog Sweater Skin *NEW*
Blue Winter Beanie *NEW*
Purple Winter Beanie *NEW*
Green Winter Beanie *NEW*
Male and Female Noglin Swimsuit Skin *NEW*
Male and Female Yeti Swimsuit Skin *NEW*
Candy Cane Club Skin
Christmas Bola Skin
Nutcracker Slingshot Skin
Dino Ornament Swim Bottom Skin
Dino Ornament Swim Top Skin
Jerboa Wreath Swim Bottom Skin
Jerboa Wreath Swim Top Skin
Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin
Ugly Carno Sweater Skin
Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin
Gray-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
Purple Winter Beanie Skin
Red Winter Beanie Skin
Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin
Santa Hat Skin

Event Chibis

Shinehorn *NEW*
Featherlight *NEW*
Glowtail *NEW*
Bulbdog *NEW*
Top-hat Kairuku *NEW*
Reindeer *NEW*
Gacha Claus *NEW*

Event Items

Festive Dino Candy
Holiday Lights
Holiday Stocking
Holiday Tree
Gift Box
Snowman
Wreath

Wild Creature Colors

Jade *NEW*
PineGreen *NEW*
SpruceGreen *NEW*
DarkMagenta *NEW*
Glacial *NEW*
PowderBlue *NEW*
Teal *NEW*
DarkViolet *NEW*
Red
Green
Light Grey
Light Red
Dark Green
Dark Red
Dino Light Red
Dino Light Green
Dino Medium Green
Dino Albino
NearWhite

ARK II & ARK: THE Animated Series

ARK II

ARK II, Sequel to the Multi-Platinum Dinosaur Franchise has been announced with major moves to expand the iconic survival universe! We’re so excited to share the trailer with you!

ARK II thrusts players into a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue ARK's dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind's evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience!

Catch the Official full length high-resolution trailer featuring Vin Diesel as the hero protagonist, Santiago

Finally, here's a special treat from Gareth Coker, the first two Official tracks from the ARK II soundtrack!

ARK: Animated Series

Studio Wildcard has partnered with acclaimed director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to executive produce and co-showrun an original animated television series based on the hit video game ARK: Survival Evolved.

Created and executive produced by the game’s creators Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak and associate produced by the game’s product managers, Jatheish K and Ihriel E, ARK: The Animated Series is currently composed of fourteen 30-minute episodes and has two seasons currently in production in anticipation of a 2022 launch.

Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman, DC’s Bombshells, Batman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Josie and the Pussycats) and Kendall Deacon Davis (Halo 4, The Wolf Among Us, Honor of Kings) are the lead writers for ARK: The Animated Series, which features an extraordinary voice cast!

Voice talent and character descriptions, in alphabetical order:

Gerard Butler plays General Gaius Marcellus Nerva, a brutal ancient Roman despot.
Devery Jacobs plays Alasie, a peppy 17th century Inuit teenager, now finding her place on the ARK.
Cissy Jones plays The Gladiatrix, a formidable commander in Nerva's army.
Madeleine Madden plays 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker, newly awoken on the ARK.
Deborah Mailman plays Deborah Walker, a 21st century Aboriginal Australian activist, and mother to Helena Walker.
Zahn McClarnon plays Thunder Comes Charging, a 19th century Lakota warrior who leads a thriving community on the ARK.
Malcolm McDowell plays Senator Lucius Cassius Virilis, a manipulative aristocrat during the reign of Caesar Augustus.
Juliet Mills plays Chava, a wise healer and village councilmember.
Elliot Page plays Victoria Walker, an idealistic humanitarian aid worker, and wife of Helena Walker.
Ragga Ragnars plays Queen Sigrid, a bellicose 10th century Viking warlord.
David Tennant plays Sir Edmund Rockwell, an egocentric 19th century scientist harboring dark ambitions.
Alan Tudyk plays The Captain, a crusty buccaneer who profitably sails the dangerous waters around the ARK.
Karl Urban plays Bob, a recent square-jawed ARK arrival.
Jeffrey Wright plays Henry Townsend, an 18th century American watchmaker and Patriot spy.
Michelle Yeoh plays Meiyin Li, a 3rd century Chinese rebel leader, known on the ARK by her reputation as the formidable “Beast Queen.”
Ron Yuan plays Han Li, a 3rd century Chinese rebel leader and brother to Meiyin.
With Russell Crowe playing Kor the Prophet, an eccentric ‘dino-whisperer’ hailing from a time before recorded history.
And Vin Diesel playing 24th century ‘Mek’-pilot, gearhead, & freedom-fighter Santiago.

Vin Diesel has joined Studio Wildcard as President of Creative Convergence and will act as executive producer of both “ARK II” and “ARK: The Animated Series.” Diesel will also lend his voice talents as Santiago, a fully rendered hero protagonist, who will cross over from the newly announced video game sequel to the animated television series.

From cutting-edge animation studio Lex + Otis and with music composed by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Will of the Wisps), ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes on the ARK after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords -- all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.

ARK fans will recognise many aspects of the lore and witness new depth and development to familiar characters. We can’t wait to share more as we near the airing!

To celebrate our latest news of ARK II and ARK: The Animated Series, we've created some special skins you can obtain in-game. Be sure to view the trailers from the ARK main game menu to get your hands on a cool anime raptor inspired from the animated series, or a hatchet and spear skin inspired from ARK II!

Official Network PC Server Maintenance

The Official PC Network will be undergoing maintenance at approximately 10PM on Wednesday, December 16th. We are expecting up to 3 hours of downtime during this maintenance period. We are scheduling this downtime so that it impacts the least amount of players.

If there are changes to the proposed maintenance window timeframe, we'll provide a more specific timeframe prior to the maintenance period.

EVO Event

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event as part of Winter Wonderland! It will be active from Thursday the 17th of Dec at 1 PM EST until Thursday the 7th of January at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
2X Player XP
2X Harvesting

Fan Art

Springloaded by Kylie Langton

Giga in ARK 2 by Robinson Vronti (Discord)

The Dragon by MoltenElement

Feeling Nostalgic by naeriie

Griffin by Toxin

Yuty by Amberghini

ARK 2 by AdamsAlive4kids

Wishing everyone safe and happy holidays!
Studio Wildcard

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Nov 20, 2020

Community Crunch 247: Turkey Trial

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Turkey Trial 4

From Tuesday, November 24th through Tuesday, December 8th grab your tribe and flock over for Turkey Trial 4. Go on the hunt for the unforgiving “Super-Turkeys” and harvest wishbones to gain new chibis, cosmetic items, event-themed skins, and all new emotes!

Event Details

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

Dates: November 24th to December 8th

Rates

2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
2X XP
2X Harvesting
2X Taming

Event Creatures

Super Turkeys (Untamable creature)
DodoRex (Craftable Temporary Tame)

Event Skins

2 Thanksgiving-themed Sweater Skins *NEW*
2 Thanksgiving-themed Swimsuit Skins *NEW*
2 Hawaiian-themed Shirt Skins *NEW*
Bonnet Hat
Chieftan Hat
Pilgrim Hat
Turkey Hat
Dodo Pie Swim Bottom & Top
Meat Swim Bottom & Top
Turkey Swim Bottom & Top
Pitchfork
Turkey Leg

Event Chibis (acquired via killing Super Turkey's for Wishbones)

Tuso *NEW*
Broodmother *NEW*
Bonnet Otter *NEW*
Mantis *NEW*
Dunkleosteus *NEW*

Event Items

Wishbones (acquired from killing Super Turkey's)
Thanksgiving Dino Candy

Wild Creature Colors

MediumAutumn *NEW*
LightAutumn *NEW*
BurntSienna *NEW*
DarkMagenta *NEW*
DarkViolet *NEW*
Vermillion *NEW*
MidnightBlue *NEW*
BlackSands *NEW*
DarkBlue *NEW*
Orange *NEW*
Brown
Dark Red
Dino Dark Red
Dino Albino
NearBlack
Red
Light Brown
Black
Dino Darker Grey

Live-Ops Update

A message from our Product Manager:

While gamers can sometimes squabble over the little things, like which console is better, the ARK community is nonetheless tightly-knit. It's no surprise then, that when the community loses one of their own, fellow players are eager to reach out and honour the player that has passed away

Over the years, we have received some very touching messages from players who have lost fellow tribe members, family members and friends and chose to share their ways of paying tribute to them in-game with us.

Many of us at Wildcard were touched by a player’s story shared on Reddit about his lovely wife Heather, who passed away suddenly. He and his sister made a tribute to her on Valguero (her favourite map) and shared this screenshot with the community

We put our heads together to come up with a way we could add a lasting memorial to the game for, not only Heather, but for all of the Survivors who have Ascended.

Jackson Lawrence, one of our talented Level Designers, kindly offered to spend his own time creating a lasting memorial and I think his work is just beautiful! I’m humbled to be able to share our new addition to the Valguero map with the community.

Thank you for not only allowing us to entertain you but also for inviting what we created into your lives. As a bunch of people wanting to make something exciting and immersive, we’re honoured when players take that beyond anything we can possibly do to forge their own connections with the game. Our world may not be real but your sentiment and attachment to it is.

We hope our small gesture brings some comfort to players who have lost loved ones.

- Dollie and the Studio Wildcard Team.

DDoS Mitigation

Improving the health and stability of our network infrastructure is a huge priority for the team. One of the biggest hurdles we've faced stem from DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. These are malicious attacks on our network which lead to server issues such as downtime, poor performance, or not being able to connect. While these attacks are impossible to prevent entirely, the team has spent a considerable amount of engineering time on mitigating these attacks with our hosting partners to reduce the impact they have on your playing experience.

As of the past few weeks, we have deployed some serious enhancements to the system and have such seen a dramatic decrease in server issues related to DDoS attacks on PC, Xbox, and PS4. Although things have improved, we will continue to monitor the overall health of the Official Network and work on advancing the technology to mitigate these attacks.

Character Loss caused by Rollbacks & Auto Restoration

Preventing character loss remains of utmost importance to us. We've recently implemented the technology (and have had it running live on our Official Network) to auto-restore characters in the event that a server has experienced a rollback. Specifically, if a player has recently transferred to a server and for some reason, that server has done down without saving the world (crashed/restarted), upon it's next start up that character (presuming it hadn't left the server), will be automatically restored. We'll continue to monitor for character loss reports and identify opportunities to advance the auto-restoration technology.

Disconnection Issues for Xbox and Win10 clients.

We have identified and fixed the issue causing players to regularly disconnect from Player Dedicated & Non-Dedicated servers on Xbox/Win10 every 30 minutes. The fix will be rolled out the upcoming Turkey Trial update on the 24th of November.

Beginner Server Wipe

Just a friendly reminder that we're close to the next reset date on Beginner servers, which will take place on December 1st. For those not familiar, Beginner Official Servers are an experience for new ARK players to test the waters without the threat of thoroughly developed tribes.

Unlike our regular servers, these have undergone some changes and will wipe every 8 weeks. First of all, there have been some limitations on how much a player or dino can progress. Player levels hit their cap at 44 and the highest encounter possible for wild creatures is level 30. Tamed creatures can receive up to an additional maximum of 30 levels. Due to the progression limits, some engrams are not achievable through leveling up but are found via supply crates. Some other changes include the disabling of alliances and tribe sizes have been limited to 5 members maximum.

Below are the subsequently planned wipes based on the 8-week wipe schedule:

January 26
March 23
May 18
July 13
September 7
Nov 2
Dec 28

Black Friday Sales

Don't miss your chance to grab ARK for up to 80% off in the XBOX Black Friday Sale

Get started on your Black Friday shopping with ARK while it is up to 80% off in the Playstation Black Friday Sale!

EVO Event

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 20th of Nov at 4 PM EST until Tuesday the 8th of December at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

2x Breeding/Maturing/Egg Hatching
2x Harvesting
2x Taming
2x XP

Fan Art

Poglin from ImEnFuego

Brontos Grazing from RoxaneLapa

Parasaurolophus from Drekaava

Crystal Isles: A quiet sunset by Melina799

Reaper Queen from Bob van Dorst (Discord)

From MrMEOLA

Catch you next week!
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Nov 7, 2020

ARK: Genesis Part 2 Teaser Trailer. Extra Life Livestream Reveals, & TLC Pass 3!

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1113410/ARK_Genesis_Season_Pass/

ARK: Genesis Part 2 introduces a vast contiguous world filled with strange new biomes, story missions, and exotic creatures! The final confrontation between the spritely HLN-A and the villainous Sir Edmund Rockwell occurs on a gigantic colony ship traveling through deep space. Players will need to draw on all their ARK experience to succeed.

ARK's largest Expansion Pack yet has game-changing additions for every kind of Survivor: whether it's taking possession of enemies via brain-controlling "Noglin" creatures, zooming around doing radical tricks on the skateboard-like Hoversail, or managing and viewing your base remotely with security cameras, among tons of other new items and creatures!

This expansion pack also introduces new voiceover talent to the ARK universe with David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good Omens) playing the villainous Sir Edmund Rockwell, and Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) taking on the in-game robotic AI companion HLN-A/Helena Walker.

But even with HLN-A's help, will your powerful skills, gear, and tames be sufficient to put a stop to Rockwell's demented plans once and for all? We're about to find out because The End is Near!

Extra Life 2020! Livestream Wrap up & Reveals

We at Studio Wildcard would like to give our heartfelt thanks to our wonderful ARK community for participating in our latest 24-hour ExtraLife charity event!

With the help of our community and ExtraLife team, we placed Top 3 globally and raised over $180,000 for sick children and beat all of our past records by a significant amount, including last year's jaw-dropping $112,206.35! We couldn't have done this without the help of our generous community, our amazing sponsors, and our dedicated community who signed up to join our team.

As with prior ExtraLife events, we take this as an opportunity to share sneak peeks at upcoming content. We revealed a bunch of what we have in store for our players in genesis Part 2 including Creatures, Items, Structures, and the Environment/Biome which we'll go through in this post!

We're excited to take you on a journey into the dark mind of the villainous Rockwell as he strives towards godhood and we very much look forward to sharing more unseen Genesis Part 2 content!

Special Thanks:
Syntac (Raised over $22,800), RoyaleWithCheese (Raised over $7,300), MTSArk (Raised over $6000), RoycePlayers (Raised Over $5000), EliteARK (Raised over $2500), Lilmonsterr (Raised over $2,300), Telmo Sampaio (Raised over $2200), PaceyAU (Raised over $1500), Belle (Raised over $1200), Shockist (Raised over $1100), Project Tiamat (Raised over $1000), KoolKyleLive (Raised over $1000) and so many more (can't name em all!)

Thanks to our sponsors: Blue Microphones, Nvidia, Nitrado, Grove Street Games, Apex Gaming PCs

Special rates

As a further thank you to our community, we will be implementing 2x rates right through to Tuesday 12 PM Pacific/3 PM Eastern.

New Creatures

Noglin

The Noglin may look cute but don't be fooled! There's a mind-bending surprise in store when it wraps around the noggin of a target -- it enables you to temporarily take control of enemy creatures, tames, or even other humans!

Shadowmane

This chimerical prowler has powerful group-cloaking abilities for all your sneaking-needs, while also making use of a lightning-fast chain-teleport-strike that can decimate groups of targets. By the time its victims are aware of its presence, it's often already too late!

Stryder

Better brush up on your hacking skills to claim one of these giant mechanical Stryders! Patrolling the colony ship, they are outfitted with a variety of randomized individual components across their body, which gives each Stryder a different potential set of unique skills whether in defense, offense, or utility!

Astrodelphis

This curious extraterrestrial creature may look like the cetaceans that once swam in Earth's oceans, but they seem to be at home in the interstellar medium, far from any planet's surface. Place the versatile Tekwing saddle on them, and they're a veritable fighter spacecraft capable of blasting targets out of the sky with lasers or homing charges or bombing them into oblivion. And yes, they can do a shot-repelling barrel roll!

GEN-X Variants

Some old friends will be making a reappearance in Genesis Part 2 -- here's an early look at our GEN-X variants, which include new versions of many previous expansions' creatures!

New Items

Hoversail

You've never really traveled until you've tried hoversailing! There's no better way to get yourself across the ring than jumping on one of these hi-tek boards and surfing the air currents, and no better feeling than skimming the skies to find the perfect tailwind while nailing flashy tricks to boost your speed!

TEK Bow

Run into trouble aboard the ship? The Federation issue TEK bow materializes arrows of any type on the fly and uses electromagnetism to shoot them at blinding velocities.

TEK Federation Suit

Suit up, survivor! You'll find this to be an upgrade from what you experienced wearing inside the Genesis simulation. This sleek, hi-tek exo-armor should protect you in a variety of otherwise lethal situations -- and best of all, on Genesis Part 2, this suit has unlimited jetpack power without the need for Element -- and Flyers are also fully supported this time around!

Canoe

Not simply just for recreation, you can pick your canoe up and place it down again in any body of water. With multiple rowers working in tandem, the canoe can travel exceptionally fast. Fishing from a canoe is especially convenient, as is the built-in cooking pot!

Minigun

Need a massive barrage of bullets to keep your enemies under pressure? What this Minigun lacks in accuracy and tendency to overheat, it makes up for in sheer firepower. Place it in stationary mode to improve its accuracy and clear targets around corners!

TEK Pistol

Each crew member will be issued a Federation phase pistol, equipped with multiple lethality settings. Take care not to aim one of these in the vicinity of any crewmate or shipboard fauna, unless it is set to healing or stun mode

New Structures

Egg Incubator

Who needs to fuss with eggs when you can use the fantastical mechanical egg incubation device to cook them to perfection? This device lets you view all the statistics and mutations of eggs and incubate them at an optimal temperature while hatching them at your convenience!

Ammobox

This handy new structure will automatically fill all nearby turrets with all the varieties of ammunition, while its floating HUD shows you its total ammo stats without the need to open the inventory (and also reflected visually with the ammunition models displayed on it).

Remote Camera Security System

Secure your base in Genesis Part 2 with the Remote Camera Security System. Issue commands, view, and communicate all from a remote location. You can even use them to spy-on and communicate with your enemies!

Loadout Mannequin

No need to scream "who moved my kit from my vault?" at your tribe mates again while your turrets are soaked and you run in circles. Kit up quick and get to those griefers by storing your loadouts on trusty Loadout Mannequins, which also visualize your gear and hotbar items, for a single-press full equipment swap!

TEK Crop Plot

Want to take up gardening aboard ship? Crew members can make use of this hi-tek crop plot to efficiently raise harvestable plants just about anywhere!

New Environment

Genesis Ship

Welcome to your new home, survivor! You've been returned to life aboard this immense vessel representing the pinnacle of mankind's ingenuity... What could have motivated so desperate a measure, to cast all of nature itself adrift in this interstellar lifeboat?

Biome 01

The idyllic sunlit meadows and rolling hills of this tranquil biome show little to indicate what's in store under the influence of Rockwell's insanity.

Biome 02

Enjoying this view, survivor? Perhaps you'd fancy a stroll along this promenade? Don't be shy -- those bridges are spacious enough for any beast you've tamed, and its observation towers offer the best vantage of the sprawling artificial gardens you see before you.

Biome 03

Creation is an exhilarating undertaking, one of the incomparable perquisites of godhood. I'm afraid you won't find much in the way of creature comforts here. This garden isn't meant for you, after all...

Biome 04

"How foolish you are, to have scurried into my inner sanctum. Did you truly expect to evade my notice here? I am this place now. And you're merely a parasite."

And of course, this isn't everything there is to see about Genesis Part 2! We have so much more in store and can't for you to check it out in March 2021! Thank you once again for tuning in this weekend and for all your fundraising efforts to help sick kids! We couldn't be more proud of our community.

TLC Pass #3

TLC Pass 3 finds its way marching through the ARK with some tender loving care for some old friends; the Mammoth and Stegosaurus have received varied gameplay and visual upgrades! This update also includes a bunch of Quality of Life changes to make your time on the ARK more enjoyable!

Patch Notes

TLC: Woolly Mammoth

New Abilities

War Drum Saddle and Buff

1 additional passenger seat on a saddle that comes equipped with a war drum that must be played to maintain an AoE buff that improves stamina regen and makes them immune to fear.

New Attacks

Tusk Sweep

Sweeps tusks left or right to gather and harvest thatch

Trunk Trumpet

Emits a trunk roar that does an AOE debuff to all enemies within range which reduces damage dealt and increases damage taken
After stepping in water, the next Trunk Trumpet used by the Mammoth will spray the rider with water, hydrating them, removing fire debuffs, and reducing their temperature.

Foot Stomp

Mammoth rears up and then puts all of its weight into a forward “slam” with its front legs to directionally knock back enemies and gather wood

Trunk Grab

Similar to the Karkinos’s grab, it is able to grab, hold, aim and release smaller targets

Stegosaurus

New Abilities

Backplate Modes
Backplate passive buff and can switch between three modes. Different modes will be indicated visually

Hardened Plated: Applies a damage reduction buff; Wood harvesting benefit
Heavy Plate Mode: Applies a slow when attacking with the basic tail whip; Thatch harvesting benefit
Sharpened Plate Mode: Applies an armor penetration effect when attacking with the tail whip. Also useful for harvesting berries

New Attacks

Impaling Tail Whip

Able to impale and immobilize players and smaller creatures

Additional notes

Impaling Tail Whip

The rider is prevented from dismounting effects and attacks
Has a berry weight reduction buff

New Breedable Creatures

The insects and creatures that can now be bred are: Spider, Onyc, Moth, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Mantis and the mighty Wyverns!

The new (Wyvern are unchanged) hatching/gestation and maturation times are as follows:

Spider

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes (Matches Pachy)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 1 hour, and 1 minute (Matches Dimorph)

Bat

Total Gestation Time: 3 hours and 58 minutes (Matches Procoptodon)
Total Maturation Time: 1day, 4 hours, and 3 minutes (Matches Kairuku)

Moth

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (Matches Kairuku)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 6 hours, and 51 minutes (Matches Pegomastax)

Scorpion

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 59 minutes (Matches Raptor)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 13 hours, and 12 minutes (Matches Raptor)

Arthropluera

Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 29 minutes (Matches Sarco)
Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 3 hours, and 26 minutes (Matches Stego)

Mantis

Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 46 minutes (Matches Stego)
Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 6 hours, and 27 minutes (Matches Tapejara)

Creature Quality of Life Changes

In addition to insect breeding, we went back and showed some love to a few of ARK's well-known inhabitants.

Giganotosaurus

Reduced maturation time by approximately 15% (Total growth is around 10~ days)

Diplocaulus

Increased base health by 33% (from 190 to 250.3)
Increased movement speed when ridden by 25%

Thylacoleo

Added a (slow draining) bleed to its basic attack

Megachelon

Reduced depth requirement for breeding so that it can be bred on other maps

Wyvern

Wyverns are now breedable (Zombie Wyverns cannot be bred)
Slight stat rebalance now that they’re breedable and to bring them in line with Crystal Wyverns

Megalodon

Reduced gestation/aging times to match Megaloceros
Pack Bonus: Damage Reduction and Damage Increase per pack member within range
Added a bleed to its basic attack

Jerboa

Increase base weight capacity from 55 to 120 (Matches Bulbdog)

Ankylosaurus

Increase metal weight reduction by 10% (from total reduction of 75% to 85%)

Doedicurus

You can now turn when rolling with a Doed (similarly to the Genesis Race Mission)

Basilisk

Now has eyes

New Feature: Taming HUD

Use the interactive taming HUD to monitor your unconscious wild tamable creatures. Keep track of the following:

Creature's Gender and Level
Taming and Unconscious Progress
Taming Effectiveness
Current Health and Food status.
Distance from your location
An option to track specific creatures via in-world waypoints (which can be hovered for an over-screen overlay displaying additional information).

Boss Element Reward Increase

We’ve decided to increase the Boss Element reward on some maps to bring the Ele more into line with where we’re at with new expansions.

Element reward from The Island bosses has been increased by 100%
Element reward from The Center bosses has been increased by 100%
Element reward from Scorched Earth has been increased by 50%

New Feature: Turret Radius Settings

A quick and easy way to update the settings of your nearby turrets within a radius. It’s set to currently match the Official Server Turret Limit radius, but players can also toggle viewing the radius on/off. The current functionality it supports is as follows:

The ability to set a pin code to all turrets in range
The ability to copy settings to all turrets in range
The ability to copy settings to pin code-selected turrets in range
The settings which can be copied are: power state, range, targeting, warning

Miscellaneous Fixes & Changes

Fixed a bug where HLN-A would jitter a lot at low client fps
Fixed a bug which allowed you to blow up 2 pieces of C4 without consuming them
Fixed the Onyx having the wrong icon
Fixed a lot of typos
Fixed a shoulder pet offset issue with the Ferox on the Gigantopithecus
Fixed a bug on localized/translated Cryopods which prevented it from displaying the correct information
Fixed multiple level-design related bugs such as holes, floating foliage, incorrect volumes, etc.
Fixed a bug which prevented you from placing Cliff Platform structures in the Genesis Part 1 Ocean Biome
Fixed a bug which broke biome specific overrides
Fixed a bug which allowed players to fly across the map with certain creatures and grappling hooks
Completely disabled the option to set teleporters as Public on Official PvP (including using them).
New Dynamic Ini options: HexagonRewardMultiplier (multiplies hex rewards for missions), BabyImprintAmountMultiplier, and BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier
Hotkey for GCM demolished has changed to "G" when using keyboard and mouse

EVO Event: Extra Life

As we reach various donation goals, we will increase the Official Server Network rates. We'll also be extending the event past the regular 24 hours as a gesture towards those with slower connections who may be downloading for a portion of the livestream.

If you are interested in joining our team to help raise money, we'd love to have you! Check out this link for more information on how to get started. All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates!

For specialized game modes, we'll be using the rates below:

And of course, this isn't everything there is to see about Genesis Part 2! We have so much more in store and can't for you to check it out in March 2021! Thank you once again for tuning in this weekend and for all your fundraising efforts to help sick kids! We couldn't be more proud of our community.

All the best!
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Nov 5, 2020

Get ready for Extra Life & Free Weekend!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Get ready, our 24-hour Extra Life stream is approaching on November 7th at 10AM PST. We're anxious to beat or prior year record of $112,206.35 and see what good we can do for the kids through gaming and giving.

We'll be coming to you live from our Seattle Studio to bring 24 hours of entertainment, giveaways, Collector’s Edition boxes, game keys, and much more! You don't want to miss out because at the top of the hour, every hour, we will be sharing juicy Genesis 2 details and teasers. If you want to know what's in store for Genesis II, be sure to tune in!

Extra Life Events and Activities

Genesis updates from the ARK team every hour!
IRL games and mischief
ARK developer interviews
Updates from the ARK Modding Community
Official server rates bonuses as we reach our donation goals

Extra Life Donation Rewards

Studio Wildcard Goodie Bags!
Sponsor Giveaways!
Collector's Editions periodically throughout the Extra Life stream!
Genesis Season Pass giveaway periodically throughout the Extra Life stream!
ARK:Mobile Giveaways!
Milestones for increased ARK rates until end of Extra Life
Every person that donates to our team will receive a special SurviveTheARK forum badge (redeemable by a code via email). Donators over $500 USD will receive a special gold version badge!
Donations over $2,500 USD will be added to the ARK permanently as "Extra Life Superfan"

As we reach various donation goals, we will increase the Official Server Network rates. If you're an ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile survivor, you're in luck! Our friends over at Grove Street Games will be matching our final rates for at least 24 hours at the close of our stream at 10am PST on Sunday, November 8th. We'll be extending the event past the regular 24 hours as a gesture towards those with slower connections who may be downloading for a portion of the livestream.

If you are interested in joining our team to help raise money, we'd love to have you! Check out this link for more information on how to get started. All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates!

For specialized game modes, we'll be using the rates below:

Tender Loving Care 3

November 7th also marks the date that the Tender Loving Care 3 update will be reaching PC, Xbox, and PS4. Aside from the dedicated reworks of the Stego and Mammoth you may have seen in prior Community Crunches, we’ve added a bunch of Quality of Life changes to make your time on the ARK more enjoyable. Check out this thread for more information!

We'll be keeping you up to date as we hit our donation goals and increase rates on the Official Network but we'd love for the entire community to come and hang out with us while we raise money for a great cause. Pop a squat in our Official Discord or hang out in our Twitch chat when the action starts.

Steam: Free-to-Play Weekend!

Looking to expand your tribe? Introduce your friends to the world of ARK for free from Thursday, November 5th until Monday, November 9th.

Begin your quest for survival with a free-play weekend!

Steam Sale

Wishing for an ARK sale on Steam? Your wish is our command!

Grab ARK for up to 75% off as part of the Steam sale!

New Sponsored Mods

SOTF 2: Revival Mod

SOTF 2: Revival Mod is a community effort to pick up where SOTF left off. The team has made many QoL changes based on community efforts and even hosts tournaments! If you were a fan of the original SOTF, this community made revival may be just what you are looking for!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2097253226

HGBuild

[HG]Hulk has created a lot of utility and other mods with very focused scopes. Now they have added a wonderful set of clean futuristic building pieces. prefabricated structures, domed rooms, and clean line architecture everywhere.
A e s t h e t i c

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2116500182

ARK Chaos Creator

ARK Chaos Creator is a unique addition to the sponsorship program; this isn't just a mod for ARK, the Chaos Creator mod will open a line from a twitch stream right to the game. Stream viewers can influence the game for the streamer either making things more difficult, giving them useful (Or sometimes ridiculously chaotic) gifts, or spawning a bunch of mayhem directly on top of them. There is also a version in the works to allow content creators to use channel points instead of bits if they choose.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2187784730

EVO Event

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event on November 7th 10AM PST. See above for details on the Extra Life event and specifics on the rates.

Fan Art

Dont Move! by sis_6193

Titano Taming Pen by ThePilgrim

Megalosaurus (Night Hunter) by GuidiNox

Raptor Shrine by skywalker81 (Discord)

Dodowyvern by nezuyu

We can't wait to see you for Extra Life on November 7th!
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