In 2019, the launch of the Snail Games Initiative, Classic PvP, created an exciting and competitive playing experience for PC players. Throughout the course of the seasons, the meta was watched closely and changes were made to shake things up and create an experience tailored for PvP gameplay. Continue on the quest for the ultimate PvP experience with the introduction of Classic PvP Season 5! Classic PvP Season 5 launches on the 14th of December with Lost Island!
Experience gain, taming, gathering have been quintupled compared to our standard Official Servers (5x)
Breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been quadrupled compared to our standard Official Servers (4x)
Tribes are set to 25 players max
Tribe alliances are disabled, though informal alliances are allowed
Servers have a maximum player count of 100
These maps will be available: The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Lost Island, Valguero, and The Center
Tek dinos (Tek Parasaur, Tek Quetzal, Tek Rex, Tek Raptor, Tek Stego), Paracer, Tapejara, and the Titanosaur are not available for taming on Classic PvP
All Aberration and Extinction content is unavailable on Classic PvP
Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced
No TEK Engrams
No cave building
Cryopods enabled
Tamed Stegosaurus Resistance reduced by 35%
Tamed Quetzal Resistance reduced by 20%
Tamed Wyvern Resistance reduced by 20%
Tamed Wyvern Damage reduced by 20%
Reaper Queen added to the Valguero Aberration Zone
There is an ongoing EVO event as part of Turkey Trial 5 that lasts until December 7th. *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), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
From Tuesday, November 23rd through Tuesday, December 7th jump into a large-scale scavenger to hunt and carve up rare “Super-Turkeys” that have been unleashed across the ARK for Turkey Trial 5!
By harvesting Super Turkey Wishbones from these ruthless, genetically-modified creatures, you can craft their very own fashionable Turkey Costume, Ugly Sweater skins, or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do your bidding for a limited period of time.
This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=TurkeyTrial
Dates November 23th to December 7th
Rates *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), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
It's been another amazing year taking part in ExtraLife and raising money for kids in need! During our annual 24-hour ExtraLife stream, the ARK Community raised a staggering $184,502! The ARK community helped us reach new records this year. The Studio Wildcard team was the #1 team for most of Game Day and the highest we've ever been before (previously #3)! Additionally, we reached #2 on individual fundraising setting a new record for individual donations!
This seventh year of participating in GameDay with ExtraLife puts us well over $400K raised and we couldn't have done it without the ARK community! We are grateful for our generous, supportive players, partners & sponsors, & the opportunity to help facilitate this endeavor. Here's a recap of everything you may have missed during the 24-hour event!
AMD
Nvidia GeForce
Blue (Yeti)
Corsair
Elgato
Xbox
Discord
Nitrado
Grove Street Games
If you've won one of these amazing giveaways, please be patient! We'll be in touch over the coming days!
Syntac
ARK Charity giveaway
Phlinger Phoo
RoyaleWithCheese
Raasclark & Aaron Longstaff
Belle
Shockist
TELMO SAMPAIO
Ryan Chavez
Elite ARK
MIO ARK
NeddyTheNoodle
View Full Team Roster
The Lost Island free DLC map will be released on all platforms on December 14th, 2021! Take a look at this Amargasaurus, Dinopithecus, and Sinomacrops spotlight we showed during the stream!
Fjordur is a Nordic-inspired mod community map that will be coming to all platforms as free DLC in June 2022!
Andrewsarchus is one of the 3 creatures that will be released with Fjordur. Want a chance in picking one of the other ones? Check out our Creature Submission Forum for details on how to submit an entry!
Clayton was given a unique challenge when Twitch chat was given the opportunity to direct Clayton's next creature design. The chat was given options and Clayton drew live on stream!
ARK: Survival Evolved is fully functional on Steam Proton, which means it'll work right out of the box if you're lucky enough to get your hands on a Steam Deck! It fully supports the expansions packs, free maps, and mods. As of this week, we've also got it working with BattlEye which means you'll be able to play on Official Servers or other BattlEye supported servers.
Linux players can also get their hands on the Proton version by downloading the Steam Beta client and in ARK's steam game properties, make sure you've enabled "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", this will enable the use of Proton. In the future we'll be moving Proton to the default version of the Steam Game for Linux players, however, we'll continue to support the native version which will be required for older hardware as Proton requirements are higher. At that time we'll provide further instructions on how you can switch to the native version, but for now it won't be necessary.
Thank you for helping us reach our goals and supporting a great cause!
We are going live from our Seattle Studio tomorrow at 10AM Pacific to bring 24 hours of entertainment, giveaways, Collector’s Edition boxes, game keys, and much more! You don't want to miss out because we will be sharing juicy ARK details and teasers.
If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates!
3X Ryzen 7 5800X processors
3X MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wifi
3X Radeon RX 6800 XT MBA graphics cards
MSI Alpha 17 laptop
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 3080
5X Yeti Nano
3X Yeti Blackout
2X Yeti X
2X K100 Corsair Keyboard
2X Dark Core Pro Gaming Mouse
2X Virtuoso Carbon Headset
2X MM700 RGB Mousepad
Yeti Caster
Elgato Stream Deck XL
Elgato Face Cam
Elgato Wave 3 Mic
2X Xbox Series X
3X Xbox Series S
Xbox accessories and controllers
Codes for ARK Mobile, Discord Nitro, Nitrado Servers, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
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 9am PST on Sunday, November 7th.
As we reach the specified donation goals marked below, rates will be updated on all Official ARK servers. Please note: The rates may take up to 15 minutes to be reflected on your server.
Be sure to keep an eye on our ExtraLife 2021 page to see current donation totals and Official Server rates!
Feel free to hop into our Discord or Twitch channel during the stream to hang out! We're looking forward to putting on an epic charitable cause tomorrow!
Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!
The Studio Wildcard team wants to wish you a very happy Halloween!
Our 24-hour charity stream for ExtraLife is right around the corner. On November 6th, 10 am Pacific, we'll be kicking off our 7th ExtraLife stream on http://twitch.tv/survivetheark from our Seattle headquarters. For 24 hours we'll be teasing you with ARK info, playing games, but most importantly raising money for kids in need.
Stop by and have a chance at winning some amazing giveaways from sponsors like Blue microphone or special limited-edition ARK merch!
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! We'll be sharing an event outline, a list of sponsors, and details on boosted Official Network rates next week!
Fear Evolved 5 is live from October 26th to November 9th with the following perks:
Rates 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
Our annual Halloween event, Fear Evolved, creeps onto the ARK with a ghoulish screech and we have laid out all of the tricks and/or treats for Survivors to indulge in over the coming weeks!
From October 26th to November 9th : ARK will be teeming with spook-tackular new chibis making their ARK debut, cutting(knife) edge fashion, and eerie event creatures all resplendent in moonlit pumpkin patches and Hallow's Eve festivities!
Cloak yourself in event-themed fashion and creepy shoulder companions to embark on a hunt for the elusive DodoRex and DodoWyvern.
Fear Evolved is a community favorite and we can't wait for you to see what we've conjured up this year!
This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=FearEvolved
Dates October 26th to November 9th
Rates 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
Go scouting for all the past Fear Evolved content while treating yourself to 5 new spooky themed chibi's, 2 new full-body skins, and 4 new shirt prints to add to your growing collection!
Spooky Encounters
DodoRex (Untamable Boss)
DodoWyvern (Untamable Boss)
Zomdodo
Zombie Fire Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
Zombie Lightning Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
Zombie Poison Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
Skeletal Giganotosaurus
Skeletal Quetzal
Skeletal Jerboa
Bone Fire Wyvern
Skeletal Bronto
Skeletal Stego
Skeletal Trike
Skeletal Raptor
Skeletal Rex
Skeletal Carnotaurus
Ghost Reaper (Surface reapers)
Ghost Bulbdog
Ghost Rex
Ghost Basilisk
Ghost Snow Owl
Ghost Mantis
Ghost Direwolf
Event Chibis (acquired via killing Dodowyvern/Dodorex or Cooking Pot recipe)
The Witching Owl *new*
Ghost Direwolf *new*
Ghost Basilisk *new*
Ghost Rex *new*
Ghost Mantis *new*
Skeletal Giganotosaurus
Skeletal Quetzal
Skeletal Jerboa
Skeletal Bronto
Skeletal Stego
Skeletal Trike
Skeletal Raptor
Skeletal Rex
Skeletal Carnotaurus
Bone Wyvern
Zombie Wyvern
Ghost Creature Skins (acquired via killing Ghost creatures)
Reaper
Bulbdog
Rex
Basilisk
Snow Owl
Mantis
Direwolf
Items
Pumpkin
Stolen Headstone
Scarecrow
Dinosaur Bone
Dino Candy Corn
Emotes (acquired via Cooking Pot recipe)
Scare Emote
Knock Emote
Zombie Emote
Dance Emote
Panic Emote
Skins (acquired via Cooking Pot recipe)
Strawman costume *new*
Skeleton costume *new*
Skelly Print Shirt *new*
Tentacle Print Shirt *new*
ZombDodo Print Shirt *new*
Zombie Wyvern Print Shirt *new*
Reaper Swimsuit Skin
Jack-O-Lantern Swimsuit Skin
Pumpkin Helmet Skin
Headless Costume Skin
Hockey Mask Skin
Araneo Swimsuit Skins
Onyc Swimsuit Skins
Vampire Dodo Swimsuit Skins
Creature Event Colors
Dino Darker Grey
Dino Light Blue
Dino Dark Yellow
DragonBase1
Light Brown
Light Grey
Dino Light Brown
Dino Dark Brown
DragonFire
Vermillion
ActualBlack
MidnightBlue
MediumAutumn
DarkWarmGray
Orange
DarkLavender
Jade
There is no EVO event this week
Creator: SINZAHH Want to see an epic solo raid that led to a plentiful bounty? Look no further!
Creator: nakedzombo Taking on the ever so popular TV series, nakedzombo puts on an episode of The Squid Games, but in ARK!
Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!
This week we're preparing for Fear Evolved 5 which will run from Tuesday, October 26th until Tuesday, November 9th! We'll be sharing the full event details in the next Community Crunch. In addition to Fear Evolved, Extra Life is right around the corner! If you've never tuned in for our 24-hour ExtraLife stream, you're in for a treat! As usual, we'll be sharing upcoming ARK info, playing games, and most importantly raising money for kids in need for 24 hours! It all goes down on November 6th at 10am PDT. Join us for our seventh ExtraLife event and help us raise some money #ForTheKids!
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! We'll be sharing an event outline and details on boosted Official Network rates in the near future!
There is no EVO event this week!
Creator: SINZAHH How unstoppable is this duo? You watch and be the judge!
Creator: Flipsider Entertainment Getting a little tired of your setup? Take a look at an episode of Extreme Home Makeovers: ARK Edition!
Have you met our feisty and featherweight flier, Sinomacrops? In Community Crunch 282, we released the Sinomacrops dossier for the upcoming Lost Island free DLC map. Although our new friend may seem to mostly have its strength in traversal, Sinomacrops brings substantial utility for players of all types. A secondary inventory is available to players whilst it is shoulder-mounted and Sinomacrops packs a significant weight reduction on the items it's carrying for you! Who's ready to say hi to their new backpack buddy!?
In addition to Sinomacrops, Amargasaurus and Dinopithecus will make it's way to Lost Island later this year. Although Dinopithecus won the community vote for the Lost Island Creature Submission, we're looking forward to doing it again later this year. What creature would you like to see added to ARK?
Quality Of Life and Balance Patch
We plan to release a Quality of Life and Balance pass next week on PC, and a little further down the road on console. This patch will include various QoL additions along with some important balance-changes predominantly aimed at PvP. One of the key aspects we looked at in regards to balance is the prevalence of chain-stuns/crowd control in the current PvP meta - most specifically Void Wyvern, Shadowmane, Netgun and Plant Z. We've also made balance tweaks to various creatures and items that we think will make PvP more fun and interesting. This patch also includes two newly breedable creatures! We do plan to make some more currently un-breedable creatures breedable in the future so stay posted if your favorite isn't included in this one!
Last but not least, we're kicking this weekend off with a breeding EVO event and a look at some amazing community content!
An ARK Evolution Event is active until Monday the 11th with the following EVO perks on all Official Servers!
2X Breeding and Imprinting
2X Taming
2X Harvesting
2X XP
Creator: pterafier We are all excited to see what the Season 1 MONARKY series has in store! Check out the trailer below and hop on over to Episode 1 if you're as interested as we are!
Creator: The AxeMan Get an early look at the new Titan Map by @codigoalex_. We have a feeling this will be a popular community map!