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  • Community Crunch 130: New Beginner Servers & More!

    Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! :Jerbhi:

    Upcoming New Servers!

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    Beginner Servers:

    Tomorrow, May 8th at approximately 10 am PST we will be launching a new set of servers called Beginner servers! 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. 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 levelling 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.

    Once established on a beginner server survivors can choose to exit into the rest of the official server network by uploading their character and moving to another server for the full ARK experience. Downloads of any kind are permanently disabled on Beginner servers so once you upload your character and leave the server you can't come back.

    *Beginner* servers will be available to play on all platforms (PC and consoles) tomorrow! Tune into our Twitter account for further release information. https://twitter.com/survivetheark

    Speciality Servers:

    Speciality servers are alternate game modes for ARK that last for a short period of time. Each new theme will bring on a new set of challenges different from that of servers currently available. However, these seasonal servers will wipe and change theme after a determined period of time.

    We're looking for input from you today. We've set up a thread and we'd appreciate if you could drop your suggestions into the separate thread below. Changes will revolve around edits that can be made to the existing config. These types of changes can include many things like: tribe/alliance size, anything related to dino stats and taming, server rates, etc.

    If you have a game mode that you think would be fun to play be sure to leave your comment in the thread:

    Fresh Servers:

    Tomorrow, May 8th at approximately 10 am PST we will be launching a new set of servers on Xbox and PS4 called Fresh. These Fresh servers have downloads disabled but uploads enabled for a period of 60 days. After 60 days transfers will open and they will no longer be called Fresh servers. Players are invited to play and build up on these servers without the threat of existing alpha tribes before joining the official server network at the end of the 60 day period.

    *FRESH* servers will be available to play on consoles tomorrow (Fresh servers are already available on PC)! Tune into our Twitter account for further release information. https://twitter.com/survivetheark

    Community Livestreams!

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    Beginning this Thursday on May 10th and continuing every other week on Thursdays, the community team will be doing biweekly livestreams! 

    During these livestreams we will have Zen Rowe, Chris, and Jen bringing ARK news, celebrating modding, and the community as a whole every other week. We'll be playing ARK, showing off mods, and showing off your community creations for all to see. Survivors are invited to join us in the chat (and sometimes even in-game) to play and talk with the community team and other developers.

    At this time we're going to begin gathering up your community creations to be displayed on stream. We are accepting any type of ARK related fanart. This can be drawings, videos, builds, ANSEL screenshots, handmade crafts, anything ARK related!

    We will no longer be running Community Crunch contests here on the forums. The Community Crunch will transition into being our weekly news post, while the biweekly streams will become our new Community celebration initiative. We will instead be running contests on the livestreams, with a chance to win something special if your submission is the best of the bunch.

    You can submit your ARKwork to our streaming email address: arkfans@studiowildcard.com

    Be sure to follow us on our Twitch page so you don't miss a stream! twitch.tv/survivetheark

    Mod Community Updates!

    Last week we made a change to the Mod Tutorial Contests. We increased the length of time for contests going forward to be a full month, and we doubled the awards. This should make it easier for people to participate without feeling like they have to sacrifice on their mods, and for non-native English speakers who found it difficult to put something together under the previous time constraints. This change takes effect with the current Freestyle tutorial contest which is now accepting submissions until the end of the month.

    Now, it's time to announce the winner of the 4th Mod tutorial contest. The theme was "Space Day," a day dedicated to math, science, technology, and inspiring people to take an interest. The winning submission was a collaborative effort between RedDwarf and Pleasure for a Solar Panel mod. They also included a bonus tutorial video that shows the entire process of creating the custom assets for the mod! 

    All of the submissions and links to the tutorials are available in the contest thread.

    ARK: Superfan Collector's Edition!

    We still have a limited number of ARK: Collector's Editions on PlayArk.com for purchase! It includes our special edition items (dossier book, map, necklace, soundtrack) but does not include the game or season pass. Grab all the cool Collector's items! Worldwide shipping is available. 

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    ARK: Evolution Event!

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    Our next Evolution Event will take place on the 11th of May at 1 PM EST until Monday the 14th at 3 PM EST.

    1.5x Harvesting
    1.5x Egg Hatching
    1.5x Gestation
    1.5x Maturation

    That's it for this post guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on:

    Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark
    Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark
    Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark
    Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark

    All the best,
    Studio Wildcard

    :Jerblove:

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    Kirayli

    I like the idea of beginner servers : ) I hope new players will find the servers.

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    Gravex

    You guys are going to get blasted on your streams and its going to be so funny. I hope you guys have a lot of moderators ready lol 

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    NandinhoSMSM

    I am having problems with my Server PVE, some players are spoiling the game player of many other games besides me, where I can support this issue, or the xbox one server is not supported, I am waiting for an answer.

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    pkurzawski

    I like the 3x crop growth but reducing harvest by .5x? What's the logic behind that?

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    NandinhoSMSM

    Essa porcaria de jogo cheio de erros e vocês criando outros servers, estou atras de suporte pra reportar alguns players e vocês nem ai. cade o suporte ?

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    Eli
    1 minute ago, pkurzawski said:

    I like the 3x crop growth but reducing harvest by .5x? What's the logic behind that?

    You misunderstand, harvest will be increased by .5x the normal rates, not reduced.

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    tormgod

    no he's saying its normally a 2x harvest but now its a 1.5x instead of a 2x thus being a reduction of .5 the normal event boost

    Edited by tormgod

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    pkurzawski
    You misunderstand, harvest will be increased by .5x the normal rates, not reduced.
    No what I'm trying to say is, normally we got 2x the normal rate.

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    Jomo2210

    Rather odd but definitely interesting evo event. I hope they create more interesting events throughout each month. Example: breeding event where it’s 2 time breeding. Or somthing like double lootdrop rate weekend. Idk. Just neat that their trying new stuff. 

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    Blackmage2015

    Can we also get 2x maturation for those of us who work 7 days a week. Or better yet freeze the babies when we aren’t online. Or even sell the v day chocolates in the store. 

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    pkurzawski
    Can we also get 2x maturation for those of us who work 7 days a week. Or better yet freeze the babies when we aren’t online. Or even sell the v day chocolates in the store. 
    Two words: Server cap.
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    chrissocal909

    I think the beginners should be required to play on new servers for a period of time. Hopefully, they can make some more servers for these players to migrate to once they develop some experience.

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    Rotix

    What a dumb evo event. I mean really, what kind of lunacy is this? No taming or exp and less harvesting to boot. But don’t worry, the alternatives we get are crop harvesting... and cooking effectiveness.... 

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    JunkeyMonkey24

    So wait I got one question? So is there not going to be 2x taming cause that ruins the weekend I’m  just wondering?

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    CourtneyBlack69

    What the raptor kind of event is that? You guys do realise that bullpoop like this is killing your own game lol. X3 crops like maintaining crops is soooo difficult in the first place. RIP ark!

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    skellri

    wow that evo event is....something...hm. not a fan.

    beginner servers are a wonderful idea though

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    Drudeezi

    DILO is the point in the 3x crop poop like really, listen to the community nobody wants that 

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    Menzor

    What time is the live stream on Thursday?

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    pkurzawski
    So wait I got one question? So is there not going to be 2x taming cause that ruins the weekend I’m  just wondering?
    Ruins the weekend? No 2x maturation ruins the weekend not taming. I'd take taming over cooking efficiency any day

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    tormgod
    4 minutes ago, pkurzawski said:
    30 minutes ago, JunkeyMonkey24 said:
    So wait I got one question? So is there not going to be 2x taming cause that ruins the weekend I’m  just wondering?

    Ruins the weekend? No 2x maturation ruins the weekend not taming. I'd take taming over cooking efficiency any day

    i think he means no 2x taming ruins the weekend

    Edited by tormgod

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