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  • Community Crunch 186: Introducing Valguero

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

    Introducing Valguero

    We are excited to announce the next map to land on the Offical Network.  This free map will be available for PC on June 18th 10AM PST and available on console in July.  We are excited to partner with our amazing modding community to bring free content to all ARK fans. We know you will likely have lots of questions about the map if you haven't had the opportunity to play it.  We've taken the liberty of compiling some frequently asked questions.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What is the map size for Valguero?

    Approximately 60 km2 (24 sq mi) in size

    (In comparison The Island is 48 km2 (19 sq mi), Ragnarok is 98 km2 (38 sq mi)

    What engrams will be allowed on Valguero?

    The Island, Scorched Earth, and Aberration engrams will be allowed on Valguero.

    What unique biomes will I find in the Valguero?

    The White Cliffs Biome - From sprawling green flatlands encompassed by massive white rocks, to narrow canyons and tall plateaus, the White Cliffs are the perfect location for building your base.

    Tundra Biome - Dry and arid foliage covers the rolling hills of dying grass and desolate fir trees in this biome. A cold and unforgiving place, the Tundra is a place to tread lightly.

    Savannah Biome - Nestled adjacent to the Jungle biome a top a cliffside, the Savannah is a cozy starting location to build in relative safety amongst its dry and open fields.

    Aberration Biome - The first official mod map to include a massive fertile chamber unique to Valguero! This massive cave is a great location to find some of your favorite Aberration dinos, and find a safe place to call home underground.

    What unique creatures will I find on Valguero?

    While exploring Valguero, Ark players will run into our newest dinosaur yet, the Deinonychus! The Deinonychus is fiercely territorial in the wild. They will protect their nests against any who dare to trespass. 

    Where can I locate the Deinonychus on Valguero?

    The Deinonychus can be found primarily in the White Cliffs biome with some packs moving into the Jungle and Savannah biome.

    Will cryopods and cryo-fridges work on Valguero?

    Yes.

    Will transfers be allowed when the map launches?

    Similar to past DLC launches, transfers will be disabled.

    Will Customer Service offer compensation for lost dinos at launch?

    Similar to past DLC launches, Customer Service will not be offering compensation (On Valguero specifically) for lost items until further notice.

    Is the Deinonychus tameable/breedable/ridable?

    Tameable: No Breedable: Yes Ridable: Yes

    What is the estimated size for PC?

    ~7GB

    When will this update reach console?

    July.

    What types of servers should we expect to see?

    Legacy:

    • PVE & PVP: NA, EU, OC
    • CrossArks

    Non-Legacy::

    • PVE & PVP: NA, EU, OC
    • CrossArks
    • SmallTribes
    • Classic PVP
    • Arkpocalypse (Short "Season")

    Upcoming Changes

    Included in the Valguero patch tomorrow, we'll be addressing some much-needed exploit fixes and balance changes:

    • Fixed an exploit with Gasbags
    • Plant Z's weight is now 21
    • Fixed an exploit with feeding Plant Y seeds.
    • Cryopod and Cryofridge engrams are now available on all maps (edited) 

    For modders, we've included some enhancements to the Dev Kit.

    • Added Git Plugin
    • Added JSON object library.
    • Added blueprint interface for anonymous communication between mods.
    • Added helper functions for:
    • Searching for creatures by ID.
    • Retrieving filtered class lists.

    Community Feedback

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    Thank you for expressing your feedback about ARK and sharing your experiences with the team. Our community is very active in social media and contribute to our successes.  Because of that, we want to make sure that we are getting feedback on specifics in addition to the Suggestions Forum and your general feedback on social media.  Be on the lookout for your opportunity to weigh in!

     

    Evolution Event!

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    Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 21st of June at 1 PM EST until Monday the 24th of June at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

    • 2x Harvesting Rates
    • 2x Taming Rates
    • 2x EXP Rates

     

    As always if you’ve got anything to share you can find us at:

    Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark
    Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark
    Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark
    Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark
    Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark
    Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110
    Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark

    All the best,
    Studio Wildcard


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    On valguero There are Wyverns from Scorched Earth and the ice ones from Ragnarok, there are griffins from Ragnarok as well; Will there be Rock Drakes and Reapers From Abberation?, we have not really seen them, other than the corrupted ones on Extinction but you cant tame/Hatch any of them, so please I hope you add tameable/Hatchable ones on Valguero!

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    7 minutes ago, andrewdiaczuk2003 said:

    Will there be Reapers, and Rock Drakes in the abberation cave on valguero? I hope so, Those are the best things from abberation, like how wyverns are one of the best things from Scorched Earth!

     

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    On valguero There are Wyverns from Scorched Earth and the ice ones from Ragnarok, there are griffins from Ragnarok as well; Will there be Rock Drakes and Reapers From Abberation?, we have not really seen them, other than the corrupted ones on Extinction but you cant tame/Hatch any of them, so please I hope you add tameable/Hatchable ones on Valguero!

    Something i am shure most ARK players would love to have on the new map!

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    On 6/20/2019 at 12:56 AM, LadyKunaya said:

    I'm pretty excited for this to hit console, does anyone know if the Deinon has a "Roar"? From what I heard of it's voice/call in the trailer, I freaking LOVED, plus, I love also how the base of it's tail looks like porcupine quills kinda, wonder if they're a part of one of it's color regions? 

    I'm kinda concerned about how laggy this map will be for console, considering how many biomes are squished all into one map that's smaller than Ragnarok, but excited nonetheless!

    Unfortunately, no roar.  They do have neat chirpy noises and such, and they run fast!  This morning, my 135 and twin-145s finished on Official, and I've been taking them out killing stuff.  They shred stuff pretty well, but have fairly low HP pools so after 3 packs of Allos, all 3 were a bit beat up.  Still got the job done though!

    Also, their jumping has a strange delay to it, but so far the wall-leapups have been good for me.  And, no fall damage!  The pounce-grip on bigger dinos eaaaats up stamina if you spam bites while attached, but with my pack of 3 things don't last long. 

    Info for ya:  5 hour egg incubation, and (my own crappy calculations) baby phase is ~3.88 hours (call it 4), total maturation is ~39 hours from hatch.  25% per imprint on 1x breeding rates, with about 3-4% slack on each imprint (first imprint is at about 22% maturation).  EDIT:  Additionally about incubation, they have infinite egg "health" due to being spawned wild (like Wyvern and Rock Drake eggs).  So if its "Too Hot" or "Too Cold," egg health stays at 100 making it easier to incubate them with campfires.

    Edited by TheDonn

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    2 hours ago, omfgmaybe said:

    soo no 2x yet

     

    They said it will not be a x2 in Valguero. Its on already but not on Valguero. And it is really a nonsense. 

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    3 hours ago, andrewdiaczuk2003 said:

    Will there be Reapers, and Rock Drakes in the abberation cave on valguero? I hope so, Those are the best things from abberation, like how wyverns are one of the best things from Scorched Earth!

    Why would they add as you say " The best things from abberation " to a free map? They need to sell DLC to fund their next garbage game, "cough"  Atlas  "cough " Sorry flu Season in Australia. 

    Only reason Ragnarok got Wyverns as the game was pretty dead at that point, No one like SE there was no extra DLC coming out any time soon and someone else had done ( granted it was like 30% completed ) all the hard work for them.

     

    Now i love Abb, Favourite Map. It's Gorgeous, has the best dino in the game for PvP from what i understand  ( Reapers ) but if you remove Rock drakes and Reapers and in turn Basilisks due to no eggs the map is useless and a complete waste of time.

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    I'd prefer if they left nameless/reapers and basilisks off but added Rock Drakes. All they would need to do is give us another source for Venom and we're set. I do agree that not everything great about AB should be on Val though, otherwise what's the point of even playing on AB?

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    On 6/21/2019 at 3:22 PM, TheDonn said:

    Unfortunately, no roar.  They do have neat chirpy noises and such, and they run fast!  This morning, my 135 and twin-145s finished on Official, and I've been taking them out killing stuff.  They shred stuff pretty well, but have fairly low HP pools so after 3 packs of Allos, all 3 were a bit beat up.  Still got the job done though!

    Also, their jumping has a strange delay to it, but so far the wall-leapups have been good for me.  And, no fall damage!  The pounce-grip on bigger dinos eaaaats up stamina if you spam bites while attached, but with my pack of 3 things don't last long. 

    Info for ya:  5 hour egg incubation, and (my own crappy calculations) baby phase is ~3.88 hours (call it 4), total maturation is ~39 hours from hatch.  25% per imprint on 1x breeding rates, with about 3-4% slack on each imprint (first imprint is at about 22% maturation).  EDIT:  Additionally about incubation, they have infinite egg "health" due to being spawned wild (like Wyvern and Rock Drake eggs).  So if its "Too Hot" or "Too Cold," egg health stays at 100 making it easier to incubate them with campfires.

    Ah, still sounds awesome though! Thanks for so much info! Also, I saw what looked like porcupine quills on its tail base, is that more or less what they are? And do they seem to be part of any of its color regions? Have you tried breeding them yet? Also, compared to a Giga, how much do they seem to eat while maturing? 

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    10 minutes ago, xIDiablax said:

    Do you guys know when is the exact day for the consoles?

    No.

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    3 hours ago, LadyKunaya said:

    Ah, still sounds awesome though! Thanks for so much info! Also, I saw what looked like porcupine quills on its tail base, is that more or less what they are? And do they seem to be part of any of its color regions? Have you tried breeding them yet? Also, compared to a Giga, how much do they seem to eat while maturing? 

    The quills are just decoration, they have no use with leftclick, rightclick, c, or x.  I have several imprinted ones now, and they mature quickly so they definitely don't eat (or hold meat) like Gigas.  Really nothing does, thankfully (tuso and mosa have much higher weight stats so they stabilize quicker).  As far as color regions, I'm not sure:  Maybe arkpedia has some extra info about it?

    I will say that once you get a decent amount of points in melee, they will bring the pain.  If you save some stamina, you can generally flee pretty easily from things that you load up with some bleeds.  I was disappointed to find out that you can't latch on to Wyverns though...  I thought that would be great.  Yet strangely you can latch on to Argies, which are far smaller.

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    can someone pls tell me if transfers of dinos and itens between valguero  official servers are allowed ? i m talking about valguero only?

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    2 hours ago, jpcab said:

    can someone pls tell me if transfers of dinos and itens between valguero  official servers are allowed ? i m talking about valguero only?

    No

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    I enjoy ark and maps like Valgeuro but why can’t ark remove the split screen barrier. Me and my brother play split screen all the time but the barrier causes  so much lag and you can’t go anywhere because the barrier is there. I no splitscreen isn’t a very big topic for the ark devs but please add back the setting to edit the barrier or just remove the barrier. I love your game keep, it up.

    Edited by Kubey22
    I meant to say ,keep it up

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    I won't be playing time after time ark let's me down and this is the next nail in the coffin... We need fixes not map why can't they understand that... The game is still broken 

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    On the video, there was a griffin, but when I looked up the creatures on the map, the griffin was not on the list. Sooo will the griffin spawn on the map?

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    Come on Wildcard, its July* and there's still no release date for console. I really want to play Valguero and with deinonychus!

    Edited by FantasyDragon0

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    1 hour ago, FantasyDragon0 said:

    Come on Wildcard, its June

    Wut

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    Friday is Approaching so for the 10000000000 Billionth time!! What server types please?

    PrimPlus? 

    Offline Raid Protection? 

    New crossarks to combat the duping? 

    Please just list what server types will be released on console? Really can’t see this being to much to ask!!!!!

    Edited by AdamV

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    47 minutes ago, AdamV said:

    Friday is Approaching so for the 10000000000 Billionth time!! What server types please?

    PrimPlus? 

    Offline Raid Protection? 

    New crossarks to combat the duping? 

    Please just list what server types will be released on console? Really can’t see this being to much to ask!!!!!

    You’ll find out. Friday. 

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