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  • Community Crunch 376: Community Creature Winner, EVO Event, and More!

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    The community made ARK history this week by crowning the first-ever aquatic creature winner of the community creature vote. Keep reading to find out what creature will make its new home in the vast oceans of ARK: Survival Ascended's The Center.  Keep that fantastic creativity flowing because another community creature vote is right around the corner!


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    With over 39k votes, Shastasaurus will be the new creature added to The Center for ARK: Survival Ascended. We are looking forward to sharing its concept and dossier in the weeks to come!

    If you are interested in seeing exactly how the voting went, check it out here.

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    To recap previous announcements, we’ll be taking save games from the Official Network and providing the files to you so that you can host your own server and continue the progress you’ve made on the Official Network.

    We intend to take two different save snapshots, one timeline will be communicated below and the second will happen during the week of the Official Network Shutdown in September.

    • The first save snapshot will be provided on Wednesday, August 30th (8/30).
    • On Wednesday, we’ll be providing access to your PC saves and you’ll also be able to directly rent a server from Nitrado who can host your PC or console saves. 
      • Nitrado servers using the Official Save games are now available for pre-order here.
        • Pre-order your server today and save an additional 20% discount using promo code: SAVEYOURARK
        • You’ll be able to:
          • Access to all official save games for all platforms – PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
          • Easily import the save game with one click using the web interface.
          • Have access to a comprehensive guide and FAQs telling you everything you need to know about hosting servers.
        • For more information, please visit this page.
        • Pre-order and promo code are not available for XBOX.
           
    • Remember we’ll be taking another save snapshot during the week of the Official Network Shutdown in September in preparation for ASA’s October release, with more details to come at a later date!

     


     

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    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 7!

    Classic PvP Season 7 launches on the 28th of August 6 p.m. Pacific Time! 

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    • Experience gain, taming, gathering have been tripled compared to our standard Official Servers (3x)
    • Breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been tripled compared to our standard Official Servers (3x)
    • 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, Valguero, and The Center
    • These maps will not be available: Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Extinction, Fjordur and Lost Island
    • 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, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, and Genesis Part 2 content is unavailable on Classic PvP
    • Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced
    • TEK Engrams only for those allowed in the maps
    • No cave building
    • No net guns
    • Rhyniognatha will not spawn on The Island
    • Garchas will not spawn on any map
    • 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

     


     

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    Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, August 28th.
    All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

    *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, 2x hexagon
    Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
    ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
    Conquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

     

     

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    Creator: Syntac

    Syntac attempts to tame the clever and deceitful Indoraptor from Moro's Indomitable Duo mod.

     

    Creator: NERD Potion 2.0 feat. Aviva Arcade

    Couples that play together, stay together. Nerd Potion and Aviva Arcade prove it as they use the power of teamwork to tame a shiny Spectral Bazelgeuse and a Burning Nergigante from the mod Ark Monster Hunter and Shiny! Dinos mod. 

     

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    ARK Fasolasuchus Saddle Fan Concept by EmilyStepp

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    ARK fanart by Antiallt1

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    Willow by Rhallwyn

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    Ark: The Island, Cover Story by MayaPatch

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    Giga VS Wyvern Rematch by Umbra-Daiwrfol

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    But what about single player saves for console? Renting servers is not an option for everyone and I've put too much work into building, taming, and breeding to let you scum-sucking, money-grubbing diseased leeches take it all away with no way to save it

     

    Or what about the animated series? Haven't heard about that in months. Did it get thrown aside too?

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    Also Also! this tames main shtick is submarine saddle. A nice replacement for the Megachelon (base turtle) Because the Turtles not coming with us to ARK2. HOWEVER!! Neither will "Submarine saddles" It wont fit in a TEKless world of ARK2. While the Hermit Crab was all natural BB. Justice for the Hermit Crab!!!! lol

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    5 hours ago, Kyarno89 said:

    So it's a transport and explorer beast...
    I seem to recall the spider for the Aber vote being similar, yet we got that chicken f*cker.
    This is why I quit ark. 
    If it's big or good at damage it will win.

    100% facts. Justice for the Hermit Crab!!!

    and I remember the SE vote. there was a Chameleon and a Chameleon that looked like a T-rex... T-rex with Chameleon eyes was in 2nd place while the actual Chameleon (full on Chameleon with the togue and wall climbing and everything!) and it wasnt even top 10. no one seems to want variety nor are they keeping the future of ARK 2 in mind. like a Submarine Saddle? there's not gonna be no TEK in Ark2. so this creatures big sell wont be in the larger project. just another fish.... sad man. sad sight truly.  JUSTICE FOR THE HERMIT CRAB!!!!

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    So u really plan on starting a new Classic season snail games ????
    After how u cheated hacked meshed duped aimbotted , did EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to all tribes and just banned ur way through an entire season...............

    NO ONE WILL PLAY CLASSIC LOL...
    Tea u must be braindead to think u can start a new season after all the poop u just did previous season.

    And what about ASA ??? u said oktober but now u release a new classic season with 1 month to go? 
    So that means ASA will be even more delayed...

    No one is gonna play vs Tea or Not Pistole.
    Admins cheating their way through an entire season banning all they cant beat while CLEARLY hacking all the time , duping aimbotting meshing esp ect u name it they got it. 

    Everything snail games does is just wrong and not how u are soposed to treat a community

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    • Garchas will not spawn on any map

    i cant believe they wont have garchas :( 

    is it supposed to be carchas?
    Are they even playing their game or just posting stuff online and taking Ls from snailgames?
    The letter C and G are like not even next to each other, they literally tought it was spelled with a G.

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    A cheetah nearly won the centre vote! How can you even defend such a travesty. I'm so glad the shasta n crab came to the rescue. My faith in humanity hang by a thread aswell as this communities ability to use logic. Ps I hope they scrap the submarine saddle idea, just to teach you all a lesson aha as if implement that is even realisticly possible. Come on now children... Time to grow up

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    Honestly, scummy as can be to be at this point and to have NOTHING to show us.

     

    I’m going to buy an XBSX and ASA based off of what? Better looking stone picks and higher walls? 
     

    F. You could not have done this worse if you had purposely tried to sink it. I fear greatly for the future of this game and am leaning towards you being bought out as the only viable solution. 
     

    Again, the worst communication possible. You didn’t even attempt to sell your own game….

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    10 minutes ago, Cockneysaywaa said:

    A cheetah nearly won the centre vote! How can you even defend such a travesty. I'm so glad the shasta n crab came to the rescue. My faith in humanity hang by a thread aswell as this communities ability to use logic. Ps I hope they scrap the submarine saddle idea, just to teach you all a lesson aha as if implement that is even realisticly possible. Come on now children... Time to grow up

    A Cheetah has great utility. Another water tame will join the rest of the water tames that never get used……I’ll certainly never have any desire to tame this.

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    1 minute ago, rhaegar971 said:

    Is ASA releasing early or late October? 

    Given that we have seen no footage or media of ASA whatsoever yet, and seeing as they are now being pressured to release by October 31 due to Snailgame's debt, I'd imagine it to release on october 31, if at all in october.

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    10 hours ago, Alferdo said:

    I don't dislike shastasaurus but I think Mesoparapylocheles was much better

    I hope that in the next votes he will win.

     

    If you think about it, it happened perfectly, the center was the best map for the Shastasaurus being a giant ocean creature it needed a giant vast ocean but the the giant hermit crab mesoparapylocheles can go on many maps with water and I agree with you I believe it will win on one of those with enough support, I really really like it too 

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    9 hours ago, GatorGamer869 said:

    I agree, but I just think that the Shast won't be the most useful thing in the center, not because it doesn't fit with the map, but because apart from artifacts, there isn't much to do in the ocean, so unless Wildcard re-works the center's oceans to be more interesting like the one on genesis, something like the crab or the nothosaurus which could go on land would be much better. I mean, what's the point in having a giant submarine when there isn't anywhere for you to bring you tames?

    We can always vote for the giant hermit crab and nothosaurus on another map with an ocean

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    9 hours ago, Arambourgiania said:

    I was really hoping for the giant hermit crab, but I'm sure I'll like whatever Wildcard does with Shastasaurus. The final result could have been worse in my opinion.

    Let’s vote for the giant hermit crab on lost island or another map with an ocean, what do you think?

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    8 hours ago, Romuluas said:

    I was wishing for the Miracinonyx and/or Hermit Crab to win, but I'm fine with this too. At least more than I was with the Yi Qi (or Yi Ling as it's called) I do hope these 2 respectably win the next votes along with Maevia winning the Extinction vote as the Miracinonyx, Hermit Crab and Maevia are three of (some of) the best creature vote designs by far!

     

    Can't wait to see the next vote!

    We definitely didn’t need cat Jesus mircinonyx on a vast ocean map like the center tho, there’s other great maps for it

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    8 hours ago, Romuluas said:

    They've already announced that they will add a new real world creature onto EACH SUSEQUENT MAP. Meaning both community and Cannon maps, whether or not they will be votes is a different question. But taking the fact that they have done 4 creature votes so far leads me to believe they will do one for all of them even Lost Island and Fjordur.

    That is correct 

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    9 hours ago, GatorGamer869 said:

    I agree, I think that the hermit crab had one of the most detailed and impressive submissions of any dino I have seen for a while and it needs to redeem itself. I do also think that the next/last vote will be Valguero because lost isles just got the Rhyniognatha added to it, fjordur is the newest map and probably won't have a vote, crystal isles is a bit random and 'unique' so 1 creature might not fit it, the genesis's are, well, dare I explain? and extiction has the same problem as crystal isles, 1 creature wouldn't fully suit the map.

    Each and every map will have a creature vote besides the island, the rhyniognatha was a stand alone vote

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    9 hours ago, GhostCreep said:

    Why has it usually been the most trash creature voted the winner…? make it make sense.

    Better than cat Jesus winning that can walk on water

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    9 hours ago, SoMeDuDeWhOcAnTpUlL said:

    Agreed. I'm honestly kinda pissed. No hate to the creator of the Shasta, but the crab even had animations. He was my favorite throughout the vote. 

    Just vote for it on another map with an ocean that’s my game plan

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    well, the worst creature win, i want a aquatic creature win too, but literally all of them are better than the winner, idk people want acuatic home, but the lobster, the crab, the nothosaurus, the prehistoric orca, and we have another mosa but with better home...... i love democracy....

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    The single herbivore got eliminated first round... again...

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    3 hours ago, Voidtoker said:

    A Cheetah has great utility. Another water tame will join the rest of the water tames that never get used……I’ll certainly never have any desire to.

    Oh come on you just want it for the cute kittens!.. you can't fool me sir. Lool

    Look I get what your saying but it's the centre man! Plus some people actually like water tames still.

    Also what about it is so different compared to say a thylca or Catfish aka (Shadowmane) from gen.2? Expect getting round the map even faster.. its a sandbox your suppose to feel like traverse across the land is a daunting task. imo that is and another opinion is that we need less super powered creature n more simple ones.

    Like the orca for example lmao winkieface

     

    Yes I'm a soar loser. Today. I want my Alpha murder whales Ark!!

    Don't judge me for being weak lool

    I bet even Jesus himself made a crappy table every now and again.

    Also full disclosure I liked every submission for this vote except the flying fish n kitty cat. Great ideas both of them no shade to the creators just not my cup of tea. I want evil monstrosity that make me want to quit in rage not cute play things. We have breeding for that. Which I also love 😍

    But when I leave base I won't terror and anxiety 🙃

    I hope I'm not alone!

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    11 hours ago, Flutox said:

    Soo, does anybody know when the next community crunch is coming out???

    Depending on your location, Next Friday night, or next Saturday morning

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    Little ask, can we get our official save and use it on solo, without buy a server from Nitrado ? That don’t seen very clear ?

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    50 minutes ago, Cockneysaywaa said:

    Oh come on you just want it for the cute kittens!.. you can't fool me sir. Lool

    Look I get what your saying but it's the centre man! Plus some people actually like water tames still.

    Also what about it is so different compared to say a thylca or Catfish aka (Shadowmane) from gen.2? Expect getting round the map even faster.. its a sandbox your suppose to feel like traverse across the land is a daunting task. imo that is and another opinion is that we need less super powered creature n more simple ones.

    Like the orca for example lmao winkieface

     

    Yes I'm a soar loser. Today. I want my Alpha murder whales Ark!!

    Don't judge me for being weak lool

    I bet even Jesus himself made a crappy table every now and again.

    Also full disclosure I liked every submission for this vote except the flying fish n kitty cat. Great ideas both of them no shade to the creators just not my cup of tea. I want evil monstrosity that make me want to quit in rage not cute play things. We have breeding for that. Which I also love 😍

    But when I leave base I won't terror and anxiety 🙃

    I hope I'm not alone!

    I would taken any land animal, even a toad that had no abilities over a water tame. I’d estimate that I have spent less than 1% of my time playing Ark underwater. No interest on any level. 
     

    As for the Cheetah, I dislike the Thyla and Sabre. I would not count the Shadowmane in the category personally. I enjoy the mammals and wish there were more. 
     

    Cool that some people like the newest submission, buts it’s easy to understand why many players aren’t interested in the water at all. Not when Ark is the most likely game to disconnect me of all time lol.

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    2 hours ago, Voidtoker said:

    I would taken any land animal, even a toad that had no abilities over a water tame. I’d estimate that I have spent less than 1% of my time playing Ark underwater. No interest on any level. 
     

    As for the Cheetah, I dislike the Thyla and Sabre. I would not count the Shadowmane in the category personally. I enjoy the mammals and wish there were more. 
     

    Cool that some people like the newest submission, buts it’s easy to understand why many players aren’t interested in the water at all. Not when Ark is the most likely game to disconnect me of all time lol.

    Aha now I understand. Il be honest I'm out of touch with the state of the online fiasco that is ark. Aswell as being completely obvious to the pvp side of it. (Last time I played pvp the centre was the newest map and I opened what seemed to be an innocent chest till a pack of feral players wielding flamethrowers came charging out the treeline. Ah interesting times indeed!) But a tale for another day my dear boy.

    We're was I. Aha yes. I do agree we could always use more variety but as a strictly soloplayer on console, I want (selfishly), there to be creatures added that offer us challenges and rewards respectively both tamed and wild for every map. I think every chance we as players/fans get too influence a new addition to the game is priceless, especially when I comes to creatures. 

     

    But I do hop3 you get your wish and that some more mammals are added in future votes. Just not super kitty lool great imagination on the creators part. I take nothing away from the concept. Maybe on one of the new dlc's coming with ASA, there can be a tek frontier/homeworld where everything has be genetically altered/enhanced (kind of like a good version of rockwell's evil corruption plan). a place where every creature has a end game tek saddle. And the world was made by Helena (or who ever the good force is). then it might fit perfectly.

     

    These are just my personal feelings. I still haven't ascended the first map legit, but have all the dlc's n played through most maps enough to have a broad sense of what SP is like. Still what i say osnt gospel. Not even close as a matter of fact. But Solos pretty daunting without stack mod, plus im used to lvl150's even tho the island has far less the the alt maps.

     

    Either way Im genuinely looking forward to ASA whatever happens. just getting mods alone will be a massive bonus useless we can't edit/tweak the creature spawn rates on next gen console. I'm very worried about the fine tuning your SP worlds n even the multiplayer ones tbh.

    Ps I don't miss the constant lag and disconnection from online but flying has its risks too and I feel like we should vote on concepts with the games biggest merits in mind, not its major flows.

     

     

     

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