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  • Community Crunch 377: Shastasaurus Concept Art, Creature Submissions, and More!

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    The vast oceans of The Center will shudder in awe when Shastasaurus makes its majestic arrival in ARK: Survival Ascenced. Although we're only showing a look at an untamed Shastasaurus, we're preparing to unveil this oceanic titan with its saddle concept soon!

     

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    We are landing on the corrupted world of Extinction for our next Community Creature Contest. What will be the fan-voted real-world creature that will launch with the map for ARK: Survival Ascended

    Please note that this creature will be released for Extinction, so make sure your real-world submissions are in theme with that map! As previously stated, we’ll add an additional real-world creature for each expansion pack map release on ARK: Survival Ascended.

    Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process, and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life!

    • The entry period will end at 1 PM Pacific on September 11th.
    • The voting will begin immediately after and end on September 18th at 1PM Pacific.
    • The winner will be announced in the Crunch of September 22nd.

    Make sure to check our Twitter on September 11th for the RankedVote link!

    *Note that the proposed features for the creatures from the submission entry are meant to inspire their design, but certain aspects may still be modified.

     


     

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

    We have already taken one snapshot and intent to take another during the week of the Official Network Shutdown in September.

    Browse August save games here

    • Nitrado servers using the Official Save games are now available here.
      • 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.

    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 is live! 

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    Check out Crunch 376 for all the details.

     


     

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    Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Tuesday, September 5th.
    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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    Now through September 10th, players can pick up ARK: Survival Evolved for 50% off!


    ARK: Survival Evolved is now updated to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4 with improved visuals, increased performance and tons of new content! Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
    Get it on the Nintendo eShop now!

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

     

     

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    Creator: BitMoreDave

    When Myth Busters meet ARK: BitMoreDave is here to confirm or bust some ARK myths!

     

    Creator: TheGamingClassroom

    Join TheGamingClassroom as he discovers the joys of Megalania on The Center!

     

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    Extinction by @WolfTek7

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    Kaprosuchus by ValmarBD

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    Are you getting hungry? by @falco_luna

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    ARK sprites by aceofintuition

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    Screenshot by renyisz

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    Excellent work by Primeval Pickles by WickedNinjaGames

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    Scorched Earth, aka The Map That Turned Me Feral by 13skeletons

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    Enjoy your weekend!
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    I can't wait for ASA! Thanks for all the work guys. The new dino is going to be awesome, excited to hopefully get the spider for extinction!

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    Wildcard selle sous marin ont vous attende aux tournants 😉

     

     

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    On 9/1/2023 at 7:14 PM, RebelKevin94 said:

    This is absolutely amazing and huge, the artwork is great, outstanding WildCard

    Are you a bot?

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    4 hours ago, Sinnersgrin said:

    I can't wait for ASA! Thanks for all the work guys. The new dino is going to be awesome, excited to hopefully get the spider for extinction!

    Are you a bot?

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    37 minutes ago, teribug said:

    Are you a bot?

    Yes. According to how many times I fail captcha tests.

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    On 9/2/2023 at 12:05 PM, LeDonkaConka said:

    Pretty cool looking fella

    me too

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    shastasaurus looks sick. looks like a combo of a dinosaur and a whale (ik it is an ichthyosaur). hope it has the sub saddle though, would be dumb if it didnt 

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    On 9/3/2023 at 10:02 PM, ladymarina said:

    25 a month

    I didn’t hear this part. I knew that they’re forcing people to pay if they want a single player world but seriously, 25 bucks? I pay somewhere around 55 for three maps at 10 slots. You guys are being ripped off. Seriously genuinely ripped off.

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    Wow I’m am really worried now reading these post. 5 years I been play ark on Xbox. I have 9 bases on different server. No way I can afford to pay for 9 different servers. If I have known how this was going to go down. I would have never started all these bases. On every new map.  I played 387 days and 8 hours of ark.  Now that I cant save my Xbox save game files. I don’t think I’ll never touch ark again. Just because of this. Paying for the game twice is a mistake on wildcard. Forcing us to pay a server company you owe mass money to because they bought server rights. Just To run our saved games. Is horrible. This why I think they loaned the money to wildcard to have soul right to server access. If players want to continue playing their years of work. They have pay the server company major amounts of money every month. It’s like holding Xbox players for ransom. I think if they don’t come up with a save file solution at the end of shutdown date. People should not pay or play the new ark accended or ark 2. This terrifying that they would do this to loyal player. If we all let them do this. What make you think this won’t happen again and again and again. When does it stop. The creator vote is just a distraction for what’s really going on. It just there to keep everyone interested. Note if we still see all the same errors in the next version. All they did was swap some in game models for new ones. They done this before Eg. mammoth. We all know now wildcard is hurting for money. Because of server cost. I did call this last year, by the way. Let’s hope they find solutions to these problems and Not go bankrupt. This message is recorded. It might get removed. Yes I did correct this message. I woke up. Started writing this. Lol mistake.

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    1 hour ago, bluewizard said:

    Wow I’m am really worried now reading these post. 5 years I been play ark on Xbox. I have 9 bases on different server. No way I can afford to pay for 9 different servers. If I have known how this was going to go down. I would have never started a base. On every new map.  I played 387 days and 8 hours of ark.  Now that I can save my Xbox save game files. I don’t think I’ll never touch ark again. Just because of this. Paying for the game twice is a mistake. Forcing us to pay a company you owe mass money to because they bought server rights. To run our saved game. Is horrible. This why they loaned the money and bought the right because players want to continue playing they have pay them. It’s like holding Xbox players for ransom. I think if they don’t come up with a save file solution at the end of shutdown date. People should not pay or play the new ark accended or ark 2. This terrifying that they would do this to loyal player. If we all let them do this. What make you think this won’t happen again. This message is recorded. It might get removed. 

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    Ok I just want to say one more thing. It terrifying how this is all going down right now. For Pc players and console players a like. For the next Version of ark “ark accended”  we all hate how the server a being taken down and forced to pay for a server or nine. to continue our games. Here’s what WE can all do! We can not play the next version of ark or even not buy or play it. We can all NOT play on official servers anymore so this may not happen to us again. My opinion Wildcard is making poor business decision. Heres why! An most of you don’t want to hear this. For games to last and continue to have revenue. “Making money” . They need to have micro transactions. This keeps employees working. Pays for server cost. Pays for equipment. Keeps stock holders happy. Games are a business. Healthy business will make happy players. Keep server up and running and more money can get dumped into bug fixing. Like I said no one wants to hear this. You know I am right. If they do, do micro transactions please keep the cost low and affordable. Ark and wildcard needs to evolve to continue running. 

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    4 hours ago, bluewizard said:

    You know I am right. 

    I don't know.

    There are so many ways of monetization's and so many business models nowadays.

    Do you know amount of money WC got by selling Ark and all dlcs  in last 7 years?

    Google it, inform yourself. I don't know what they did with all that money but in my opinion should be more than enough for Ark remastered, for Ark2, for servers and all other expenses. Is obvious that money is long gone for unknown reasons hence all delays in production.

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    i dont know if this has to be said but i think that there should be multiple winners for this vote for a few reasons. reason 1 is extiction is a large map with not a lot of biodiversity so it would be awsome to have quite a few winners like the top 3 or 5. And my 2nd reason is because of the amazing calaberation between the top 10 submitters.

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    I’m so excited for this creature! It’s one of my absolute favorites, and was the largest marine reptile to ever live.

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