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    We’re blown away by the extraordinary generosity of our community during last weekend’s Extra Life charity event! Thanks to you, we’ve made a real difference together. And the excitement doesn’t stop there—a mighty new adventure that’s just around the corner!


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    ARK: Survival Ascended is bringing even more morphing action with ARK x Power Rangers Wave 2, set to release on January 23 for Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. This exciting follow-up to the original Power Rangers mod pack introduces new heroes and villains, available as a standalone pack for $9.99. Survivors can suit up as the iconic Green and White Rangers, harness the power of the Megazord, and encounter even more legendary characters.

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    We’ve got a pretty important update on Cryopods that addresses some community frustrations on both PvE and PvP. Let’s begin with PvE.

    We’re reverting the requirement for nearby Cryofridges when deploying Cryopods on PvE entirely. This brings back the experience to match what was on ARK: Survival Evolved. This change will come into effect on Monday, November 11th.

    Now for PvP. We’re not walking back all the changes for this game mode, but we will be making an adjustment. As of Monday, November 11th, we will no longer be checking to see if Enemies are in radius when deploying creatures from Cryopods (the cryofridge requirement will still remain), and we’ll be monitoring and evaluating the impact of this change and whether we feel it’s necessary to take it a step further. We've some other ideas about how we can address some of the pain points in PvP related to cryos, namely with specific tweaks to caves and cryo-related behaviour around caves, however we're going to hold on those changes for now until we've gathered more data.

     

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    We’ve identified a stall when dynamically downloading custom cosmetics, and it relates to the way that the mod plugins are being loaded in game. We’re looking into a solution to change how the mods are loaded and hope to have that resolved as soon as possible. In the interim you can eliminate the stalls by disabling “Dynamic Downloads” in the options menu. This will prevent the stalls, but also stop you from loading any custom cosmetics that are dynamically downloaded (ones you’ve manually installed should still work).

     

     

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    We're working closely with our partners at Nitrado to make the official server saves from our sunsetted servers available soon. We know how much these worlds mean to you, and we're committed to helping preserve your hard-earned progress. Stay tuned for more updates!

     

     

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    On April 8th, we deployed a new type of server across the network (for the various game types) that we refer to as "Expire" (which is what you can search for in the session filter). 

    These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on November 15th. We're preemptively using our allocation for Extinction to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience Aberration Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto Aberration temporarily.

    Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on November 15th, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.

     


     

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    We are beyond grateful for the incredible show of what can be achieved when gamers come together for a cause at this year's Extra Life Children’s Miracle Network fundraiser

    Once again, your generosity has left us in awe, smashing our goal with an incredible $130,788 during our 24-hour streaming marathon. This leaves us at a total of $1,071,697.27 raised in 23,382 donations over a decade of ARK Extra Life events. Yes, it’s been 10 years, wow! 

    Thank you to our wonderful gaming community for making this event another unforgettable success. Your generosity continues to make a profound difference in countless lives, your support means everything to us, and the kids!

    If you missed the stream, read the recap here to learn all about what was revealed!

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    For our Twitch users who won a prize, please remember to temporarily unblock whispers from strangers so we can reach out and arrange your prize delivery. We haven’t been able to connect with the following winners yet:

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    Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

     

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    Step into an age where medieval life meets prehistoric wonder! "Ark Medieval: Guilds & Goblins" reimagines Ark Survival Ascended, plunging you into a world brimming with dinosaurs, ancient technology, and magical creatures. Explore six stunningly detailed medieval building sets, each procedurally generated to make every structure as unique as your journey.

     

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    ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

    What are ARKpocalypse?

    • ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates and monthly-curated mods.

    Next wipe: December 6th 2024

     

    For this round, the following mods will be included: 

    You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!

     


     

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    During Fear Ascended, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Wednesday, November 13.

    • PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
    • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
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    In this video, Crabbytron will show you everything you need to know about taming Dreadmares!

     

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    1 hour ago, awildnoobsy said:

    Cry more i would amputate my freaking leg to have that change in pvp

    I don't cry, I criticize. Big difference. :)

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    20 hours ago, GP said:

    They originally said when they brought the cryopods out early that they will be monitoring them and adjusting where they see it necessary.

    And surely you can show me that and not just claim it? :)

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    4 hours ago, NYYankee said:

    And surely you can show me that and not just claim it? :)

    Look in the discord from last years extra life, pretty sure that's when they announced cryopods, and I know for a fact that this was said.

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    7 hours ago, Dragonkeeler said:

    Look in the discord from last years extra life, pretty sure that's when they announced cryopods, and I know for a fact that this was said.

    Excuse me, but why should I do that?


    Seriously: 
    If the person making an assertion to me doesn't think it's necessary to look for it himself to “prove” his assertion, why should I do it?
    If his lifetime is too precious for that, why should I waste my lifetime trying to find an argument for his claim?

    And even if it does, that doesn't change the fact that it also brings problems and not just advantages. And the disadvantages are my biggest problem. But they seem to be ignored.

    Problems like cave bombing with dinos, griefing pve players with dinos in their bases, etc etc etc. too many times i saw that in ASE.
    And please dont tell me the support bla bla bla bla bla.... they dont care about cheaters, dont care about griefer, etc. Many got reported with videos/screenshots/chats and nothing happend.
    (just some examples)

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    They need to just limit the drag weight of animals you can freely unpod in PvP.

    Allow smaller animals to cave and fly with, but restrict stuff like Gigas or Dragons to be within fridge range.

    The cryo change is a failure, has been from the beginning. My suggestion solves pocket gigas and alleviates player frustrations.

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    Just revert cryopods to ASE in pvp man. Bringing a generator and a cryofridge to every server you transfer to is not a limitation, its just plain annoying.

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    I decided to fight the Manticore for my birthday today. It was an outstanding success.

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    3 hours ago, Camo4546 said:

    I decided to fight the Manticore for my birthday today. It was an outstanding success.

    Happy Birthday! Gift Card!

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    Bro you could’ve left the nearby enemies and the timer to cryo for recently damaged creatures just remove the cryofridge on pvp already like DILO everybody was spamming it in chat during extra life yall just ignored it especially with extinction coming soon every drop and vein gonna be covered in fridges the game is dead and that is one big reason and you ignore it and change the thing that isn’t even that big of an issue with the cryopods #freecryopods 

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    On 11/9/2024 at 5:10 AM, NYYankee said:

    The game isn't easy enough already

    How easy the game is depending on each players actual game play, if your game is too easy I suggest that you try tasks that will add a challenge.

    Cryopods are due out as they originally came with Extinction, so its not about WC not sticking to a decision.  You should try doing veins or drops on Extinction without Cryos and then come back to tell us if you think they are a good idea or not.  Not to mention the added excitement if you find a death bag full of cryos 😉

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    On 11/9/2024 at 6:10 AM, NYYankee said:

    It's really sad to see that you can't even stick to your decision... The game isn't easy enough already.. Thanks to the cryo change, people will also start leaving many of their tames in the caves again... this change will also make it easier to grief others in PVE while your support is not punishing players in PVE.... even when they cheat...

    why not bringing back movement speed to make the game finally a big joke in terms of "survival"?

    You removed the speed because of balance and now you removed the cryofridge requirement?

    PLEASE dont ever talk again about balancing... you have zero clue how much your decisions make this game look like a joke in terms of "survival". Now everyone can just throw out a giga again and we have back the boring gameplay we had with the cryos in ASE...

    good job... good job... thats no survival... you had the chance to change something... 

    So we had no more dino's left in caves, instead we had every cave entrace pillared and built with tiny bases for the cryofridge/windmill, to a point even getting into the cave on a non-flyer was near impossible. Was that a better situation then we had? 

    But you talk difficulty, something you can set yourself. Did you raise and mutate all your dino's yourself? Or traded them from breeders? Doubt you only got wildtames and saddles from drops. If you want difficulty, dont use cryo's, dont trade dino's, nobody forces you to use these.

    Funny how you say 'easy enough', yet dont like the removal of movement speed..  

    Just because others will use it, others have a 'easier' life, nobody forces you to play their game.

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    On 11/8/2024 at 9:28 PM, Camo4546 said:

    Again? Does any Ark player out there actually care about Power Rangers? Ark just keeps getting weirder and weirder…

    Seriously! I've never even watched and never have cared about it, and see no reason why it has any business in ark. They could spend their time making much better or more ark like mods than that.

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    13 hours ago, Dimez1217 said:

    Fratello, avresti potuto lasciare i nemici vicini e il timer per la crioterapia per le creature recentemente danneggiate, semplicemente rimuovere il cryofridge dal pvp come DILO, tutti lo stavano spammando nella chat durante la vita extra, voi l'avete semplicemente ignorato, soprattutto con l'estinzione in arrivo, ogni goccia e vena saranno coperte di frigoriferi, il gioco è morto e questa è una delle ragioni principali, e tu lo ignori e cambi la cosa che non è nemmeno un grosso problema con i cryopods #freecryopods 

    they can't buddy! how would they then sell creatures that do the same thing as cryos, real demonic horse with an alternate dimension to deposit a creature in? real flammable cat that curls up for easy transport? 

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    On 11/8/2024 at 7:11 PM, Noa said:

    "We’re reverting the requirement for nearby Cryofridges when deploying Cryopods on PvE entirely. This brings back the experience to match what was on ARK: Survival Evolved. This change will come into effect on Monday, November 11th."

     

    Finally !!!!!

    Why did they even change it in the first place??

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    Just wondering  when we should expect the update so I know what yo expect to be broken  . Because every update breaks something. 

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    Somebody should make a Transformers skin pack for meks and buggys. That would be cool.

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    Bonjour , les joueurs console ne pourrons pas acheter vos cartes modèe , nous n'avons pas assez de place allouée pour les installés, il faut les prévenir qu'ils vont payer mais  ne peuvent pas y jouer ou vous devez permettre plus de place sur console , j'aimerais acheter vos cartes mais je ne le ferais pas ont ne peut tout simplement pas les installer , merci 

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    Unfortunately I'm currently disconnected.. in a cave... I have been getting "Content Failed to Load" for the past 2 hours.

    10 hours ago, shafer2555 said:

    Just wondering  when we should expect the update so I know what yo expect to be broken  . Because every update breaks something. 

     

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    5 minutes ago, EndlessScrimp said:

    The latest update deleted all my mods on xbox series x.  Please look into this 

    They expanded the space to 50GB. But you have to re-download all mods. 

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    The issues with the game was never the cryopods the game is better without them ,the issues are getting ignored while they give in to the morons complaining about cryopods

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    Anybody else having issues with the holiday tab disappearing from the cosmetic creation tab after Fear Evolved ended??

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