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  • Community Crunch 440: ARK: Survival Ascended Content Roadmap!

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    Happy New Year and welcome back, we hope you had a fantastic holiday season and are feeling rested after spending quality time with family, friends, and dinos! We’re going to cut straight to chase and bring you in to take a quick glance at a very high-level ASA content roadmap.

     

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    Get ready for the next chapter in the ARK universe, ARK: Lost Colony drops this November, with pre-orders starting in April, when you’ll be able to enhance your immediate survival with early access to new gameplay systems and exclusive content.


    Prior to Lost Colony’s November launch, the team also has scheduled these major content releases:

    • March 2025: ASA Unreal Engine 5.5 update
    • April 2025: Free Ragnarok Ascended, Bison (Free Creature), and a Fantastic Tame
    • June 2025: A new premium map in June (to be announced)
    • August 2025: Free Valguero Ascended with a community-voted free creature, and Fantastic Tame

    With the ongoing work throughout the year, we want to take a bit more time to give the Genesis Ascended remaster the love and attention it deserves, and we’re now looking at:

    • April 2026: Free Genesis Ascended Part 1 & Bob's True Tales Part 1
    • August 2026: Free Genesis Ascended Part 2 & Bob's True Tales Part 2
    • December 2026: Free Fjordur Ascended with a community-voted free creature
    • Three Fantastic Tames spread throughout the year

    Over the course of the year, we’ll be sharing juicy details, sneak peeks, and reveals about all of this and more in our crunches, so stay tuned for more news!

     


     

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    We still have a lot more going on behind the scenes so let’s touch on a few things the team’s currently working on: 

    • There’s steady progress being made on the Unreal Engine 5.5 upgrade, which will bring a range of impactful performance improvements along with our ongoing work splitting DLC maps into optional downloads so you’ll have more control over your storage space. 
    • Nvidia Frame Generation is also a priority, and we’re aiming to reintroduce it as an option very soon – we’re as eager to get it back in as you are to have it! 

    Throw in some more surprise content additions, and we’re looking at a jam-packed first quarter of 2025! 

     


     

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    Since returning from the break, the team has been busy reviewing the feedback you've shared with us about Extinction and Bob's Tall Tales: Wasteland War. Your bug reports have been invaluable, and we want to extend a massive thanks to everyone who took the time to help us identify and address these issues.


    Here’s what we’re focusing on right now:

    • Creature spawning issues: We’re working on various creature spawn issues across Extinction.
    • Battle rig functionality: Some of you have reported hiccups with the rigs, and we’re diving into the mechanics to ensure they’re running smoothly.
    • Crash fixes: Stability is a top priority for us, and we’re tackling crashes reported during gameplay, particularly on specific hardware configurations.
    • General improvements: Addressing bug reports that came in with the Extinction launch
    • Fixing exploits: We’ve been iterating quickly on exploits that violate our Code of Conduct. Please report players breaking the CoC here

    These updates will arrive along with a slew of miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements such as a bunch of Armadoggo fixes/QoL, fixing harvesting claimed nodes on PVE, various level design fixes (mesh holes etc), extinguisher grenade fixes, Tinkering Desk and more. 

    Keep those reports coming, and stay tuned for updates as we roll out a slew of fixes and improvements!


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    On Monday, January 13, Official Modded servers will receive config and settings updates:

    • Nyrandil will be added to the cluster
      • Nyrandil players: Please ensure there’s nothing in your cloud storage, as the merge will remove all items.
    • Atlantis transfers will open.
    • Appalachia transfers will remain closed.

    Thank you for your cooperation, and happy surviving!

     


     

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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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    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: February 7th 2024

     

    For the second round, the following mods will be included: 

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

     


     

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    This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, January 13.

    • PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
    • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
    • ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

     

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    Creator: LolsAtLance

    Welcome to the ultimate All-in-One Wasteland Base building tutorial for ARK: Extinction Ascended!

     

    Creator: PrettyLilFreak

    The most complete guide on Gasbag, from their lore (probably) to their taming process, with a twist!

     

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    Corrupted Wyvern by heroicdino16

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    Delusional Crystal Wind Managarmr by @rianeko_mabi

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    Let's go buddy! by @falco_luna

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    And we can't live if we're too afraid to die by nanostel

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    Fan Art by akeunyub

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    The King of Shadows by starld77

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    Photo Mode by catcat_wesley

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    Wasteland Stego by nemesisstar

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    Photo Mode by ivydrax

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    Mad Max Ranch almost finished by venkou902189

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    Photo Mode by dinokiller120

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    Enjoy your weekend!
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    26 minutes ago, aikkam said:

    we have already paid for something that we will not see in the short term and I do not think it is right that they use resources to carry forward projects, effectively slowing down what I have already paid for. 

    Let this be a lesson. Gamers, stop paying for things that don't yet exist. 

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    2 minutes ago, aikkam said:

    you're right, it was a huge mistake to trust WC, a mistake that will never be repeated, but it's a bit funny that a moderator says not to buy the game, but his honesty is appreciated  

    That's not what I said. 

    I said, gamers need to stop pre-paying for things that do not exist. 

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    Y cristal island? era muy buen mapa, con los dragones y todo, faltaria que lo metieran ya que veo que es el unico que no lo han puesto 

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    19 minutes ago, Namaarii said:

    Y cristal island? era muy buen mapa, con los dragones y todo, faltaria que lo metieran ya que veo que es el unico que no lo han puesto 

    Crystal Isles and Lost Island will still come but much later.

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    On 1/20/2025 at 4:46 PM, aikkam said:

    the servers are theirs if they work badly it's their problem that they have to solve. for the argentavis puppies, if something is shown in a trailer I expect it to be in the game at its publication not after an indefinite time if they weren't ready it would have been enough not to put them in the trailer. for the character creation they said they would change it but they didn't if they think that those deformed dwarves were an integral part of the game they would never have thought of changing it, no they didn't because they didn't have the time or they didn't care anymore, if they were really part of the game they would be seen in the trailers but they aren't there because they are horrible. for bugs are you okay with the good old crossbow that jams in an infinite reload animation? or do you prefer the most recent wild mana that gets stuck in the sky after having made a jump or if you prefer all the holes in the mesch. for the mods the fans make them of course but it's WC that makes money from them, instead of on its ideas WC wants to live using those of the fans. preventing mutations from going to a non-levelable stat like speed is not reworking the breeding system it is fixing a bug, the only thing they did to change the breeding is inserting wild puppies this is a real change in fact it allows you to skip a part of the breeding. the new content is fine but i want to ask you a question usually a dlc or similar when is it released? before the base game is finished or when the game has been released at 10%? bob stories came out with the scorched earth with the second map with still more than 10 maps to publish, even now if you buy ASA it is not complete and we all know that to have the base game it will still take a long time, is it fair, correct or respectful that they work on other projects delaying the ones for which they have already been paid for a long time? I understand that you like the game, we are all here for this but losing the ability to criticize does not help you especially if you have to buy on trust, we do not know what condition gen 1 and 2 will be in but we have already paid for something that we will not see in the short term and I do not think it is right that they use resources to carry forward projects, effectively slowing down what I have already paid for. 

     

    the game is in early access, not released so they can show it in trailer and just have to have it out before its released

    they said in a crunch that the deformed characters are a big part of ARK's identity

    all these are server lag issues not bugs

    reread my part on breeding rework cause you clearly didnt

    are you complaining that a game you get to play before its released isnt finished?

     

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    On 1/20/2025 at 4:49 PM, aikkam said:

    Please tell me which part you are referring to so I can try to explain myself better. 

    i dont know because the quote is in Spanish. i do not speak spanish

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    On 1/20/2025 at 4:56 PM, aikkam said:

    the one that struck me was that they had promised to re-propose all the Ase servers but they didn't, the clusters are not there, the orp servers, hardcore are not there, if you want another one there was the one on rendering (I hope I wrote it well) they had promised that we would be able to see creatures, structures and more at a much greater distance but it is not like that  

    they repurposed the servers for normal island servers

    they never promised theyd bring every gamemode back

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    I don't know what's more disappointing: No Crystal Isles or no Ark 2?

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    4 hours ago, MarioKaibaYT said:

    I don't know what's more disappointing: No Crystal Isles or no Ark 2?

    Crystal Isles is still coming, but right at the end. Most likely 2027.

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