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  • Community Crunch 498: Introducing Acrocanthosaurus from ARK: Additions!

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    We’re thrilled to welcome yet another long-awaited creature from Garuga123’s ARK: Additions into the official world of ARK: Survival Ascended. These incredible creatures continue to bring fresh gameplay, new challenges, and some seriously epic tames to the ARK.

     


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    The Acrocanthosaurus is stomping onto the scene as a brutal frontline powerhouse. Built for the thick of battle, this massive carnivore truly shines when the fight turns against it. The longer the fight goes, the more fearsome it becomes, turning injuries into momentum and refusing to back down when others might fall.

    But it is not just a savage attacker. The Acrocanthosaurus has a defensive edge that makes it especially formidable in a survivor’s hands, able to hold the line, draw attention, and weather the chaos head-on. 
    Whether charging into danger or standing firm against it, this creature will command the battlefield by sheer presence alone on March 31.

    Keep up with the development on ARK: Additions in Garuga’s Discord! 
     

     

     

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    Here’s a first glimpse of the upcoming ocean systems currently being tested inside the Genesis Part 1 biome. While the ship assets shown here are temporarily borrowed from ATLAS for early functional testing, the final release will feature brand-new ships built specifically for ARK: Survival Ascended.

    The real focus of this test, however, is the new water physics system built from the ground up for Genesis Part 1. Waves, buoyancy, and ship movement are all being actively developed and tested as we shape the foundations of large-scale maritime gameplay within Genesis’s ocean environments.

    These systems will ultimately support a full maritime experience across a map-wide ocean biome, where real water physics, customizable ships, semi-procedural islands and fortresses to discover, and large-scale naval battles across the high seas will define life on the water.
     

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    Want to build your own ARK world without learning the Dev Kit? With the in-game ASA World Creator, players on any platform, including consoles, can design their own maps directly within ARK and share them with others via the Mod Browser.

    While creators won’t be able to make new art assets or perform the deep construction associated with the full Dev Kit, the system provides powerful tools for building playable worlds. Creators will be able to place and modify actors, create reusable templates, edit their properties, adjust overall world settings, configure volumes and spawners, add mods and skin packs, and implement simple gameplay logic through a brand new scripting layer that combines Lua scripting with a Blueprint API.

    Everything shown in the screenshot is part of the in-game interface, including the full GUI and property editing tools!
     

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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 are 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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    This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, March 16.

    • 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: Etholdir

    Etholdir reviews his top 10 Build Mods in ARK: Survival Ascended!

     

    Creator: ClickTockClock

    ClickTockClock shows you how to tame and use the abilities of the Bastion Beetle by Tristan.

     

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    Aureliax. by hobohoneydew

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    King of the Compys by poisonivie88

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    Enjoy your weekend!
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    Flofli

    Enfin, j'ai trop hâte de jouer l'Acro !!!

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    EndlessDuck

    I'm happy Acro made It to the base game. But how about TLC passes? I'm really exited for a Therizino/Giga/Quetzal facelift.

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    Lalara

    I cannot wait for Gen 1, cuz I never played it on ASE cuz I'm a newgen, a brand new experience for me :DD

    I'm diving in headfirst in the lore as soon as the map arrives, I'm thirsty for some good lore because LC was.. dissapointing lore wise :(

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    Arkentia

    the question I'm still wondering is if we can then download the files from our world creator project into the devkit to then do something more in-depth

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    Odawhing

    wildcard is also thinking about rex x but at this point he will need a good upgrade.

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    Blackmage2015

    I really hope they put the whole of genesis into one world and not force us to teleport to each biome like before. Being able to sail between biomes would be a big plus.

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    Zyran

    Wow loving all the info in this Crunch.  Glad to have acro coming to official and very excited about the new water physics system.  I've always felt ASA oceans should have borrowed from what Atlas did.

    Thanks Wildcard!

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    MMaas
    19 hours ago, TwistedTears said:

    Remember when they promised a surprise for reaching such an amazing milestone with the donations

    Surprise is someone got a new yacht. Or was it an electric car company?

    (Too soon?)

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    CTheRain

    PVP Official Online: 9736

    PVE Official Online: 11452

    Unofficial/Singleplayer Online: 9960

    The console only servers are like 10k. This information is public.

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    Dinoking117

    My question is, how are the ships going to work in a shallow water because in Astraeos, there is a lot of shallow water, and is it going to be like the raft where it gets stuck on everything

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    GP
    On 3/14/2026 at 5:11 PM, Blackmage2015 said:

    I really hope they put the whole of genesis into one world and not force us to teleport to each biome like before. Being able to sail between biomes would be a big plus.

    Doubt it, how would you be able to sail into the lunar. 🤣

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    ChrisBManos

    So why is TheNeoReaper giving us all facepalms for some reason?

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    TheTwistedKeeper
    6 hours ago, GP said:

    Doubt it, how would you be able to sail into the lunar. 🤣

    I doubt you could the lunar biome but all the rest would be amazing. The teleporting was neat but it liked to cause crashing & world corruption for me which prevented me from really playing the map.

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    Blackmage2015
    11 hours ago, GP said:

    Doubt it, how would you be able to sail into the lunar. 🤣

    That would be the exception I’m sure but the rest of it would make for an epic map. They could also add portals that take you into the lunar but yea I doubt it also 

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    Dinoking117
    On 3/16/2026 at 8:19 AM, ChrisBManos said:

    So why is TheNeoReaper giving us all facepalms for some reason?

    I don't know but it's on a lot of post

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    Oreochema
    On 3/14/2026 at 12:15 AM, SantiagoOsorio54 said:

    YEAAAAH!!! Acro is going to be in the base game!!!!, I'M REALLY EXCITED 🔥🔥💪

    Same! I've been using the mod, but I haven't put in the time to actually tame any of them because I didn't want to lose all my Acros once they become vanilla (and I remove the mod). But I love watching them move and I love the sound of their roars.

    I'm so, super stoked to tame some and get to combining stats!

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    Gtownpolski

    Really cool new dino!

    I feel sad about it having an ability to heal itself tho. Same with Carcha.

    It would be awesome to see some challenging boss/osd-style challenges added to the game where dino compositions really matter, for us PvE nerds.

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    arcomidsow

    Por fin mi dinosaurio favorito del ark se vuelve oficial

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