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    Meet the Burrowbuck, a peculiar horned hare that seems pulled straight from folklore. Skittish but clever, this elusive creature is quick to vanish when threatened, kicking up blinding dirt before burrowing out of sight in the blink of an eye.

     

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    Those patient enough to earn its trust will discover there’s more to the Burrowbuck than meets the eye. Beneath the ground lies a surprisingly useful network of tunnels… though not every entrance leads where you might expect.

    Good luck, Survivors. Around here, the lucky rabbit’s foot tends to kick back.


    The Burrowbuck will be available on day one as the first release in our upcoming Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack ($9.99). At launch, we’ll also reveal the designs for the two remaining creatures, which will roll out to pack owners as they’re completed throughout 2026.

     


     

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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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    Eggcellent Adventure returns next week! Follow the trails of wild Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors to collect Bunny Eggs scattered across the ARK. These festive finds can be painted for fun or used to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics, including seasonal costumes and chibis.

    Get ready to hop into the celebration and make your ARK a little more eggstra!

    Check out this post for all the details!

     

     


     

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    ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

    What is ARKpocalypse?

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

    Next wipe: May 1st, 2026

    You can join them by typing "Arkpocalypse" in the server browser! Happy Surviving!

     


     

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    The Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Wednesday, April 15.

    • 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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    So all the fantastic tames that are currently released will be rebundled as a season one pack? How interesting.

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    I wonder in what maps it'll become available, most likely to be Lost Colony, but will any other map also get it?

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    People will definitely not be happy about spending more money on tames, but I personally understand that the studio needs constant income to keep supporting Ark and I want the game to last a long, long time so I don't mind supporting a season pass of critters. Plus a jackalope is awesome and the design looks great. Hoping for actual burrows to encounter.

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    Wish the money didn't need to be tp keep afloat or got spent better and could be used to maintain the core game

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    9 minutes ago, kaprosuchus93 said:

    So all the fantastic tames that are currently released will be rebundled as a season one pack? How interesting.

    No it sounds more like this guy and two yet to be announced creatures for fantastic tames will be bundled, I could be wrong but that's atleast what it sounds like to me

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    So I'm confused, will Pyromane and Dreadmare (Since Drakelings and Elderclaw are part of the Lost Colony bundle) also be added to Season 1 or are they still stand alone. Which would be cool for future players but kinda suck for those of us that got it already (luckily I got mines during a sale).

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    Why do I get the feeling that this thing probably goes with Crystal Isles based on its appearance?

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    I'm loving this idea, as long as they are solid creatures with good designs and abilities I'll absolutely be there for it (Hoping the male and female have different antlers or the female being a burrow Doe and having tiny spikes or none at all)

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    16 minutes ago, kaprosuchus93 said:

    So all the fantastic tames that are currently released will be rebundled as a season one pack? How interesting.

    i dont think its for the older ones but we will see

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    6 minutes ago, Kage360 said:

    No it sounds more like this guy and two yet to be announced creatures for fantastic tames will be bundled, I could be wrong but that's atleast what it sounds like to me

    its a steal to me. 3 creatures for 10 bucks? ill take that

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    8 minutes ago, ChrisBManos said:

    Why do I get the feeling that this thing probably goes with Crystal Isles based on its appearance?

    Imo it looks like something in LC due to the blue mystical look like the Sowl and Chinese dragon 

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    4 minutes ago, Udam said:

    Imo it looks like something in LC due to the blue mystical look like the Sowl and Chinese dragon 

    Well, I said Crystal Isles due to the crystals on its horns and claws

    Plus, probably not something on LC due to that being a paid map, we had seen Fantastic Tames on free maps, not paid maps.

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    Do we hate that we have to keeping buying new dlcs yes, are we going to keep buying them yes

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    Thanks for including me in the crunch!! 🫶

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    😁😁😁 Apparently Shell did a voiceover for the tour of her castle but no one could understand her strange accent so it was omitted 😁😁😁

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    I'm glad I completely forgot about entering my idea for a lil horned rodent critter based on Mylagaulus that tames with beer and a whack a mole kind of mini game and whose whole trope was bringing you back to life by sacrificing itself into those dino contests last year because that Burrowbuck looks amazing. I love when the universe just makes good ideas happen regardless because I wanted it to be a jackalope so bad and here we are. Feels satisfying, tbh. I can't wait to see what the other two are. If one of them is a giant mutant penguin based on  Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii that gets buffs from kairukus, can glide on land for slippery speedy travel if it gets a running start, super fast in water, its special is a bleeding skewer attack that gets stronger the longer you slide around, and makes the rider immune to ALL forced dismounts (that includes plucking the rider off in pvp), then I will laugh so hard

    Ahhh this has made me so happy

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    Awesome!!! So these aren’t apart any maps coming? Interesting, so more like the Dreadmare. But I’m pretty excited for THE SECOND EVER RODENT TO BE ADDED TO ARK!!!!’n

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    This is awesome! I love the concept! But wouldn't it make more sense to call this pack Season 2 and not Season 1? Wouldn't the Pyromane, Dreadmare, Elderclaw & Drakeling make up Season 1? Just asking.

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    Wouldn't it be wise to address the game and the system first? After all, we were promised a smoothly running game that would deliver performance. It has been a few years now, and the game still runs very poorly. Of course, all PC gamers don't have this problem because Ark has always been released on PC before consoles! Surely, having your game 100% in order should be priority number one for the studio, rather than releasing new expansions and affordable DLC every time? The game remains the same, even with those fantastic new dinosaurs. Ark has lost thousands of true Ark lovers over the years, and that is why we are now paying for these kinds of dinosaurs to bring back the hype. But if you, as a studio, tackle the fundamentals first, you will attract more players who will buy the game. However, apparently, this isn't necessary because people will buy it anyway.
     

     

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    Apparently, Wildcard can't release even April Fools' joke on time...

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    5 hours ago, kaprosuchus93 said:

    So all the fantastic tames that are currently released will be rebundled as a season one pack? How interesting.

    No, this is a season pass for 3 new Fantastic Tames coming this year.

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