Community Crunch 427: Extinction Release, Major Post-Launch Update and More!

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Emerging from the adrenaline of Aberration Ascended, we’re eager to announce the next thrilling chapter in the Ascended saga: Extinction Ascended, launching December 16th! Whether you’re a veteran or new player, Extinction is where the ARK story reaches its climactic battle for survival. Set in a ruined Earth overrun by titanic creatures, survivors must scavenge, build, and tame powerful allies to face the ultimate challenge – the colossal Titans. Get ready for the fight of your life in this vast post-apocalyptic world.

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Also coming December 16th is the final installment of Bob’s Tall Tales: Wasteland War. This post-apocalyptic adventure is filled with high-octane, Titan-slaying, Tribe-celebrating madness! Explore the wastes using new modular-built battle-cars, or redecorate your base to be a ramshackle outpost. Clash with rival Tribes in a battle for dominance using new territorial-ownership structures, or search for lost Tek Traits to further upgrade your weapons with the help of your own goodest pup. This is the ultimate test of survival in the vast wastelands of Extinction!

Joining the fray is the latest community-voted creature, Dreadnoughtus, a true titan-killer. This massive beast lives up to its name, taking on only the biggest threats. With a platform saddle large enough to carry your artillery and the ability to spit acid-coated projectiles, the Dreadnoughtus will be your ultimate ally for taking on the Titans of Extinction.

We can’t wait for you to experience Extinction Ascended and the chaos of Wasteland War. Mark your calendars for December 16th—it's time to gear up and bring the fight to the wastes!

 

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A major version update is set to roll out next week, packed with key crash fixes, bug squashes, and several quality-of-life improvements. This update aims to resolve issues affecting gameplay stability, enhance performance across all platforms, and also includes a slew of content fixes. Thank you for your valuable reports, and we’ll continue to iterate on more so stay posted for more updates and fixes coming soon! 

 

We’re excited to announce an upcoming overhaul to the custom cosmetic system. Our goal is to make it more streamlined and intuitive, allowing for easier navigation and quicker access to your favorite items. This update will roll out in the near future, so keep an eye out for more details soon!

 

An AMD beta driver is now available that fixes the loading crash in Aberration. The official release is coming soon, but you can download the beta driver early from AMD using this link.

 

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This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, September 23.

• 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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[AmbushAndScorp]

What about Ragnarok?

[Bilbo Baggins]

Where in the actual Fugggg is RAGNAROK?

[Traslo]

What happened to Ragnarok?

Also let's be honest, Aberration still looks...garish, in its 'ascended' form, with a lot of badly contrasting colours and overly bright areas.

[Molten2277]

R.i.p Ragnarok 

 

[ShadowShadex]

Can we have an update on the non-canon maps? Ragnarök is a good addition that needs to be out soon enough.

[Ryebry]

How to become American 101

[ladyteruki]

Really looking forward to what BTT will bring this time (I dream of corrugated roofs and chain link fences in Ark, sue me !), especially since this DLC has been the most exciting part of ASA so far. Also kinda curious about what paid creature BTT will introduce (since the Dread is part of the free map), but much less.
Plus, more time for Ragnarok is GOOD.

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territorial-ownership structures

*clenches jaw* Honestly if it turns out to introduce gameplay that can limit the effect of pillars (with contesting mechanics, for instance), this is good. But otherwise... this is not going to make life on servers any healthier. Especially in PvE where there is no alternative.

[Seruum]

I'm all for getting extinction before ragnarok but does this mean since we got gigantoraptor (ragnarok vote winner) early that we may be getting a very delayed or possibly scrapped ragnarok?

[DoubleEagleGaming]

You shouldn’t make promises that you can’t keep

[OverRannus]

AWESOME TO SEE STUFF ABOUT EXTINCTION!!!!!

though disappointed that theirs nothing about Ragnarok…?

[Coyal]

So scorch is still missing water wells and ab is missing z plants, only works if you know exact spot. 

Ps5 update to fix inventory crashes didn't work, I surely hope you get all my crash reports as 90% of time I'm in an inventory, 9 months after release to try to fix. 

Is there a current list of known issues/ bugs that we can see have been acknowledged and working to solve? 

As it stands it like a new map gets stability attention then forget rest. 

Post apocalypse waste land with trusted Pup? Fallout 76? is it name dogmeat too? At least with shoulder pet it's there tame following is crap! Walk straight it zig zags, renders out of range, or you get stuck in it. I've seen NO ONE run around with rav packs for alpha buff. 

Edited September 21, 2024 by Coyal

[Speikobrarote]

Honestly who ever thought that the rad zone has to be blue and yellow and purple needs to be fired. The whole color balance is off and looks terrible. every rock glowing blue veiny is a horrible design choice My poor aberration. they did you dirty.

[andre4376]

Quero mapa novo esquece ragnarok. The center ficou péssimo muitas falhas.

[FishAndChipies]

1 hour ago, AmbushAndScorp said:

What about Ragnarok?

Yeah my thoughts exactly

 

[Mike585x]

2 hours ago, ladyteruki said:

I dream of chain link fences in Ark, 

It might not be what you're after, but there actually is a quite popular mod for chain link & barbed wire fences that many use on Official servers.

[Hexenkessel]

Ragnarök is really important to me, that would finally be a card that could be played normally!
I'm very disappointed with Aberration unfortunately....

[badjuejue]

Can we get an update on the roadmap? 
Does it really matter if extinction is released if it preforms as well as ab is? 

[Wildguy99999]

So they mention finding tek with a pupper, gorgonospid perhaps? I hope so, that was my go to vote in the creature votes.

[kyro08]

Rag update please? It was the fan favourite map. Any cluster, rag usually had the most players on it. 

I'm starting to get a feeling this change is to try and get more BTT purchases so you can rush on to the Gen maps to introduce a new batch of paid expansions like a BTT2.

[Camo4546]

Oops, I think they meant to say December 2068.

[butstill1rise]

Getting all of the Bobs Tall Tales out of the way so they can sell more DLC add-ons, huh?

[adirtygriff]

Be really cool if the game wasn't borderline unplayable on the xbox series S. It's been in this state since christmas. I can't even go on the center on our cluster without the game automatically dashboarding me. I'm even getting dashboarded now when i try and pop out some dinosaurs to breed.

[TyranntX]

oh please don't get delayed, December 16th is my Birthday and Extinction will be an awesome gift!

[MJAInc]

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