Community Crunch 435: Extinction Key Art, Turkey Trials, and More!

[StudioWildcard]

Prepare for the road ahead. ARK: Extinction Ascended arrives December 16th!

Extinction takes survivors back to Earth—where the ARK saga began and now reaches its epic conclusion. From the decayed technological ruins of the Great City to the desolate expanse of the Wasteland, you’ll face colossal Titans, uncover Earth’s greatest secrets, and complete the ARK cycle.

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Extinction Ascended is included for free with ARK: Survival Ascended, alongside the latest community-voted creature, Dreadnoughtus, whose size and strength will make it an unparalleled ally in your fight for survival.

This release also marks the third and final chapter of Bob’s Tall Tales: Wasteland Wars. In this climactic expansion, you’ll gain access to powerful new tools for survival, including customizable vehicles that allow you to traverse and dominate the Wasteland like never before. The goodest Armadoggo will also join your adventures, bringing unique abilities, scritches, and cuddles to the Wastelands.

We can’t wait for you to dive into the grandeur of Extinction Ascended and the high-octane finale of Bob’s Tall Tales!

 

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The feast is set, Survivors! Turkey Trials will run from November 26th to December 10th, bringing boosted rates and vibrant event colors to your ARK. While this year’s celebration may be simpler, it’s the perfect time to give thanks, gather your tribe, and bundle up around a warming Fria Curry while we prepare for a festive time in Winter Wonderland!

• 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

• Light Yellow
• Yellow
• Custard
• GreenSlate
• Sage
• DarkTurquoise
• Orange
• Coral
• DragonFire
• Glacial
• Teal
• DragonGreen3
• Dino Light Red
• Light Red
• Vermillion
• DarkMagenta
• DarkViolet
• LemonLime

 

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ARK: Survival Ascended will soon support custom hairstyles and custom emotes! Similar to custom cosmetics mods, these will dynamically download to other clients when witnessed, eliminating the need for server-side installation.

This feature is currently in development and is tentatively planned for a January release. We will keep you updated as we progress further.

 

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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!

This video features:

• Namifell Cosmetics Collection by Jams_uWu

• DevModDemonic by Horrgamer

• Crusader Knight Custom Cosmetic by cyrusCreates

• Shoko’s Deco Cosmetic by Shokomaki (premium)

• FactoryStructureSkins by SnowyTrain (premium)

• Cosmetics of Ancient Rome by RealJimmyBaguette (premium)

• Paleo ARK Evolution | Apex Predators - Tarbosaurus update by Team Paleo ARK

• Slushies Neon Signs by Ohjackfroste

• IceMod | RP Emotes by FrozenIce94

 

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Rising Horde: Zombified Ark

This mod brings a thrilling twist to the ARK experience, transforming familiar landscapes into a battleground against relentless hordes of the undead. Survival mechanics are pushed to the limit as you face wave after wave of zombies in a fight for your life. Arm yourself with custom weapons crafted for every survivor’s playstyle, whether you prefer close combat or long-range tactics. Adapt, strategize, and conquer the rising horde in this adrenaline-pumping zombie adventure!

Teraxititan

Unleash the Teraxititan, a colossal, mutated dinosaur forged from Element and rare, high-value materials. This apex predator wields devastating abilities, including a breath attack, a buffing roar, and dynamic stance changes that adapt to any combat situation. As one of the ultimate achievements in a survivor’s journey, the Teraxititan isn’t just tamed—it’s meticulously crafted through a unique, multi-step process.

This video features:

• Rising Horde: Zombified Ark by Lutralix

• Teraxititan by Tristans_Modding & Tweee

 

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This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 25.

• 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

 

Creator: CordyMortis

A Baking Contest leads CordyMortis to kidnap the Queen to help him compete!

 

Creator: Lionmight

In this video, Lionmight dives into the powerful and immersive soundtrack of ARK composed by Gareth Coker.

 

Fan Art by cascadingcaramel

 

Raptor Riders by toastchee7916

 

Fan Art by EagleTash

 

Fan Art by zenith114

 

At your service! by @WolfTek7

 

DreadMare by @ARKonlyac

 

ARK Ceratosaurus Short Sleeve Shirt Paper Painting by @DW_ARK

 

And his name shall be Waffles by jurassiccomedy

 

Photo Mode by venkou902189

 

The Bug by nesvog

 

Photo Mode by cosmicman5455

 

Photo Mode by .manicmoonday

 

Enjoy your weekend!
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[ShadowShadex]

Why do you keep saying December 16th, we know this ain’t true.

[nanoStel]

Is that sandstone I smell in the keyart?

[evilcuz69]

Wow no event and garbage rates, guess you want the game to die.

[RaephClark]

Will we expect an announcement of when the Valguero votes will be by next week? I have a feeling they'll be in the first or second week of December.

[Gamerman88]

HAY!! wait until the last few weeks before Thay say a delay

[LordPoof]

Please Do us all a favor and don't mess with the Christmas event and ruin it like you did to turkeys trials and what you tried doing to the Halloween event. 

Edited November 23, 2024 by LordPoof

[Sparky16]

Why is  dreadnoughtus so smoll? If he's not the size of at least one of the 3 titans, I don't think you're gonna have a happy community. We voted for a behemoth, Not something the size of a bronto or just slightly taller than a managarmar.

 

Otherwise that, I'm excited to see the changes to extinction and hope it got the love and care it desperately lacked because Atlas was your main focus at the time.  Just counting down the days now! ❤️

 

[Ortseth01]

Al fin!! Cada vez más cerca de tener a mis hermosos gasbags!!

[Triggerpug]

excited for all the new stuff!

really hoping the scale is off for the dreadnoughtus though, please give it the numbers and the size it deserves!

[crazyhobo]

well that's funny turkey trails on sp work fine with the mod everything spawns even the turkeys so either they just lying or some bull 

[TheDarkQueen321]

Community Crunch 434 

"But, given our team’s tight schedule, this Turkey Trial will be limited in that we’ll be increasing the rates on servers and doing wild dino colors but there won’t be any existing or new content." 

"Increasing the rrates" actually means giving everyone the same weekend rates and pretending they did something nice by adding to weekdays. And then wondering why they cannot retain their playerbase on ASA... 

ASE gave 3x rates on events and every single event on ASA is 2x unless the community bullies them into increasing them after they release half-a$$ed broken events that don't work for the first few days. Honestly, this is beyond a joke at this point. It costs nothing to give the playerbase 3x on an event but I'm sure they enjoy everyones misery instead. Yet another epic letdown. 

[MJAInc]

Extinction Key Art, Turkey Trials, und mehr! - ARK2 & ASA News | Deutsche ARK2 Community - ARK2 | Deutsches Community Forum

 

https://ark2.de/news/extinction-key-art-turkey-trials-und-mehr-r147/

 

 

[PhotekPlays]

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for christmas event, you remember the first one, the island map everything covered in snow and cold af. make it like that again

[EmperorTethys]

Last time I messed around with Turkey Trials (around Ab release) it completely broke Gigantoraptor nests, making them completely untameable while active. Wouldn't be surprised if there's more weird conflicts with content that released after the event too so I can see why they're not running it this year.

I'd wager Wildcard is skipping TT this year so their event team can be all-hands-on-deck for Winter Wonderland instead. Making sure it doesn't cause any weird niche issues, making sure it's fully set up for other maps like Ab and Ext, implementing any new content or returning stuff like Gacha Clause, etcetera.

Winter Wonderland is the other big famous holiday event right alongside Fear Evolved after all, and after the fiasco that was Fear Ascended (apparently we wouldn't have even gotten the full holiday event were it not for the efforts of like three people) makes sense that Turkey Trials (which has historically always been one of the "side" holiday events like easter and summer bash) would get sidelined in favor of ensuring Winter Wonderland 2024 comes along without any major issues.

Edited November 23, 2024 by EmperorTethys
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[ChrisBManos]

29 minutes ago, Sparky16 said:

 

Why is  dreadnoughtus so smoll? If he's not the size of at least one of the 3 titans, I don't think you're gonna have a happy community. We voted for a behemoth, Not something the size of a bronto or just slightly taller than a managarmar.

 

Otherwise that, I'm excited to see the changes to extinction and hope it got the love and care it desperately lacked because Atlas was your main focus at the time.  Just counting down the days now! ❤️

 

 

Well, it is key art, so some sizes might not be accurate. Maybe Dread will be half the size of a Titan and probably larger than a Titanosaur

I don't know, we'll have to see when it comes out (image not mine BTW)

[Veloci2]

Why only 2xs rates. You take away the event basically and give us weekend rates. Come on wildcard, we love you but really? At least make it 3xs that wouldn't make it feel as bad.

[Joebl0w13]

1 hour ago, TheDarkQueen321 said:

Community Crunch 434 

"But, given our team’s tight schedule, this Turkey Trial will be limited in that we’ll be increasing the rates on servers and doing wild dino colors but there won’t be any existing or new content." 

"Increasing the rrates" actually means giving everyone the same weekend rates and pretending they did something nice by adding to weekdays. And then wondering why they cannot retain their playerbase on ASA... 

ASE gave 3x rates on events and every single event on ASA is 2x unless the community bullies them into increasing them after they release half-a$$ed broken events that don't work for the first few days. Honestly, this is beyond a joke at this point. It costs nothing to give the playerbase 3x on an event but I'm sure they enjoy everyones misery instead. Yet another epic letdown. 

I bet you're fun at parties. 

[azuramoon]

4 hours ago, ChrisBManos said:

Well, it is key art, so some sizes might not be accurate. Maybe Dread will be half the size of a Titan and probably larger than a Titanosaur

I don't know, we'll have to see when it comes out (image not mine BTW)

I really hope its not that big it should only be a little bigger than the bronto or we wont be allowed to have it as a perminate tame.... we dont need another titan 24 hour tame thats so lame 

[TheDarkQueen321]

5 hours ago, Joebl0w13 said:

I bet you're fun at parties. 

I bet you're not...

[Ermerus]

8 hours ago, ShadowShadex said:

Why do you keep saying December 16th, we know this ain’t true.

You're right, but it's also right to hope that for once they'll make it in time, right? Even if it won't be like that

[Ermerus]

8 hours ago, RaephClark said:

Will we expect an announcement of when the Valguero votes will be by next week? I have a feeling they'll be in the first or second week of December.

And we all know why you can't wait to participate is! Anyway😉, I think that within the three weeks of December some news will come to light.

[Ermerus]

7 hours ago, Sparky16 said:

 

Why is  dreadnoughtus so smoll? If he's not the size of at least one of the 3 titans, I don't think you're gonna have a happy community. We voted for a behemoth, Not something the size of a bronto or just slightly taller than a managarmar.

 

Otherwise that, I'm excited to see the changes to extinction and hope it got the love and care it desperately lacked because Atlas was your main focus at the time.  Just counting down the days now! ❤️

 

 

I think the size of the dreadnoughtus is due to a matter of perspective in the image, in my opinion it will be with the head higher than the ice titan. However it would not be the first time that an aspect of a creature voted is "misunderstood"...

[TyranntX]

In other news, Extinction is comming.... Nothing new to see here. Cya next week

[aikkam]

when will WC give a concrete and definitive answer to the two most voted suggestions in this forum? or do you want to continue to pretend that they do not exist?