Wildcard Admin StudioWildcard Posted February 15 Wildcard Admin Share Posted February 15 Happy Valentine’s Day, Survivors! Whether you're spending the day with loved ones in the real world or braving the wilds together on the ARKs, we hope your adventures are filled with friendship, laughter, and a little extra love. Here's a nostalgic gem for you–one of our favorite pieces of Valentine's event Community Art from way back in 2015! Image credit by CamelKing86 The wait is over—Astraeos, the breathtaking map crafted by Nekatus and sponsored by Nitrado, has officially arrived as an Official Partner DLC! Spanning ~264km², this vast, ever-expanding landscape seamlessly connects to the main clusters with official servers. But this is just the beginning—like the legends that inspired it, Astraeos will continue to grow, with new realms, challenges, and updates shaping the world over time. Step into the realm of gods, uncover its secrets, and begin your legendary journey today! Alongside this map, you will encounter a new creature, the Maeguana. Its motherly nature will help nurture your babies, and its skin membrane will guide you to safety. This striking variant of the Maewing fuses the agility of its counterpart with a robust, reptilian appearance worthy of the gods of the pantheon. Download all images in full resolution Download in full resolution Can you feel the love in the air? Love Ascended is now live on all platforms and is now extended until Friday, February 21, 2025. This love-filled event, celebrating Valentine’s Day brings an array of enchanting new treats and delights! To view all the event details, click here. The next winner of our Community Creature Vote will be featured on Valguero. Get your endlessly creative submissions ready, and you might see your creature making its debut with the release of the Valguero map in ARK: Survival Ascended! Please note that this creature will be released for Valguero, so ensure your real-world submissions align with that map's theme! As mentioned earlier, we will introduce an additional real-world creature for each expansion pack map release in ARK: Survival Ascended. Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process, and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life! The entry period will end at 1pm Pacific on February 20th. The voting will begin at 1pm PST on February 21st and end on February 28th at 1pm Pacific. The winner will be announced in the Crunch of February 28th. Make sure to check our Twitter on February 21st for the RankedVote link! *Note that the proposed features for the creatures from the submission entry are meant to inspire their design, but certain aspects may still be modified. This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Friday, February 21. 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 Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Creator: Mystic on Ark This Maeguana trap will make taming this variant of the Maewing easy! Creator: GoofyHero GoofyHero gives a quick tour of what to expect of Astraeos. Adorable Otter by prettylilfreak_ Part 16 of Drawing Every Dino Dossier. by cascadingcaramel Earning Trust by nezuyu A beacon of hope by @TekARK_01 Reaper King by Azuresauru Last Stand by @WolfTek7 Snow owl by @k3zk627 Absolutely Beautiful by tkgoji230 Astraeos Base build Project by tikkytoktok Mug by frozen_soap Photo Mode by princecursed Antro family by alexj_21 Enjoy your weekend!Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivethearkDiscord: discord.com/invite/playarkReddit: reddit.com/r/playarkInstagram: instagram.com/survivethearkTwitch: twitch.tv/survivethearkSteam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110Youtube: youtube.com/survivethearkFacebook: facebook.com/survivethearkThreads: threads.net/@survivethearkOfficial Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieTheMath Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Vote Penta raagh 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udam Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 No dienthruim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikiwid Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The maewing tlc is cool looks like a bearded dragon when running ik its a new creature but lets be honest its just a maewing tlc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyteruki Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Congrats to all the submissions to the Valguero vote ! Whatever happens in the next few days, you all were full of creativity and optimism. It's so great to see. If you have a creature in the running, no matter how popular it has been so far, I think you should post a link (maybe with a picture if you have one) in the Community Crunch comments, to encourage people to check it out ! Just once, don't spam. For instance, mine is the evil Darwinius, a lemur with a taste for chaos, and acts as a cryogun, portable (limited) cryofridge, and whip ! Let me know what yours is... If you haven't voted yet, or only for one or two creatures, please don't hesitate and drop by submissions (whether they appear in the Top10 or not at the moment), and tell submitters how you feel about their ideas. You have unlimited votes, as well as unlimited aptitude for reacting with an emoji and/or commenting ! So celebrate the diversity of the imagination in our community ...Also, it's worth reminding everyone that the Top10 is right now, at best, determined by 430 people (for the Megaraptor currently). That's a tiny minority of the players currently enjoying ARK ! If you want the Top10 to look different, it's technically completely possible still. It'll be too late to complain once a creature you don't like ends up winning... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimer87 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Why is Astraeos so expensive in Brazil?? I know the money here is not doing good atm, but goddam does it need to be more expensive than base ASE?????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyranntX Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Slimer87 said: Why is Astraeos so expensive in Brazil?? I know the money here is not doing good atm, but goddam does it need to be more expensive than base ASE?????? Might be an issue with steam, that or a visual bug... either way not WC's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyranntX Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Udam said: No dienthruim Yet, Also Garuga's currently working on the Cryo so there's a good possibility it's going to be next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBManos Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Udam said: No dienthruim 1 minute ago, TyranntX said: Yet, Also Garuga's currently working on the Cryo so there's a good possibility it's going to be next Well, actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyranntX Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, ChrisBManos said: Well, actually... I stand corrected, Guess it will come when its ready 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJAInc Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Astraeos, Love Ascended, und mehr! - ARK2 & ASA News | Deutsche ARK2 Community - ARK2 | Deutsches Community Forum https://ark2.de/news/astraeos-love-ascended-und-mehr-r162/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkentia Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 the map is insane and Natus' work is just great! a magnificent map, new bosses, new challenge. In short, for the map itself I give 5 stars. on the other hand I put the total rating at 3 stars because we are being sold a new free creature as being a new creature when it is only a maewing with a skin. literally. I would have found it much more acceptable that the real Maewing was back with Astraeos. the problem now is that when the real maewing arrives with gen2 it will be absolutely useless. what is little in all this is that we can wonder if wildcard has made the decision that the free creatures that it would introduce into the game will only be creatures already existing with a different 3D model (apart from the creatures voted by the community) in short I find that investing players' money to create a 3D model of a new creature that in reality is just an old creature with a reskin is money poorly invested. To date, players must pay $120 in total to have all the additional official content. I think that for once it would have been legitimate to do us a little favor and create a real new free creature. what's the point of spending so much money in the game otherwise. cordially, a player who loves the game and the new features that ASA brings, but also worried about the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lise Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The underwater atmosphere seems lively on Astraeos; black pearl and silica pearls nodes are massive oysters easy to spot, corals give cementing paste, table corals give fungal wood and so on. The island of sheep and horses had 4 horses and 2 normal sheep, so Ragnarok and Lost Island still might win for sheep farming. Brought some Maeguana and eggs back to the Island; over half my time today has been trying to find just one of them but it was worth it. Now I'm excited to get Maewings back again when Genesis part 2 releases next year, just because many more spawn, they're clumped together in relatively safe or rex-free areas, easy to immediately find and spawn next to Ovis in some cases too. When the wasted points going into oxygen and the intended nursing effectiveness scaling is implemented then I'll tame some fresh high level ones to breed. While the Armadoggo's ability to teleport and relocate your items instantly between bases is good, gliding 3x faster than a Wyvern, 4x faster than a Rhynio and swim faster than it too is much more fun. Just hope the spawns increase some more since breeders are taming the few that appear right up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) Well I hope they add new mythological creatures in the future... although I would prefer a contest (with more than one winner) on the theme. Edited February 15 by Ermerus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 8 hours ago, Udam said: No dienthruim Have faith...it's just a matter of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 8 hours ago, kiwikiwid said: The maewing tlc is cool looks like a bearded dragon when running ik its a new creature but lets be honest its just a maewing tlc More than a TLC it seems like a reskin like that old fossil event, but the intuition is right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 8 hours ago, ladyteruki said: Congrats to all the submissions to the Valguero vote ! Whatever happens in the next few days, you all were full of creativity and optimism. It's so great to see. If you have a creature in the running, no matter how popular it has been so far, I think you should post a link (maybe with a picture if you have one) in the Community Crunch comments, to encourage people to check it out ! Just once, don't spam. For instance, mine is the evil Darwinius, a lemur with a taste for chaos, and acts as a cryogun, portable (limited) cryofridge, and whip ! Let me know what yours is... If you haven't voted yet, or only for one or two creatures, please don't hesitate and drop by submissions (whether they appear in the Top10 or not at the moment), and tell submitters how you feel about their ideas. You have unlimited votes, as well as unlimited aptitude for reacting with an emoji and/or commenting ! So celebrate the diversity of the imagination in our community ...Also, it's worth reminding everyone that the Top10 is right now, at best, determined by 430 people (for the Megaraptor currently). That's a tiny minority of the players currently enjoying ARK ! If you want the Top10 to look different, it's technically completely possible still. It'll be too late to complain once a creature you don't like ends up winning... Well that's a great idea. I always stand by my position of making sure there are more than one winner, but in the meantime this is a feasible idea. Be strong guys, if you win well, if you don't win there will be another chance, if you make nice artwork with the hope that it will be enough to get votes you are bad people (I'm joking, I'm getting organized too) and I wish everyone a good competition. In the meantime here are my proposals: They are a bit strange but you might like them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 hours ago, Arkentia said: the map is insane and Natus' work is just great! a magnificent map, new bosses, new challenge. In short, for the map itself I give 5 stars. on the other hand I put the total rating at 3 stars because we are being sold a new free creature as being a new creature when it is only a maewing with a skin. literally. I would have found it much more acceptable that the real Maewing was back with Astraeos. the problem now is that when the real maewing arrives with gen2 it will be absolutely useless. what is little in all this is that we can wonder if wildcard has made the decision that the free creatures that it would introduce into the game will only be creatures already existing with a different 3D model (apart from the creatures voted by the community) in short I find that investing players' money to create a 3D model of a new creature that in reality is just an old creature with a reskin is money poorly invested. To date, players must pay $120 in total to have all the additional official content. I think that for once it would have been legitimate to do us a little favor and create a real new free creature. what's the point of spending so much money in the game otherwise. cordially, a player who loves the game and the new features that ASA brings, but also worried about the future. We are all a little worried about the future, who isn't. Anyway you're right, they need to review some things about investments but for the rest seeing all this amount of content they release just makes me think that they should charge less, given that for the rest I think this map is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ermerus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Lise said: The underwater atmosphere seems lively on Astraeos; black pearl and silica pearls nodes are massive oysters easy to spot, corals give cementing paste, table corals give fungal wood and so on. The island of sheep and horses had 4 horses and 2 normal sheep, so Ragnarok and Lost Island still might win for sheep farming. Brought some Maeguana and eggs back to the Island; over half my time today has been trying to find just one of them but it was worth it. Now I'm excited to get Maewings back again when Genesis part 2 releases next year, just because many more spawn, they're clumped together in relatively safe or rex-free areas, easy to immediately find and spawn next to Ovis in some cases too. When the wasted points going into oxygen and the intended nursing effectiveness scaling is implemented then I'll tame some fresh high level ones to breed. While the Armadoggo's ability to teleport and relocate your items instantly between bases is good, gliding 3x faster than a Wyvern, 4x faster than a Rhynio and swim faster than it too is much more fun. Just hope the spawns increase some more since breeders are taming the few that appear right up. When you get further along in the map progression I recommend you kill as many creatures as possible, this will help the spawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embanii Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I'm wondering when the entire map will be released. It's at about 75% right now. Maybe June but probably not before Rag releases. It looks like a desert section but it would be awesome if they had a big cavern area with no radiation but with some aberrant critters or a new glowy critter. Im also wondering if they will release a fantastic tame when they open the desert biome. I thought I saw somewhere Astreos was going to get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyranntX Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, Embanii said: I'm wondering when the entire map will be released. It's at about 75% right now. Maybe June but probably not before Rag releases. It looks like a desert section but it would be awesome if they had a big cavern area with no radiation but with some aberrant critters or a new glowy critter. Im also wondering if they will release a fantastic tame when they open the desert biome. I thought I saw somewhere Astreos was going to get one 35%, and the answer is when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarbossEfan Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 please at least consider using an approval based voting system instead of ranked. ranked voting can be abused; the plurality can end up getting snubbed, potentially leaving most folks upset with the results. with approval based voting you can still choose multiple options, but you only pick the ones you like most. that way even if there's no majority, the choice with the largest backing can still win as the plurality, meaning more folks are likely to be happy with the results. you could even choose two or more winners. in fact i think that would make a LOT more people happy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskwyre Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Would have been cool if you could have got it working on all platforms before you swanned out of the office for the weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACErients Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 🧡😇🙏Tbh a big QOL fix to this game would be to add the ability yo disable tail stinging on dinosaurs, and make it so u can walk through the tail of the creature (ghost) without getting bumped around and stuck or glitch through the floor. (Similar to "disable Aly looking") 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alysson Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 GUUUYS, you JUST fixed the box of chocolates through the floor?? and the chibi fishing??? Commooon, if you don't extend the event, you will get so many more detractors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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