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Hey Survivors! What a fun weekend it’s been! For those of you not in the loop, we just had an action-packed double-header end to the week with the best players and best tribes going head to head in multiple competitive Survival of the Fittest matches! We started off on Saturday with our highest-rated players from June’s Survivor League facing off in their championship matches in FFA Mode, 2 Player Tribes, and 4 Player Tribes. The games were as crazy as expected for an SotF game with a ton of dinos, a ton of explosives and a ton of deaths! If you hadn’t caught the games or want a chance to watch it again, you can do so here: https://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/75809475 The winners and those who placed in the events can be found on our updated Survivor League page, listing their placing as well as how much of the prize pool they’ve walked away with! We’d like to wish them a huge congratulations to the winners and thank everyone for participating in the league. We’ll be reaching out to the winners over the coming days to collect the information required to get your prizes sent out to you! Look out for contact made by Jat! And following this event, today [Sunday] we hosted our Semi Final match for the Summer Cup! The teams were invited to compete in today's game through a rigorous two-month process where the highest-scoring survivor league tribes were tallied and brought together to battle it out for the opportunity to fly to Shanghai, China and compete in the Summer Cup and ChinaJoy! The game was very entertaining with a lot of action right from the get go, the Broodmother even made an appearance! Definitely a must watch if you haven’t so far https://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/75999611 And withour further ado, let’s get to the winners and those who have qualified from today’s game; First and foremost a huge congratulations to; For their outstanding performance in today's Semi Final game and clinching the first spot! We’d also like to wish a congratulations to the remaining 7 teams for securing their qualification for the Summer Cup’s Finals in Shanghai; Tribe: KappaPride Members: Vinz, Deki, Ralph, and Rezy Tribe: BELIEBERS Members: lunde, pbot, piespace, and Fmentz Tribe: GET OUT THE WAY Members: Vayne, Jason TaTane, Sk0_-, and ReDz Tribe: e-LEMON-ators Members: DeyLo, Nes, VelociREKTor, and antihero Tribe: PsychoSocial Members: SonnyDreamX3, PSYCHOxnc, Hanseatenpower, and sgibba Tribe: The Rejects Members: Flex, Bobster, Frumm, and TVA04 Tribe: Grabuge Members: patpanik84, Chyminliv, Alexette, and dantuan and if you'd like to check out the full action-report, you can do so here: http://playark.com/4v4-2016.07.03-17.33.34-22658.html We look forward to seeing you guys compete in the finals! May fortune smile upon you, brave Survivors! And may the fittest survivor be victorious! We’ll be reaching out to the qualified tribes over the coming days to collect the information required, so look out for contact made by Jat! We’d also like to give a huge shout-out to typeForced for streaming and casting both events this weekend, you did a fantastic job and put on a great show alongside the players! Stay tuned for more details regarding the Summer Cup Finals and how you can tune in to support your favourite tribes! And just as a reminder! During the Steam summer sale, our sister game ARK: Survival Evolved is 45% off its retail price! Making it the best deal ever on this dinosaur experience. ARK Steam Sale! All the best, Wildcard Jat and the ARK: Survival of the Fittest Team

Hello Survivors, Welcome to your latest edition of the Community Crunch and ARK Digest! Xbox One Sale! ARK: Survival Evolved is currently available on the Xbox Game Preview Program at a reduced sale price! Survivors can now pick up the game, with a 15% discount for Xbox Silver Members or a 25% discount for Xbox Gold Members! If you’ve been waiting for a sale to grab it, now’s your chance! Xbox Sale! ARK Digest! Here is our question and answer session with Lead Designer, Lead Programmer, Co-Creative Director of ARK: Survival Evolved, and Co-Founder of Studio Wildcard: Jeremy "Drake" Stieglitz! Survivor, n_scheffel asks, “In the last digest you mentioned the new industrial grinder would be similar to the industrial grinder mod detailed on steam. That grinder is an industrial version of the mortar and pestle, and it also does things like convert wood into thatch. We already have the chemistry bench acting as an upgraded mortar and pestle, so how is the industrial grinder going to fit in between without making the chemistry bench pointless?” Survivor, fitzsteve asks, “Hi, would be great to have an update on VR support, when you will be supporting the latest Oculus drivers?” Survivor, HarbingersCat asks, “Any chance of Titanosaur eggs being added in the future?” Survivor, n_scheffel asks, “How about an "undo" feature for placed items with a timer of approximately 30 seconds? For example, you place a behemoth gateway you just spent 1500 metal, 350 cp and 100 polymer making, only to realize one pillar is hovering off the ground by 3'. It would be nice to quickly pick up the item rather than demolishing it and wasting 1/2 of the resources.” Survivor, AERHAE asks, “When will we see difficulty level 5 on the island map?” Survivor, FlyinJapman4 asks, “In regards to Primal Survival, Will we be able to customize our creatures similar to how we customize our human characters, such as height, limb size, skin/fur/scale color, etc?” Survivor, FlyinJapman 4 also asks, “At what Maturity level would a player character be spawned into when they start a game, and how would they be able to survive if they start at newborn/hatchling since raising them as a human is already time consuming?” Survivor, FlyinJapman 4 also asks, “How are the super dinos like the Giga and Titanosaur going to be balanced on PVP servers? Will there be admin options to restrict on what and how many of a species are allowed in that session?” Survivor, HarbringersCat asks, “Will it later be possible to chance upon wild versions of advanced crops, so that you can begin making dino kibble without needing to rely entirely on farm plots?” Survivor, tomb asks, “Is there any chance we can get a server setting for only displaying the name tags / ownership tags of our tribe and allies? This would help RP servers a lot by giving the admins a chance to hide meta information. This would prevent for example being identified when you are wearing a mask. Or when you are hiding somewhere and they use a spyglass. You would also not know who owns a house unless they put up a sign!” Survivor, Wulfsige85 asks, “can have an option to place armor on the Training Dummy, that we can see how much damage each tier of armor can take from players/Dino's. Also we need a Dino/Boss dummy.” Survivor, RedStorm8616 asks, “Also, you explained that if you don't stimulate Troodons, they'll eventually betray you, but if you raise one from birth, say imprint it 100%, would it lose this traitorous nature?” Community Contests! ARKitect! This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judged based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! The ARKitect for Community Crunch 55 is… Sea Port Fantasy by Wolf Angelus! See more screenshots of their build in the gallery linked below: We'd also like to announce three runners up that we were very impressed with! You'll all be awarded runner up prizes! Backhow by Valoule Source: http://imgur.com/a/NlZaJ The Temples of Ark-Mun-Ra by The Lime Inc. The entries this week were phenomenal guys, seriously! Fantastic work ARKVideo! This contest will be open for all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! The ARKVideo winner for Community Crunch 55 is… Star Wars Cinematifc by LameWolfProductions! That’s it for this week’s entries guys! Thank you to all those who entered and congratulations to all our winners and if you’d like to take a look at what all the survivors submitted, you can do so here: Fan Feature! Redwood Forest Biome Preview by Fresonis IS ARK COMPLETELY BROKEN? - THE DREAM VS REALITY by ThickFreedom Dragon Statue by FataL1ty Source: http://imgur.com/a/Yr1au Ark Breeding Phase 3: Random Mutations 2 by King Sandbox Warrior ✥ Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719497249 Treehouse by Sitharias Source: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/gallery/album/954-treehouse-build-work-in-progress/ JP is growing | hatchery test by fox™ ✮ Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=717283965 Tree House Platform 6 by Pellamelion Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=716777592 Rex Memories by ={ARC}= ArcTrooper210 Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=718480216 Happy 4th July by GamerPerfection Rainbow by Devil69Jin Fanmade Dossier: Beipiasaurus by CiTyS Fanmade Dossier: Bistahieversor by CiTyS Fanmade Dossier: Hulk by CiTyS Fanmade Dossier: Tetrapodophis by [DS] Massimo Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=715291722 Fanmade Dossier: Potato (Diabloceratops) by Shadlos Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719490348 Fanmade Dossier: Daeodon Entelodon by INFCTDxGAMR Primitive+ Developers Blog! Hey fellow survivors!!! It’s Ced and I hope you are getting ready for the official launch of Primitive+! For those that have been with me for the past year and a half while I worked on P+, you will know that it has went through a transformation and has had its up’s and down’s in terms of stability. It has been a massive undertaking in which I’ve learned a great deal. While we may be nearing the end of the road, we aren’t at the end of the ride There are still plans to keep polishing and adding to Primitive+ after the official launch - so keep those ideas and suggestions coming in. Expect a lot of things to look different in the next update! It will be the biggest update P+ has ever seen! In terms of what you may expect to see - bridges, alchemy tables, stairs/steps, more meals and consumables, heavier integration of existing resources, integrated mailbox systems, and much much more.. That’s in addition to the 160+ custom items that Primitive+ introduces. Oh and maybe bug fixes I’m shooting for a weekend release (Sunday) for the next content patch. Following that, the next updates before going ‘live’ will focus on bug fixes and optimization only. I hope to see everyone give it a shot and see how long they can thrive when living off what the land provides without modern conveniences. Until then…… -Ced Mod Spotlight! Cedric: Whats up everyone, I'm here with iSpezz, a well-known modder in the community. Today we're here to talk about his SteamPunk mod but he has other content in the workshop as well. iSpezz, why don't you tell me a little about yourself and other mods you've worked on! Cedric: Wow, since release!? That's impressive! So is this the first game you started modding for, or are there other games you've tried to mod? Cedric: You obviously keep busy! OK, so let's talk about the SteamPunk mod. For those that don't even know what SteamPunk is, why don't you give them a brief introduction. What types of things can we expect to see in the mod? Cedric: I agree, I think it fits nicely within the ARK family. I must say, I've been dying to ride in an air balloon across the island haha! Are there any other plans to keep adding items to the mod, or are you mostly complete with it? Cedric: That looks so cool! Can't wait to check it out!!! Well if your history repeats itself, I'm sure we'll see another mod from you in the future! Where do you draw inspiration/ideas from for new mods, or is it just something that hits you and you start working on it? Cedric: Can't wait to see what's up next! Before we part, is there anything you'd like to say to the community. It's been really nice chatting with you! That’s it for this week’s post guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on Twitter at @survivetheark - Facebook at www.facebook.com/survivetheark and Reddit at www.reddit.com/r/playark All the best, Wildcard Jat and the ARK: Survival Evolved Team!