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Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ???? How perplexing, who can guess what this might be? Turkey Trial 3 Be sure to grab your tribe and flock over to ARK for the third Turkey Trial event! From Tuesday, November 19th through Tuesday, December 3rd you'll be able to harvest wishbones to gain new cosmetic items, event-themed undergarments, and all new emotes! Be prepared to hunt or be hunted by the relentless “Super-Turkeys”! Event Rates - 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) - 2X Player XP - 2X Harvesting New Event Items - Pilgrim Hat - Bonnet Hat - Turkey Hat - Turkey Leg club skin - Pitchfork Pike Skin - Thanksgiving-inspired Dino Colorization Candy - 3 sets of Event-themed underwear (tops and bottoms) New Event Emotes - Belly Rub Emote - Hungry Emote - Food Coma Emote Wild Creature Event Colors - Light Orange - Light Red - Dark Red - Dino Light Red - Dino Light Orange - Dino Dark Red - Yellow - Dino Albino - DragonFire - DragonBase1 - DragonBase0 - Light Yellow - Brown - Dino Albino - NearBlack - Light Brown - Dino Darker Grey Prior Event Skins - Chieftain Hat Prior Event Creatures: - DodoRex (Temporary tame) - Turkeys Prior Event Items: - DodoRex Tribute - Wishbone On The Horizon PS4 Primitive+ We are in the progress of testing a patch that should resolve the Prim+ PS4 issues that were introduced in a prior patch. We''ll share more information on this as it develops. Exploits and Enforcement We've recently put forth several patches in attempt to eliminate duping and related exploits. If you know of any current dupes that are still functioning, please file a ticket. In addition to ongoing patches to address exploits, we'll be continuing forward with large-scale enforcement initiatives on a regular basis. EVO Event There will be no EVO event rates while the Turkey Trial event rates are active! Until next time! Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark View full article

Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ???? How perplexing, who can guess what this might be? Ongoing Enforcement In an effort to ensure a stable and rewarding experience for survivors on the Official Network, we will be taking a more active approach in ongoing enforcement; including but not limited to wiping or banning tribes who are in violation of the Code of Conduct. In addition to acting on cases that are reported through the ticketing system, we will begin to take action based on metrics from game data and implemented logging systems. Going forward, we will regularly review data from implemented logging systems and third parties to initiate large scale enforcement initiatives. During times of large-scale enforcement initiatives, some servers will be inaccessible until enforcement completes. What Should I Do? Refresh yourself on the Code of Conduct Report any activity that is in violation of the Code of Conduct Be careful who you invite into your tribe, only invite those you trust. If you’re concerned someone in your tribe is in violation or has been in violation of the Code of Conduct, please submit a ticket with any questions you may have. On The Horizon PS4 Primitive+ We are still working to resolve the outstanding issue that's preventing PS4 players from accessing Primitive+. We are in the process of updating and attempting to recompile the mod with the latest content to see if it resolves the remaining issues. We'll keep you updated with any important developments. EVO Event Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 15th of Nov at 1 PM EST until Monday the 18th of Nov at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2x Harvesting Rates 2x Taming Rates 2x EXP Rates Until next time! Twitter: twitter.com/sur Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark View full article

Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ???? How perplexing, who can guess what this might be? ExtraLife 2019 Recap We at Studio Wildcard would like to give a sincere thanks to the community for participating in our latest 24 hour ExtraLife charity event. With the help of our community and ExtraLife team, we raised over $90,906.20 and beat our highest amount raised in 2018 at $76,630.27! We couldn't have done this without the help of our generous community, our amazing sponsors, and our dedicated community who signed up to join our team. We gave away over $10K in prizes with items from Discord, AMD, Alienware, season pass keys, and more! As with prior ExtraLife events, we take this as an opportunity to share sneak peeks at upcoming content. In true tradition, we shared video and visuals from the upcoming Genesis DLC. We're excited to take you on a new adventure in Genesis and look forward to sharing more unseen content. If you missed the event on Saturday and want a sneak peek of Genesis, we've created a clip of a recap on Twitch. This clip includes the videos and concept art of all the Genesis content that was shared during the event. ARK: Genesis Reveals Recap If you're looking for quick access to the individual videos, you can find them on YouTube. ARK: Fishing Net Item Teaser ARK: Cruise Missile Weapon Teaser ARK: TEK Shoulder Cannon Weapon Teaser ARK: Magmasaur Creature Teaser ARK: Bloodstalker Creature Teaser ARK: Lunar Biome Environment Teaser ExtraLife 2019 Charity Facts Team Fundraising Total (as of this writing): $90,906.20 -Up from Last Year’s: $76,630.27 Team Size: 125 -Up from 70 last year Overall Participant Rank: 5 out of 47769 -Up from Rank 14 out of 48101 Participant Earnings: $57,422.57 -Up from Last Year’s: $45,183.27 Overall Team Rank: 6 out of 4954 -Up from Rank 11 out of 5137 Average Donation: $57.28 -Up from Last Year: $42.43 Largest Total Donation Sum (Top Donator) : $3,106 from Acidic -Up from Last Year: $2,500 Total Team Giveaways (excluding keys and vouchers): 33 -Up from Last Year: 11 Top 10 Team Donations: Studio Wildcard - $57,422.57 Burke Black - $6,063.50 Syntac - $4,238.92 Death & Taxes (ATLAS NA PVP) - $3,634 DarksideRP - $3,614 N3 (Exoleras) - $3,339.72 Belle - $2,049.99 Shockist - $1,505.01 Drewlbucket - $1,500 SvalaGaming - $910 Largest Community Donation: $1,337 from Acidic Scoville Units consumed of hot stuff: 31,081,600 A Jalapeno Pepper is about 2,500 - 8,000 Scoville During the stream, we also played a few ARK mods you might be interested in. For those who wanted to know more about them, we've included links to the mods and a short description below. Poker After Ark Poker After Ark offers the ability to play NoLimit Hold'em Poker with up to nine players at the same table. There are four different tables to play on. - PokerTable FullRing (9Max) - PokerTable Shorthanded (6Max) - PokerTable Ramshackle (4Max) - PokerTable HeadsUp (2Max) Atleast two players need to sit at a table to start the game. The Hunt Hunt In hunt mode, one person plays as a terrible monster, and other persons (hunters) try to defeat the monster and prevent it from evolving into an adult beast. Hunters have several types of weapons and traps, including flamethrowers and rifles. The monster has invisibility, a special vision that allows you to detect living beings. Do not think that you can escape from it on the height - a monster can climb anywhere. Survive. In this mode the goal of the survivors is to run away from the monster by opening the gates that are powered by generators. Generators appear in random places on the map and their number depends on the number of survivors. Power the generators with energy cells to open the gate and escape. ARK Arena This mod contains 4 fun game modes which will allow you to experience the full depth of Ark PvP without the grinding We also want to thank our moderators in the chat for helping manage the event, our sponsors, and all our Studio Wildcard survivors that were behind the scenes making the event and reveals possible! We're looking forward to ExtraLife 2020 and if you want to find out more about ExtraLife and how to get involved, visit the ExtraLife website! Sponsored Mod Updates We are welcoming four new projects to the Sponsored Mod Program today! We hope to see these projects flourish and expand on the things that they do great. Faith Author: Snowy Faith is a complete reenvisioning of The Island with new twists and creative ideas. If you would like to see an old favorite in a new face you should check out this labor of love. Primal NPCs Author: multipl3x Primal NPCs takes some unique turns for an NPC mod, such as the ability to order them around via chat. The NPC game is evolving! Prehistoric Structures & Paintable Structures Author: Lisa Prehistoric Structures offers another unique visual design for those that are interested in more primal structure designs. Paintable Structures offers a more modern touch with an insane amount of customizability. Between these two sets of structures, most players should be able to find something they love! ARK Parados Author: Malinja ARK Parados is an overhaul mod that offers a wide range of custom creature variants. Bright colors and unique mechanics are sure to be a treat for the eyes and the adventurous. Applying to be a Sponsored Mod Sponsored Mod Program applications will open again on January 1st. We hope that everyone enjoys their winter break! Happy Modding! ? On The Horizon PS4 Primitive+ We understand that the current issues with Primitive+ on PS4 is preventing an ideal experience. We apologize for the delay in a patch that resolved the current issue with wild dinos. We hope to have more information on this issue later in the week Server Maintenance On Thursday afternoon EST we will be conducting maintenance on our OC network across all platforms. Please check for further information, including timing on our maintenance page at ark.gg/maintenance. EVO Event There will be no EVO event rates while Fear Evolved event rates are active! The normally scheduled event will return when Fear Evolved ends on November 8th Until next time! Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark View full article

You wanted Fear Evolved right? Kidding, this will be fixed in an upcoming hotfix. Most likely some time tomorrow.

I understand the frustration but its better for the players if we have a little more time to polish this up. Releasing early just means we'd potentially be plagued with things we'd have to fix after the fact. I think your son is going to have a great time in the Winter Wonderland event!

It will likely be at 10:00AM PDT but I will try and confirm.

Sounds like I need to refresh myself on the lore.

We're excited to introduce the next saga in the ARK universe: Genesis! By purchasing the ARK: Genesis Season Pass, you'll get immediate access to the HLN-A cosmetic pet on PC, Xbox and PS4! Find out more about Genesis and where to purchase it below: http://playark.com/genesis View full article

Fixed, thanks!

We work with external partners to bring ARK to PS4. So it's making sure all teams are ready and on the same page/ready to launch.

Welcome to another edition of Fanart Friday! We regularly showcase some of the incredible fanart and creations from the community in this weekly series. You can view the artwork in a short video format on our social media accounts along-side this post, which servers get a closer look at these works of AR(K)! Want to see your video, art, screenshot, etc, featured here? Tweet it at us and use #FanARKFriday and you could be here next week! Hallowraith - Deinonychus RavenYT_NL - Raven raising Deinonychus TheEggStick1 - Having Some Fun WillowHikari - Peppermint Sitharius - ARK Millineum Falcon Dorchicka - Fire Wyvern View full article

2 things needing fixed on this post. I'm gonna lose my job!

Dates are fixed Thanks for pointing out my error.

Deinonychus Common Name: Deinonychus Species: Deinonychus magna pede Time: Cretaceous Diet: Carnivore Temperament: Aggressive Wild By the time you hear the scurrying claws of the Deinonychus, it's often too late. Superior hunters, they leap from a hiding place and pounce on their prey. The Deinonychus is an agile climber as well, jumping from wall ledge to wall ledge as it seeks high vantage points to lie in wait. A hungry Deinonychus tends to be fearless and will hunt prey much larger than itself, latching onto a dinosaur's back with its sickle-shaped claws, then starting to feed before its victim is even dead. While it likes its meat fresh, a Deinonychus isn't above scavenging a carcass if no other food is available. Domesticated Raising a Deinonychus in captivity requires an ample food supply, as they have a fast metabolism to match their high activity level. The Deinonychus is also fiercely territorial near nests with eggs, even if the eggs aren't its own. This makes breeding successive generations a hazardous process. Unless raised from eggs, they cannot be tamed; the hunter instinct of a wild Deinonychus is so strong that it reflexively pounces on a would-be master. When will this creature make its first appearance on the ARK? Find out more soon! Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark All the best, Studio Wildcard View full article

Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ??????? What an intriguing discovery survivors, can you guess what this creature is? Jen Has Ascended! Jen has been with the ARK team since the beginning days of Early Access and has been critical in the overall development and success of ARK. At the end of the week, Jen will be ascending into a new opportunity - closing one chapter and beginning the next. We will always consider Jen a part of the Wildcard family and are appreciative of everything she’s done for the studio and our products over the years. Join us in wishing her luck wherever her future takes her. The Mother of Parasaur’s will truly be missed! Mod Community Updates and Developer Podcast In case you missed our separate announcement post last week, submissions for our latest mod contest opened this Friday, May 31st. Check out the current entries and don't miss out on your opportunity to win an ARK Collectors Edition by voting on your favorite entries. In other modding news, sponsorship applications close on Wednesday night 6-5. Since the mod contest is underway, we thought it might be a good idea to check on some of the modders who have transitioned into roles on the ARK development team. Since launch, we've hired over 30 members from the community for various roles. Hosting is Cedric, accompanied by Dave, Jackson, Zane, and Josh. Listen to their experiences in the mod community and the different perspectives of becoming official mods and working for a game development company. If this podcast format is something you'd like to see with other topics in the future, let us know! Note: The goal was originally to post a video format but we had video issues while filming and decided to use the audio and do a podcast format instead. The Great Migration! Once again it is time to remove some of our lower population legacy ARK servers on PC, Xbox, and PS4 from our Official legacy network. Over time the ARK population has migrated from legacy to non-legacy and in its wake left many servers with low populations. Here is a quick breakdown on how this process works: Taking Down Low Pop Servers With calculations based on sustained player-count as well as popularity of game mode we will be removing lower population legacy servers, most of which retain a 0-4 player concurrent population. These servers will be taken offline on June 11th. Any existing server that is not considered a low pop server and is not taken down at this time will still exist on the Legacy network. Legacy servers will continue to remain on a separate cluster from the new cluster, which means you will not be able to transfer anything between Legacy servers and the new servers. Servers Up for Deletion Below is a complete list of the LEGACY servers that will be deleted come June 11th. You have from now until then to move your belongings onto a server not present on this list. Please click one of the links below. They are separated by platform (PC, Xbox, and PS4). How To Move Servers If you are unfamiliar with the process, you are able to upload your items, creatures, and player through the Obelisk terminal, supply drops, as well as the Tek Transmitter. Survivors are advised to use Cross-ARK immediately to relocate their belongings onto a server that is not included in our take-down list above. Server Saves of Deleted Servers We will make the save files available as soon as we can. We will host the PC files which anyone can download and then you are welcome to re-host the save file for your own use. We'll include a link to where you can download server saves in this post when they are available. Nitrado will also be able to provide the saves for use on Nitrado servers for console, as they have done in the past. Evolution Event! Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 7th of June at 1 PM EST until Monday the 10th of June at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2x Harvesting Rates 2x Taming Rates 2x EXP Rates That's it for this post! As always if you’ve got anything to share you can find us at: Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark All the best, Studio Wildcard View full article

The timing has been fixed in regards to the weeks notice.

There's some good feedback here. There are lots of challenges and hurdles with console development in regards to mods. All of the current modders who had their mod chosen for console (including myself) can attest to that. It's a huge undertaking. It's why you don't see hundreds of mods for consoles. When we bring mods to console, it's always a partnership that requires work on our end and the modders. In regards to sharing what we have planned, I've talked about this before but we don't announce things too far out now. It's a mistake we've made in the past. Take Primal Survival, it was an idea we had at one point. For many reasons, it was something we can't do. To this day, people will demand we bring it back because we promised that content. We try to avoid these type of things by announcing things too far out before they can be finalized. Rest assured, we intend to bring more mod content to console and will announce details once they are more finalized.

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