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We are overwhelmed with gratitude for your unwavering support during our 8th annual ExtraLife charity fundraiser. Your collective generosity has once again surpassed our expectations, allowing us to raise an astounding $118,138 in just 24 hours of streaming. We are deeply touched by the hundreds of viewers who tuned in to our streams, cheered us on, and donated to our cause. Your presence made our 24-hour marathon all the more exciting and meaningful. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our amazing partners who generously provided gift donations for our giveaways. Your contributions played a significant role in enhancing our fundraiser and adding an extra layer of excitement for our viewers. Finally, we salute our dedicated team of streamers who committed themselves to raising money for this worthy cause. Your passion, dedication, and endless hours of streaming were instrumental in achieving our remarkable fundraising goal. Thank you, our amazing gaming community, for making our 8th annual ExtraLife fundraiser a resounding success. Your generosity will have a profound impact on the lives of countless individuals in need. We are truly humbled by your unwavering support. Nvidia Alienware Intel Overwolf Nitrado Syntac - $40,783 HillbillyWilly - $12,812 Raasclark & Aaron Longstaff - $11,947 Royale With Cheese - $5,696 Phlinger Phoo - $3,071 Shockist - $2,170 [Ned] NeddyTheNoodle - $1,840 No No No -Exoleras - $1,815 ARK Official PVE Community - $1,427 Panda - $1,133 If you didn't get a chance to check out our 24-hour Extra Life stream, don't worry! We have all the reveals and clips of all the memorable moments! New to Scorched Earth: Frontier Adventure Pack! What’s a cowpoke without their trusty boots and hat? Strut Scorched Earth in style as you embark on a new journey with the Frontier Adventure Pack! Scorched Earth's launch date has been moved to March 2024. Check out this new 3D render of Fasolasuchus. Hear the Deathworms tremble as they no longer dominate the sands of Scorched Earth when Fasolasuchus makes its grand entrance on ARK: Survival Ascended! Krampus will descend on Winter Wonderland to punish naughty tribemates for pretending to be AFK when it’s time to farm! Check out the updated content roadmap for ARK: Survival Ascended! We revealed some more music from ARK The Animated Series -- part of the series' nearly 7-hour live-orchestrated original score by Gareth Coker , a magnum opus! Survival of the Fittest makes its cross-play return to ARK: Survival Ascended on December 20th for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation! Be on the lookout for more information in an upcoming Community Crunch! Check out all the memorable segments from our Extra Life 2023 stream! We sit down with Jessica from UF Shands to discuss the Extra Life initiative and fundraising! We sit down with Chief Marketing Officer from Overwolf, Shahar, to discuss the upcoming ARKathon modding contest and upcoming modding initiatives. We sit down with Jeremy and Jesse to discuss Scorched Earth, the Frontier Adventure Pack, and much more! We sit down with Drew Walker, from Streetlight Gaming, to discuss how ExtraLife and the impact it has on programs like Streetlight Gaming. More On Streetlight Gaming GG Fizz shows off a breathtaking build for ExtraLife and talks about building in ARK: Survival Ascended. Our talented concept artist, Clayton, sits down to draw a creature based on the chat's recommendations. Get your first look at SOTF in ARK: Survival Ascended. Craig and Evza play a round of SOTF. Ready for some ARK Trivia? Check out Dave, Jackson, Svala, and Michael take on ARK trivia while Cedric hosts. Round 2 of SOTF with Craig Brown and Yue. Svala takes on the challenge of beating the Broodmother in 3 hours! Can she do it? Check out our regional snack review with snacks from: Eastern Europe, Canada, Turkey, and Guatemala. We sit down with popular modder, Nekatus, to see what's on his plate. Round 3 of SOTF with Zane and Craig. We take a look at some of our favorite entries in the Community Crunch and take a look at an ARK: Survival Evolved since launch. Here's the link to all the entries in the Halls of History! And that's a wrap on Extralife 2023! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

Join us on Twitch.tv for our 24 hours Extra Life event of entertainment, amazing giveaways, plushies, and much more! If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates for 24 hours! DONATE Stop by and hang out out in our Twitch stream or Discord for an opportunity to win a cool giveaway from one of our amazing sponsors! More about Extra Life Gameday The Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team View full article

ARK: Survival Ascended is now live on Playstation! Embark on new expeditions as we spotlight the second wave of Cross-Platform Mods, expanding your ARK horizons with a plethora of exciting content. A note about Modding with ATLAS assets (we've been asked!): It's official from the corporate top-boss: creators can use all ATLAS assets within ASA mods as they see fit! (only for use within ASA mods, of course) This video features: "Parrot", by RyanLucas007 https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/parrot "No Untameables", by Myrmecoleon https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/no-untameables "Super Spyglass Plus", by Kavan87 https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/super-spyglass-plus "Death Recovery", by Mannalo https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/death-recovery-mod "Additional Boats", by KlingerMartins https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/klinger-additional-boats-server "Additional Ferry Boats", by KlingerMartins https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/ferry-boat "Dwarven Builders", by Nekatus https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/dwarven-builders-mod "Svartalfheim Armory", by Nekatus https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/svartalfheim-armory "Chibi Syntac", by DevAlpha https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/chibi-syntac-mod Check out ARK:Survival Ascended in the PlayStation store! View full article

We appreciate your patience while we worked to launch ARK: Survival Ascended on PlayStation. In our last announcement, we were expecting a launch date in Early December, but we are thrilled to announce that the launch date has been set for this Thursday, November 30th at 9:00 AM Pacific. Similar to other console launches, the new set of Official Servers will not go online until a few hours after the launch to allow ample time for downloading. This will ensure everyone has a fair chance to join the game and experience ARK: Survival Ascended. The new Official Servers will also go online with bonus rates (for a period of time) to allow for everyone to catch up. Thank you everyone for your cherished support, and we'll see you on the ARK shortly PlayStation Survivors! Studio Wildcard We’ve made the difficult decision to temporarily disable Windows clients from joining our crossplay Official PvP servers while we collaborate with Microsoft and BattlEye to implement robust anticheat measures for the Windows version of the game. We apologize to our Windows players but we feel this is the best course of action for the health of the game. This temporary measure affects the following server types: XX-PVP-TheIsland ### XX-PVP-SmallTribes-TheIsland ### XX-PVP-Modded-TheIsland ### XX-PVP-Arkpocalypse-TheIsland ### Rest assured, your single-player experience and private servers that haven't disabled Windows clients from joining remain unaffected. We're committed to resolving this issue swiftly and bringing Windows clients back onto crossplay PvP servers early next week. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work towards ensuring a fair and secure gaming experience for all Survivors. Thank you for your continued support! Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser 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 ever across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we release more Cross-Platform Mods each week! Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

This week marked the grand debut of ARK: Survival Ascended on Xbox and Windows PC, accompanied by groundbreaking cross-platform mods. Hold tight, PlayStation survivors – your turn to embark on this epic adventure is just around the corner in early December! Dive into the rest of the Crunch and find out more about our annual ExtraLife event, CurseForge's ARKathon: Modding Contest that starts on December 5th, and a quick tease for ARK: Survival Ascended's bite-sized Turkey Trial! Introducing the first set of ARK: Survival Ascended Cross-Platform Mods available at launch on Xbox and PlayStation! Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser 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 ever across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we release more Cross-Platform Mods each week! Buy now for Xbox and Windows PC! Exciting news! We're thrilled to share that we've given the green light to over 120 fantastic new mods for cross-platform play — what a leap from the ten approved just a couple of days ago! And guess what? There's more to come in the next few days! Here is the current list of approved cross-platform mods: Additions Ascended: Archelon Additions Ascended: Brachiosaurus Additions Ascended: Ceratosaurus Additions Ascended: Deinosuchus Additions Ascended: Deinotherium Additions Ascended: Helicoprion Additions Ascended: Xiphactinus Alfa Oceanic Plataforms Any Colour Sets AP: Death Recovery Ark Primal Chaos Arkitect Structures Remastered ArkNav ArkWarfare Community Mod Ascended Server Tracker AutoDoors Automated Ark Autorunner Bangin Tranqs basilisks Better Chat Better Elevators Better Feeding Troughs Better Forges Better Oviraptor Better Refrigerator Chaos Creator Cheat Death (Homing Pigeon reloaded) Classic Glider Ascended Cliffans Vanilla Weapon Skins CliffPlatforms Configurable Stack Mod CrunkQoL Death Inventory Keeper Death Recovery Item Tool Dino Auto Attack Dino Kill Potion Dino+ (Nanny, Hatchey) DinoCloud (a Dino Storage Solution) DKA Mod Draconic Chronicles (ALPHA) (Wyverns and more) Dwarven Builders Mod Easy Pumps Eclectic-Ascended Element Harvesting Empire Gaming Community Mod EnglarkMod Ez Engram Unlocker Ez Grapple Crossbow Ez Guns on Dinos Ez Resource Vouchers EZ Stacks Flyer Seatbelts (Cross Platform) Gaia: Elixirs Gaia: No Fall Damage Gaia: Spawn Shield Gaia: Starter Pack Glyph Transformations Gnome's Early Tek Binoculars Gnome's Enhanced Fridge GoA_Mod griffins Gryphons Improved Industrial Cooker Industrial Dehydrator Infused ARK Community Mod Irradiator Itens Alfa Just Be Reasonable! (rhynio craving change) KJ's Ark Klinger Additional Boats Klinger Additional Structures Legacy Meat Spoiler LoyaltyARK Community Mod maewings Managarmrs Marvelous Spyglass More Rideables MuchStuffPack Mystic Isles Community Mod Nanite Owls Structures Nanoh's Reusables No Untameables Pelayori's Cryo Storage PhoenixARK Mod Pirate Chests Project Zodiac Radical Storage Rockwell's Smithy RR-FantasyGliderWings RR-Homedeco and more! Beta RR-Potions S-dino Variants ScrappedAssets Silent Structures Simple Flat Map Sinomacrops Sodium Den Community Mod Solo Farm Mod Super Spyglass Plus Super Spyglass/Super Binoculars Surprise Machines Survival Ambience Svartalfheim Svartalfheim Armory TC's Odin TC's Storage Box tekbows TG Stacking Mod TG Stacking Mod 1000-50 TG Stacking Mod 1000-90 The Working Class TPC Pike Ultimate Tranqs Unknown's test 3 Upgrade Station Utilities Plus To browse all the mods, visit this page! Playstation certification is underway for Sony, and we're still hoping for an early December release. We will update the community as that progresses, and we appreciate your patience. We eliminated 95% of join errors for the official network on PC and Xbox this week and have a patch for Windows coming in the near future. If you historically encountered an error with 'unet' in the title and a slew of server information, rest assured that’s now solved! The client-server list is currently not always updating server population. What does this mean for you? You may be attempting to join a full server that displays at, say, 64/70, to no avail. We're working on addressing it as soon as possible. Some players have misunderstood the new Auto Join feature as a Queue system. To clarify, it is not a queue but rather a tool that allows you to automatically attempt reconnection to a server, particularly useful when the server you're on is full. It operates similarly to manually joining but aims to streamline the process and save you clicks. However, you can still opt to join manually if you prefer. As far as requests for more Official servers go, we plan to roll out some more new servers on our Official Network as we assess stability, capacity, and demand. And, of course, we will add more fresh console servers with boosted rates to help players catch up when PlayStation drops! We’ll continue to iterate on performance, crashes, bugs, exploits, etc, as we navigate early post-launch LiveOps and stay informed about our ongoing progress via the patch notes. Happy Thanksgiving from the holiday skeleton team! We are excited to be going live from our Seattle office Saturday December 2nd at 10AM Pacific for 24 hours of entertainment, amazing giveaways, plushies, and much more! If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates for 24 hours! DONATE We will announce the giveaways and sponsors, along with all the final details in the Crunch next week. Stop by and hang out out in our Twitch stream or Discord for an opportunity to win a cool giveaway from one of our amazing sponsors! More about Extra Life Gameday The Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team Download in full resolution As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air, we're excited to share an update to our Event plans; Turkey Trial will be making a 2023 resurgence in abbreviated form! Although we won’t be celebrating in true Turkey Trial fashion, we’re cooking up something planned to begin after Thanksgiving. As we want to be fully prepared, Turkey Trial will now commence on Friday, December 1st. Bonnet Hat Skin Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin Dodorex Swim Top Skin Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin Meat Swim Bottom Skin Meat Swim Top Skin Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin Pilgrim Hat Skin Pitchfork Skin Turkey Hat Skin Turkey Leg Skin Turkey Swim Bottom Skin Turkey Swim Top Skin Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin Ugly Trike Sweater Skin Turkey Costume Skin Pumpkin Pie Hat *new* Full-head Cooked Turkey Hat *new* Wreath-like Forest Crown Hat *new* Cornucopia-inspired Feeding Trough *new* Turkey Deep Fryer Cooking Pot *new* Belly Rub Emote Food Coma Emote Hungry Emote Touchdown *new* Friends Gesture *new* Orange Medium Autumn Light Autumn Burnt Sienna Brown Light Brown Dark Magenta Dark Violet Vermillion Red Dark Red Dino Dark Red Midnight Blue Black Sands Dark Blue Near Black Black Dino Darker Grey Dino Albino CurseForge is calling all ARK modders and game studios! ARKathon is a massive ARK: Survival Ascended modding contest. Create and publish your best ARK: Survival Ascended mods for a chance to win big with $350,000 in rewards across two uniques tracks: Modders Track: Unleash your creativity to create new maps, skins, dinos, weapons and more. Publish your mods cross-platform instantly $50,000 worth of prizes Studios Track: It's time to dream big and aim high. Curseforge is calling all studios to bring their own content and IP to ARK in the form of DLC-level premium mods 3 studios will win a $100,000 development grant each Submissions start on December 5! For more info, visit this page! ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today! What are ARKpocalypse? ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates. Next wipe: December 22nd 2023 Additional servers will be added at the same time. Going forward they will all wipe at the same time every four weeks. You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving! Genesis Part 2 for Nintendo Switch will now be releasing in early 2024. We thank all of our loyal Switch players for their patience and can't wait to bring you the conclusion of the Genesis saga. We'll be back with a firm release date in the new year. Now through December 3rd, players can enjoy a Black Friday sale for these titles: ARK: Ultimate Survival Edition for 50% off ARK: Ultimate Survival Upgrade for 50% off ARK: Dinosaur Discovery for 75% off Get them on the Nintendo eShop now! Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKFanart on social media! Creator: Raasclark Raasclark builds a water pen and attempts to speedrun two artifacts caves! Creator: Etholdir Etholdir rebuilds from The Island's ruins. Join him as he revisits his previous renovations and creates new expansions. I want to meet the island's reliable Argen as soon as possible by @maMe_buDo Kahuere's lunch by FrancoisL-Artblog Sparkle by LeoMitchell ARK comic - page 3 by BonnieFoxxx ARK Fanart: Protoceratops, Sitting by Sonne-Spiritwind River Queen by XantheDoodles Ark Fire Wyvern by GraceH-09 Welcome to the ARK Xbox players! by @bluedragonark Dude the photo mode is just too good by @VenoEdit #LandscapeMonday by @NovA1990 PhotoMode by @thommoretti It asks for a hug by @EgoSilentium Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

ARK: Survival Ascended is now live on Xbox and Windows PC! The first set of ARK: Survival Ascended Cross-Platform Mods are ready to download, bringing a universe of new possibilities to your ARK adventure! View full article

The highly anticipated Dreadnoughtus dossier has finally arrived, and we're all eager to witness the epic clashes between this colossal creature and the titans of Extinction. Additionally, we're thrilled to announce an upcoming event test drive featuring a condensed version of our traditional Turkey Trial! Lastly, don't forget to save the date for the CurseForge ARK modding Town Hall on November 20th! Download in full resolution Species: Dreadnoughtus recalcitrans Time: Late Cretaceous Diet: Herbivore Temperament: Territorial Dreadnoughtus was a newly-described fossil genus in my day, named for the idea that it was so large it must’ve had nothing to fear in its own time. The current species does its namesake proud, and may even be able to defy the Titans ruling our post-apocalyptic world. A big believer in picking on creatures its own size, Dreadnoughtus will ignore anything smaller than a Spinosaur to focus on larger threats. It absorbs the fury of incoming attacks to charge up its uncanny, Element-disrupting bellow. Even then, this bruiser shows extraordinary patience, waiting until the last possible moment to come roaring back. Once tamed, Dreadnoughtus will gladly shoulder your heaviest artillery and carry it -- and you -- into battle, on a platform big enough to earn that ‘dreadnought’ name. Your walking war-machine will swallow boulders (or cannonballs!) to spit back up as acid-coated ammo. If you’re going to war with Titans, it just makes sense to recruit a titanic creature with a grudge against them. Your Dreadnoughtus ally may go down fighting, but not before softening up the adversary for a killing blow. Best of luck, and give ‘em Hell for me! Download in full resolution As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air, we're excited to share an update to our Event plans; Turkey Trial will be making a 2023 resurgence in abbreviated form! Although we won’t be celebrating in true Turkey Trial fashion, we’re cooking up something planned to begin after Thanksgiving on Tuesday, November 28th. While we weren't planning to unleash the Murder-Turkeys on ARK: Survival Ascended this year, we’ve pivoted in order to do an event “test run”. Our intention is to use the CurseForge Mod Delivery System for this event, which we haven't done before on a wide scale on our Official Network. The benefits of using this system allow us to make sure that Seasonal Event Mods are always accessible, even after an event has ended so players who want to run them on their servers or in single-player can do so year-round and avoid us having to update clients, but just patch the mod itself. Turkey Trial will still feature the same thrilling scavenger hunt, genetically-modified Murder-Turkeys, and the chance to craft your very own Turkey Costume or Ugly Sweater skin - in addition to some new Turkey Trial goodies! We'll have more details to share in the next Community Crunch, so, stay posted for Much Ado About Stuffing (sorry)! Hey everyone, CurseForge is excited to welcome our modding community into their ranks. They would like to invite you all to their ARK Town Hall on Monday, November 20, 2023 8:00 PM UTC +2. What is Overwolf Their Vision for ARK Tools Overview What’s Next? Q&A There will be an open Q&A at the end so get your notebooks ready! Meeting invite will be shared closer to the event - Click here for the meeting invite! See you soon! This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 20th. PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKFanart on social media! Creator: Aaron Longstaff Aaron Longstaff's detailed tutorial shows how to build a house for a beginner on Ark Survival Ascended. Creator: Game_Changer Watch as Ragnarok's Blue Obelisk comes to life in this magnificent diorama by Game Changer! Jamie's Glowtail trio: Peach, Tara, and Patch. by @Ares33909104 Community Voted Creature Winner by @StudiosGoji Kahua - DTYS Ampreh by franzvanderlinde Proto-ARK / Creature by Nalak-Bel Companion by Shirumin Tek Rex by HungryDragonArts Underwater depths of the ARK by UNGERTI Into the Redwoods by @Danurous Simple little house tutorial by @CHipZz_Gaming A nightly hunt... by @Dom1n8torG PhotoMode by @TamilPCGamer Beautiful Scene by @SwordswiperYt Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

The creativity and resourcefulness of Survivors, both old and new, as they find new homes on the Island has been truly inspiring. The content and experiences you've been sharing with us are, as always, beyond anything we could anticipate! This week we tackled a number of bugs and exploits, including a fix for a bug where baby dinos were falling through the map. We've made more progress towards increasing the performance and stability of servers, but our work there isn’t done yet. We've also started to tackle some of the bugs we've seen reported across our various social platforms (thank you for your reports!). Keep your eyes on patch notes to see some of those pesky bugs get zapped over the coming weeks! We’re looking forward to seeing console survivors dive into ARK: Survival Ascended so stay tuned for more information on the ASA launch for Xbox next week! To our Playstation Survivors, we’re urgently working with our partners and look forward to sharing a launch date as soon as we're able! Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKart on social media! Cover Art by @XxStevieLad87xX Creator: DAN Burtini In this building tutorial, Dan shows you how to build a cozy riverside home. Creator: Evo Evo goes on the hunt for utility tames, but the ARK had other plans for him! Baby Artemis the Deinonychus by BumpySlays22 Keeping warm with my Lover by EchidnaQuills Sitting! by @ebiflyyyy4 Secret participation by @maMe_buDo Compy insanity! by @TekARK_01 Diana and her Managarmr Jet by @ewo_zaur Lightning Wyvern by MARYFIX A little tropical island retreat by @Songbird_Gamer Before the rain by @EgoSilentium So pretty by @soapysoapp RUN DODO RUN!!!!! by @GPxGP Look out world by @Kiah0nFire Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

What a whirlwind of a week it's been for both our team and all of you. We've ridden the exhilarating highs of ASA's PC release, watching it claim the top spot on the Steam charts, and we've ridden the rollercoaster of post-launch LiveOps with its share of hitches and victories. On the flip side, there's no denying the disappointment accompanying the delay of ASA's console launch. We felt it, too. Let’s get straight into the console news: Xbox Series X/S and Windows: We’re on track for a November 14th (Tuesday) launch day! As we get closer to the launch, we’ll share more information on precisely when it should be available for you to download. The Xbox version will be up-to-spec with the latest PC functionality as of Nov 14, and will launch directly into crossplay with the PC version (along with new servers, including Xbox-only servers). Playstation: We’re hoping to have a more precise date to share with you soon as we’re currently finalizing this with Sony, but it is slated for the end of November. We know this isn’t ideal, but we’re optimistic we’ll be able to share a date very soon! Following the PC launch and the information and data we’ve gathered, we’ve decided to make some changes to our plans for the console launch. Here’s how everything is going to shake up: Xbox Launch Cross-platform with Steam will be enabled Day One. We’ll be onlining a new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December. We’ll also be onlining our first set of console-specific servers at this moment so that players who do not want to play on crossplay can play on those PlayStation Launch Cross-platform with Steam and Xbox will be enabled Day One We’ll be onlining another new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running with even higher boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December. We’ll also be onlining an additional set of console-specific servers with higher rates that will get synchronized by mid-December Of course, there have been a few bumps along the way, and we're working hard to address any issues that players are reporting. We’ve put out a record number of patches this week, but the patches can be summarized as Bug fixes: We've fixed a number of bugs, including server crashes, dino spawn issues, and mesh exploits. Performance improvements: We've made a number of performance improvements, including optimizing the dynamic navmesh system, server code (80%+ reduction in out-of-memory issues), and foliage. We're also pleased to announce that we've significantly reduced server RAM usage. This should improve the player experience and help make servers more accessible for everyone Security improvements: We've added client-side protections to prevent players from listing unofficial servers as fake officials, and we've fixed a number of exploits. For detailed patch notes visit this page. We know there is still plenty more work to be done on all of those fronts, but we're committed to making ARK: Survival Ascended the best survival game it can be. We'll continue to release patches with bug fixes and performance improvements in the coming days, along with major feature additions over the coming weeks (and introducing Public Test Realm next week – more on that soon). In the meantime, thank you for your support and patience. We hope you're enjoying ARK: Survival Ascended so far! It is with a heavy heart that we announce the delay of Extralife 2023 from November 4th to December 2nd. We know this is late notice, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may cause to our ExtraLife team members and those who join the stream to engage with us every year. If you’d still like to stream on Game Day, we more than encourage you to do so and we’d be happy to provide support. Also, if you want to wait for our stream day, that works too 🙂 This decision was not made lightly, as we have participated in ExtraLife’s “Game Day” event for 6 years. Extralife is not only a day where we come together to raise money for children in need, but it’s also a day that we cherish because we get to hang out with the ARK community. We want to make sure that the event is a success for all of our participants, donors, and sponsors, and we believe that moving the date is necessary to ensure that we can hit the mark. That also means we need to make sure that as many ARK players as possible can take part and because of the console delay, we need to push back the date. Extralife is one of our favorite events of the year, and we love seeing the community come together to raise money for such a worthy cause. We can’t wait to run it with you in a few weeks! Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to seeing you on December 2nd for Extralife 2023! More about Extra Life Gameday The Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team On the Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team page, you can donate to the cause or join our fundraising team. This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 5th. PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKart on social media! Creator: Syntac Syntac showcases and discusses 10 thrilling additions made to ARK Survival Ascended. Which one are you the most excited about? Creator: CHipZz CHipZz demonstrates how to construct a workshop that includes a designated space for housing your harvesting tames. The video offers a step-by-step, voice-over tutorial, ensuring it's easy for you to follow along and construct the workshop. Gigantoraptor and Giga Baby from ASA by кал калыч Eerie Otters by N4STYR4BBiT Looks like someone is going to feast on calamari today! by @ScutalTheLizard Yutyrannus by @therbisofficial I have returned from the dreaded art block to post this. by @SoupAscended The journey continues by @k3zk_627 Sinomacrops is baby by ark-erika Not a bad little view by @TheAx3Man Thank you for the photo mode by @TiiaAurora Some beautiful screenshots from ARK ASCENDED by @Alexand90575037 This game looks like a damn movie by @Nekatus Om Nom Nom.... Tail. by @_NERDPotion Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article

Respawn into a new dinosaur survival experience beyond your wildest dreams… as ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of videogame technology with Unreal Engine 5! You awake on a mysterious island, your senses overwhelmed by the blinding sunlight and brilliant colors bouncing off every surface around you, the azure waters of a verdant Island lapping at your bare feet. A deep roar echoes from the misty jungle, jolting you into action, and you stand up – not afraid, but intrigued. Are you ready to form a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of species of dinosaurs and other primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain? Your new world awaits… step through the looking-glass and join it! ARK: Survival Ascended has completely recreated and redesigned the artwork and worlds of ARK to take advantage of the latest in videogame technology, Unreal Engine 5, using high-end graphics features such as fully dynamic Global Illumination (“Lumen”), so that light bounces realistically of off surfaces and provides realistic reflections, and advanced mesh streaming (“Nanite”) of hundreds of millions of triangles for extreme detail. Advanced new physics systems such as dynamic water so that every creature creates waves, ripples, splashes, and bubbles as they move through fluids, and fully interactive physical foliage where every blade of grass, bush, and tree reacts to characters, explosions, projectiles, and physics objects. Knock down a tree, and see it crash into other trees and disturb all the foliage on its way down to smacking into the grass below! Detect an enemy moving sneakily through the grass as it shifts and sways in response to their presence. Demolish a building and watch the pieces break apart realistically, interacting with the grass and water as they fall. ARK: Survival Ascended includes access to all of ARK’s worlds, including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, ARK Genesis Part 1, ARK Genesis Part 2, and more. The Island is released now, with the subsequent expansion worlds to be added at no additional cost on a regular basis. The definitive survival experience returns better than ever: design your Survivor, form a tribe, and tame, train, breed & ride dinosaurs within a living ecosystem. Watch your food, water, temperature, and weather patterns. Slowly expand outwards as you harvest, build structures, farm crops, customize your visual designs, and proceed to explore to uncover the true nature of The Island and the worlds beyond. Thorough Quality of Life revamps in every area: redesigned User Interfaces, dynamic navigation for intelligent creature pathfinding, Wild Babies, Photo Mode, new Camera systems, new Map system, Tracking System, new Structures and Items, new Creatures, and much more. Cross-Platform Modding: Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser 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 ever across gaming platforms! Cross-Platform Multiplayer: form your online tribe across different gaming platforms as you work together to survive and thrive on the ARK! Supports public online multiplayer for up to 70 players, private-session multiplayer for up to 8 players, and local split-screen for 4 players (Steam PC) and 2 players (PS5, XBOX and Windows Store). Available on PC now! Console Survivors, Last night, while continuing our internal quality assurance process for ASA, our team identified some critical issues in the multiplayer version of the game that would have had major implications for the console versions of the game. Unfortunately, due to these issues, we’ve decided to delay the launch of the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game until November. We understand that this news is disappointing, and trust us, we’re disappointed too. The team really did aim to get everything out for all platforms in October, but we fell short just at the finish line. We’re sorry about that, as we know a lot of you have been very excited about this launch and made plans around it. Next steps? As of now, we’re working on two tracks. One track is managing the launch of PC, and the other track is preparing a patch for the game's console version with the latest content/gameplay updates and fixes. The additional time lets us resolve those specific multiplayer issues and bring the game up to the PC specification, which received a number of critical improvements as the console versions were going through certification. We’re still planning to keep crossplay between Steam and Consoles disabled until we’ve entered the quicker certification process, but that decision could change based on how things are looking with PC at the time. The added benefit of this change is that it also enables us to ensure a smoother console launch as we’ll have fought many of the initial fires with PC and have a more content-rich and stable modding experience that has been battle-tested when the game becomes available on consoles. Finally, when the console is ready to be released, a fresh set of Official Servers will go online with bonus rates (for a period of time) to allow you to catch yourself up in preparation for Crossark. We know that this news is far from ideal, however we’ll be doing our best to make the game as good as it can be when it launches in November. We are really grateful for the support and cannot wait to get ASA with cross-platform mods into your hands! Studio Wildcard View full article

Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: v31.59 v31.59 (server) v31.59 (client) - 12/04/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed abandoned structures not decaying Continued tweaks on network range performance settings Fixed baby tames sometimes floating in the air v31.56 (server) - 12/2/2023 - Minor version for servers Server Improved memory utilization in heavy memory scenarios to reduce potential for OOMing (Out Of Memory Server tuned some networking values for better for performance on Official Servers v31.51 (server) - 11/30/2023 - Minor version for servers Reduced the max number of harvestables harvested per attack in order to make significant performance gains Fixed a crash related to C4 in caves Fixed an exploit allowing names to go over character limit v31.44 (server) - 11/29/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed an exploit v31.43 (server) - 11/28/2023 - Minor version for servers Temporarily disabled Windows clients from connecting to Official PVP Crossplay servers until we have resolved the Windows BattlEye integration v31.41 (server) v31.38 (client) - 11/27/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed a bug on dedicated servers where the Dino Replication range was not scaling properly based on player counts (higher player count servers scale this number as there are more active Dinos on the server to save performance). Changed the logic so that on PvP it only adjusts the replication range for small tamed creatures and wild creatures, rather than all tames. Can be disabled using the server startup param -disabledinonetrangescaling Fixed a bug where players would sometimes fail to connect to a server because it hadn't properly cleared out their previous attempt Fixed a few client crashesc v31.37 (server) 11/23/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed an exploit that allowed malicious clients to spawn and fire specific projectiles from anywhere in the map, even through bases, to attack their targets. v31.33 (server) v31.34 (client) - 11/20/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed some server crashes Fixed multiple connection errors when attempting to join servers v31.28 (client) - 11/22/2023 v31.28 (server) - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed an exploit related to ammo v31.26 (server) - 11/21/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed an exploit that allowed hackers to speed up the time on servers v31.23 (server) v31.23 (client) - 11/20/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Made networking changes for platform compatibility Fixed an issue with connection timeouts Please restart your client to get this update. v31.21 (server) v31.21 (client) - 11/20/2023 - Major version for servers and clients Created major version in preparation for Xbox release Merged relevant Xbox fixes from PC branch v26.41 (server) v26.41 (client) - 11/20/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed a memory leak v26.38 (server) - 11/17/2023 - Minor version for servers Temporarily reverted movement exploit fix for further tweaking v26.36 (server) - 11/17/2023 - Minor version for servers Optimization to dynamically not tick idle/inactive Dino animations on the dedicated server based on server frame rate (only becomes active when server is low FPS) Can be disabled using: -AlwaysTickDedicatedSkeletalMeshes Side-effects can include inaccurate collisions for idle dinos on the client versus the server (such as inaccurate jumping position while standing on an inactive/idle Bronto and jumping on its tail as it sits in your base) Movement speed optimizations Fixed a movement exploit v26.32 (server) - 11/17/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed some server crashes Reduced some memory costs on the server Enabled an out of memory protection for servers. In the event that a server reaches an excessive amount of memory, the world will be forced saved and the server will be restarted to prevent crashes or rollbacks. Use the serverparam to specify the amount. Default is 35 and setting to 0 disables. -GBUSageToForceRestart=# v26.27 (server) - 11/16/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed some server crashes Improved performance for movement replication Reduced some memory costs on the server Resolved some memory leaks Enabled full garbage collection to clear out unnecessary data/bloat on servers v26.25 (server) - 11/15/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed issue with harvesting bushes with some dinos Fixed short Dino mating range Fixed an exploit Kairuku babies are now claimable v26.23 (server) - 11/14/2023 - Minor version for servers Tweaked some ini values to reduce/eliminate rubber banding on servers with low frame rate or players with high latency v26.21 (server) v26.21 (client) - 11/14/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Increased server performance: adjusted threshold for combining network movement message, resulting in average 80% less network-movement operations Fixed an exploit related to movement speed v26.15 (server) - 11/11/2023 - Minor version for servers Improved server memory v26.11 (server) v26.9 (client) - 11/7/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed some exploits Fixed a bug where baby Dinos (and adults if grown to) were not having their collision profile updated, causing them to fall through the map Fixed a crash that could occur for sometimes when opening inventories Fixed some cases where Dinos were failing to spawn properly in caves Fixed a few bugs were Dinos were not basing properly on certain structures Prevented clients from using specific nanite console variables to hide meshes v26.8 (server) - 11/6/2023 - Minor version for servers Retroactively fixed a save game crash with corrupted tribe data Fixed some server crashes Fixed some server hangs v26.3 (server) v26.6 (client) - 11/4/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed some replication issues with ladders Fixed some server crashes Fixed a bug that prevented admins from joining full servers v26.2 (server) v26.2 (client) - 11/3/2023 - Major version for servers and clients Restores ORP functionality Defaulted to true on PVE Fixed some replication issues with ladders Fixed some exploits Fixed some inconsistencies with turrets firing Increased personal tame limits for tribes on servers v25.69 (server) v25.71 (client) - 11/3/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Fixed some server crashes Re-enabled the cloning chamber Fixed some exploits v25.67 (server) - 11/2/2023 - Minor version for servers Adjusted throttling of Dino movement and replication for better performance at high player-counts. v25.64 (server) v25.66 (client) - 11/2/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Temporarily disabled cloning chamber while investigating a bug Fixed some mesh exploits Prevented clients from using specific nanite console variables to hide meshes Fixed some server crashes Fixed an additional server side hang v25.61 (server) v25.62 (client) - 11/1/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Previously disabled server optimizations have been re-enabled now that the hang crash has been fixed Additional server optimizations to the dynamic navmesh system Fixed some cases where camera movement and input could be lost Fixed a dino spawn issue in SP v25.55 (server) - 10/31/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed an exploit v25.54 (server) - 10/31/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed dino spawners not repopulating properly over time v25.53 (client) - 10/31/2023 - Minor version for clients Fixed some input issues related to FullscreenWindowed at lower-than-native resolutions v25.49 (server) - 10/30/2023 - Minor version for servers Continued ongoing work on memory stability - 80% reduction in out-of-memory issues Various backend tweaks to reduce crashing v25.41 (server) - 10/29/2023 - Minor version for servers Temporarily disabled some server side optimisations as it was causing perma-hangs. Will re-enable in an upcoming patch once we've resolved the perma-hangs. v25.36 (server) - 10/29/2023 - Minor version for servers Continued investigation on server hangs v25.32 (server) - 10/28/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed multiple server hangs Enabled hang detection code on dedicated servers (can be disabled with -NoHangDetection) Fixed a bug where structures lost their ownership references causing data issues Fixed multiple crashes Reduced memory server consumption by approximately 250~300mb (don't worry, there's more to come) v25.27 (server) - 10/28/2023 - Minor version for servers Improved server performance and fixed some server crashes v25.27 (client) - 10/28/2023 - Minor version for clients Added additional crash protection Improved performance Fixed performance bug with lighted structures on platform saddles v25.24 and v25.25 (server) - 10/27/2023 - Minor version for servers Improved server stability significantly by eliminating the most common remaining crashes Improved server performance slightly by optimizing multi-threaded movement logic Fixed duplicate Swamp Fever buffs being applied TEK Dedicated Storage can no longer be placed on platforms and rafts, and TEK Turret can no longer be placed on rafts (until we update the client, they'll look placeable but they will not actually place) Fixed a crash v25.23 (client) - 10/27/2023 - Minor version for clients Added client-side protections to prevent players from listing unofficial servers as fake officials v25.18 - 10/27/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Steam DRM has been disabled for the ARK: Survival Ascended Dedicated Server & Anonymous Depot has been made available Reduced Server RAM usage by approximately 6GB Fixed a bug where you could poop infinitely Fixed some taming exploits Improved server performance by optimising player character and dino character movement Improved server performance by optimising foliage Improved server performance by optimising temperature Set up PSO Preaching. After running the game for a second time, you'll have less graphical hitches as it will cache the shaders to disk Fixed a character creation crash v25.15 server and .16 client - 10/27/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients Improved graphic optimisations Fixed some crashes Fixed an issue with mod dino spawns v25.13 - 10/26/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed multiple server crashes Fixed a BattlEye disconnection during cinematic v25.12 - 10/26/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed multiple server crashes Fixed an exploit with the aim magnetism system Fixed Official PvE server configs so that the correct rules were applying (decay periods, structure prevention zones, locked structures) Enabled BattlEye on Steamdeck v25.8 - 10/26/2023 - Minor version for servers Fixed several crashes Fixed an exploit Server side optimization for wild dino movement Enabled difficulty level 5 on Official Servers

You will feel the earth quake as titanic Dreadnoughtus makes its way to Extinction. This behemoth is sure to shake up some strategies and make your enemies tremble in fear. As we gear up for the release of ARK: Survival Ascended, our friends at the Official ARK Wiki are also working on some exciting updates and brand-new skins for the website! We're looking forward to the week ahead, it's gonna be a fun one! 😉 Download in full resolution Being an ARK survivor, it's probable that you've faced challenging situations, leading you to seek information about ARK's diverse game mechanics. Since 2016, the ARK wiki has functioned as an essential reference for countless players as they embark on their initial adventures on ARK. The extensive documentation, starting from the core gameplay to the expansions, presents a considerable undertaking. Even within our team, we've turned to it for guidance! The ARK wiki is preparing to ascend as well! SKINS: ARK wiki has four new skins for survivors to peruse the wiki in style! The Island: a dark green theme Genesis Part 1: Blue theme Genesis Part 2: Purple theme Extinction: a light theme More skins are also in the works which will be inspired by the other DLCs. Become an Editor: Help improve the wiki! Wiki’s are most successful when many community members contribute content and validate information. Wiki’s are Worldwide: ARK players come from all around the world! We encourage non-English speakers to help make the ARK Wiki an even more valuable resource by contributing to the specific language wikis! Share Your Feedback: As always, we want to hear your thoughts. Anything you want to see the wiki add in the future? Let us know in the Official ARK wiki feedback thread. ark.wiki.gg Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Creator: Phlinger Phoo Phlinger goes on an epic search for poop, a medium crop plot, and dung beetles. Creator: CHipZz CHipZz attempts to beat Lost Island in 100 days without dying. Will he make it all the way to the Dinopithecus King? Managarmr by BumpySlays22 Amazon and Kapro by Sai Dimetrodon by Monster Encyclophedia Ark Utah Raptor by Shadow81 Rock Drake doodle by Lumiixi Untitled by Sumi Parasaurolophus by PetitFlan Screenshot by Yaldi In search of adventures by coqui Screenshot by ωσℓƒι ѕнιкαѕα Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article