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Welcome back sunken survivors! Hey hey, its ya boi ashZCI here, one and only writer for the Sunken Scoop! our good ol' pal ashgcy is too busy doing kickflips with wild dolphins in Antarctica to write this edition of the scoop, so I will be your host for this edition of the Sunken Scoop once again! Well, I've been helping to proofread and edit ash's absurd grammar since day one, so I guess i've been here the whole time! In this scoop, we have sharks, and... more sharks. The Edestus and Aquilolamna have gotten brand new, updated feature pieces courtesy of yours truly! Besides this, we will also be revealing the winners of the Emote Contest we held in our Discord! We loved seeing your submissions, and while not all of them made it in this time, they hold a special place in our hearts! If this is your first time diving into the deep end, we are a dedicated team of individuals who are looking to spruce up the ocean biome in the same way that Scorched Earth offered a unique, biome specific challenge to survival. With new creatures, resources, structures, items and more, all set on a huge custom map, we're looking to give ARK's oceans the TLC they deserve! The main goal is to bridge that huge gap between early and late game ocean exploration, and make it much more viable and more fun to live a life beneath the waves! This is unofficial content and is only related to our mod. It is in no way related to the official game and its content releases. Let's dive into the scoop! EDESTUS FEATURE ART REDRAW Lava Jaws! Er... Jaw? Saws? What do you even call that? With Edestus being ported over to ASA, I saw it fitting to redraw its feature art! This Lava-covered Lancer of a shark uses Thermite to heat up its body, allowing it to burn its targets even underwater! While they may be tough to get, an Edestus is an excellent exploration mount, due to their bulk and airtight saddle! AQUILOLAMNA FEATURE ART REDRAW It may have flashy patterns, but it's all shark and no bite! Sailing through the shallows is Aquilolamna, our resident oddball shark! Once again, I decided to revisit this piece and freshen up its patterns a little bit! This gracile underwater glider sails across open waters on its massive wing-fins, and can take off with shocking speed when threatened! Not only that, but other underwater creatures can also hitch a ride in the slipstream that an Aquilolamna creates when swimming, boosting their speed! EMOTE CONTEST WINNERS For those of you who are unaware, we recently held a community emote contest on our Discord, with categories for our community and for the TSW team! We loved seeing your submissions, and after discussing amongst the team, we have chosen 5 (technically 7) emotes in total! Without further ado, and in no particular order, lets get into the winners! Community category (emote) clownomalocaris by occasionallymalicious (emote) Smol Ambolo by bluewhale989 (sticker) Protoceratops is à player by helene7559 Team category (emotes) ple/sio/saur by zci5250 (emote) Sad Steth by sireoptera & alkazair COMMUNITY CORNER Big surprise, the community corner is still alive!, We're certainly keeping an eye out for anything you want to send us! In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to us yourself! Send us anything from screenshots, artwork, videos and the so on, and we can feature your work in the next scoop! The submissions channel in our Discord is always open, or you can tag us @ARKSunken with #sunkenscoop on Twitter! Clips and Videos Creator: Deadeyes and Dead Guys Gaming This is part 3 of Deadeyes' showcase of TSW, which covers equipment/structures, Passive Production critters (lepi, bothri, urchin), resources and consumables! Screenshots Ambulocetus by mangostars Artwork Marine Iguana Nap Time by solid steel That's all for this issue of the Sunken Scoop, thanks for tuning in! Come to our discord to share in the excitement, or just to hang out! Have a wonderful timezone! If this is your first time seeing TSW, check out the links below to find out more! Please note that if you want to play our mod, you need both the map and creature mod active. Discord: https://discord.gg/BAkvgc7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkSunken Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArkTheSunkenWorld Map Mod (ASE): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2182740759 Creature Mod (ASE): https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2182770728 Creature Mod (ASA): https://legacy.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/the-sunken-world-additions

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"And then he turned himself into a remaster, funniest thing I've ever seen!" Heyo, ZCI5250 here! You may recognise me as one of the artists for The Sunken World. Our beloved amphibious writer ashgcy is off on vacation at the moment, so I will be your host for this edition of the Sunken Scoop! In this scoop, we will be showing off some sneaky screenshots of our delightful aquatic friends frolicking about in ASA! These were taken on our private testing branch, and some things may change with the official release! As mentioned in the previous scoop, we do not have a planned release date. However, we have gotten past the major hurdles that came with porting, so all that's left to do is playtesting and bug fixing. As long as the creatures dont come up with another escape plan, you can expect to see TSW Additions on the in-game Mods tab very soonTM! If this is your first time diving into the deep end, we are a dedicated team of individuals who are looking to spruce up the ocean biome in the same way that Scorched Earth offered a unique, biome specific challenge to survival. With new creatures, resources, structures, items and more, all set on a huge custom map, we're looking to give ARK's oceans the TLC they deserve! The main goal is to bridge that huge gap between early and late game ocean exploration, and make it much more viable and more fun to live a life beneath the waves! This is unofficial content and is only related to our mod. It is in no way related to the official game and its content releases. Let's dive into the scoop! ASA SCREENSHOTS While it isn't ready to be played just yet, we do have a couple of teasers for what to expect in the TSW Additions mod's ASA debut! From the living SCUBA tank Anomalocaris to the gentle giant Henodus, we mainly focused on porting over creatures which would be greatly beneficial to aquatic gameplay. Oh, the chunky proto-whale Ambulocetus managed to sneak its way in too, but we decided to let it stay. I mean, how could you say no to those puppy dog eyes? Anomalocaris What would TSW be without these iconic and (oddly) adorable arthropods? While feisty in the wild, tamed Anomalocaris will gladly provide survivors with oxygen while underwater... at the cost of slurping up some of your blood! Just be prepared to repair your chestpiece every now and then, their graspers are mighty strong for their size! Henodus Paddling gracefully through the billowing bogs, one can find the charismatic Henodus! These odd sauropterygians are an incredibly important tame for a life beneath the waves. When submerged, a Henodus will release air bubbles from its back, which you can build on to create an early game underwater home! Ambulocetus And last (for now) but not least, we have the Ambulocetus! Found up north in frigid waters, these peculiar mammals are a perfect exploratory mount! Not only are they able to traverse land and sea, but they can even invigorate themselves with a metabolic rush that makes them move and attack faster! You can even pet them, which is not only abso-friggin-lutely adorable, but will also give allied tames a boost in XP gain! COMMUNITY CORNER We haven't received any submissions for the community corner this week, but we're certainly keeping an eye out for anything you want to send us! In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to us yourself! Send us anything from screenshots, artwork, videos and the so on, and we can feature your work in the next scoop! The submissions channel in our Discord is always open, or you can tag us @ARKSunken with #sunkenscoop on Twitter! That's all for this issue of the Sunken Scoop, thanks for tuning in! We hope you're just as excited to play with TSW on ASA as we are, and we will have more to share in the next one! Come to our discord to share in the excitement, or just to hang out! Have a wonderful timezone! If this is your first time seeing TSW, check out the links below to find out more! Please note that if you want to play our mod, you need both the map and creature mod active. Discord: https://discord.gg/BAkvgc7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkSunken Map Mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2182740759 (ASE Version) Creature Mod: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2182770728 (ASE Version)

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