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Community Crunch 460: The Party starts on June 2nd!


ARK’s 10th Anniversary is nearly here, and the party kicks off this Monday, June 2nd!

You can expect the update to roll out Monday late in the evening PST. Alongside the UE 5.5 Upgrade, we’ll be celebrating a decade of ARK with a fun anniversary event, new content, and more!

For more details on everything else coming on June 2nd, check out our previous post here.


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  • This event can be manually activated with the dedicated server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Birthday or via a drop-down menu in Host/Single Player mode.
  • Start: Thursday, June 5th, 2025
  • End: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

  • PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
  • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
  • ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
  • Party Dodo *new*
  • Armor: Birthday Suit Shirt Skin (Chestpiece) *new*
  • Armor: Birthday Suit Pants Skin (Leggings) *new*
  • Armor: Party Hat Skin (Headgear) *new*
  • Creature Hat: Dino Party Hat Skin *new*
  • Weapon: Torch Sparkler Skin (Torch)
  • ARK Anniversary Surprise Cake *new*
  • Cake Slice (Resource) *new*
  • Cakes (Consumable & Event Items) *new*
    • Taming Cake Slice *new*
    • Breeding Cake Slice *new*
    • Imprint Cake Slice *new*
    • EXP Cake Slice *new*
    • Harvesting Cake Slice *new*
  • Anniversary Festive Dino Candy
  • DJ Party *new*
  • Rave Dance *new*
  • Party Dodo *new*
  • Party Rex *new*
  • Party Saber *new*
  • Party Pego *new*
  • Party Ankylo *new*
  • DinoAlbino 
  • DarkViolet 
  • MediumLavender
  • Actual Black
  • Cyan
  • LemonLime
  • Vermillion
  • PowderBlue
  • Mint
  • WyvernPurple1
  • Turquoise
  • DeepPink
  • WyvernPurple0
  • Red
  • Blue
  • Dino Dark Purple
  • LightYellow
  • WyvernBlue




We’re making a key adjustment to OSD’s on Astraeos to address a bug. Starting July 15th, when an OSD lands, it will now destroy any nearby player-built structures within its impact radius. This will be the same radius used for OSDs on Extinction.

If you’ve built near potential OSD drop zones, we strongly recommend relocating your base before the patch goes live.






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Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser 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 across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

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ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

What is ARKpocalypse?
  • ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates.
  • Next wipe: June 27th
For this round, the following mods will be included: 

You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!



This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, June 2.

  • PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
  • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
  • ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding


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Creator: BEYPlaysGames
Follow this guide for 50 essential taming tips and tricks every ARK player should know!
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Creator: Etholdir
Aye, she may no longer sail—but she still rules the shore! Check out this mighty shipwreck pirate base!
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Baby Gigarap's mean look is too cute by @maMe_buDo


ARK x One Piece by JINXisGAMING


Bison by @rianeko_mabi


Fire kitty! by explosivefishh


Best buds by Mauimndz


Little Parasaur Drawing by BunBunBrush


My ARK character as a Jerboa by electricaltiger




Photo Mode by trenchsurfer


Photo Mode by tomboynerdy


Photo Mode by catcat_wesley


Finished Living Quarters by eventuating


Photo Mode by galactica000


Enjoy your weekend!
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