Community Crunch 488: Aureliax, the Scales of Judgment
High above the frozen peaks of Arat Prime, a presence coils, weightless yet commanding.
It drifts above, deliberate and unhurried, as if weighing the world beneath.
Survivors who encounter it speak of duality held in perfect harmony. Whether it raises you up or casts you down rests entirely on what you bring before it.
Peace or Destruction.
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[color][h3]We’re thrilled to share that the community has raised over 200K for Extra Life![/h3]
[h3]Megalosaurus steps up for the fifth and final TLC pass![/h3][/color]
The ARK community has now raised over $200,000 for Extra Life, our highest total ever! With that milestone reached, the fifth and final TLC creature is officially locked in: Megalosaurus.
In next week’s Community Crunch, we’ll share how you can send in your suggestions for each of the upcoming TLCs, so keep an eye out. Ideas will be vetted and reviewed as part of our design process, and while we may use them directly, your input will help shape the direction of each pass.
Since 2015, this community has rallied behind Extra Life with heart, humor, and a genuine drive to help kids in need. Crossing the 200K mark is a reminder of what our players can achieve when Survivors tribe up and rally together for something meaningful.
Your generosity directly supports Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the kids and families who rely on them. Every year, you show how powerful this community can be when it comes together for a cause that truly matters.
While the TLC vote phase is wrapped with Megalosaurus taking the final spot, donations are still open. If you want to keep the momentum going, there’s still time to make a difference.
Thank you, Survivors. This year has been one for the books, and we look forward to bringing all of the community-earned creature TLCs to life.
- 🔒 [color]Araneo[/color]
- 🔒 [color]Quetzalcoatlus[/color]
- 🔒 [color]Giganotosaurus[/color]
- 🔒 [color]Therizinosaurus[/color]
- 🔒 [color]Megalosaurus[/color]
- [color]↑[/color] Gallimimus
- [color]↓[/color] Allosaurus
- ⚌ Pelagornis
- ⚌ Thylacoleo
- ⚌ Brontosaurus
[h2][color]Donate now[/color] to any team member [color]listed here[/color]![/h2]
- Syntac & Heather -[color] $56,790[/color]
- Raas, Aaron & Friends - [color]$35,535[/color]
- HillbillyWilly - [color]$21,525[/color]
- Sandi - [color]$10,680[/color]
- PVE Official Modded - [color]$9,000[/color]
- Garuga's Modding Workshop -[color] $14,673[/color]
- MysticKorea / Mystic on Ark - [color]$5,536[/color]
- Loaded Crysis - [color]$5,039[/color]
- Phlinger Phoo -[color] $3,321[/color]
- ARKADE -[color]$3,095[/color]
- GP - [color]$2,922[/color]
- Ark Community Charity Giveaway - [color]$2,101[/color]
- Dragonheart -[color] $3,810[/color]
- Veno -[color] $1,525[/color]
- ARKATRAZ III -[color] $1,500[/color]
- Ninja & Friends - [color]$1,199[/color]
- crispnugget and friends -[color] $1,100[/color]
- Trafalgar -[color] $826[/color]
- BEYPlaysGames - [color]$760[/color]
- The ARK Art Ascended Team - [color]$730[/color]
- Etholdir -[color] $501[/color]
- NomadARK - [color]$466[/color]
- Alsano -[color] $300[/color]
- Meepachan -[color] $270[/color]
- Wild Hyenas -[color] $247[/color]
- Larry Smith - [color]$225[/color]
- Eaglelite30 - [color]$212[/color]
- Zyraphyre -[color] $207[/color]
- Yggstraordinary - [color]$185[/color]
- Find the rest of our roster here!
Ella Grace's journey began with a mysterious limp, leading to a four-year search for answers. Multiple surgeries and misdiagnoses left her family feeling lost. After finally getting a one-in-a-million diagnosis of Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO), she was relieved to hear that UF Health Shands Children's Hospital could provide what she needed for her rare bone disease.
Though incurable, the hospital's specialized care and treatment plan brought stability and progress. Thanks to donations through CMN, UF Health Shands Children's Hospital provides specialized care and a comforting environment, empowering Ella Grace to face CRMO with strength.
You can read the full article about Ella's journey here!
All donations go directly to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, a nationally recognized cornerstone of the UF Health Shands campus. The hospital provides expert care across more than 20 pediatric specialties and is home to the community’s first emergency department dedicated solely to children, the UF Health Shands Pediatric ER.
Serving children and families throughout Florida and beyond, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is a leading destination for pediatric patients from across the United States and around the world who need specialized care for complex medical conditions.
UF Health Shands recently celebrated the ribbon-cutting of Unit 44, a fully renovated pediatric medicine and surgical floor designed with children and families in mind. The unit features all-new private rooms with tech-enabled amenities for families, dedicated gathering spaces for siblings, and brand-new toddler and teen playrooms equipped with four large TVs, allowing patients to use each screen independently or sync them together to play their favorite games on what might be the biggest screen they’ve ever seen, perfect for jumping into ARK and other games. Interactive healing walls and an upgraded procedure room further enhance the patient experience. The $30 million+ transformation was funded through a combination of hospital budget, state appropriations, and private philanthropy, including over $4 million from Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals supporters (that's you guys!) .
We’ve heard your questions about Veilwyn transfers and wanted to share the specifics for our official Lost Colony servers. Fully mutated Veilwyns would dominate the early game and flatten progression, so here’s how transfers will work:
To keep the beginning of your journey fair and fun, Veilwyns with any mutations will not be transferable. Unmutated Veilwyns will still be allowed.
Many of you flagged concerns about power creep, so we wanted to clarify: this approach keeps the early game fair while still letting you bring your Veilwyns along from day one, so everyone can enjoy the adventure.
Expire servers are temporary servers across the network that will eventually be removed, and you can find them by searching for "Expire" in the session filter.
These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on December 15th. We're preemptively using our allocation for future maps to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience the newest content Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto a new map temporarily.
Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on December 15th, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
[color]ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today![/color]
[color]What is ARKpocalypse?[/color]
- ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates.
- Next wipe: [color]January 9th, 2026[/color]
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until [color]Monday, December 15th[/color].
- [color]PVP/PVE:[/color] 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
- [color]Small Tribes: [/color]4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
- [color]ARKpocalypse:[/color] 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
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[color]Creator[/color]: Skwirrelle
Looking to spice up your ARK with some new mods? Check out Skwirrelle's roundup of her favorite mods released in November!
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[color]Creator[/color]: Raasclark
Raasclark has created a summary of the lore for ARK Survival Ascended to prepare you for Lost Colony!
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The Island's Glowing Bird by @sushii_okomeko
Small Comic Adaptation of Raia and John's Last Notes Part 2 by @umbrace-rambles
ARK: Rockwell's Offer by fluffyfurry6663
Collecting meat while sleeping by yuukuro07
Edmund down on Earth by dovethecat
The survivor and his predecessor by @TekARK_01
Crystal Wyvern by greenroc
Photo Mode by godzilla402
Photo Mode by specter0294
Photo Mode by savkyn
Photo Mode by flobs.
Photo Mode by .frostymirage.
[h3]Enjoy your weekend!
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