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Winter Wonderland is Live!





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Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The epic winter-themed holiday event begins on December 21, 2023 will be live until January 7, 2024 on Official Servers.

RaptorClaus will be sailing across the star-filled night sky in his sleigh, dropping off presents filled with high-end loot as well as Mistletoe, and Coal for those naughty Survivors.  You'll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps.

  • December 21st to January 7th
  • 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
  • RaptorClaus
  • Santa's Big Helper Yet - Drops Coal and Mistletoe. *NEW*
  • Abominable Snowman - Drops Coal and Mistletoe. *NEW*
  • Pegomastax Grouch- Drops Coal and Mistletoe. Steals Gift Boxes in return for a special reward. *NEW*
  • Wild Rideable Reindeer - Drops Coal and Mistletoe. Can be fed Rockarrot and ridden for additional drop amounts. *NEW*
*Event-specific recipes are now on the Smithy instead of the Cooking Pot

  • RaptorClauss *NEW*
  • Hyaenadeer *NEW*
  • Caroling Emote
  • Happy Clap Emote
  • Nutcracker Dance Emote
  • Shiver Emote *NEW*
  • Snow Angel Emote *NEW*
  • Blue-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
  • Candy Cane Club Skin
  • Christmas Bola Skin
  • Dino Ornament Swimsuit Skins
  • Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin
  • Gray-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
  • Green-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
  • HLN-A Winter Beanie Skin
  • Jerboa Wreath Swimsuit Skins
  • Megaloceros Reindeer Costume
  • Noglin Regift Winter Beanie Skin
  • Noglin Swimsuit Skins
  • Nutcracker Slingshot Skin
  • urple-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
  • Purple-Ball Winter Beanie Skin (Winter Wonderland 5)
  • Raptor Sleighing Winter Beanie Skin
  • Red-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
  • Santa Costume Skin
  • Santa Hat Skin
  • Snowy Winter Beanie Skin
  • Ugly Carno Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Bulbdog Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Caroling Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Noglin Regift Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Raptor Claws Sweater Skin
  • Ugly Rockwell Sweater Skin
  • Ugly T-Rex Sweater Skin
  • Yeti Swimsuit Skins
  • Full-body Krampus Costume Player Character Skin/Cosmetic  *NEW*
  • Santa’s Workshop Smithy Structure Skin  *NEW*
  • Festive Forge Structure Skin *NEW*
 
  • Coal
  •  Festive Dino Candy
  •  Gift Box
  •  Holiday Lights
  •  Holiday Stocking
  •  Holiday Tree
  •  Mistletoe
  •  Snowman
  •  Wreath
  • Lavender
  • Dino Light Purple
  • Dino Light Blue
  • DragonGreen0
  • ActualBlack
  • Cyan
  • DeepPink
  • Dino Dark Purple
  • Mint
  • Jade
  • PineGreen
  • SpruceGreen
  • DarkMagenta
  • Glacial
  • PowderBlue
  • Teal
  • DarkViolet
  • Red
  • Green
  • Light Grey
  • Light Red
  • Dark Red
  • Dino Light Red
  • Dino Light Green
  • Dino Medium Green
  • Dino Albino
  • NearWhite
  • Yellow
  • From the Main Menu, select the mod tab.
  • Search for Winter Wonderland in the ARK Mod list and Install it.  
  • After it's installed, go back to your game setup screen and select 'Mod Settings'
  • You will see Winter Wonderland and any other mods you've downloaded in 'Available Mods'
  • Select Winter Wonderland and activate it.
  • If you would like to enable Winter Wonderland on your private servers, please the mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments (-mods=modID). No other changes should be necessary to activate the event. We'll share the mod ID in the patch notes when the event goes live.