Winter Wonderland is Live!



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*

- 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.