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Community Crunch 422: Yi Ling Teaser, Mod Spotlight, and more!


A feathered fiend with a flair for the dramatic—part raptor, part rogue, and all sharp edges. Whether you're clinging to walls, dodging attacks, or launching volleys of barbed feathers, the Yi Ling is set to shake up your survival strategy. With a flick of its wings, it turns the tide with precision, launching razor-sharp quills that really cut to the point.

Be prepared, as the Yi Ling arrives free with Aberration on September 4th! This agile assassin doesn’t just wing it; it scales walls like it’s climbing the pecking order!

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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 are getting a modded makeover!

Starting with the next wipe, on August 16th, we’ll be curating a selection of mods to enhance your ARKpocalypse experience.

For the first round, the following mods will be included: 
Get ready for a fresh, thrilling PVP experience every wipe!
Please note that Aberration will be added to ARKpocalypse servers will begin on September 13th!

To celebrate athletes around the world showcasing their incredible efforts, the Official Network will receive bonus rates every weekend and Summer Games-inspired colors during the whole event from July 26th to August 12th!
Bonus rates and the colors will be active until Monday, August 12th!

  • 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
  • Light Yellow
  • Dino Deep Blue
  • ActualBlack
  • Vermillion
  • Jade
  • Dino Albino
  • Red
  • Blue
  • DragonBase1
  • LightWarmGray
  • Peach
You can enable this event in your own game with the commandline: -OlympicColors
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Creator: Veno featuring Raasclark
Season 4 of the Dingle Cup has begun, who will win the first point of the season?
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Creator: JoeLaFritt_ *international corner* Watch JoeLaFritt_ go through the trials of being an ARK survivor.
Regardez JoeLaFritt_ traverser les épreuves d'un survivant d'ARK.
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Finally I Finished by i_am_lord_cooler


FishFishFish by @falco_luna


ARK 2 Spider by @SoupAscended


The Knight by @WolfTek7


"Rock Drake" from ARK by @SS38529630


Excited for Aberration!! by rockdrake_mama


Dwagon fire hot by naturalcauzes





Photo Mode by tingletony


Loyal night riders by jurassiccomedy


Photo Mode by tetheus_ek


Bob's gonna need a bigger boat! by @GPxGP


Photo Mode by baconseer


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Community Crunch 421: 'Steampunk Ascent' Cosmo Dossier!


This week, we’re excited to give you a closer look at our sweet and fluffy friend, the Cosmo, with the release of the dossier. We are looking forward to seeing you zip through the world of Aberration, proving that the smallest hero can make a big difference. After all, with great power comes great responsibility.
Plus, don’t miss the latest major update to Club ARK, now featuring new mini-games and rewards!

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Common name: Cosmo
Species: Cosmophasis Luxtextor Time: Neogene
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Skittish


I've found just the friend to get you through these low places, but you're going to need to keep an open mind. Though I guess anyone that's made it this far shouldn't be afraid of an itsy bitsy jumping spider. Not to mention that there's more to this shy little charmer than meets the eyes (all eight of 'em)...

With all the horrors crawling around down here, it's easy to see why any spider might be a bit jumpy. And why it might have needed a clever new trick of its own to keep the shadows at bay.

Cosmophasis seems to know when predators can be chased away by its glowing webbing. That same danger-sense tells the spider to turn out the light when something comes seeking it.


It's never easy to win someone over who's had to hide their light away in dark times. But once you do, you'll have a ride or die angle on your shoulder. Gain this spider's trust, and Cosmophasis will help you out of sticky situations and put its life in your hands for the toughest fights ahead. And I mean that literally.

Your fuzzy new friend can gobble up the webbing of larger spiders to recycle as ammunition. Then you can use it as a handheld web-shooter to slow down incoming enemies, snatch up items from the ground, and swing around like a spider-themed superhero!

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This update is packed with four brand-new mini-games that are sure to delight and challenge. Additionally, we've introduced a wardrobe, consumables, a new repair item, and a dino store — with a chance to get a rare color for your dino! Check out Club ARK now to dodge, race, and parkour your way through our latest missions and enjoy many fantastic new features and much more!

To provide more options and accessibility to Survivors, our partners at Nitrado are offering Club ARK specific server hosting options at a reduced rate! More info can be found here!


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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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On April 8th, we deployed a new type of server across the network (for the various game types) that we refer to as "Expire" (which is what you can search for in the session filter).

These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd. We're preemptively using our allocation for Aberration to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience The Center 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 The Center temporarily.

Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd, 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.

To celebrate athletes around the world showcasing their incredible efforts, the Official Network will receive bonus rates every weekend and Summer Games-inspired colors during the whole event from July 26th to August 12th!
Bonus rates will be active until Monday, August 5th, but the colors will stay!

  • 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
  • Light Yellow
  • Dino Deep Blue
  • ActualBlack
  • Vermillion
  • Jade
  • Dino Albino
  • Red
  • Blue
  • DragonBase1
  • LightWarmGray
  • Peach
You can enable this event in your own game with the commandline: -OlympicColors


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Creator: Sanyxs
Join Sanyxs as he discovers all the latest in Club ARK!
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Creator: KiahOnFire
The Monarrrrks are back with a new challenge. Who will sink & who will swim away victorious? 
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Thank you all for participating in this contest! It was amazing to see the incredible effort put into your screenshots and fan art. As a reminder, the winners will receive codes for the Bob's Tall Tales DLC, featuring voice work by the iconic Karl Urban. Runner-up prizes include our Fantastic Tame: Pyromane.

Winners, please have DM's open so we can reach out. Winners will be contacted from an Official account via their platform of entry i.e.: Discord or Twitter.

Missed this contest? Keep an eye on our Discord or Twitter for future ones!




Fan Art by al1zzy


Fan Art by shockal


Fan Art by majesty6999


Fan Art by rasvim


Fan Art by rekami14





Photo Mode by cosmicman5455


Photo Mode by sweethoney3274


Photo Mode by donnsensei


Photo Mode by stinkerrr_


Photo Mode by ohnooo0oo0





Fan Art by dog._


Fan Art by kodamoonbear


Fan Art by rosababy


Photo Mode by @slummyzeru_


Photo Mode by @barton890


Enjoy your weekend!
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Community Crunch 420: Club ARK Update, Mod Spotlight, and more!


This week we're going to dive into a fun update for Club ARK, a special mini-event to celebrate the Olympics and more!




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Mark your calendars for July 31st as we roll out our latest update, packed with brand-new mini-games that are sure to delight and challenge. We're also happy to share that we’ve addressed a pain point for players by adding Artifacts to Club ARK that will be available via the spinning wheel!

Additionally, we're introducing a wardrobe, consumables, and a dino store—with a chance to get a rare color for your dino! Also, a new item will be added to the weapon and armor stores: a limited use consumable Repair Kit, which can repair items on the go—one repair kit for weapons and one for each armor piece.

Join Club ARK on July 31st to dodge, race, and parkour your way through our latest missions and enjoy these fantastic new features, and more!


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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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Nekatus, the prolific creator of Fjordur and Svartalfheim, has a new mythological map offering in the works: Astraeos!
Immerse yourself in a world of majestic mountain ridges and marble-like cliffs, where white beaches meet a paradise of cherry blossoms in a full sakura biome.

Prepare to face mythological enemies lurking in the shadows, including a fearsome miniboss, or venture into mysterious caves to encounter new, amazing adversaries.
Plus, gear up with new official custom cosmetic armor skins and get ready to embark on an epic journey through Astraeos and uncover its legendary secrets!

The premium version of this vast world will be available later in the year, with a free test version slated for the coming months!




Transfers on The Center Official servers are now open! Players can now move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction!


On April 8th, we deployed a new type of server across the network (for the various game types) that we refer to as "Expire" (which is what you can search for in the session filter).

These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd. We're preemptively using our allocation for Aberration to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience The Center 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 The Center temporarily.

Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd, 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.

To celebrate athletes around the world showcasing their incredible efforts, the Official Network will receive bonus rates every weekend and Summer Games-inspired colors during the whole event from July 26th to August 12th!
Bonus rates will be active until Monday, July 29th, but the colors will stay!

  • 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
  • Light Yellow
  • Dino Deep Blue
  • ActualBlack
  • Vermillion
  • Jade
  • Dino Albino
  • Red
  • Blue
  • DragonBase1
  • LightWarmGray
  • Peach
You can enable this event in your own game with the commandline: -OlympicColors
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form



Creator: MrMEOLA
MrMEOLA attempts to build an army to take down the Wardens of Annunaki Genesis Ascended on The Center!
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Creator: かしわ *international corner*
Kashiwa goes through the creative process that went into creating this beautiful and functional home on the Center.
かしわさんは、センターのこの美しく機能的な拠点を作り上げるための制作プロセスを案内します。
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Ceratosaurus - Green Bean by kanapka


Deinonychus from ARK by @SS38529630


Big gator by @Isopod22


A nice day on Ark by MayaPatch


Fantasy map of the Center by lapis_lazuli_


This took absolutely FOREVER. by floopaquatic


Mei and Helena vs the Broodmother from Ark The Animated Series by gman2006




Photo Mode by tkgoji230


Photo Mode by dinokiller120


Photo Mode by dragonheart7998


72 hours of build time with a 36 hour build session in there! by soapgoddess


Photo Mode by stinkerrr_


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Community Crunch 419: 'Steampunk Ascent' Cosmo Concept


Hey survivors! We hope you're all soaking up the summer sun!
We've got some news that's ready to jump right into your day. Meet Cosmo, our latest creature for Bob's Tall Tales: Steampunk Ascent!

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"It's hard to squish a friend who jumps into your heart as well as your hand." - Bob (probably)

Cosmo, a little beacon of light in a dark and aberrant subterranean land, will be available as your loyal companion in the Aberration edition of Bob's Tall Tales: Steampunk Ascent!


We're currently targeting the release of the Unreal Engine 5.4 upgrade as part of the Aberration and Bob's Tall Tales: Steampunk Ascent on September 4. UE 5.4 improves the efficiency of the rendering system, making it much more parallelized for an approximate 20% overall performance boost on all platforms. It also improves memory management, reduces hitching/stalling, and provides more forward-looking graphics improvements, such as better, longer-range Lumen results - which will all be immediately noticeable when the upgrade is released. If the upgrade is delayed past September 4 due to risk management, the Aberration release will proceed as planned, and the ASA UE 5.4 upgrade will be released as soon as possible.

Simultaneously, we're also working on preparing an AMD FSR 3.1 integration for the September 4 release on all platforms. It is a better, cross-platform version of "frame generation," which uses AI to interpolate frames, resulting in a perceived doubling of framerate with minimal artifacting - and it works on both AMD AND NVIDIA cards. It will be enabled by default when we release it, but it can, of course, be turned off. We will deprecate support for NVIDIA Framegen once FSR 3.1 releases, as FSR 3.1 works on consoles and, thus, is a better technical focus for our team.

When these two features are released, we expect ASA will run far better and have lower system requirements. Finally, by the end of the year, we'll release a "low system requirements" launch option, which will, with some graphical sacrifices, lower the effective 30 FPS system requirements down to the NVIDIA 1080 series of cards.


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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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Transfers on The Center Official servers will open at 10am PST/1pm EST July 26th allowing players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction! Get your Fasolasuchus ready to explore the majestic Red Woods!



On April 8th, we deployed a new type of server across the network (for the various game types) that we refer to as "Expire" (which is what you can search for in the session filter).

These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd. We're preemptively using our allocation for Aberration to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience The Center 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 The Center temporarily.

Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd, 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.

ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

What are ARKpocalypse?
  • ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates.
  • Next wipe: August 16th
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, July 22.

  • 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: captain fatdog feat. Sanyxs‬ & FenderFTW‬
Sanyxs‬ and FenderFTW‬ join Captain Fatdog to spread swamp fever to the other Monarky teams. Then they compete in a 'Hatch Frame Fall Guys' event!
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Creator: Stiff
Striff has created a complete guide for taming and using the abilities of the new Deinosuchus.
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Happy Summer Bash by @falco_luna


Dinossss by @rianeko_mabi


"I really hate the goddamn swamp!" by @TekARK_02


Made a dossier for one of my original species by wannabewyvern


Land of the Damned by thermo_trento


Cookies, Rockwell's special recipe. by nanostel


Chip the Argentavis by QueenColossus




Photo Mode by betaraptor01


Photo Mode by @savkyn


Smthing smthing Rex Rider by xxshanexsmithxx


Better be on your guard... by @nezulosaurus


My newest Battleship build!by slither06


Enjoy your weekend!
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Community Crunch 418: Introducing Deinosuchus from ARK: Additions!


Beware the riverbanks, for a supreme predator lurks beneath the surface. Massive and bulky, this beast combines the power of ancient giants with the ferocity of prehistoric monsters. With colossal jaws, it crushes the bones of its prey, making escape nearly impossible. This apex predator’s presence makes every step near the water’s edge a perilous gamble!




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Get ready, survivors! The terrifying Deinosuchus from ARK: Additions is officially coming to ARK: Survival Ascended on July 17th. While we may make a few tweaks to its design, this colossal predator is set to shake up your gameplay experience!

Keep up with the development on ARK: Additions in Garuga's Discord!



Transfers on The Center Official servers will open at 10am PST/1pm EST July 26th allowing players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction! Get your Fasolasuchus ready to explore the majestic Red Woods!



On April 8th, we deployed a new type of server across the network (for the various game types) that we refer to as "Expire" (which is what you can search for in the session filter).

These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd. We're preemptively using our allocation for Aberration to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience The Center 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 The Center temporarily.

Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on August 3rd, 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.


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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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Conquest Servers launched 12 brand new servers yesterday!
  • New servers follow the same rules and settings as the current servers.
  • Transfers between the new servers is unlocked at launch.
  • Transfers to existing conquest servers will open on July 25th.

This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Wednesday, July 17th.

  • 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
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form



Creator: Hey_TK
Follow TK's easy guide to build the perfect Pyromane dual-trap boat on Official PVE!
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Creator: Kittykatlapurr
Kittykatlapurr provides a quick guide on obtaining the Artifact of the Cunning in the Cliffside Caverns, in Ark Survival Ascended on The Center map.
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Allo by @Isopod22


Here is a concept I did for a potential Megapethicus design by chawizawd


Primal chaos by naturalcauzes


Noglin by nomatari


Revenge on Rhallwyn by ares_jamie


Pyromane by rasvim


Some fluffy prehistoric horses by @heavymetaldeer




First alpha worm I found by masonhoffy


Got full tek suits today by toastaleenix


Sunrise on The Island by kjtherogue


To welcome today by @falco_luna


Photo Mode by raasclark


Enjoy your weekend!
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