ARK: Survival Ascended News

Community Crunch 387: Introducing Dreadnoughtus

The highly anticipated Dreadnoughtus dossier has finally arrived, and we're all eager to witness the epic clashes between this colossal creature and the titans of Extinction. Additionally, we're thrilled to announce an upcoming event test drive featuring a condensed version of our traditional Turkey Trial! Lastly, don't forget to save the date for the CurseForge ARK modding Town Hall on November 20th!

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Species: Dreadnoughtus recalcitrans Time: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Territorial

Dreadnoughtus was a newly-described fossil genus in my day, named for the idea that it was so large it must’ve had nothing to fear in its own time. The current species does its namesake proud, and may even be able to defy the Titans ruling our post-apocalyptic world.

A big believer in picking on creatures its own size, Dreadnoughtus will ignore anything smaller than a Spinosaur to focus on larger threats. It absorbs the fury of incoming attacks to charge up its uncanny, Element-disrupting bellow. Even then, this bruiser shows extraordinary patience, waiting until the last possible moment to come roaring back.

Once tamed, Dreadnoughtus will gladly shoulder your heaviest artillery and carry it -- and you -- into battle, on a platform big enough to earn that ‘dreadnought’ name. Your walking war-machine will swallow boulders (or cannonballs!) to spit back up as acid-coated ammo.

If you’re going to war with Titans, it just makes sense to recruit a titanic creature with a grudge against them. Your Dreadnoughtus ally may go down fighting, but not before softening up the adversary for a killing blow. Best of luck, and give ‘em Hell for me!

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As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air, we're excited to share an update to our Event plans; Turkey Trial will be making a 2023 resurgence in abbreviated form!

Although we won’t be celebrating in true Turkey Trial fashion, we’re cooking up something planned to begin after Thanksgiving on Tuesday, November 28th.

While we weren't planning to unleash the Murder-Turkeys on ARK: Survival Ascended this year, we’ve pivoted in order to do an event “test run”. Our intention is to use the CurseForge Mod Delivery System for this event, which we haven't done before on a wide scale on our Official Network. The benefits of using this system allow us to make sure that Seasonal Event Mods are always accessible, even after an event has ended so players who want to run them on their servers or in single-player can do so year-round and avoid us having to update clients, but just patch the mod itself.

Turkey Trial will still feature the same thrilling scavenger hunt, genetically-modified Murder-Turkeys, and the chance to craft your very own Turkey Costume or Ugly Sweater skin - in addition to some new Turkey Trial goodies!

We'll have more details to share in the next Community Crunch, so, stay posted for Much Ado About Stuffing (sorry)!

Hey everyone, CurseForge is excited to welcome our modding community into their ranks.
They would like to invite you all to their ARK Town Hall on Monday, November 20, 2023 8:00 PM UTC +2.

What is Overwolf
Their Vision for ARK
Tools Overview
What’s Next?
Q&A

There will be an open Q&A at the end so get your notebooks ready!
Meeting invite will be shared closer to the event - See you soon!

This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 20th.

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

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Creator: Aaron Longstaff
Aaron Longstaff's detailed tutorial shows how to build a house for a beginner on Ark Survival Ascended.
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Creator: Game_Changer
Watch as Ragnarok's Blue Obelisk comes to life in this magnificent diorama by Game Changer!
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Jamie's Glowtail trio: Peach, Tara, and Patch. by @Ares33909104

Community Voted Creature Winner by @StudiosGoji

Kahua - DTYS Ampreh by franzvanderlinde

Proto-ARK / Creature by Nalak-Bel

Companion by Shirumin

Tek Rex by HungryDragonArts

Underwater depths of the ARK by UNGERTI

Into the Redwoods by @Danurous

Simple little house tutorial by @CHipZz_Gaming

A nightly hunt... by @Dom1n8torG

PhotoMode by @TamilPCGamer

Beautiful Scene by @SwordswiperYt

Enjoy your weekend!
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Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 7 Nov — 14 November 2023

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Community Crunch 386: Community Corner and More!

The creativity and resourcefulness of Survivors, both old and new, as they find new homes on the Island has been truly inspiring. The content and experiences you've been sharing with us are, as always, beyond anything we could anticipate!

This week we tackled a number of bugs and exploits, including a fix for a bug where baby dinos were falling through the map. We've made more progress towards increasing the performance and stability of servers, but our work there isn’t done yet. We've also started to tackle some of the bugs we've seen reported across our various social platforms (thank you for your reports!). Keep your eyes on patch notes to see some of those pesky bugs get zapped over the coming weeks!

We’re looking forward to seeing console survivors dive into ARK: Survival Ascended so stay tuned for more information on the ASA launch for Xbox next week! To our Playstation Survivors, we’re urgently working with our partners and look forward to sharing a launch date as soon as we're able!

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Cover Art by @XxStevieLad87xX

Creator: DAN Burtini
In this building tutorial, Dan shows you how to build a cozy riverside home.
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Creator: Evo
Evo goes on the hunt for utility tames, but the ARK had other plans for him!
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Baby Artemis the Deinonychus by BumpySlays22

Keeping warm with my Lover by EchidnaQuills

Sitting! by @ebiflyyyy4

Secret participation by @maMe_buDo

Compy insanity! by @TekARK_01

Diana and her Managarmr Jet by @ewo_zaur

Lightning Wyvern by MARYFIX

A little tropical island retreat by @Songbird_Gamer

Before the rain by @EgoSilentium

So pretty by @soapysoapp

RUN DODO RUN!!!!! by @GPxGP

Look out world by @Kiah0nFire

Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 31 Oct — 7 November 2023

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Community Crunch 385: Console and LiveOps Update, ExtraLife Update, and More!

What a whirlwind of a week it's been for both our team and all of you. We've ridden the exhilarating highs of ASA's PC release, watching it claim the top spot on the Steam charts, and we've ridden the rollercoaster of post-launch LiveOps with its share of hitches and victories. On the flip side, there's no denying the disappointment accompanying the delay of ASA's console launch. We felt it, too. Let’s get straight into the console news:

Xbox Series X/S and Windows:
We’re on track for a November 14th (Tuesday) launch day! As we get closer to the launch, we’ll share more information on precisely when it should be available for you to download. The Xbox version will be up-to-spec with the latest PC functionality as of Nov 14, and will launch directly into crossplay with the PC version (along with new servers, including Xbox-only servers).

Playstation:
We’re hoping to have a more precise date to share with you soon as we’re currently finalizing this with Sony, but it is slated for the end of November. We know this isn’t ideal, but we’re optimistic we’ll be able to share a date very soon!

Following the PC launch and the information and data we’ve gathered, we’ve decided to make some changes to our plans for the console launch. Here’s how everything is going to shake up:

Xbox Launch

Cross-platform with Steam will be enabled Day One.
We’ll be onlining a new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December.
We’ll also be onlining our first set of console-specific servers at this moment so that players who do not want to play on crossplay can play on those.

PlayStation Launch

Cross-platform with Steam and Xbox will be enabled Day One
We’ll be onlining another new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running with even higher boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December.
We’ll also be onlining an additional set of console-specific servers with higher rates that will get synchronized by mid-December

Of course, there have been a few bumps along the way, and we're working hard to address any issues that players are reporting. We’ve put out a record number of patches this week, but the patches can be summarized as:

Bug fixes: We've fixed a number of bugs, including server crashes, dino spawn issues, and mesh exploits.
Performance improvements: We've made a number of performance improvements, including optimizing the dynamic navmesh system, server code (80%+ reduction in out-of-memory issues), and foliage. We're also pleased to announce that we've significantly reduced server RAM usage. This should improve the player experience and help make servers more accessible for everyone.
Security improvements: We've added client-side protections to prevent players from listing unofficial servers as fake officials, and we've fixed a number of exploits.

For detailed patch notes, visit this page.

We know there is still plenty more work to be done on all of those fronts, but we're committed to making ARK: Survival Ascended the best survival game it can be. We'll continue to release patches with bug fixes and performance improvements in the coming days, along with major feature additions over the coming weeks (and introducing Public Test Realm next week – more on that soon). In the meantime, thank you for your support and patience. We hope you're enjoying ARK: Survival Ascended so far!

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the delay of Extralife 2023 from November 4th to December 2nd. We know this is late notice, and we apologize for any inconvenience it may cause to our ExtraLife team members and those who join the stream to engage with us every year. If you’d still like to stream on Game Day, we more than encourage you to do so and we’d be happy to provide support. Also, if you want to wait for our stream day, that works too 🙂

This decision was not made lightly, as we have participated in ExtraLife’s “Game Day” event for 6 years. Extralife is not only a day where we come together to raise money for children in need, but it’s also a day that we cherish because we get to hang out with the ARK community. We want to make sure that the event is a success for all of our participants, donors, and sponsors, and we believe that moving the date is necessary to ensure that we can hit the mark. That also means we need to make sure that as many ARK players as possible can take part and because of the console delay, we need to push back the date.

Extralife is one of our favorite events of the year, and we love seeing the community come together to raise money for such a worthy cause. We can’t wait to run it with you in a few weeks! Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to seeing you on December 2nd for Extralife 2023!

More about Extra Life Gameday

The Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team

On the Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team page, you can donate to the cause or join our fundraising team.

This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 5th.

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

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Creator: Syntac
Syntac showcases and discusses 10 thrilling additions made to ARK Survival Ascended. Which one are you the most excited about?
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Creator: CHipZz
CHipZz demonstrates how to construct a workshop that includes a designated space for housing your harvesting tames. The video offers a step-by-step, voice-over tutorial, ensuring it's easy for you to follow along and construct the workshop.
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Gigantoraptor and Giga Baby from ASA by кал калыч

Eerie Otters by N4STYR4BBiT

Looks like someone is going to feast on calamari today! by @ScutalTheLizard

Yutyrannus by @therbisofficial

I have returned from the dreaded art block to post this. by @SoupAscended

The journey continues by @k3zk_627

Sinomacrops is baby by ark-erika

Not a bad little view by @TheAx3Man

Thank you for the photo mode by @TiiaAurora

Some beautiful screenshots from ARK ASCENDED by @Alexand90575037

This game looks like a damn movie by @Nekatus

Om Nom Nom.... Tail. by @_NERDPotion