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Community Crunch 349: ARK 2 Carnotaurus Concept, EVO Extension, and More!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we're dropping a sneak peek at our favorite ARK2 tiny-armed, horned stomper in the form of the Carnotaurus! Granted, it's technically the only creature with all of those characteristics combined but the point is - we love our fresh iteration of the Carno and hope you do too! We carno tell you how excited we are to drop ARK2 morsels (sorry!)


Carnotaurus: The Horned Terror



Our Love Evolved EVO event is still live until February 20th! Unlike traditional ARK holiday events, only rates and wild dino colors will be active for holiday EVO Events.


2/10/23 - 2/20/23


*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval


  • Dark Lavender
  • Dark Magenta
  • Magenta
  • Dino Dark Purple
  • Dino Light Red
  • Deep Pink
  • Dark Red
  • Lemon Lime
  • Red
  • Actual Black




We are deeply saddened by the passing of Tony “Thick44” Schnur.
His positive impact on the ARK community cannot be overstated. His kindness and passion
for games left a lasting impact on those who knew him and fostered a beautifully supportive community. There was something very charming about the dynamic between Tony and his four Neebs Gaming comrades that led to their content being cherished by ARK players and gamers in general. We would like to extend our deepest condolences
to his family, his friends and his community during this time of mourning.
Although you have ascended, your legacy will never be forgotten.
Long live the Wyvern King!

We'll cook up a steak in your honor, Soldier. Thank you ❤️

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We would like to share with you Neebs Gaming’s very first ARK: Survival Evolved video,
where Thick sits down with Neebs and Appsro to see if he can get them interested in playing the game.
This video was the start of legendary tales told through more than 300 episodes.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

We have a plan to add something to our Valguero shrine for Those Who Have Ascended for both Tony along with other community members who have passed. Whilst the shrine is dedicated to all, we'd like to more personally honor people individually. We have had the intention of adding a wall where names can be added for some time but we'd like this to be implemented in a dynamic way on the technical side so this will take a little time.


Over on Twitter, @TeamSOTF is hosting their Winter Cup 2023.
The main event will be held on the final Saturday of the month, February 25, 2023 11:00 AM Pacific Time.
It will be hosted on Twitch and YouTube by Icebox, Omnikevfka and Raasclark.
For more information, you can join their Discord!




Creator: Bemo Guinness
Follow Bemo Guiness as he goes to tame a second Carcharodontosaurus to start breeding and working towards getting an army.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Creator: Kaaaay
Watch German Twitch broadcaster Kaaaay expertly fight his way to the top in ARK: Survival of the Fittest.
(Audio in German, but a skilled gameplay is universally understood!)
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



A little maewing by @Hanna_Otter


ARK parasaur by deathfeigning


Ark Survival Evolved Illustration by Julia Viita


Valguero in the morning by @SLAPunque


Rhyniognatha by @bonten_ARK


Microraptor by @k3zk_627




Little Wolf by @pepepesho_setu


Perhaps one of the best Monarky adventures yet... by @OfficialMonarky


Dawn by Izi


Catch you next week!
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Community Crunch 348: Valentine's EVO Event, Creature Vote Winner, and More!


Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!



We're excited to announce that we'll reveal a development roadmap across all iterations of the ARK Franchise next month.


With 65,870 votes, this Community Vote has been a popular one! Ideas from the past and new entries battled it out in RankedVote to determine the next creature. One of the entries returns to claim a victory and reminds us that bugs are mite-y cool creatures 😎.

Credit: Prehistoric Bugs and Insects

Rhyniognatha is an extinct genus of arthropod of disputed placement and is considered by many as the oldest insect known. It lived 35 million years before the first amphibians.

We are excited to get this to the creature design team and start working on Rhyniognatha! Look for Rhyniognatha to make a grand appearance in ARK: Survival Evolved later this year!

Voting Results


We're expecting The Survival of the Fittest console to launch next week between Wednesday and Friday! Stay tuned for more information!



Our Love Evolved EVO event is live until February 17th! Unlike traditional ARK holiday events, only rates and wild dino colors will be active for holiday EVO Events.

2/10/23 - 2/17/23



*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval


  • Dark Lavender
  • Dark Magenta
  • Magenta
  • Dino Dark Purple
  • Dino Light Red
  • Deep Pink
  • Dark Red
  • Lemon Lime
  • Red
  • Actual Black



Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a Valentine's EVO Event! It will be active until Friday, the 17th of Feb. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval




Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form



Creator: Mr Smart Guy
Mr Smart Guy Split 100 ark players into 4 civilizations to see what would happen if they were left alone in each of their different biomes. Would they make war or peace?
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Creator: Sypher Sam
Looking for ideas on your next viking house build? Sypher Sam will give you some inspiration in his recent video.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



Untitled by @VELUKO1


The Fight is Not Over by @WolfTek7


Lystrosaurus by @MazdaTiger


[Commission] Defeating Fjordur! by MayaPatch


Explaining TEK technology by @Ampraeh


Fishy Time! by Scutal




SuperDooM#2527


Necross#6852


༒LaSopadeRockwell༒#6863


Enjoy your weekend!
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Community Crunch 347: Black History Month, Valentines EVO Event, and More!







Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!


We're making significant process on The Survival of The Fittest console launch and are expecting for it to launch next week. Stay tuned for more news!


Don't miss your chance to participate in the Community Creature Vote. Voting is open now and ends on February 6th at 4 PM Pacific. CAST YOUR VOTE



Although traditional events, like Love Evolved, ended last year we still plan to do themed EVO events that are timed around the same time we would do the traditional ARK events. In this case, we're kicking off a Valentine's EVO event in place of Love Evolved. The skins and cosmetics from past events are available in the HLNA Shop.

2/10/23 - 2/17/23



*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval


  • Dark Lavender
  • Dark Magenta
  • Magenta
  • Dino Dark Purple
  • Dino Light Red
  • Deep Pink
  • Dark Red
  • Lemon Lime
  • Red
  • Actual Black




Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, the 6th of Feb. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval




Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form



Creator: Uhmaayyze
You can catch Uhmaayyze on his Twitch channel where he occasionally plays ARK while casually rapping about his ARK experiences!
https://twitter.com/uhmaayyze/status/1594401655277092864

Creator: captain fatdog
In this episode, the limits of gravity on ARK will be tested. Hop on over to captain fatdog's channel for more episodes in the Monarky series!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



A New World to Discover by @WolfTek7


ARK: Survival Evolved - Parasaurs by Vulpakula


Fate of the Cosmos by @TekARK3


March Towards Ruin and Despair by @Snudoo1


Battle in the air! Giant of the Desert! by @falco_luna


Carcharodontosaurus Doll. Handmade by sayvaris




@sam_stimo


u/Gamer_Chase


@ARKLove9


Have a great weekend!
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Community Crunch 346: Community Creature Voting, Community Corner, and More!


Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

We've enjoyed seeing the creativity on display with the latest round of creature submissions and were pleased to see some fan favorites from prior contests return for battle! Now that submissions for creatures have closed, the second round of voting will begin. Voting is open now and ends on February 6th at 4 PM Pacific.



Round up your tribes and cast your vote for the next creature to be added to ARK! *Multiple votes are automatically deleted/disqualified. Only one vote will be registered CAST YOUR VOTE



There will be no EVO Event this week.

Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form



Creator: Syntac
Is Carchar the new apex predator in ARK? Find out in Syntac's latest ARK episode!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Creator: Cjthecheesed
There's often debate on the most essential creatures to tame in ARK? Do you agree with this list from Cjthecheesed
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



The black wyvern by @k3zk_627


X-Woolly Rhino by Amberghini


Untitled by Iyumi#6526


ARK Snow Owl by Saprom


ARK 2 Brachiosaurus by @StudiosGoji


ARK 2 Allosaurus Fan Concept by Allosaurus16




u/curious_illithid


u/swatch8431


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Community Crunch 345: A Day in the Life!


Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

Since the announcement of ARK 2, we've watched the community's excitement and anticipation rise as we continued to work diligently in the background to define the new survival experience. Despite anticipating our next showing of ARK 2 to be a gameplay showcase, we see the hunger and eagerness for more ARK 2 information, and we get it. We’ve decided to give you a peek behind the curtain and begin showcasing more ARK 2 tidbits regularly as we lead up to the first gameplay trailer. We hope you enjoy these appetizers, and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on the main course 😉!

As always, we love seeing the passion of the ARK community on display, and we look forward to getting more information in your hands beginning this week!

Introducing Stegosaurus: A noble guardian from a foregone epoch.

Introducing Brachiosaurus: An aloof behemoth.



Creature submissions are still live until 1 PM Pacific on January 23rd!

Once the forum is closed for entries, we will round up the top 10 upvoted submissions and enter them into a second round of voting using RankedVote, similar to the last creature submission process. We'll announce the timing in the next Community Crunch!

Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries.


Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, the 23rd of Jan. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.
  • Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  • Classic: 6x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval




Creator: captain fatdog
One of ARK's most popular trap builders is testing a new trap to tame a Mosa.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



The Rider by @WolfTek7


Shadowmane by @maMe_buDo


Fate of the Cosmos Chapter 3 by @TekARK3


Doedicurus by 3710P#0941


It's a delivery by @bonten_ARK




Collection of Years Worth of Black Breedable Creatures by Cat Queen and Araneus Deum


@Frenkichu


Catch you next week!
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