ARK: Survival Evolved News

We are going live from our Seattle Studio tomorrow at 10AM Pacific to bring 24 hours of entertainment, giveaways, Collector’s Edition boxes, game keys, and much more! You don't want to miss out because we will be sharing juicy ARK details and teasers.

If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates!

• 3X Ryzen 7 5800X processors
  
• 3X MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wifi
  
• 3X Radeon RX 6800 XT MBA graphics cards
  
• MSI Alpha 17 laptop
  
• Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 3080
  
• 5X Yeti Nano
  
• 3X Yeti Blackout
  
• 2X Yeti X
  
• 2X K100 Corsair Keyboard
  
• 2X Dark Core Pro Gaming Mouse
  
• 2X Virtuoso Carbon Headset
  
• 2X MM700 RGB Mousepad
  
• Yeti Caster
  
• Elgato Stream Deck XL
  
• Elgato Face Cam
  
• Elgato Wave 3 Mic
  
• 2X Xbox Series X
  
• 3X Xbox Series S
  
• Xbox accessories and controllers
  
• Codes for ARK Mobile, Discord Nitro, Nitrado Servers, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
  

As we reach various donation goals, we will increase the Official Server Network rates. If you're an ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile survivor, you're in luck! Our friends over at Grove Street Games will be matching our final rates for at least 24 hours at the close of our stream at 9am PST on Sunday, November 7th.

As we reach the specified donation goals marked below, rates will be updated on all Official ARK servers. Please note: The rates may take up to 15 minutes to be reflected on your server.

Be sure to keep an eye on our ExtraLife 2021 page to see current donation totals and Official Server rates!





Feel free to hop into our Discord or Twitch channel during the stream to hang out! We're looking forward to putting on an epic charitable cause tomorrow!

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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!


The Studio Wildcard team wants to wish you a very happy Halloween!

Our 24-hour charity stream for ExtraLife is right around the corner. On November 6th, 10 am Pacific, we'll be kicking off our 7th ExtraLife stream on twitch.tv/survivetheark from our Seattle headquarters. For 24 hours we'll be teasing you with ARK info, playing games, but most importantly raising money for kids in need.

Stop by and have a chance at winning some amazing giveaways from sponsors like Blue microphone or special limited-edition ARK merch!

If you are interested in joining our team to help raise money, we'd love to have you! Check out this link for more information on how to get started. All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates! We'll be sharing an event outline, a list of sponsors, and details on boosted Official Network rates next week!


Fear Evolved 5 is live from October 26th to November 9th with the following perks:

Rates
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
  
• Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

Creator: Raasclark
What's your favorite ARK soundtrack? Even Gareth Coker himself has taken an interest in Raasclark's latest video!
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Creator: Clamen
Check out this recent video from Clamen where he goes on attack against three different tribes.
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Dinotober Day 25: Ark Giganotosaurus by LionsAngel22


Ark Halloween Implant by Allenolantern


Fear Evolved by @kawarayane


Lightning Wyvern from ARK by Ангел Хаоса


ZOMKIBBY by @NeoVanilluxe


Noglin by @J0vando



@Nekatus


ZuzKrr


@DreadTamer


Have a great Halloween!
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Our annual Halloween event, Fear Evolved, creeps onto the ARK with a ghoulish screech and we have laid out all of the tricks and/or treats for Survivors to indulge in over the coming weeks!

From October 26th to November 9th : ARK will be teeming with spook-tackular new chibis making their ARK debut, cutting(knife) edge fashion, and eerie event creatures all resplendent in moonlit pumpkin patches and Hallow's Eve festivities!

Cloak yourself in event-themed fashion and creepy shoulder companions to embark on a hunt for the elusive DodoRex and DodoWyvern.

Fear Evolved is a community favorite and we can't wait for you to see what we've conjured up this year!


This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=FearEvolved

Dates October 26th to November 9th

Rates
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
  
• Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

Go scouting for all the past Fear Evolved content while treating yourself to 5 new spooky themed chibi's, 2 new full-body skins, and 4 new shirt prints to add to your growing collection!

Spooky Encounters

• DodoRex (Untamable Boss)
  
• DodoWyvern (Untamable Boss)
  
• Zomdodo
  
• Zombie Fire Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
  
• Zombie Lightning Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
  
• Zombie Poison Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
  
• Skeletal Giganotosaurus
  
• Skeletal Quetzal
  
• Skeletal Jerboa
  
• Bone Fire Wyvern
  
• Skeletal Bronto
  
• Skeletal Stego
  
• Skeletal Trike
  
• Skeletal Raptor
  
• Skeletal Rex
  
• Skeletal Carnotaurus
  
• Ghost Reaper (Surface reapers)
  
• Ghost Bulbdog
  
• Ghost Rex
  
• Ghost Basilisk
  
• Ghost Snow Owl
  
• Ghost Mantis
  
• Ghost Direwolf
  

Event Chibis (acquired via killing Dodowyvern/Dodorex or Cooking Pot recipe)

• The Witching Owl *new*
• Ghost Direwolf *new*
• Ghost Basilisk *new*
• Ghost Rex *new*
• Ghost Mantis *new*
• Skeletal Giganotosaurus
  
• Skeletal Quetzal
  
• Skeletal Jerboa
  
• Skeletal Bronto
  
• Skeletal Stego
  
• Skeletal Trike
  
• Skeletal Raptor
  
• Skeletal Rex
  
• Skeletal Carnotaurus
  
• Bone Wyvern
  
• Zombie Wyvern
  

Ghost Creature Skins (acquired via killing Ghost creatures)

• Reaper
  
• Bulbdog
  
• Rex
  
• Basilisk
  
• Snow Owl
  
• Mantis
  
• Direwolf
  

Items

• Pumpkin
  
• Stolen Headstone
  
• Scarecrow
  
• Dinosaur Bone
  
• Dino Candy Corn
  

Emotes (acquired via Cooking Pot recipe)

• Scare Emote
  
• Knock Emote
  
• Zombie Emote
  
• Dance Emote
  
• Panic Emote
  

Skins (acquired via Cooking Pot recipe)

• Strawman costume
• new*
  
• Skeleton costume
• new*
  
• Skelly Print Shirt
• new*
  
• Tentacle Print Shirt
• new*
  
• ZombDodo Print Shirt
• new*
  
• Zombie Wyvern Print Shirt
• new*
  
• Reaper Swimsuit Skin
  
• Jack-O-Lantern Swimsuit Skin
  
• Pumpkin Helmet Skin
  
• Headless Costume Skin
  
• Hockey Mask Skin
  
• Araneo Swimsuit Skins
  
• Onyc Swimsuit Skins
  
• Vampire Dodo Swimsuit Skins
  

Creature Event Colors

• Dino Darker Grey
  
• Dino Light Blue
  
• Dino Dark Yellow
  
• DragonBase1
  
• Light Brown
  
• Light Grey
  
• Dino Light Brown
  
• Dino Dark Brown
  
• DragonFire
  
• Vermillion
  
• ActualBlack
  
• MidnightBlue
  
• MediumAutumn
  
• DarkWarmGray
  
• Orange
  
• DarkLavender
  
• Jade
  

There is no EVO event this week



Creator: SINZAHH
Want to see an epic solo raid that led to a plentiful bounty?  Look no further!
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Creator: nakedzombo
Taking on the ever so popular TV series, nakedzombo puts on an episode of The Squid Games, but in ARK!
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Firelight by Archipelagornis


Ice Titan by @kawarayane


First Rock Drake by @sis_6193


The DodoRex by @Snudoo1


Untitled by @eAV25EGDmWnbjXu


Quick Kitty Doodle by @ChloeFr73367791




Rarvynth#7106


@_Jukari101_


ZuzKrr


See you next week!
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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we're preparing for Fear Evolved 5 which will run from Tuesday, October 26th until Tuesday, November 9th! We'll be sharing the full event details in the next Community Crunch. In addition to Fear Evolved, Extra Life is right around the corner!

If you've never tuned in for our 24-hour ExtraLife stream, you're in for a treat! As usual, we'll be sharing upcoming ARK info, playing games, and most importantly raising money for kids in need for 24 hours! It all goes down on November 6th at 10am PDT. Join us for our seventh ExtraLife event and help us raise some money #ForTheKids!

If you are interested in joining our team to help raise money, we'd love to have you! Check out this link for more information on how to get started. All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates! We'll be sharing an event outline and details on boosted Official Network rates in the near future!


There is no EVO event this week!

Creator: SINZAHH
How unstoppable is this duo? You watch and be the judge!
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Creator: Flipsider Entertainment
Getting a little tired of your setup? Take a look at an episode of Extreme Home Makeovers: ARK Edition!
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Allosaurio by Pacadian


ARK Experience in Nutshell by LastKrystalDragon


Tyrannosaurus by _morena_goddes_


Untitled by DiscountWendigo#5827


My Best Mana Art by Zock#4258


Best kitty of the ARK! by @Alvozath


Untitled by @VELUKO1



@BlueDragonARK


@EgoSilentium


BaldisBasics201#4735


Have a great weekend!
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Have you met our feisty and featherweight flier, Sinomacrops?  In Community Crunch 282, we released the Sinomacrops dossier for the upcoming Lost Island free DLC map.  Although our new friend may seem to mostly have its strength in traversal, Sinomacrops brings substantial utility for players of all types. A secondary inventory is available to players whilst it is shoulder-mounted and Sinomacrops packs a significant weight reduction on the items it's carrying for you!  Who's ready to say hi to their new backpack buddy!?


In addition to Sinomacrops, Amargasaurus and Dinopithecus will make it's way to Lost Island later this year. Although Dinopithecus won the community vote for the Lost Island Creature Submission, we're looking forward to doing it again later this year. What creature would you like to see added to ARK?


We plan to release a Quality of Life and Balance pass next week on PC, and a little further down the road on console. This patch will include various QoL additions along with some important balance-changes predominantly aimed at PvP. One of the key aspects we looked at in regards to balance is the prevalence of chain-stuns/crowd control in the current PvP meta - most specifically Void Wyvern, Shadowmane, Netgun and Plant Z. We've also made balance tweaks to various creatures and items that we think will make PvP more fun and interesting.
This patch also includes two newly breedable creatures! We do plan to make some more currently un-breedable creatures breedable in the future so stay posted if your favorite isn't included in this one!

Last but not least, we're kicking this weekend off with a breeding EVO event and a look at some amazing community content!


An ARK Evolution Event is active until Monday the 11th with the following EVO perks on all Official Servers!

• 2X Breeding and Imprinting
  
• 2X Taming
  
• 2X Harvesting
  
• 2X XP
  

Creator: pterafier
We are all excited to see what the Season 1 MONARKY series has in store! Check out the trailer below and hop on over to Episode 1 if you're as interested as we are!
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Creator: The AxeMan
Get an early look at the new Titan Map by @codigoalex_. We have a feeling this will be a popular community map!
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X-Yutyrannus by Amberghini


Feeding the Little Ones by Nalak


Godzilla vs. the Ice Titan by Daizua123


The Scorched Earth Guardian by Kitty#7656


Fanart of my Shadowmane by Fordale#4520


Untitled by MayaPatch#8071




Khal Alastor -Dusk-#8673 (Edit)


Prissiie#6186


@DreadTamer (Fjordur)


Have a great weekend!
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