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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 14th and will last until Thursday, January 6th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content.

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.

GachaClaus is also making a triumphant return to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps looking for eager recipients while sporting holiday-themed colors. He will be accepting your coal and in exchange will gift you holiday-themed items, or you can trade-in your mistletoe and coal for a chance at an animated TV Show Parasaur skin, a full-body Santa costume, new skins, weapons, armor, or 5 new Chibis!

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

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December 14th to January 6th

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*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
  

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• RaptorClaus
  
• GachaClaus
  

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• Santa Laugh Emote *NEW*
• Caroling Emote
  
• Happy Clap Emote
  
• Nutcracker Dance Emote
  

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• Full-body Santa Costume *NEW*
• Animated TV Show Parasaur Skin *NEW*
• 3 New Male & Female Christmas-themed Sweater Skins *NEW*
• 4 New Christmas-themed Beanie Skins *NEW*
• Rex Sweater Skin
  
• Carolers Sweater Skin
  
• Bulbdog Sweater Skin
  
• Blue Winter Beanie
  
• Purple Winter Beanie
  
• Green Winter Beanie
  
• Male and Female Noglin Swimsuit Skin
  
• Male and Female Yeti Swimsuit Skin
  
• Candy Cane Club Skin
  
• Christmas Bola Skin
  
• Nutcracker Slingshot Skin
  
• Dino Ornament Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Dino Ornament Swim Top Skin
  
• Jerboa Wreath Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Jerboa Wreath Swim Top Skin
  
• Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin
  
• Ugly Carno Sweater Skin
  
• Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin
  
• Gray Winter Beanie Skin
  
• Purple Winter Beanie Skin
  
• Red Winter Beanie Skin
  
• Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin
  
• Santa Hat Skin
  

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• Animated TV Show Raptor Chibi *NEW*
• Sinomacrops Chibi *NEW*
• Dinopithecus Chibi *NEW*
• Amargasaurus Chibi *NEW*
• Festive Noglin Chibi *NEW*

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• Festive Dino Candy
  
• Holiday Lights
  
• Holiday Stocking
  
• Holiday Tree
  
• Gift Box
  
• Snowman
  
• Wreath
  

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• Yellow *NEW*
• 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
  

The Lost Island rollout begins with PC first then consoles later in the day on Tuesday, December 14th!

Explore the soaring heights and hidden depths of ARK's newest official community map, featuring three new creatures for you to tame! Lost Island boasts 150 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and mysterious ruins. Discover jungle valleys fed by giant waterfalls, build a treehouse high in the forest canopies, get down and dirty in vast mangrove swamps, dive deep underwater, brave treacherous snowy peaks, or spelunk uncharted cave systems in search of treasure… There's something here for everyone!

Lost Island is the first community map released with three new creatures, and the first to include a creature chosen by the ARK community. Unleash thermal hell from atop your Amargasaurus, glide into battle with Sinomacrops at your back, or treat your enemies to a shower of Tek-disabling Dinopithecus dung!

Stay tuned to our official accounts for more details on the launch timing!





We're in the giving spirit and we've stashed away some ARK loot for the holiday season! If you missed out on an opportunity to score a Dodo plushie, Noglin plushie, or Noglin hat, this holiday season will provide ample opportunity.

• A donation of 1$ or greater to ExtraLife (Donations must be made at the Studio Wildcard ExtraLife donation page). Only new donations are eligible (donations made from the current date forward)
  
• A picture submission on Twitter using the hashtag #ARKHolidayLoot
  
• A picture submission in this Community Crunch thread

We want to see pictures of your Lost Island tames, your event-colored dino's, your fan art, your ARK holiday decorations, or videos of your ARK holiday experience! get creative! The rules are simple, make it ARK and make it epic! Each winner will receive 1 Dodo plushie, 1 Noglin plushie, and 1 Noglin hat.

You have until the end of the Winter Wonderland event (Thursday, 1/6) to get your submissions in or make donations to the Studio Wildcard ExtraLife page!



Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event as part of Winter Wonderland! It will be active from Tuesday the 14th of Dec until Thursday the 6th 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: 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: 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: Aaron Longstaff
Looking for some new build ideas for the new year? Check out Aaron Longstaff's latest video!
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Rockwell by KingKillianNight


It finally snowed by @VELUKO1


Untitled by The Collector⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐#7703


Bulbdog and Element by naeriie#2439


TEK-Goat by ✞M1mple✞ʳᶤᵖ


Fur and fang cryo attacks by Umbradaiwrfol



@EgoSilentium


@TheEarrion


Theziren Smeltback#0900


Wishing everyone safe and happy holidays!
Studio Wildcard

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The sandbox strategy game Myth of Empires has been removed from Steam over allegations of copyright infringement, resulting in a DMCA takedown request. Myth of Empires developer Angela Game has so far declined to reveal who requested the game's removal, but documents viewed by PC Gamer indicate that it came from Studio Wildcard and Snail Games, the developer and publisher of Ark: Survival Evolved...
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In 2019, the launch of the Snail Games Initiative, Classic PvP, created an exciting and competitive playing experience for PC players. Throughout the course of the seasons, the meta was watched closely and changes were made to shake things up and create an experience tailored for PvP gameplay. Continue on the quest for the ultimate PvP experience with the introduction of Classic PvP Season 5!
Classic PvP Season 5 launches on the 14th of December with Lost Island!

• Experience gain, taming, gathering have been quintupled compared to our standard Official Servers (5x)
  
• Breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been quadrupled compared to our standard Official Servers (4x)
  
• Tribes are set to 25 players max
  
• Tribe alliances are disabled, though informal alliances are allowed
  
• Servers have a maximum player count of 100
  
• These maps will be available: The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Lost Island, Valguero, and The Center
  
• Tek dinos (Tek Parasaur, Tek Quetzal, Tek Rex, Tek Raptor, Tek Stego), Paracer, Tapejara, and the Titanosaur are not available for taming on Classic PvP
  
• All Aberration and Extinction content is unavailable on Classic PvP
  
• Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced
  
• No TEK Engrams
  
• No cave building
  
• Cryopods enabled
  
• Tamed Stegosaurus Resistance reduced by 35%
  
• Tamed Quetzal Resistance reduced by 20%
  
• Tamed Wyvern Resistance reduced by 20%
  
• Tamed Wyvern Damage reduced by 20%
  
• Reaper Queen added to the Valguero Aberration Zone
  

There is an ongoing EVO event as part of Turkey Trial 5 that lasts until December 7th.
*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), 0.6x 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), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

Creator: Syntac
We've seen many community members take on the challenge, but can Syntac survive 100 days in Hardcore? Let's find out!
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Creator: Aaron Longstaff
Just starting out in ARK? Check out this perfect wooden starter house by Aaron Longstaff!
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Bulbdog Fan Concept Commission by EmilyStepp


Raptor Painting by Firefly


Genetically Altered Therizino by Ares#2032


"You woke up the monster... didn't you?" by @VELUKO1


Turkey by @Snudoo1


Blue T-Rex on Fire by M1mple



@NaturalCauzes / NaturalCauzes#0230


Chogono


Have a great weekend!
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From Tuesday, November 23rd through Tuesday, December 7th jump into a large-scale scavenger to hunt and carve up rare “Super-Turkeys” that have been unleashed across the ARK for Turkey Trial 5!

By harvesting Super Turkey Wishbones from these ruthless, genetically-modified creatures, you can craft their very own fashionable Turkey Costume, Ugly Sweater skins, or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do your bidding for a limited period of time.


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

Dates
November 23th to December 7th

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), 0.6x 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), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

• Super Turkeys (Untamable creature)
  
• DodoRex (Craftable Temporary Tame)
  

• Turkey Costume
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• 3 Ugly Sweater Skins
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• Bonnet Hat Skin
  
• Chieftan Hat Skin
  
• Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin
  
• Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Dodorex Swim Top Skin
  
• Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin
  
• Meat Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Meat Swim Top Skin
  
• Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin
  
• Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin
  
• Pilgrim Hat Skin
  
• Pitchfork Skin
  
• Turkey Hat Skin
  
• Turkey Leg Skin
  
• Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
  
• Turkey Swim Top Skin
  
• Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin
  
• Ugly Trike Sweater Skin
  

(acquired via killing Super Turkey's for Wishbones)

• Deinonychus Chibi
• NEW*
  
• Kaprosuchus Chibi
• NEW*
  
• Onyc Chibi
• NEW*
  
• Tek Raptor Chibi
• NEW*
  
• Gigantopithecus Chieftain Chibi
• NEW*
  

• Wishbones (acquired from killing Super Turkey's)
  
• Thanksgiving Dino Candy
  

• Orange
  
• Medium Autumn
  
• Light Autumn
  
• Burnt Sienna
  
• Brown
  
• Light Brown
  
• Dark Magenta
  
• Dark Violet
  
• Vermillion
  
• Red
  
• Dark Red
  
• Dino Dark Red
  
• Midnight Blue
  
• Black Sands
  
• Dark Blue
  
• Near Black
  
• Black
  
• Dino Darker Grey
  
• Dino Albino
  

There will be an upcoming EVO event as part of Turkey Trial 5.



Creator: SINZAH
SINZAH is back with another exciting solo raid video!
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Creator: Sypher Sam
Sypher Sam constructs the infamous Forerunner structure from Halo.
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(OC) Sketch dump Saron and her pets by Escapado-draw


King Titan by ArtofEliza


What a boring day part 2 by Suricato forzuto#0596


Untitled by Larry-The-Lombax#4466


DodoRex by @N_si_93


Undead Spinosaurus by Whitesekhmet




@VenoEdit (3D Render)


RazerBandit#0770




El Shu


Have a happy Thanksgiving!
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It's been another amazing year taking part in ExtraLife and raising money for kids in need! During our annual 24-hour ExtraLife stream, the ARK Community raised a staggering $184,502! The ARK community helped us reach new records this year. The Studio Wildcard team was the #1 team for most of Game Day and the highest we've ever been before (previously #3)! Additionally, we reached #2 on individual fundraising setting a new record for individual donations!

This seventh year of participating in GameDay with ExtraLife puts us well over $400K raised and we couldn't have done it without the ARK community! We are grateful for our generous, supportive players, partners & sponsors, & the opportunity to help facilitate this endeavor. Here's a recap of everything you may have missed during the 24-hour event!

• AMD
  
• Nvidia GeForce
  
• Blue (Yeti)
  
• Corsair
  
• Elgato
  
• Xbox
  
• Discord
  
• Nitrado
  
• Grove Street Games
  

If you've won one of these amazing giveaways, please be patient! We'll be in touch over the coming days!

• Syntac
  
• ARK Charity giveaway
  
• Phlinger Phoo
  
• RoyaleWithCheese
  
• Raasclark & Aaron Longstaff
  
• Belle
  
• Shockist
  
• TELMO SAMPAIO
  
• Ryan Chavez
  
• Elite ARK
  
• MIO ARK
  
• NeddyTheNoodle
  
• View Full Team Roster
  

The Lost Island free DLC map will be released on all platforms on December 14th, 2021! Take a look at this Amargasaurus, Dinopithecus, and Sinomacrops spotlight we showed during the stream!
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Fjordur is a Nordic-inspired mod community map that will be coming to all platforms as free DLC in June 2022!



Andrewsarchus is one of the 3 creatures that will be released with Fjordur. Want a chance in picking one of the other ones? Check out our Creature Submission Forum for details on how to submit an entry!


Kicking off the stream, we have a chat with a representative from the UF Health Shands Children Hospital about where the proceeds go.
Interview with Representative from UF Health Shands Children's Hospital


Cedric and Zane stop to chat with a representative from ExtraLife.
Interview with ExtraLife


Alex Laurant, the Art Director for ARK 2, sits down with Cedric and Zane for a chat.
interview with Alex Laurant


Jesse and Gareth have an in-depth talk about ARK music composition and community favorites.
Interview with Jesse and Gareth

Here's a sneak preview from the 7 hours of original Gareth Coker music found in the ARK The Animated Series:
https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-wildcard/ark-the-animated-series-music-by-gareth-coker


Jesse interviews Clayton D'Mello, an artist on the Studio Wildcard team.
Interview with Clayton D'Mello and Jesse

Clayton was given a unique challenge when Twitch chat was given the opportunity to direct Clayton's next creature design. The chat was given options and Clayton drew live on stream!

Clayton Draws Pt 1

Clayton Draws Pt. 2


Zane demos an early build of Lost Island on the Steam Deck
Steam Deck and Proton

ARK: Survival Evolved is fully functional on Steam Proton, which means it'll work right out of the box if you're lucky enough to get your hands on a Steam Deck! It fully supports the expansions packs, free maps, and mods. As of this week, we've also got it working with BattlEye which means you'll be able to play on Official Servers or other BattlEye supported servers.

Linux players can also get their hands on the Proton version by downloading the Steam Beta client and in ARK's steam game properties, make sure you've enabled "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", this will enable the use of Proton. In the future we'll be moving Proton to the default version of the Steam Game for Linux players, however, we'll continue to support the native version which will be required for older hardware as Proton requirements are higher. At that time we'll provide further instructions on how you can switch to the native version, but for now it won't be necessary.

Thank you for helping us reach our goals and supporting a great cause!

The Studio Wildcard Team