ARK: Survival Evolved News

Greetings Survivors!

We hope you don't have weekend plans yet because we're kicking the weekend off with an EVO event! See below for the event details!

Lost Island Transfers
On March 18th, we will be enabling full server transfers into Lost Island on our Official Servers across all platforms. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction!

Event Cosmetics
We know you folks enjoy your event cosmetics so as we enter into our last year of events on ARK 1, we will be adding the associated cosmetics to the Hexagon Exchange once each event ends. Speaking of - we've added the Love Evolved cosmetics to Hexagon Exchange this week!
All of the event content will be added to the PC game at the end of the year's cycle of events so they can be opted into for our PC unofficial server owners and players. Our console players will be able to grab all event cosmetics from the Hex store!



An ARK: EVO Event is active on all platforms from now through March 7th, with the following EVO perks:
*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

• Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, and Taming
  
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, and 4.5x Taming
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, and 5x Taming
  
• Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, and 6x Taming
  

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Corrupted Empress Jasmine#7275

Let's speak of a time, a time long since passed Scorching Deserts, Caverns and Cities nothing more than distant dreams a time when Rexes were the true Kings of the Ark, a time when a turkey could end all life on the Ark if it so chose.

My name is Jasmine (Jaz for short) and I bought Ark on the very day of its release into early access, I downloaded the game eagerly awaiting whatever came and eventually loaded into spawning on a picturesque beach on the northern half of The Island I stayed on that beach as if it were my lifeline, I hunted dodos and ate berries gathering a few megre levels unlocking the most powerful weapon I'd ever known the sling.

I gathered stone, hours and hours passing amassing hundreds of lil pieces of lifeline, I grew more confident going into the trees to gather material crafting backup slings and gathering more material until I heard footsteps, I ran as fast as I could back to my beach thinking I was safe until it burst from the trees... a level 12 rex.

Most people, sane people would have run but not me, I started firing rocks as fast as I could dodging and weaving as the titanic beast attempted to strike me down, time past slowly the adrenaline keeping me hyper focused, I took a hit my health bar tanking, I panicked but continued firing...

Something changed, the rex began to flee, I chased it toward a river where upon crossing the threshold it slammed to the ground I gathered meat from any source I could and fed the thing, protecting my once enemy as if my life depended on it I gathered narcoberries and tended to the rex for as long as it took before it arose now under my command.

I had become Queen by subjugating the King, My will was now his command, his name was Sven...

And that's how my first tame in Ark: Survival Evolved was a Rex called Sven.

Creator: SINZAHH
Check out the amazing storytelling and strategy behind setting up a heist on a hard and popular unofficial ARK server.
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Stealing Wyvern Eggs (Render) by Veno#5000


Penllyn by @ottermeal


Ferox by @falco_luna


Aberration-Themed Journal by TheUnskilledKwill#3155


Liopleurodon by Khimera


Welcome to the Island by scartitan




Jinx#7374


@properlyspoopi


@NaturalCauzes


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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! This week we've made some changes to the Community Corner. In the coming weeks, we'll be turning up the heat with more information and exciting reveals of the upcoming creatures debuting with Fjordur!

• Lost Island Transfers - On March 18th, we will be enabling full server transfers into Lost Island on our Official Servers across all platforms. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction!
  
• We'll be releasing a patch for PC on March 3rd that will include over 70 fixes across all maps. Map/level changes tend to be quite big and we're expecting this patch to be a significant download so consider this a heads up in advance! We'll endeavor to give size estimations as we near closer to deployment.
  

There will be no EVO event this week.

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We've made some small upgrades to the Community Corner!

We've seen our fair share of great art posted within the community and throughout the years, we've been honored to share that art using the Community Crunch as a platform. Going forward, we're applying a frame to the art we post in the crunch that includes the edition and date.

Additionally, we'll be uploading these to a public community album to show the years of support the community has provided in one easy place. Every image in the album will contain the artist's name and source. If you're creating content for ARK, we want you to know we respect your art and appreciate your contributions to the community! We've created a form for artists to use when they feel their art is misrepresented or posted without credit.

We're also adding a new section to the Community Corner - Community Stories! Recently, we held a competition in our Discord community for reaching 150K members. Members of the community shared their ARK stories for a chance at a prize. Considering we read so many heartfelt and funny stories, we made it a permanent section in the Discord and the Community Corner. So jump over to our Discord to share your own stories!


krickiex89#8924

I downloaded Ark out of boredom, not knowing what I was downloading, I bought all the DLCs and the season pass for Gen. I named my character girl, because it was a test character, so I thought. I have been girl for 2 years now. When Crystal Isles came out I was a solo player. I met an awesome chick and her friend and we started hanging out and helping each other out. They were friends with the charge battery bandits whose tribe leader was Guardian. The server was very active and everyone would cut up with each other. We had a neighbor tribe who built a small town and it had an arena in it where he hosted tribe fights and gave out prizes. It was hilarious. Once servers opened everything calmed down and people started to disappear. My two friends weren't playing anymore. I started hanging out with Guardian. We started a new tribe on Extinction and acquired some awesome tribe mates and we became the Insiders. We became a family. Eventually our family to split up and everyone stopped playing for about 6 weeks. During those 6 weeks I played a lot of Apex Legends. Guardian would play with me. We decided, during our break from Ark, to meet up and go hiking. Then we went hiking again the next day, and the next. This trend continued for a while. He took me to the top of a mountain, up a scary back road to the most beautiful overlook and we watched the sun set. I was so happy, but I was also sad. I found the love of my life, but my Ark family was falling apart. We got back into Ark and made amends with our friends. We did eventually lose the one, but it was for the best. We found new members along the way and now have a thriving Ark family and RL family. It's been a roller coaster of emotions to get here but I wouldn't change it. I have moved to the top of the mountain with Guardian and I am starting a new position in the career of my dreams and have the best support team everyday as we build up on Lost Island waiting on whatever adventure Ark will throw me next.

My Snow Dragon#5911

My best memories are from early legacy PVP, before transfers were open. I was in a tribe on a server that had a "frienemy" relationship with the other 2 large tribes on the server. One tribe had a member that used to come and troll me, just me, whenever I would leave base to do meat or metal runs and it was always hilarious. His favorite thing to do was tranq me off my tame, tea bag till his legs were tired then steal my pants. Then run off with them laughing hysterically in global chat. It got to the point where I stopped wearing pants lol. Then he started tranq'ing me to PUT PANTS BACK ON ME. Those were the days I miss lol. We became friends and are still friends to this day, some 5+ years later

Creator: Sypher Sam
Take a look at Sypher Sam's latest build - a castle port on Lost Island!
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Creator: Cantex
How long can a level 1000 Alpha Rex last? Cantex tests the limits with this challenging deathrun!
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MEK by Razo4arovanie


Allosaurus Design by @Ares33909104


Managarmr by DINODOG#8923


Crime. He Stole Her Crown by NeoVanilluxe#0900


ARK: Survival Evolved Armored Basilisk Fan Concept by @Emily_Art


Wurm-Rider by zombeecakes




KS9#4211


@SyntacYT


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​Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we'll take a look at some community highlights, including the introduction to #ARKADIA2 from the Spanish-speaking ARK community!

In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing more visuals and information about Andrewsarchus, Fjordhawk, and Desmodus leading up to the Fjordur rollout!



There will be no EVO event this week.



Creator: Nexxuz World
It's the return of one of the most-watched ARK series, ARKADIA! Some of the biggest Spanish-speaking ARK creators join together with a custom ARK experience to create an amazing series for the ARK community!
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The Gigantopithecus Village by MayaPatch


Raptor by DeadlyKittyy


Untitled by GIOLEGENDS#4940


Freedom by JackyTheMoo


Managarmr by WhiteSkally


Winter Wyvern by syyylvia#5541


Hunted by the Queen by Muku




FurNatic#5778


@EgoSilentium


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The third annual Love Evolved event is live until Wednesday, February 16th! While ARK is under Cupid's spell, go fishing for love and gain a chance at new skins, items, and five new chibi pets to collect! See below for the full event details:



There is an ongoing EVO Event that is a part of Love Evolved. You can find the rates below:

*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
  

Creator: Aaron Longstaff
A well-known community builder, Aaron Longstaff, is back with a new stables build!
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Creator: captain fatdog
It's a simple question. Can an Amarga be tamed with a Giga? Let's find out!
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ARK - CazadorR


ARK Griffin Fanart - Saprom


Hybrid of ARK Creatures - MudgyGaming#6313


Encounter - Asimos


10 Sc before disaster - Umbra_Daiwrfol


#QueremosArkadia2 - @J0vando




Golden Drop (shared by @NeddyTheNoodle)


@Virtual_Optix


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From Wednesday, February 9th through Wednesday, February 16th, love will fill the air as we celebrate Valentine's Day with Love Evolved 3. While ARK is under Cupid's spell, go fishing for love and gain a chance at new skins, items, and five new chibi pets to collect!



Show yourself some love with the new self-hug emote, or try to reel in one of the new swimsuit skins!

• This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=vday
  
• For the duration of Love Evolved, we will be disabling the world buffs from Baby Boon & Maewing Poach on Genesis Part 2 on the Official Network. In the past, we've adjusted for the impact event have had on the rates by tweaking the bonuses that we use during the holidays, however, those tweaks lead to unfavorable circumstances on maps that aren't Genesis Part 2, so going forward during breeding events, we'll be disabling these mission buffs specifically as not to affect the bonuses on other maps.

2/09/22 - 2/16/22

• Valentines Coelacanth can be caught for chibis, chocolates, candies
  
• Mating can randomly drop chocolates and candies!
  

*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
  

• "Bear Hug" swimsuit skin *NEW*
• "Odd Couple" swimsuit skin *NEW*
• "Sauropod Heart" swimsuit skin *NEW*
• Heart-shaped Shield Skin
  
• Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin
  
• "Cupid Couture Bottom" (Pants Skin)
  
• "Cupid Couture Top" (Shirt Skin)
  
• "Halo Headband" (Hat Skin)
  
• "Teddy Bear Grenades" (Grenade Skin)
  
• "Bow & Eros" (Bow skin)
  
• "Love Shackles" (Handcuffs Skin)
  

• Box o' Chocolates
  
• Valentines Dino Candy
  

• Self Hug *NEW*
• Flirty Emote
  
• Heart Emote
  

• Pelagornis *NEW*
• Archaeopteryx *NEW*
• Gallimimus *NEW*
• Kairuku *NEW*
• The Lovebird *NEW*

• Lavender
  
• Cream
  
• MediumLavender
  
• Peach
  
• DeepPink
  
• LightPink
  
• Dark Red
  
• Red
  
• Magenta
  
• Light Red
  
• White