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Community Crunch 302: Introducing Desmodus, EVO Event, and More!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we are excited to share the concept and dossier for Desmodus, the winner of the second Community Creature Vote! We introduced RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) in the most recent round of community voting and saw Desmodus win (39,781 votes) vs. Carcharodontosaurus (24,419 votes) in the 9th and final round!

In other ARK news, we're starting the weekend off with an EVO event and Love Evolved starts next week. Check out the Love Evolved event details here!

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Common Name: Desmodus
Species: Desmodus draculae
Time: Pleistocene
Diet: Sanguivore
Temperament: Aggressive


Even with all the other monstrosities around here, this fugitive from a Creature Double Feature deserves top billing. I mean, Dracula's right there in its species name! And Desmodus has a shriek that'll scare just about anything out of its way. It's also shrewd enough to limit itself to victims that it can carry off into the night.

Although I'm not superstitious enough to advise stocking up on garlic and stakes before you decide to track down Desmodus for yourself, I'd still advise you to hunt these horrors out in the light and away from their caves – they seem uniquely adept at flying and hiding in those dark, narrow spaces.


Taming one of these beasties lets you add its eerie abilities to your arsenal. Use their unsettling scream to scatter your enemies. Command Desmodus to snatch up small prey for you. Let its uncanny power to vanish into darkness become your personal stealth mode.

Desmodus has blood thinner in its saliva, which drains prey of more blood than this vampire could ever digest. If you can stomach the excess blood and drained meat your vampire pet leaves behind, you might be open-minded enough to appreciate another of its unholy gifts: a 'sanguine elixir' that helps enthrall the most stubborn beasts.


Desmodus will land on ARK with the upcoming free DLC map, Fjordur!



There is an ARK: EVO Event active on all platforms from now through February 7th, with the following EVO perks:

*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
  • Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
  • ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
  • Classic: 6x XP, 6x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval




Creator: spoonkid
There's nothing more special than seeing someone's first ARK experience. Watch spoonkid take on The Island!
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Creator: Xavii
Xavii just started a new PvP series on Genesis and ends up in a solo raid on Day 1!
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Ao Yue - Toucanfishh


ARK Aberration drawing - Saprom


Untitled - CrowMother#0491


alpha fire wyvern - arcticthefoxwing


Megalosaurus - @NeoVanilluxe


My Dunkleosteus David - Gerald.#4819




lordLKkamikaze (Render/Remodel)


KS9#4211




@zorafoxx (Clay Sculpture)


Have a great weekend!
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CrossfireX, Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition, Edge of Eternity, more coming to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft has announced the first batch of games coming to Game Pass in February.

Kicking things off on February 3 is Contrast for cloud and console. In this game, you will explore a vaudevillian world set in the 1920s. You can shift freely in and out of shadow as you aid a young girl all the while unraveling the mysteries behind her troubled family and try your best to help re-shape her future.

Action roguelike Dreamscaper will arrive the same day for cloud, console, and PC. The game features a waking/dreaming gameplay cycle whereby night you delve into your subconscious where you will face your nightmares and try to overcome challenges using various abilities. During the daytime, you will explore the city where you dwell and build relationships with others as you unlock permanent upgrades which will help you out next time you enter a dream phase.

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Community Crunch 301: Love Evolved 3, Community Corner, and More!

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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






There will be no EVO event this week. The next upcoming EVO event will be a part of the Love Evolved event on February 9th. 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: Vitality
Can Vitality hold off his attackers by himself in one of ARK's notable caves? Click play and find out!
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Creator: CHipZz - Ark Builds
Check out this giant cryopod structure by Chipzz!
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Yuty go hunt - sangwiss16


Stormclouds - Archipelagornis


Gaius Nerva - Ted Beer


Gasbag ARK fanart - Radioactive_penguin


Shadowmane - ⚡Robinson Vronti⚡#4113


Lil house on the Prairie + Ark abb - Prissiie#6186




📷 sebrexi#2167


📷 FaTaL#9867


📷 @ImEnFuego (Render)


Have a great weekend!
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Community Crunch 300: Community Corner and More!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

While we prepare to share the details for the annual Love Evolved event and the dossier for Desmodus Draculae, we'll leave you with some awesome highlights from the community!



There will be no EVO event this week.



Creator: NaturalCauzes
With 100 days to beat the infamous Primal Fear mod, can NaturalCauzes complete the challenge? Tune in and find out!
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Creator: Teachers Game Too
Check out this handy sniper counter by Teachers Game Too!
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Ragnar by NicoleBArt


Managarmr by arcticthefoxwing


Managarmr Sketch by sangwiss16


My Fav Argy by ElectricSheep01#0451


King by $IH#7193


Yutyrannus Patrol by @WolfTek7


Meeting by @VELUKO1




@Riinartist


SuperDooM#2527


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Community Crunch 299: Holiday Loot Winners, Community Corner, and More!

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

This week we'll take a look at what's going on in the community corner as we focus our efforts on performance-related issues on Lost Island and upcoming content. If you missed the Fjordur Creature Vote winner, you can find out more here.

We've reached out to all the winners of the #ARKXMasLoot giveaway🎁! Thank you for participating and sharing your Winter Wonderland experiences!



There will be no EVO event this week.



Creator: Raasclark
Are you still trying to find your bearings on Lost Island? Check out Raasclark's survivor's guide to Lost Island!
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Creator: Captain Fatdog
Back with another video in the popular 'How to Build a Trap' series, captain fatdog takes on the iconic T-Rex!
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Fear The Reaper by Robinson Vronti


Cynder Drake by arcticthefoxwing


Mr Hops by CoalTrevelyan


Untitled by ЯРЫК#6700


Moschops vs Rex Airbrush by Garron24(tulpa)#9620


Accidental Territory Breach by @FossilFracas




Chogono


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