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Community Crunch 252: Last Week In ARK and The Community Corner

Last Week In ARK

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

In Last Week In Ark, we've seen some changes in the Players Killed By Weapon Type. While things remained the same on XBOX, we saw slight changes in both XBOX and PC in the weapons players chose to use compared to last week.

Kills By Wild Dino Type shows us same creatures but overall deaths by these four creatures have reduced by 14.9% when compared to last week. We'll keep looking for more interesting stats to share with you!

EVO Event

There will be no EVO event this week

Community Corner

In light of all the amazing content being shared by the ARK community, we'll be expanding the Fan Art section and renaming it 'Community Corner' to include more than fan art. You can expect to find a variety of community content that is being shared across social platforms (Twitch, Discord, Twitter, Youtube, Reddit, Facebook).

[h2]Clips/Videos[/h2]
How to Build a Large House/New Roof Building Design - The Pilgrimz
The Pilgrimz demonstrates how to build with a new roof design in his latest video.
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How to Build a Modern House - Aaron Longstaff
Aaron Longstaff designs a modern house and takes you along for the ride.
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Star Wars Astromech Droid Speed Build - Sypher Sam
Pulling off a Star Wars build is no easy feat, but Sypher Sam does it with ease in this video.
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[h2]Fan Art[/h2]
ARK Rock Drake - Sonne-Spiritwind

Strawberry - algiz0

Reaper Queen A3 - sevvydeb

WIP (Discord) - niceguysrage#2040

[h2]In-Game Screenshots[/h2]
Roxy#2612 (Discord)

Khal Alastor -Dusk-#8673 (Discord)

Project Fjördur - Nekatus

Enjoy your weekend survivors!
Studio Wildcard

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Ark: Survival Evolved's next beginner server wipe is set for March

If you're an Ark: Survival Evolved fan, you'll know that the wilds of the action-adventure game's regular servers can be a challenging place to tackle. To help bring newbies aboard, the game features beginner servers with lower difficulty and various limits, but to keep them ship-shape for their purpose, Studio Wildcard routinely wipes them clean. And, if you're playing on them or thinking of getting into Ark, it's worth knowing when these wipes will happen.

The survival game's developer has just announced its latest beginner server wipe has now taken place (as of January 26), and that the next one's due to arrive in spring - March 23, to be exact. "These servers will be wiped periodically to help provide a fresh beginner experience for new players," the dev says on Twitter, explaining to newcomers that you can hop into a beginner server by searching "beginner" in the multiplayer game's server browser.

If you're new to the game, it's worth noting that jumping in fresh just after a server wipe has happened can be a good way to get stuck into it for the first time. As SW explains in a previous dev post, "beginner official servers are an experience for new ARK players to test the waters without the threat of thoroughly developed tribes".

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Ark: Survival Evolved devs are piloting a new community feature showing what players get up to

Ark: Survival Evolved players get up to all sorts in Studio Wildcard's action-adventure game. It's not all about surviving, either - a quick peek at the Ark: SE subreddit reveals a whole bunch of incredible creatures bred and settlements built by its fanbase. Now, the developer is trialling a new segment in its 'Community Crunch' posts designed to capture players' shenanigans as metrics, revealing what they get up to in-game.

"In the past, the community has expressed an interest in analytics, so we'd like to pilot a new segment called 'Last Week In Ark' that highlights general analytics and statistics we collect on the back-end," the studio announces in its latest Community Crunch post. In the first sample of this feature, Studio Wildcard offers a smattering of graphs that give an idea of how many kills there have been by wild dino type and players killed by weapon type across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox.

For example, it looks like Raptors have come out on top across all three platforms in terms of kills, there being a whopping 130k-ish kills in total over the week 10-16 January. PC players have accounted for a big ol' chunk of those, too, as you can see below.

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Community Crunch 251: Last Week In ARK and More!

Last Week In ARK

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch survivors. In the past, the community has expressed an interest in analytics so we'd like to pilot a new segment called "Last Week In ARK" that highlights general analytics and statistics we collect on the back-end.

Consider this a sample of things we might be able to provide if there is community interest. What types of things are you interested in seeing? Are there particular metrics that interest you more? Sound off and let us know!

EVO Event

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Community Fan Art

Cnidaria Ark Encounter by fernsylhouette

Would You Like To Cut It by sis_6193

Desert Base by nonoARK

House by the Dock by sam_stim

Gasbags (Discord) by NISIS#1565

Wishing you a stress-free weekend. Catch you next week!
Studio Wildcard

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Community Crunch 250: Fan Art

Happy New Year! We hope you had a fun and relaxing holiday.

We're energized and busy working on the next adventure: Genesis Part II! In the meantime, let's take a look at some amazing fan art and screenshots from the community.

EVO Event

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Community Fan Art

Warm With You by sis_6193

Deinonychus by eagleclaw6089

Merry Christmas by hipapparitiongamer

The T-Rex And The Butterfly Based On Ark 2 by adamsalive4kids

Lightning Wyvern by cyanimus

Griffin by kawarayane

By greyjan#9071 (Discord)

By theyaa#6363 (Discord)

We'll catch up with you next week!
Studio Wildcard

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