ARK: Survival Evolved News

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

We've enjoyed seeing the creativity on display with the latest round of creature submissions and were pleased to see some fan favorites from prior contests return for battle! Now that submissions for creatures have closed, the second round of voting will begin. Voting is open now and ends on February 6th at 4 PM Pacific.

• Razana
• Acinonyx
• Panthera Atrox
• Hatzegopteryx
• Rhyniognatha
• Myotragus
• Giant Bison
• Nothosaurus
• Gorgonopsid
• Antarctotrechus Balli

Round up your tribes and cast your vote for the next creature to be added to ARK! *Multiple votes are automatically deleted/disqualified. Only one vote will be registered CAST YOUR VOTE



There will be no EVO Event this week.

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Creator: Syntac
Is Carchar the new apex predator in ARK? Find out in Syntac's latest ARK episode!
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Creator: Cjthecheesed
There's often debate on the most essential creatures to tame in ARK? Do you agree with this list from Cjthecheesed
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The black wyvern by @k3zk_627


X-Woolly Rhino by Amberghini


Untitled by Iyumi#6526


ARK Snow Owl by Saprom


ARK 2 Brachiosaurus by @StudiosGoji


ARK 2 Allosaurus Fan Concept by Allosaurus16




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u/swatch8431


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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

Since the announcement of ARK 2, we've watched the community's excitement and anticipation rise as we continued to work diligently in the background to define the new survival experience. Despite anticipating our next showing of ARK 2 to be a gameplay showcase, we see the hunger and eagerness for more ARK 2 information, and we get it. We’ve decided to give you a peek behind the curtain and begin showcasing more ARK 2 tidbits regularly as we lead up to the first gameplay trailer. We hope you enjoy these appetizers, and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on the main course 😉!

As always, we love seeing the passion of the ARK community on display, and we look forward to getting more information in your hands beginning this week!

Introducing Stegosaurus: A noble guardian from a foregone epoch.

Introducing Brachiosaurus: An aloof behemoth.



Creature submissions are still live until 1 PM Pacific on January 23rd!

Once the forum is closed for entries, we will round up the top 10 upvoted submissions and enter them into a second round of voting using RankedVote, similar to the last creature submission process. We'll announce the timing in the next Community Crunch!

Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries.


Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, the 23rd 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: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x 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, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic: 6x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
  

Creator: captain fatdog
One of ARK's most popular trap builders is testing a new trap to tame a Mosa.
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The Rider by @WolfTek7


Shadowmane by @maMe_buDo


Fate of the Cosmos Chapter 3 by @TekARK3


Doedicurus by 3710P#0941


It's a delivery by @bonten_ARK




Collection of Years Worth of Black Breedable Creatures by Cat Queen and Araneus Deum


@Frenkichu


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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!



We're excited to announce that we're rerunning a popular community contest, where players can submit their own dinosaur ideas to be added to ARK.

We've seen some incredible fan-made designs and creature submissions in pasts contests so we can't wait to see what you come up with this time. Whether you're a seasoned player or new to the community, we encourage you to dust off those notebooks and let your creativity run wild. Feel free to create a dossier, design a creature, and tell us how you see it fitting into the current ARK meta.

While we may not adopt all of the gameplay ideas, we will be looking at and considering everything submitted. Use Wikipedia links and references to help with your pitch, show us what abilities this creature might have, and what it may look like.

Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries. The entry period will end at 1PM Pacific on January 23rd, so don't wait - get your ideas in. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life!



Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, the 16th 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: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x 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, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic: 6x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 6x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
  

Creator: SINZAHH
SINZAHH is back with another great PvP video! Find out some tips to transform a solo base into a formidable fortress!
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Rockwell - Edmundium Experiment by @VELUKO1


Help is on the way by @WolfTek7


Cute ARK Doodles by DoodlePalace#1035


Untitled by CrisPing#0826


Valley of Ragnarok by @k3zk_627


RAPTOR | ARK Survival Evolved by sayomphu082


Untitled by Akineza#1916


Pencil Sketch by angryrevenant#9313




LoganTheWyrmLord#6938


SuperDooM#2527


Mule#4289


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It's been a joy to watch the community participate in TSOTF matches this past week! We've seen several nail-biting matches and clever uses of the new mechanics that TSOTF provides. It is a memorable experience for us to watch these high-intensity matches play out on a grand scale. Who’d imagine we’d see little dilos, monkeys, and small creatures being mind-controlled at end-game!? We'd also like to give a nod to the ARK content creation community for keeping our screens full of nonstop entertainment.

Since the original launch on Friday, Dec 23rd, balance changes have been made to several creatures including Thylacoleo, Rhino, Triceratops, Carcharodontosaurus, and Dragon. Changes have also been made to C4, fire/flame weapons, and bosses in the game. Several quality-of-life improvements have been added such as keybinds, total match time remaining on the HUD, and a confirmation prompt for converting to tokens. A parachute has been added as a lootable item and some optimizations have been made to the mini map, compass, on-screen text, and in-world POI UI/HUDs.

The patch notes thread contains the latest changes and updates for TSOTF.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/407530/ARK_The_Survival_Of_The_Fittest/



Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special extension to the Winter Wonderland Evo Event! It will be active until Monday, the 9th 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
  
• 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
Catch Raasckark and a popular cast of ARK community members battling to be the ultimate survivor in TSOTF.
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Creator: Syntac
Follow Syntac as he fights his way to tame the dragon in TSOTF!
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Untitled by ShamroknRoll#1993


More ARKphibia by @laind004


Corrupted manticore by SoupEvolved#5709


Fate of the cosmos chapter 1 by @TekARK3


Untitled by houndteeth湮#0666


Untitled by @falco_luna


Untitled by CrisPing#0826


Pink Carcharodontosaurus by Natahi4




Saprom


Maxolotl#7089


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We are excited to announce that ARK: The Survival of the Fittest prototype is now available on Steam!



‘ARK: The Survival of the Fittest’ is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle. ARK TSOTF is the only Battle Royale that focuses on large-scale creature-army confrontations, combined with a unique Real Time Strategy overlay. By using tactics and strategy to assemble a fighting-force of history’s most powerful primeval creatures, only one tribe will survive!

Form your tribe and fight in the ultimate battle of Dino Survival! Designed for intense competition and fast-paced dino action, survivors begin their match in a TEK-imbued sky lobby to tribe up. When the battle begins, they’ll fly towards an island aboard a giant Quetzal before ejecting and gliding towards their chosen starting area. Do competitors dash for drops and fight it out? Do they run into the jungle and hide, search for creatures to tame, and rapidly build their Dino Army, or do they die to a pack of curious Compys? Make use of the birds-eye-view mode, which allows you more effectively Command-&-Control your army of dinosaurs, directly possess individual upgradeable creatures, and issue commands to your team as the ultimate strategist. This unique RTS-style experience is available in-life and also after-death! Avoid the continually shrinking and dynamic “ring of death” that forces contestants ever closer together over time and become the last tribe standing. The hunt is on!

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Please note: this version is currently only a prototype to test out the new gameplay and features – it is not yet a fully-featured competitive game. Nevertheless, we encourage all survivors to play and provide us feedback to help further develop and grow TSOTF!

While the core goal of The Survival of the Fittest remains the same, we’ve gone back to the drawing board and introduced a significant number of technical/quality of life/balance changes to the game mode that differs from ARK: Survival Evolved and the original version of Survival of the Fittest. These changes aim to make the experience more streamlined and accessible, eliminating the complex aspects of crafting & the steep learning curve, and empowering players to quickly form their Dino Armies and get to the creature-action faster.

• ARK re-designed from the ground up, focusing on fast-paced gameplay and intense combat around large-scale creature battles
  
• A whopping 88 dinosaurs and creatures at launch!
  
• A simplified version of The Island from ARK: Survival Evolved
  
• Solo and Tribe based game modes
  
• Overhaul UI/UX Experience to communicate only what is essential and gamepad friendly.
  
• Inventory Management has been completely removed for a simpler and quicker gameplay experience.
  
• Looting-focused design - Harvesting has been removed and replaced with tier-based supply crates where items are rewarded to all members of your tribe or killing dinos for your own additional resources.
  
• Weapons and armor have been modified and rebalanced for the ultimate fast pace experience and uncomplicated player progression.
  
• New timing system: kill creatures for tokens and then spend those tokens on taming new wilds or stealing downed tames from your enemies!
  
• Commander Mode. A birds-eye-view mode that can be entered at any time of the game, allowing you to control your army of dinosaurs (RTS style) more effectively, directly possess individual creatures within your arsenal, and issue commands to your team as the ultimate strategist (including an ally-driven fog of war). Thus after a player has died, they can still participate in the match as a commander and continue to control and possess the team’s Dinosaur – they can continue to play and benefit their team! A team is only fully defeated once they have had all their Players AND their Dinosaurs destroyed.
  
• Dino Tier System - Dinos are rewarded for their kills with EXP to advance them to a new tier providing them with fixed statistical benefits and eliminating dino-level RNG.
  
• Dynamic “ring of death” unique to each round enabling emergent gameplay and unpredictable advantages
  
• An intelligent Pinging System to help communicate within teams
  
• Custom-Painted “War Banners” enable Tribes to show off their team spirit on Flags across their army of Dinosaurs!
  
• Summon bosses of the ARK to strengthen your arsenal in this ultimate Dino Army experience
  
• A custom live-orchestrated soundtrack was written by award-winning composer Gareth Coker of Ori and the Blind Forest and ARK: The Animated Series.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/407530/ARK_Survival_Of_The_Fittest/

As always, we’re looking forward to seeing your community-created content, collecting your feedback, and participating in the action as well! With fast-paced gameplay and intense combat focused on large-scale creature battles, The Survival of the Fittest is the ultimate test of skill and strategy! We’ll see you out there on its primal battlefield!

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