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The best Ark Survival Evolved mods

The best Ark: Survival Evolved mods can be tricky to fine, especially if you don't know what to look for. The dinosaur hunting survival game has already seen legions of modders looking to add a little something extra to the open-world game. But, oh god, that creates a whole host of possibilities to consider. Namely, what the hell should you be adding to your own game or server? And what are the best Ark mods?


Not to worry, dinosaur hunters, we've put together a list of our favourite mods for Studio Wildcard's incredible popular survival romp. With all the hard work done, all you have to do is take a gander below and subscribe to them on the Steam Workshop.


Bested your fair share of dinos already? Prepare to face much more in the best survival games.


Before we get started in earnest, you might want to take a quick look at Studio Wildcard's instructions for making your own mods, if you'd rather create your own toys than play with someone else's.


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Community Crunch 281: Evo Event, Community Corner, and more!

Greetings Survivors!

This week we'll be taking a look at some great community art in the community corner and kicking the weekend off with an EVO event! Internally, we're keeping an eye on the live-game and addressing issues with patches as they arise. Thank you for submitting your bugs to the bug tracker and reporting any server issues you are having.

We're all gearing up for an exciting end of the year for ARK!



An ARK Evolution Event is active until Monday, the 23rd with the following EVO perks on all Official Servers!
  • 2X Taming
  • 2X Harvesting
  • 2X XP




Creator: Schwalbe
Check out a brand new "Lets Play" series on Extinction with Schwalbe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRuw3iLFGkg

Creator: Hearts
Looking to take on the Crystal Islands map? You might want to see how Hearts fared in his new YouTube series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4a7m-UF2I


Kiryu Coco | ARK: Survival Evolved by Cubicorn


The roaring giganotosaurus by locelotkal


Spinosaurus by Archipelagornis


Managarmr by Diaboli666


Shinehorn by MiniVulpix


Crystal Wyvern by Oriah


Untitled (Discord Submission) by HallOfFlameSs#3779




ZuzKrr


Chogono


Have a great weekend!
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Community Crunch 280: Genesis Part II Server Transfers, Evo Event, and more!

Greetings Survivors!

In this Crunch, we will be covering the opening of Genesis II transfers on our Official servers and a special little Evo Event including breeding and hexagon rewards!

Genesis Part II Official Server Transfers




On Friday, September 3rd, we will be enabling full server transfers into Genesis Part II on our Official Servers across all platforms. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction!



An ARK Evolution Event is active until Monday, the 16th with the following EVO perks on all Official Servers!

2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, imprint, and maturation)
2X Taming
2X Harvesting
2X XP
2x Hexagons



Creator: Aaron Longstaff
Aaron Longstaff is back with some helpful tips on building an ankylo pen with an industrial forge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yP7h4G2vfc


Untitled (Discord Submission) by VELUKO#6347


Brownie the sabertooth by NocturnalShallows


TGD- Dreaded Beast I - Andrewsarchus by DjayMasi


Dimetrodon's Final Moments by @NeoVanilluxe


My Raptur Art (Discord Submission) by UR MOBILE GOD#7804


Reaper King Fan Art (Discord Submission) by AM#7193



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See you next week!
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Community Crunch 279: New Creature Submission, Community Corner, and More!

Behind the scenes, we've been busy with the upcoming Lost Island map, new creatures, stability patches, and much more. With the live-game, we've identified an issue that results in a crash when releasing tames from cryopods on Player Dedicated and clients on Win10. We are working on a resolution and hope to have more news early next week!


The recent voting process for the Lost Island creature submission was not only fun and engaging for the community, we engaged and had fun with it internally as well. With that said, we'd love to do it again!

If you missed your chance to participate in the creature submission process you haven't lost your opportunity! We'll be opening up the entire process (submission of ideas, upvoting of ideas, narrowing to a top 10, and commencing a final vote) later this year for a creature that will be added to the game!

We're excited to see the art and ideas from another creature submission process! 🎨📝



There will be no EVO event this weekend.



Creator: Syntac
Tag along with Syntac on a brand new adventure. He's kicking tings off with a community made map by Nekatus named Fjordur (or is it Fjördur?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7_k8zYASiU

Creator: Raasclark
Raasclark brings you another Top 10 list to debate about! What are the top 10 creatures worth breeding mutations for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TimHTbv3I


[Commission gift] Nemi and Voidwyrm by MayaPatch


Therizinosaurus Time by Epossum


Tyrannosaurus is Bathing by suzuki.ulya


The Red Obelisk (Discord Submission) by JaxoJ#8855


甘えん坊 by @sis_6193


Allosaurus by DynamiteSkye



@sarrisrainbows


@Shockal1


@sam_stimo


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Community Crunch 278: Introducing Dinopithecus, Beginner Server Wipe, and More!

Final voting for the second creature to be added to Lost Island has concluded.  A few weeks ago, we created a forum where you could submit your ideas for creatures that will be added to Lost Island. From there, we narrowed it down to the top 10 up-voted submissions.  Over 15,000 votes were submitted for the next Lost Island creature and only 1% difference separating the Dinopithecus and the Carcharodontosaurus! Talk about a close finish ​​​​​​​😅

With one unannounced creature coming to Lost Island, what do you think it could be?

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I believe Dinopithecus has been changed by ARK life. This species is definitely larger than any I remember from the fossil record. And these oversized baboons show a more pack-oriented behavior than I would've expected in their kind. Whole troops will organize around an alpha, and fall apart if that alpha is slain.

Though they seem to prefer a diet of fruit supplemented with the occasional bit of meat, Dinopitheci are opportunistic and will eat just about anything. They’re also excellent climbers -- I’ve seen them scramble up sheer cliff faces and leap between trees to scavenge food for their troop.

Dinopitheci will bare sharp teeth and toss well-aimed handfuls of their own excrement when provoked. Their feces is what really sets this species apart -- they’ve managed to weaponize a parasite in it that disables TEK! I feel like that parasite deserves its own dossier.


If you can manage to tame enough Dinopitheci , you’ll soon find yourself with a small troop at your disposal. Your mini-troop will organize around the strongest of your tames, their new alpha that can then direct them at a target with a shrieked battle-cry.

No need to saddle your tamed Dinopithecus to ride it -- it will make one for you using its own tail. Just hold on tight, and it will take you straight up walls and across ziplines.

In battle, your Dinopithecus will fling fecal projectiles, grenades, or a combination that I like to call EBM, for Explosive Bowel Movement.


Amargasaurus is also making its grand appearance on Lost Island!

For more information on Amargasaurus, be sure to check out the dossier in an earlier Community Crunch!

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Beginner servers will be wiped clean on all platforms on Aug 6th 1PM Pacific.

Beginner servers are wiped periodically to help provide a fresh beginner experience for new players. Join by searching "Beginner" in the server browser!



ARK is on sale up to 75% off on Steam! A perfect time to start your quest for ultimate survival!
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An ARK: EVOLUTION EVENT is active on all platforms from now through August 2nd, with the following EVO perks on all Official Servers:

  •  2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, imprint, and maturation)
  •  2X Taming
  •  2X Harvesting
  •  2X XP




Creator: Captain Fatdog
You can make your life a lot easier with this simple fish basket build by Captain Fatdog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvlC8XaOOww

Creator: Zany Zebra
Here is another take on '100 days in ARK' but this time in Abberration.  Does Zany Zebra have what it takes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqF34RpLg0A


BioKiller72 - Scanner 20200916


Frost-Strike - ARK Raptor


Sterva-666 - Otter


@Emily_Art- Fan skeletal anatomy concept of Ferox


@TekARK3 - The Last Frontier


@ChimeraGirl_ -  Kevin, our beloved




@ThePilgrimz


@OnFire944


@XxStevieLad87xX


bear hunter


See you next week!
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