ARK: Survival Evolved News

We're heading right into the launch of Genesis II on May 26th, and we know you are eager to see what's in store. Well we are eager to share some of what we've been working on!

[h2]Maewing[/h2]
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Engineered to be the ultimate interstellar wet nurse and surrogate parent, in addition to automatically taking care of your babies, the Maewing can steal enemy offspring by luring their young in for an irresistible suckle!

[h2]Egg Incubation Device[/h2]
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No need to fiddle around finding the right conditions for an egg when the mechanical Egg Incubation Device can cook them to perfection and reduce the amount of attention required. Scrambled, poached or fried?

[h2]Exo-mek[/h2]
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With a deployment of the Exo-mek, you will be able to change the tide of battle, enjoy an aerial view or manage your base to perfection with ease - but only after you pass the ultimate test!



Eggcellent Adventure has been extended until Monday, April 19th. There will be no EVO event while Eggcellent Adventure is live.



A new group of ARK builders called the ARKitekts, is putting out a wealth of information, videos, and how-to's on building.  Be sure to check out their Twitter for more information!

[h2]Clips/Videos[/h2]
Creator: ChipzZ
Waiting for the egg incubator in Genesis II to make your life easier? In the meantime, check out this egg farm by ChipzZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEj9-2RcwGE


Creator: Kiddas
Do you have some friends that are just getting into ARK? Check out these tips from Kiddas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9uYQyQDMJI

[h2]Fan Art[/h2]
Imperiat - Snow Owl


CoiledDragon#3391- Quick Rock Drake Sketch


N_Life93 - Snow Owl


@shezabubadino - May, Lilac, Rexxuz, Coqueta and Pikachu


VAL | Alice#9411- So I Heard People Like Dodos?



Jacob


@J9s_room


OnFire944#7809


Chaotic#7548


@sarrisrainbows



@FM_17_8 - Poglin


@shezabubadino - Mei Yin Glass Painting


See you next week survivors!
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The entire development team is excited and anxious to share Genesis II with you. Over the weekend, Jeremy Stieglitz (co-founder) shared some things he's been passionately working on for Genesis II, along with a teaser of ARK: The Animated Series.

https://twitter.com/jeremystieglitz/status/1378390031056965634

Eggcellent Adventure is still live on all platforms. Time is running out to reap some eggcellent rewards. The event ends on April 14th! Check out this post for more details on the event.


There will be no EVO event while Eggcellent Adventure is live.


[h2]Clips/Videos[/h2]
🎥Creator: NeddyTheNoodle
NeddyTheNoodle covers Helena Walker's Creature Notes across the various maps in this recent video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MyQ1wAnjc

🎥Creator: Cantex
Cantex is well-known for putting on epic ARK battles on Youtube. If you haven't seen this fantasy showdown, it's definitely worth checking out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm8PTOgU_AQ

🎥Creator: Mgen
Having trouble trapping Managarmr? Check out this simple trap by Mgen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMR5PimAOec


[h2]Fan Art[/h2]
🎨 @kawarayane - Yuki Owl


🎨 HallOfFlameSs#3779 / @HallOfFlameSs1


🎨 soup - Raptor Drawing


🎨 @sis_6193 - ARK x Apex


🎨 lordkomodo - ARK Survival Evolved Concept

[h2]In-Game Screenshots[/h2]
📸 Chogono


📸 Chaotic#7548


📸 MACI#0858

[h2]Misc[/h2]
Sandburr - Ice Wyvern WIP


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Eggcellent Adventure is now live on all platforms. Be sure to hop in for some fun before the event ends on April 13th! Check out this post for more details on the event.

[h2]Enforcement Update[/h2]
The enforcement team has gotten questions and wanted to clarify a few points

• The Ice Cave on The Center can only house one tribe
  
• Don't block the underground pathways in the Valguero underground area
  

If you have any questions or need clarifications on the rules, don't hesitate to submit a ticket!


There will be no EVO event while Eggcellent Adventure is live.


[h2]Clips/Videos[/h2]
🎥Creator: Aaron Longstaff
Aaron is back again, but this time with a sanctuary fit to house Sarcos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPx880XMujo

🎥Creator: Beanny
Beanny has an ongoing series where he begins playing from the Island all the way to Genesis part 2. On this episode, he sets out to tame a Giga.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-h2l2ckgQ
[h2]Fan Art[/h2]
🎨 Stray-Galaxy - Chalk Hills


🎨 HermitHubby - Megalasaurus


🎨 RRRAVEN- MeiYin and Wuzhui


🎨 naeriie#2439 / @naeriie - Reine and Bernard

[h2]In-Game Screenshots[/h2]
📸 OnFire944#7809

📸 catw3b

📸 Bush

📸 llama steve#3684



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From Wednesday, March 31st through Wednesday, April 14th, be on the lookout for wild Bunny Dodo's and Bunny Oviraptor's to gather Bunny Eggs for some eggcellent loot. Place down Bunny Eggs to paint on them, or use them in a Crafting Pot to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics including a new bunny tail skin, a new tail wiggle emote, and 5 new chibi's!

Event Details
This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Easter

Dates
3/31 - 4/14

Creatures

• Bunny Dodos
  
• Bunny Oviraptors
  

Rates

• Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic 2: 7x XP, 7x Harvesting, 7x Taming, and 6x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

Skins

• Bunny Tail *NEW*
• Procoptodon Bunny Costume
  
• Bunny Ears Skin
  
• Dino Bunny Ears Skin
  
• Easter Chick Hat Skin
  
• Dino Easter Chick Hat Skin
  
• Easter Egg Hat Skin
  
• Dino Easter Egg Hat Skin
  
• Marshmallow Hat Skin
  
• Dino Marshmallow Hat Skin
  
• E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin
  
• Easter Egghead Skin
  
• Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin
  
• Sweet Spear Carrot Skin
  

Items

• Bunny Egg
  
• Festive Dino Candy
  

Emotes

• Tail Wiggle Emote *NEW*
• Bunny Hop Dance Emote
  

Chibi's

• Easter Jerboa *NEW*
• Easter Chick *NEW*
• Thorny Dragon *NEW*
• Achatina *NEW*
• X-Sabertooth *NEW*

Wild Event Creature Colors

• Magenta
  
• Light Green
  
• Light Yellow
  
• Light Orange
  
• Light Red
  
• Dino Light Brown
  
• Dino Dark Brown
  
• Yellow
  
• Cyan
  
• Green
  
• Dino Medium Blue
  
• Turquoise
  
• LightPink
  
• DeepPink
  
• Peach
  
• Mint
  
• Teal
  
• PowderBlue
  
• Cream
  

From Wednesday, March 31st through Wednesday, April 14th, be on the lookout for wild Bunny Dodo's and Bunny Oviraptor's to gather Bunny Eggs for some eggcellent loot. Place down Bunny Eggs to paint on them, or use them in a Crafting Pot to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics including a new bunny tail skin, a new tail wiggle emote, and 5 new chibi's!

Event Details
This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Easter

Dates

• 3/31 - 4/14
  

Creatures

• Bunny Dodos
  
• Bunny Oviraptors
  

Rates

• Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  
• Classic 2: 7x XP, 7x Harvesting, 7x Taming, and 6x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
  

Skins

• Bunny Tail *NEW*
• Procoptodon Bunny Costume
  
• Bunny Ears Skin
  
• Dino Bunny Ears Skin
  
• Easter Chick Hat Skin
  
• Dino Easter Chick Hat Skin
  
• Easter Egg Hat Skin
  
• Dino Easter Egg Hat Skin
  
• Marshmallow Hat Skin
  
• Dino Marshmallow Hat Skin
  
• E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin
  
• Easter Egghead Skin
  
• Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin
  
• Sweet Spear Carrot Skin
  

Items

• Bunny Egg
  
• Festive Dino Candy
  

Emotes

• Tail Wiggle Emote *NEW*
• Bunny Hop Dance Emote
  

Chibi's

• Easter Jerboa *NEW*
• Easter Chick *NEW*
• Thorny Dragon *NEW*
• Achatina *NEW*
• X-Sabertooth *NEW*

Wild Event Creature Colors

• Magenta
  
• Light Green
  
• Light Yellow
  
• Light Orange
  
• Light Red
  
• Dino Light Brown
  
• Dino Dark Brown
  
• Yellow
  
• Cyan
  
• Green
  
• Dino Medium Blue
  
• Turquoise
  
• LightPink
  
• DeepPink
  
• Peach
  
• Mint
  
• Teal
  
• PowderBlue
  
• Cream
  

A couple of weeks back, we announced that we would be honing the ruleset for Small Tribes servers along with implementing some teaming report requirements in order to make our Enforcement Team’s investigative process more efficient:

The spirit of Small Tribes has always been to give players the opportunity to experience a tight group dynamic that is void of the scale and diplomacy of Official. We recognize it’s time to implement change in order to preserve the original concept--one we were hyped about along with our community!

Community Crunch 257: LiveOps Update, New Sponsored Mods, and more!

We consulted with our enforcement team and had some much-appreciated talks with a large number of players from the Small Tribes community in order to hone our approach to improving quality of life and enforcement on these servers. So, without further ado, let’s get to it!

[h2]Rules Overview[/h2]
One of the most impactful changes will be considering tribes benefitting from another tribe’s defenses as teaming. We are giving 4 weeks notice (9th April 2021) before the enforcement team will act on these specific rules in order to provide tribes time to relocate or otherwise adjust defenses.

We’re also clarifying that open-world PvP is okay. The rules will get into the nitty gritty, but essentially, if it’s out in the open and away from a base and doesn’t include a FOB or a bunch of dinos that can be considered raiding meta dinos eg: box build racers etc, it’s fair game to PvP freely and grab those kits. We want players to be able to have spontaneous fun in the open world without keeping tabs on who may randomly show up to join in.

Another impactful clarification is: Bases in different locations are open to being attacked by different tribes simultaneously. In essence, don’t build whatcha can't defend.

[h2]Teaming ticket guidelines[/h2]
It’s impossible for the enforcement team to always join a server and investigate teaming reports live. Sometimes it happens and it’s great but we’d like to improve on the efficiency of investigations, especially retroactive enforcement action after the fact if the team is unable to check it out live and in the moment.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of teaming reports only include a screenshot of tribelogs and this is very rarely sufficient evidence for the enforcement team to take action.

We’ve put together a guide on what will assist you and the enforcement team in a more thorough investigation and swift enforcement action.

Video should include
short overview of action going on
- Indicate the relative position of associated bases/FOBs
- Please show who owns them (use spyglass)
- If possible, try to show where the action is taking place (players/dinos)
spyglass of people names
- should show shortly before or after they teamed
for longer videos
- include timestamps where stuff can be seen
- Tribe names and player names must be included in the videos
- Videos should be submitted via a Youtube link (see help article) here
Screenshots/videos of tribe logs is not sufficient evidence for action in the vast majority of cases.


[h2]More Severe Enforcement Action: [/h2]
Another change of note that works in harmony with more thorough submissions of evidence is the severity of enforcement action for certain cases. Enforcement will be looking at more frequently wiping “main” bases of offenders rather than focusing the FOB and player bans (those things will continue to happen too though!) Please be aware and take this as a heads up ;)

The full updated rules can be found here
Teaming ticket guide can be found here

This round of changes may require further iteration but we consider some ongoing tweaking and potential growing pains worth it in order to provide a better experience for Smalls players in the long term. Looking forward to your feedback as we gauge how this plays out!



ARK content creators are a large part of the core of the ARK community. Whether you share screenshots you take in-game, create videos of your experiences, stream, or make fan art, you are the force helping to create connections and communities along with driving millions of views and viewing hours of ARK content across social media platforms and streaming sites. Sometimes knowing what is fair to use and in what context it can be used may be a little confusing.

Recently, we’ve been approached in regards to what type of content you can create and share without concerns that you’re infringing on the IP. So, to make this simple we've created a page for ARK fans to help bridge the gap and understand what’s fair game.

Fan Content Guidelines

We are grateful for your unending enthusiasm and engaging content contributions showcasing ARK over the last 5 years. Here’s to the years ahead surviving, and thriving, in game!



There will be no EVO event this week or while Eggcellent Adventure is live



[h2]Clips/Videos[/h2]
Creator: Tiia
Ever wanted to get into breeding but didn't know where to start? You're just in luck! Tiia takes you on a beginner-friendly tour.
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Creator: Jukari
Check out the main them for ARK: The Lost Stories, an upcoming episodic series in the form of 3 standalone stories.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

[h2]Fan Art[/h2]
PikA - Ferox ARK :Survival Evolved


EmilyStepp- Catapult Karkinos Concept


DjayMasi- ARK Stories Preview


Rexyzilla- Chibi Megachelon


Slither06#0006- Snow Owl


[h2]In-Game Screenshots[/h2]

RoyaleWithCheese (@FunWithCheese)


Fet's Luck (puppa w/ dat ice)#8539


BackedbroomGaming#7846


catw3b


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