ARK: Survival Evolved News

Community Crunch 244: Halloween and Gen2 and Extra Life! Oh my!

Welcome to a spooky edition of the Community Crunch and Happy Halloween!

What better time to introduce you to a creepily cute new creature preparing to make its debut on the ARK for Genesis 2. Would that adorable face mean you any harm? Of course not!

Stay posted for more exciting Genesis 2 reveals and teasers during our Extra Life stream!

...speaking of...

We are gearing up for another year of Extra Life. The Extra Life charity stream is a 24-hour stream where all proceeds directly benefit children in need. This year's Extra Life event kicks off on November 7th at 10 AM PST! Expect prizes and giveaways like Collector's Edition's, boosted Official Network rates, and sneak peeks at upcoming content. We also have some very special guests lined up to make an appearance and it's something we don't think you'll want to miss! The rates for the Extra Life event are listed below. Can we hit a billion?

You can sign up to the Studio Wildcard Extra Life team here

And you can read all about Extra Life here

November 7th also marks the date of the much-awaited Tender Loving Care 3 patch. We can't wait to get the turbo-boosted Wolly Mammoth and Stego into your hands along with some juicy Quality of Life additions! Read more about what's included below:
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-243-tender-loving-care-3-details-official-server-maintenance-and-more-r1658/

[h2]LiveOps Update[/h2]
This past week, we completed an Official Network upgrade that will have a positive effect on all platforms. The intent of the upgrade was to resolve problems relating to character loss, player timeout, latency, and failure to download or upload player data. We thank you for your understanding and patience as the upgrade came with a brief interruption in service on the Official Network. Ensuring a smooth playing experience on the Official Network remains a top priority.

EVO Event: Fear Evolved

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Thursday the 22nd of Oct at 4 PM EST until Friday the 6th of Nov at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

2x Breeding/Maturing/Egg Hatching
2x Harvesting
2x Taming
2x XP

Fan Art

Zombie Wyvern by PicturesofArk

Jerboa by Amberghini

My Tribe Mate and I by Trashcan Mcgee (Discord)

Wild Caard, notice me! by Timidd (Discord)

Architecture Fun by Gamecruisers

Arks theropod offspring by Apal (Discord)

Wyvern by kawarayane

Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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Community Crunch 243: Tender Loving Care 3 Details

Our Tender Loving Care 3 update approaches on November 7th and, aside from the dedicated reworks of the Stego and Mammoth, we’ve added a bunch of Quality of Life changes to make your time on the ARK more enjoyable.

We’re particularly excited about introducing insect and wyvern breeding to the game and look forward to players getting their new breedlines goin!. We’re aware these creatures may need some balance once breedlines get underway and we’ll monitor and adjust as necessary.

New Breedable Creatures

The insects and creatures that can now be bred are: Spider, Onyc, Moth, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Mantis and the mighty Wyverns!

The new (Wyvern are unchanged) hatching/gestation and maturation times are as follows:
[h3]Spider[/h3]

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes (Matches Pachy)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 1 hour, and 1 minute (Matches Dimorph)

[h3]Bat [/h3]

Total Gestation Time: 3 hours and 58 minutes (Matches Procoptodon)
Total Maturation Time: 1day, 4 hours, and 3 minutes (Matches Kairuku)

[h3]Moth[/h3]

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (Matches Kairuku)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 6 hours, and 51 minutes (Matches Pegomastax)

[h3]Scorpion[/h3]

Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 59 minutes (Matches Raptor)
Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 13 hours, and 12 minutes (Matches Raptor)

[h3]Arthropluera[/h3]

Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 29 minutes (Matches Sarco)
Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 3 hours, and 26 minutes (Matches Stego)

[h3]Mantis[/h3]

Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 46 minutes (Matches Stego)
Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 6 hours, and 27 minutes (Matches Tapejara)

Creature Quality of Life Changes

In addition to insect breeding, we went back and showed some love to a few of ARK's well-known inhabitants.

[h3]Giganotosaurus [/h3]

Reduced maturation time by approximately 15% (Total growth is around 10~ days)

[h3]Diplocaulus[/h3]

Increased base health by 33% (from 190 to 250.3)
Increased movement speed when ridden by 25%

[h3]Thylacoleo[/h3]

Added a (slow draining) bleed to its basic attack

[h3]Megachelon[/h3]

Reduced depth requirement for breeding so that it can be bred on other maps

[h3]Wyvern[/h3]

Wyverns are now breedable (Zombie Wyverns cannot be bred)
Slight stat rebalance now that they’re breedable and to bring them in line with Crystal Wyverns

[h3]Megalodon[/h3]

Reduced gestation/aging times to match Megaloceros
Pack Bonus: Damage Reduction and Damage Increase per pack member within range
Added a bleed to its basic attack

[h3]Jerboa[/h3]

Increase base weight capacity from 55 to 120 (Matches Bulbdog)

[h3]Ankylosaurus[/h3]

Increase metal weight reduction by 10% (from total reduction of 75% to 85%)

[h3]Doedicurus[/h3]

You can now turn when rolling with a Doed (similarly to the Genesis Race Mission)

[h3]Basilisk[/h3]

Now has eyes

New Feature: Taming HUD

Use the interactive taming HUD to monitor your unconscious wild tamable creatures. Keep track of the following:

Creature's Gender and Level
Taming and Unconscious Progress
Taming Effectiveness
Current Health and Food status.
Distance from your location
An option to track specific creatures via in-world waypoints (which can be hovered for an over-screen overlay displaying additional information).

Boss Element Reward Increase

We’ve decided to increase the Boss Element reward on some maps to bring the Ele more into line with where we’re at with new expansions.

Element reward from The Island bosses has been increased by 100%
Element reward from The Center bosses has been increased by 100%
Element reward from Scorched Earth has been increased by 50%

New Feature: Turret Radius Settings

A quick and easy way to update the settings of your nearby turrets within a radius. It’s set to currently match the Official Server Turret Limit radius, but players can also toggle viewing the radius on/off. The current functionality it supports is as follows:

The ability to set a pin code to all turrets in range
The ability to copy settings to all turrets in range
The ability to copy settings to pin code-selected turrets in range
The settings which can be copied are: power state, range, targeting, warning

We are anxious to get these community requests and quality of life improvements into your hands! The Tender Loving Care 3 update launches on November 7th on all platforms! We realize the TLC patch releasing at the same time as Extra Life is less than ideal for players. To compensate, we'll be extending the duration of the Extra Life boosted rates so everyone can enjoy the boost!

Official Server Maintenance and Infrastructure Upgrade

Next week on Tuesday/Wednesday the 27th/28th, we plan to upgrade our Server Transfer infrastructure. The intent behind these upgrades is to resolve problems with character loss, player timeout, latency, and failure to download or upload player data at times.

We've recently put a lot of time into refining the transfer logic, and combined with the hardware upgrades; we should see some significant improvements with our Official Servers. Our goal is to get these upgrades to you as soon as possible, particularly before our Extra Life weekend, where we expect a lot of player transfer footprint to take place so that our servers and transfers are running as smoothly as possible.

We anticipate that the TRANSFER downtime could last up to 24 hours, and this could be simultaneously on PC, Xbox, and PS4 or take place one after the other. We will provide a more specific timeline of when this update will take place per platform early next week.

EVO Event: Fear Evolved

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Thursday the 22nd of Oct at 4 PM EST until Friday the 6th of Nov at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

2x Breeding/Maturing/Egg Hatching
2x Harvesting
2x Taming
2x XP

Fan Art

Ravager by bluedragonark

Velonasaur Variant by Nisis

Snow Owl by Allomro_395

Inktober 2020: Day 15 by vernhestand

Deinonychus by dra

Atmosphere May Inn and Uzi by kawarayane

Catch you on the flip side!
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Community Crunch 242: Your New Ride!

The Extra Life charity event and TLC 3, the community has been asking "when" and we're here to deliver.

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Check out your new ride! Twin ceramic rotor drives on each wheel! And these look like computer controlled anti-lock brakes! Wow, 200 horses at 12,000 RPM! Looks a bit...fishy...to us. Tune into our Extra Life event for some epic Genesis 2 reveals.

Tender Loving Care 3

TLC 3 is getting close, Saturday, 7th November at 10 AM PST to be exact!

We have much in store for our players: The Mammoth and Stego revamp including visual and functional upgrades, some creepy crawly evolutions, and various QoL additions. Stay posted for more details on what will be included in TLC 3 in next week's Community Crunch!

[h2]...Plus a quick spooky update on Fear Evolved 4![/h2]

We'll be adjusting our boosted rates for the event! From the 22nd of October through to November the 6th, the Official ARK network will be receiving a spectral treat with:

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

ExtraLife Charity Event

Our 24 hour Extra Life stream is fast approaching and we invite everyone from the community to join us for a great cause. Let’s try to beat or prior year record of $112,206.35 and see what we can raise for the kids through gaming and giving. This year's ExtraLife event kicks off on November 7th at 10 AM PST!

We'll be coming to you live from our Seattle Studio to bring 24 hours of entertainment, giveaways, Collector’s Edition boxes, game keys, and much more! Whether you’re a streamer, a donor or just keen to be along for the ride, we’d love to have you!

Like prior events, we will be enabling boosted rates for all players on our Official Networks. These rates increase incrementally as each fundraising milestone is reached. Further details on milestones and rates will be shared closer to the start of the event.

If you’re feeling heroic, and want to support the event with your own stream and donation goals, sign up, and let’s raise some money for the kids! Gather your tribes, alliances, and stimberries, and feel free to hop into the official ARK discord for an epic 24hr adventure!

If you'd like to join the cause and help us fundraise or contribute a donation, check out our Extra Life page!

EVO Event

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 16th of Oct at 4 PM EST until Monday the 19th of Oct at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

2x Breeding/Maturing
2x XP

Fan Art

Gallimimus by kawarayane

Ember by stray-galaxy

Outpost by FaFpNd

Managarmr Watercolor by Marbleschu

Tiamat by ProjectTiamat

Crystal Wyvern Queen by AnuDoriniTalah

Yutyrannus by sangwiss16

TEK Raptor Building by skywalker81 (Discord)

Catch you next week!
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Ark admin commands: the best Ark cheat codes for Survival Evolved

Ark cheat codes and admin commands are the secret to making the world of Ark a less terrifying place. With all those dinosaurs running around unchecked, you may be finding that your quest to chop down trees is being too often interrupted by velociraptors. If this is the case, then perhaps you need to make some adjustment to your game with some Ark admin commands.

Admin commands, also known as console commands, are not strictly Ark cheats, but they do change the game to allow you access to things you wouldn't usually have. You can boost your experience points, instantly tame a dinosaur, add an item to your inventory, or even destroy every dinosaur in the land, simply by using a code word. Just type them in, tap enter, and hack the world as if it's the Matrix.

Our guide to Ark's admin commands will show you how to do all this. We've got all the best console codes, and we'll even show you how to change the Ark .ini file to make sure they all work, too.

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Ark admin commands: the best Ark cheat codes for Survival Evolved

Our guide to Ark's admin commands will show you how to do all this. We've got all the best console codes, and we'll even show you how to change the Ark .ini file to make sure they all work, too.

Read the rest of the story...