ARK: Survival Evolved News

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Introducing Valguero! The next free map headed to the Official Network! Tune in today at 3PM PST for more info! twitch.tv/survivetheark

https://youtu.be/N4zW1SQTrtg

As a reminder, tomorrow we are removing some of our lower population legacy ARK servers on PC, Xbox, and PS4 from our Official Legacy network. These servers will begin to go offline permanently at 11AMPST/1PM EST. See below for a list of affected servers:

List Of Servers For Removal

How To Move Servers
If you are unfamiliar with the process, you are able to upload your items, creatures, and player through the Obelisk terminal, supply drops, as well as the Tek Transmitter. Survivors are advised to use Cross-ARK immediately to relocate their belongings onto a server that is not included in our take-down list above.

Server Saves of Deleted Servers
We will make the save files available as soon as we can. We will host the PC files which anyone can download and then you are welcome to re-host the save file for your own use. We'll include a link to where you can download server saves in this post when they are available. Nitrado will also be able to provide the saves for use on Nitrado servers for console, as they have done in the past.



On Tuesday, June 17th, we'll be going live at 3:00 PM PST on Twitch to discuss a few things in store for ARK. Tune in to get a "pizza" what's coming up. You don't want to miss out!



A quick reminder that the mod contest is still open for submissions. You have until 6/29 to enter your submission before voting begins.

At the end of the contest, there will be a raffle held for each category. Voting gets you a chance to win an ARK: Collectors Edition box set that has been signed by members of the development team!



The Social Roundup is geared to showing you some of the social activity you might be otherwise missing. Here we will highlight some of the posts that happened on our various social platforms. Topics might range from existing bugs to questions about events or future content.

GASBAGS EXPLOIT

MOD WINNERS BECOMING OFFICIAL CONTENT

METRICS

MESHING

TIMELINES AND DATES



Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 31st of May at 1 PM EST until Monday the 3rd of June at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

• 2x Harvesting Rates
  
• 2x Taming Rates
  
• 2x EXP Rates
  

That's it for this week!

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Common Name: Deinonychus
Species: Deinonychus magna pede
Time: Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Aggressive


Wild
By the time you hear the scurrying claws of the Deinonychus, it's often too late. Superior hunters, they leap from a hiding place and pounce on their prey. The Deinonychus is an agile climber as well, jumping from wall ledge to wall ledge as it seeks high vantage points to lie in wait.

A hungry Deinonychus tends to be fearless and will hunt prey much larger than itself, latching onto a dinosaur's back with its sickle-shaped claws, then starting to feed before its victim is even dead. While it likes its meat fresh, a Deinonychus isn't above scavenging a carcass if no other food is available.


Domesticated
Raising a Deinonychus in captivity requires an ample food supply, as they have a fast metabolism to match their high activity level. The Deinonychus is also fiercely territorial near nests with eggs, even if the eggs aren't its own. This makes breeding successive generations a hazardous process.

Unless raised from eggs, they cannot be tamed; the hunter instinct of a wild Deinonychus is so strong that it reflexively pounces on a would-be master.

When will this creature make its first appearance on the ARK? Find out more soon!

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All the best,
Studio Wildcard

It's been over a month since we launched Classic PvP and we've read a lot of feedback since launch! Today we'd like to announce upcoming changes for Classic PvP this week.

On Wednesday 4/24, Classic PvP will be merging all of the separated clusters into one large cluster. Our current Official PvP Network will remain unaffected. Tweaks to existing gameplay and the addition of removed content are still things that are under consideration.

Thank you for sharing your ideas and suggestions on Classic PvP! Let us know your thoughts!


We'd like to let survivors know that there is a patch coming down the pipeline this Wednesday to fix a couple of issues that popped up in the Eggcellent Adventure update. Here is a list of the changes coming on April 24th, 10am PST.


Eggcellent Adventure
- Added missing Dino Marshmallow Hat skin to the Cooking Pot

Plant X
- Disabled Fast Turret Targeting change for now, further iteration required

Dinos
- Fixed movement bugs related to stacked impulses change which affected movement for Managarmr, Gasbags, and others

Turrets
- Now ignore players using 'leavemealone' or 'enemyinvisible' admin cheats

Mantis
- Fix for weapons not equipping properly


The Social Roundup is a new addition that is geared to showing you some of the social activity you might be otherwise missing. Here we will highlight some of the posts that happened on our various social platforms. Topics might range from existing bugs to questions about events or future content.

Let us know here if this is something you'd like to see more of, and we'll be sure to include more posts in future Community Crunches!


Suggestions and feedback are very important for developing a healthy and successful game and we want to make sure we're seeing them all. Currently, there is a dedicated forum for Suggestions on our Community Forums, but well be turning that into something much more robust! Soon you will be able to submit feedback and upvote other ideas you would like to see in the game. This will allow us to easily see what things are getting the most attention.

We'll be looking to make this change to the Feedback forum tomorrow. Be on the lookout for the change and start getting your ideas in! We're excited to implement new ways to engage and hear your feedback.

Oh, and happy Earth Day, survivors!