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Spooky Screenshot Contest Halloween Sale!



It's our last contest for the Month of Magic, explorers: The PixARK Spooky Screenshot contest. Simply upload a screenshot on Steam and title it "Spooky Screenshot" by the October 31st cutoff for a chance to win another copy of PixARK and a Magic Broom! We'll comment on the winning screenshots. (Magic Broom can only be given to players on an Official Server)

How to take a screenshot and upload it: Press your hotkey (F12 by default) while in PixARK. After your game session closes, publish your screenshots to your Steam Community profile. Add the caption "Spooky Screenshot".

Don't forget, PixARK is 40% off until October 31st, to celebrate Steam's Halloween sale!



Snail Games Usa Inc. 
Spooky Screenshot Contest

OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Sponsor: The Spooky Screenshot Contest (the “Promotion”) is sponsored by Snail Games USA Inc., 12049 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230 (the “Sponsor”).

Eligibility: The Promotion is open to those who: (a) are at least thirteen (13) years of age as of the start of the Promotion Period (as defined below); (b) are legal residents of a country that is within regions serviced by Steam; and (c) have never been banned or suspended, or owned an account that was banned or suspended, for hacking or similar violations of any of the Sponsor’s applicable terms of service. Any entrant that is under the age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence must have their parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the Promotion and must provide evidence of such permission to Sponsor in whatever form required if requested by Sponsor. Employees, officers, and directors of Snail Games USA Inc., its affiliated companies, the immediate family of any such persons (defined as parents, children, siblings and husband or wife), or those with whom such person(s) are domiciled are not eligible to participate. The Promotion is void where prohibited.

Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the Promotion constitutes the entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules, all applicable laws and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Timing: The Promotion begins on October 28, 2019 at the time the Promotion is announced on the Sponsor’s PixARK Facebook Twitter, Steam, and Instagram pages (the “Social Media Pages”) and ends on October 31, 2019 Pacific Time (the “Promotion Period”). Submissions that are submitted before or after the Promotion Period will be disqualified. Sponsor’s computer will be the official timekeeping device for this Promotion. Entrants are responsible for calculating the difference in time zones.

How to Participate: To participate in the Promotion, entrants will post a “spooky” screenshot directly to the Steam website, and will add the word “spooky” to the photo’s caption.

Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, illegible or misdirected participation or contributions, which will be disqualified/not counted (as applicable), or for any error, whether human, technical or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant it finds to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion, such as using automated submission or image generation software or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules.

Winner Selection: After the Promotion Period has ended, 3 Spooky Screenshot Contest entrants will be selected from the Steam website.

Prizes: Once confirmed: the prize winner will receive one Steam code to redeem PixARK on the Steam platform and an in-game Magic Broom.

Limit one (1) prize per person or Steam account. No cash or other substitution is allowed except by the Sponsor who may substitute a prize (or component thereof) with another prize (or component thereof) of equal or greater value, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. A prize (or part thereof) is not transferable or refundable and must be accepted as awarded. The winners are responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Winners will be responsible for payment and reporting of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt and usage of a prize. The sponsor may report the receipt of any prize to the appropriate federal, state, or local taxing agency(ies). Please allow at least thirty (30) days from completion of the judging process for the in-game prizes to be reflected in the winners’ accounts.

Warranties and Representations: By participating in this Promotion, each entrant warrants and represents that:

the entrant has read and understands these Official Rules;
at all times the entrant has complied fully with these Official Rules; and
the entrant will continue to comply in full with these Official Rules until the Promotion has been completed.

Privacy and Publicity: Except as set forth herein, all information submitted by entrants in the Promotion will be treated according to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (https://games.snail.com/policy.html/). Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes entrant’s consent to the Sponsor’s use of his/her name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, and country and state or province of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

Indemnification: By entering, entrants agree to defend, indemnify and otherwise hold Sponsor, its parent and affiliated companies, and the agents, officers, directors, and employees of each (collectively the “Released Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability of any nature whatsoever arising out of or relating to:

any technical errors that may prevent entrants from participating in any way;
unauthorized human intervention in the Promotion;
errors in the administration of the Promotion; and
injury, death or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize, including any such claim by the Released Parties’ employees or any third parties.

Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Promotion, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees. Entrant waives any rights from any such causes of action to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct or indirect damages.

Disputes: Except where prohibited, all entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, United States of America, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than California.

General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security or administration of the Promotion is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Promotion to address the impairment and then resume the Promotion in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) award the prizes from among the submissions received up to the time of the impairment. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Winners List: The winners will be announced by the Sponsor on the Social Media Pages no later than thirty (30) days after all winners have been confirmed.

© 2009-2019 Snail Games USA Inc. Snail Games USA Inc., Snail Games and the Snail logo are trademarks of Snail Games USA Inc. and/or Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Co. Ltd. registered in various countries and categories. All rights reserved.

PixARK Halloween Patch 1.73

Greetings, Explorers!

Halloween is just around the corner, and our next PixARK Halloween update is scheduled to go live around 12:00 am PDT on October 26. Official Servers will be offline for a few hours.

First, let’s take a peek at the Halloween main menu screen.



New Dungeon/Challenge

To start the Ancient Wyvern King challenge, players will need to Summon an Ancient Wyvern King Challenge Gate and be teleported to where the Wyvern King resides.

The Challenge Gate can be summoned in the Inscription Book when you put in Dark Magic Stone, Water Magic Stone, Wind Magic Stone, Thunder Magic Stone, Fire Magic Stone, Light Magic Stone, and Earth Magic Stone. You have the chance to produce one of the three different Challenge Gates once the summoning is done. Each of the three Challenge Gate has its own color, size, and summoning rate. The numbers of players and tames allowed to be teleported through these Challenge Gates also vary.

Once the Challenge Gate is summoned, the dungeon challenge is not activated yet. Players will need to obtain Energy Stone, craftable in the Alchemy Stove, and place them on the Challenge Gate to initiate the portal to the Ancient Wyvern King. If you want to challenge the Ancient Wyvern King for another time, you will have to place Energy Stone to create the portal again.

Out of the three Ancient Gate, only one can be activated via the Teleportation Platform at a time. A cooldown of 24 hours will be attached to players who have taken on an Ancient Wyvern King challenge.
  • Challenge Gate (Blue): summoning rate is 70%; teleport up to 5 players and 5 tames
  • Challenge Gate (Green): summoning rate is 25%; teleport up to 10 players and 10 tames
  • Challenge Gate (Purple): summoning rate is 5%; teleport up to 15 players and 15 tames


New Boss - Ancient Wyvern King

The Ancient Wyvern drops Wyvern Armor (Wyvern Head Armor, Wyvern Claw Armor, Wyvern Body Armor, and Wyvern Wing Armor, equitable on Fire Wyvern, Lightning Wyvern, and Poison Wyvern.) It also drops Magic Broom.
  • Wyvern Head Armor: reduces damage by 15%; drop rate is 10%
  • Wyvern Claw Armor: reduces damage by 10%; drop rate is 25%
  • Wyvern Body Armor: reduces damage by 15%; drop rate is 40%
  • Wyvern Wing Armor: reduces damage by 10%; drop rate is 20%
  • Magic Broom: drop rate is 5%


New Halloween Creature - Pumpkin Soul Reaper

Pumpkin Soul Reaper can be found in these biomes: PixARK - Novice Grassland and Grassland; SkyARK - Dawn Island, Woodland, and Void.

They drop Pumpkin Seed, Limited-Time Magic Broom (spoils in 7 days), and Clown Costume Blueprint.



New Engram and Items
Limited-Time Magic Broom (Halloween-only): drops from Pumpkin Soul Reaper; includes a spoil timer and disappears once the timer is up.

Magic Broom: drops from Ancient Wyvern King.



Halloween Decor: Halloween Trees, Halloween Gravestone, Pumpkin Candle, and Halloween Wall Decor: obtainable from Clown Supply Beam.





Halloween Clown Costume: Craftable at the Tailor’s Workbench, but first players will need to obtain Clown Costume blueprints from the Pumpkin Soul Reaper. They will need to obtain Pumpkin Seed from Pumpkin Soul Reaper to grow Pumpkin, which is used as a crafting material for Halloween Costume.





Halloween Candy Grenade: Throw various Halloween Candy Grenade at other players to turn them into characters wearing various Halloween Masks for ten minutes. Halloween Candy Grenade can be obtained from the Clown Supply Beam.



Pumpkin Mini Train and Bone Track: create the rail in Halloween style and enjoy a spooky ride.





Halloween In-game Event
Clown Supply Beam: the current Supply Beam has been changed to Clown Supply Beam, and drops Halloween decor and Halloween Candy Grenades.

Pumpkin Hat: Some creatures will be wearing Pumpkin Hats. There is a chance they can drop the Pumpkin Hat to equip on your tamed creatures.



Double Harvest Rate: Players will be able to receive double Harvest Rates for Ore during the Halloween Event.

Higher EXP gain from Pumpkin Soul Reaper: Players will receive more EXP compared to the normal Soul Reaper after players defeat them.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Cobalt Minotaur could not be tamed by Magic Sleepy Arrow.
Fixed an issue where Cobalt Minotaur could not consume Cobalt Organics as feed.
Fixed an issue where steel structures and other structures above steel-tier could be damaged by Tek Saddle laser and Tek Rifle.

New Servers

We are also launching a total of eight official servers, all of which are server-transferrable:

Asia-Pioneering-skyward 4
Asia-Chaos-skyward 4
EU-Pioneering-skyward 4
EU-Chaos-skyward 4
NA-Pioneering-skyward 4
NA-Chaos-skyward 4
OC-Pioneering-skyward 2
OC-Chaos-skyward 2



We hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween. Who knows, we might see some of you on the servers for some special gifts!


PixARK Facebook Frame Contest!



PixARK Facebook Frame Contest!
Hello Explorers! We're running a contest on our Facebook page to celebrate the Month of Magic!

Add a PixARK Facebook Frame to your profile picture, and tag a friend on our Facebook post before October 24th for a chance to win a copy of PixARK for PC! Enter here!

Instructions: Go to your profile on the Facebook app and tap "Edit" on your profile picture. Then tap "Add Frame".

Here are some quick links to our Facebook Frames!
1. www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=1502198753284125
2. www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=715070152345708
3. www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=442972496338468

Snail Games Usa Inc. 
Facebook Frame Contest

OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Sponsor: The PixARK DLC Celebration Giveaway (the “Promotion”) is sponsored by Snail Games USA Inc., 12049 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230 (the “Sponsor”).

Eligibility: The Promotion is open to those who: (a) are at least thirteen (13) years of age as of the start of the Promotion Period (as defined below); (b) are legal residents of a country that is within regions serviced by Steam; and (c) have never been banned or suspended, or owned an account that was banned or suspended, for hacking or similar violations of any of the Sponsor’s applicable terms of service. Any entrant that is under the age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence must have their parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the Promotion and must provide evidence of such permission to Sponsor in whatever form required if requested by Sponsor. Employees, officers, and directors of Snail Games USA Inc., its affiliated companies, the immediate family of any such persons (defined as parents, children, siblings and husband or wife), or those with whom such person(s) are domiciled are not eligible to participate. The Promotion is void where prohibited.

Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the Promotion constitutes the entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules, all applicable laws and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Timing: The Promotion begins on October 17, 2019 at the time the Promotion is announced on the Sponsor’s PixARK Facebook Twitter, and Instagram pages (the “Social Media Pages”) and ends on October 24, 2019 Pacific Time (the “Promotion Period”). Submissions that are submitted before or after the Promotion Period will be disqualified. Sponsor’s computer will be the official timekeeping device for this Promotion. Entrants are responsible for calculating the difference in time zones.

How to Participate: To participate in the Promotion, entrants will add a PixARK Photo Frame to their profile photo on Facebook, comment on this post, and tag a friend. Entrants must keep the PixARK Frame on their profile photos for the remainder of the promotion.

Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, illegible or misdirected participation or contributions, which will be disqualified/not counted (as applicable), or for any error, whether human, technical or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant it finds to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion, such as using automated submission or image generation software or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules.

Winner Selection: After the Promotion Period has ended, 3 Facebook Frame Contest entrants will be selected from the Facebook post.

Prizes: Once confirmed: the prize winner will receive one Steam code to redeem PixARK on the Steam platform.

Limit one (1) prize per person or Facebook account. No cash or other substitution is allowed except by the Sponsor who may substitute a prize (or component thereof) with another prize (or component thereof) of equal or greater value, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. A prize (or part thereof) is not transferable or refundable and must be accepted as awarded. The winners are responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Winners will be responsible for payment and reporting of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt and usage of a prize. The sponsor may report the receipt of any prize to the appropriate federal, state, or local taxing agency(ies). Please allow at least thirty (30) days from completion of the judging process for the in-game prizes to be reflected in the winners’ accounts.

Warranties and Representations: By participating in this Promotion, each entrant warrants and represents that:

the entrant has read and understands these Official Rules;
at all times the entrant has complied fully with these Official Rules; and
the entrant will continue to comply in full with these Official Rules until the Promotion has been completed.

Privacy and Publicity: Except as set forth herein, all information submitted by entrants in the Promotion will be treated according to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (https://games.snail.com/policy.html/). Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes entrant’s consent to the Sponsor’s use of his/her name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, and country and state or province of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

Indemnification: By entering, entrants agree to defend, indemnify and otherwise hold Sponsor, its parent and affiliated companies, and the agents, officers, directors, and employees of each (collectively the “Released Parties”) harmless from and against any and all liability of any nature whatsoever arising out of or relating to:

any technical errors that may prevent entrants from participating in any way;
unauthorized human intervention in the Promotion;
errors in the administration of the Promotion; and
injury, death or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize, including any such claim by the Released Parties’ employees or any third parties.

Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Promotion, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees. Entrant waives any rights from any such causes of action to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct or indirect damages.

Disputes: Except where prohibited, all entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, United States of America, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than California.

General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security or administration of the Promotion is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Promotion to address the impairment and then resume the Promotion in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) award the prizes from among the submissions received up to the time of the impairment. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Winners List: The winners will be announced by the Sponsor on the Social Media Pages no later than thirty (30) days after all winners have been confirmed.

© 2009-2019 Snail Games USA Inc. Snail Games USA Inc., Snail Games and the Snail logo are trademarks of Snail Games USA Inc. and/or Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Co. Ltd. registered in various countries and categories. All rights reserved.

PixARK Patch 1.72



Greetings, Explorers!

The next PixARK update is scheduled to go live at 2:00 am PDT on October 17. Official Servers will be offline for a few hours or less.


New Items

Added Cobalt Minotaur Saddle, craftable at level 80.

Balancing and Changes
  • Removed the limit of placing and turning on Auto Turrets within a certain area


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Cobalt Beetle could be mounted without putting on Cobaltstar Beetle Control Module
  • Fixed an issue where when the Cobalt UFO dungeon ended for one player, other players’ tames might be teleported out as well.
  • Fixed an issue where Small Patrol was not showing its Torpodity for taming.



Be sure to report bugs
here.

PixARK Patch 1.70



Greetings, Explorers!

The next PixARK update is scheduled to go live at 2:00 am PDT on October 11. Official Servers will be offline for a few hours.


New Items

Added Alien Research Platform, unlockable at level 90. Place tamed Smallpatrol along with Cobalt battery inside to activate the research platform and choose either Alien Equipment Cube or Alien Building Cube as your output. The max output per day is 800 cubes.

New Creatures

Added Cobalt Terror Bird, Cobalt Carbonemeys, Cobalt Thorny Lizard, Cobalt Lymantria, Cobalt Minotaur

Balancing and Changes
  • Increased Terror Bird’s jump height.
  • Optimized the laser shot coming from tamed Cobaltstar Golem, Cobaltstar Master, Cobaltstar Giantwing, and Cobaltstar Pterosaur to ensure it is more accurately hitting the aimed target.


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the structure count limit was not effective in a certain area where an Auto Turret was placed inside.
  • Fixed an issue where Megalania did not have sound effects.
  • Fixed an issue where Auto Turret might shoot through structures.
  • Fixed an issue where when the character died, his or her equipment and hotbar items might be picked up by other characters


Note: Clarification of the changes to the Obelisk Chamber/Cobalt UFO dungeon introduced in 1.69. All Dungeon challenges, Obelisk Chamber and Cobalt Airship, had their cooldown timer changed to 24 hours in 1.69. On each individual player, four cooldown timer exists independently, meaning while the player is on cooldown for easy Obelisk chamber dungeon, he or she is able to activate the other two Obelisk Chamber dungeon or the Cobalt UFO dungeon.



Be sure to report bugs
here.