ARK Survival Evolved Dev Tracker

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3007816130312614096]here[/url].

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.

Enforcement Update 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!

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

Community Corner Clips/Videos 🎥Creator: Aaron Longstaff
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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...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3007816130304171959]here[/url].

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3011193195380427247]here[/url].

Eggcellent Adventure 6

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 Har...

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Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

We hope everyone is getting ready for another Eggcellent Adventure!  Be on the lookout for the event details in the next Community Crunch.  We've been overwhelmed with the amazing content that's been shared by ARK content creators.  We're always on the lookout for community content, so in addition to sharing and tagging your content on Twitter (#ARKArt, #playARK), be sure to check out our Discord where we have dedicated channels for community content.

Join the ARK Discord[discord.com]

EVO Event ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3032584660744293527]here[/url].

Last week in ARK, we take a look at the difference between kills made by tamed creatures vs. kills made by wild creatures. The Island and Genesis are where we see the biggest disparities. What's your best guess on the cause of the difference?



EVO Event

Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk! It will be active from Friday the 12th of March to Monday the 15th of March. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

• 2x Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, imprint, and maturation)

Community Corner Clips/Videos
Creator: Mgen
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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/5663812372254087723]here[/url].

LiveOps Update
Corrupted Dino Kiting on Extinction PvE
We have clocked a high incidence of enforcement tickets related to players breaking the CoC by kiting corrupted dinos into other player’s bases on our Extinction servers.

This is highly disruptive to player’s experience. We’ve implemented some targeted changes in the past to address the issue whilst retaining the overall game design for the Extinction gameplay loop but this compromise between technical fixes and design has allowed some ill-intentioned players to get more imaginative. We’ve come up with a technical solution to address this once and for all: we have disabled corrupted dino damage against all structures on PvE specifically.

We’re confident this will come as a relief to affected players (and our enforcement team hehe).

Small Tribes Teaming Rules
The spirit of Small Tribes has always been to give players the opportunity to experience a tight group dynamic that is void of t... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3040464689840536615]here[/url].

We know that what you want is news on Genesis II, so let's not mince words and get straight to it: We have decided to push our final DLC release date to May 26th, for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Stadia. 

First and foremost, please accept our humble apologies. We're disappointed and have no doubt, everyone, eagerly awaiting Genesis II will feel that along with us. 

As we have shared before, the Studio transitioned to working remotely near the beginning of last year, presenting some particular constraints. Being entirely virtual is quite challenging for various teams with a shift from an in-office workflow. 

In addition to the complications of working remotely, one challenge has been figuring out how to close out the ARK saga faithfully. From a narrative, cinematic, and end-game-wise perspective, it's something close to our hearts that we want to honor as the grand finale.

This journey we've all taken through ARK: Survival Evolved over the past s... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3043841755832848715]here[/url].

Behind The LiveOps Curtain
Hey Survivors, we thought it might be a good time for a little Live Operations Dev Blog of sorts. We’ve been very busy behind the scenes and sometimes during that hive of activity, we may forget that our players enjoy details outside of “We’re busy with X, more info soon” etc. So let’s give you more of a glimpse behind the LiveOps curtain.


LiveOps LiveOps has been er...hectic of late. Let’s get straight to it.

Transfer Issues: We encountered some serious problems on our networking side that led to some players losing items and/or characters. We initially implemented a quick fix in order to address it as quickly as possible, then pivoted to working on a more long-term upgrade to make our system more robust.

We don’t find what occurred acceptable in the slightest and have some of our engine... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3044967019257550862]here[/url].

Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch!

Love Evolved is live from February 11th - February 18th, and packs new skins, chibis, 3x rates and more! Check out this post[survivetheark.com] for more information.

Playstation Update:
We have set the event rates live on our Official Playstation network, and, we're eager to get the Love Evolved Event content into our Playstation Community's hands. The build is good and currently going through the publis... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/5500554185530902184]here[/url].

Love Evolved 2

Love is in the air!  From Thursday, February 11th through Thursday, February 18th ARK will be under Cupid's spell for Love Evolved 2.  For the duration of the event, Valentines Coelacanth will be fishing for some love. Reel in these amorous fish and be showered in candies, chocolates and even chibi pets!

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

Dates

• 2/11 - 2/18

Activities

• Valentines Coelacanth can be caught for chibis, chocolates, candies
  
• Mating can randomly drop chocolates and candies!

Rates

• Increased breeding rates to 3x (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
  
• Increased taming...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/346110/announcements/detail/3042714141644538272]here[/url].