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The Studio Wildcard team is thrilled to finally complete the ARK saga with the release of ARK: Genesis Part 2. We've been watching, sharing, and enjoying the content you've been posting across social media platforms. We're already working through several tweaks and bug fixes based on player reports and feedback. We’ll keep you updated with the progress through our normal social channels.

Thanks to Ark’s passionate community and a love for new content that fits its mold, what were once straightforward plans have become so much more. Through in-game events, free DLC maps, and continued game updates, we’re also polishing, addressing player feedback and fixing issues to make it a better game for everyone.

So, what’s next? Not TEK, that's for sure 😏. As we look forward to a primarily primitive-themed ARK 2, we'll continue to provide... Read more

ARK: Genesis Part 2 completes the eons-spanning story of ARK: Survival Evolved! Everything that your tribe has built, tamed, and fought for has led to this final challenge. With your faithful artificial companion HLN-A by your side, you’ve emerged from the Genesis simulation to find yourself aboard a gigantic starship being overtaken by a familiar threat from the distant past.

In Genesis Part 2, you’ll explore a vast new world teeming with strange biomes and exotic creatures, while engaging in story-oriented missions that test your mettle, ingenuity, and survival skills. Wielding an array of powerful new tames, items, weapons, and structures, you’ll journey from idyllic fields through twilit phantasmagoric realms, all the way into a hellish heart of darkness. Thousands of years and trillions of miles away from where your stor... Read more

The team is busy preparing for the Genesis 2 launch on June 2nd. Thursday we appeared on the TwitchGaming Weekly show and dropped a few unseen Genesis 2 teasers:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/3021332002070399137

We'll follow up next week with more information on the Genesis 2 rollout across all platforms and regions!


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We're at the home stretch for the Genesis 2 launch and we're sharing the last few things before you get to hop in and experience it yourself. Check out our latest post for an update to the Genesis 2 release, and a first listen at the main theme!

Genesis Part 2: Art, Music and June 2 Delay[survivetheark.com]

Have no fear! There are still a few things we still haven't shown you.




Join us on Thursday at 5/27, at 9:30 AM PST as we go live on twitchgaming... Read more

We’ve had our heads down as we push to get ARK: Genesis Part 2 across the finish line, and we’d like to take pause and touch base with an update for our community. 

Firstly, here’s the reveal of the ARK: Genesis Part 2 Main Theme Music, and Key Art -- which contains an important message that’s further explained below:


Download image in full resolution[cdn.survivetheark.com]

This final chapter of the ARK: Survival Evolved story is by far the most intricate and ambitious expansion we’ve yet created! We’re so excited to share it with you and proud of the team’s immense efforts, creativity, and passion. We truly ... Read more

Fresh off the Federation Crop Plot, Shadowmane, and the Loadout Mannequin images, we're following up this week with more images of upcoming Genesis II content.

Canoe
Full Resolution Wallpaper[cdn.survivetheark.com]

Have a joy ride with the tribe or go for a relaxing fishing session.

Convenience is key with a canoe that can be picked up and placed down in any body of water and is great for storing your consumables and freshly caught fish!
Noglin
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Last week we began sharing new images of Maewing, Exo-mek, and the Egg Incubation Device.  We're continuing the trend this week by sharing more images of upcoming Genesis II content.  

Federation Crop Plot
Full Resolution Wallpaper[cdn.survivetheark.com]
Test your green thumb and expand your gardening possibilities with the Federation Crop Plot that allows you to raise harvestable plants just about anywhere!

Shadowmane
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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!

Maewing
Download in high resolution[cdn.survivetheark.com]

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!

Egg Incubation Device
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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 ... Read more

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
Aaron is bac... Read more

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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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]

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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
Mg... Read more

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

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

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

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

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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Classic PvP Season 4 Season 4 kicks off on Friday 2/5/21 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST.

Classic PvP is a competitive player experience for PC players that focuses on the PvP experience from the days of old. Season 3 saw the introduction of breedable Wyverns and Stegos which brought an impactful change to the meta, so this season.  Each season will introduce new changes and will continue to evolve along with the base game.

This week we'll be kicking off Season 4 of Classic PvP (bringing an end to the current season). If you're unfamiliar with what Classic PvP is, there's a quick breakdown below.

Classic PvP Breakdown

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  Experience gain, taming, gathering, breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been doubled compared to our standard Official Servers (2x)
  
• Tribes are set to 25 p...

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