Stampeding into Ragnarok with a whole lotta fluff and zero chill, the Bison is your horned heavyweight champion of headbutts and highland havoc! This community-voted bruiser isn’t just bringing brute force, (though trust us, it’s got plenty of that) it’s also packing some surprisingly nourishing qualities for those wise enough to keep it close. Whether it’s terrorizing would-be threats or just being the burly barnyard buddy you didn’t know you needed, the Bison is ready to make its mark, one glorious thud at a time
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The Bison thunders onto the ARK with the launch of Ragnarok on June the 2nd. From snow-capped peaks to sun bathed meadows, this bovine behemoth is ready to make the wilds of Ragnarok its stomping ground!
Upcoming Official Server Maintenance
At 3:00 PM PT (6:00 PM ET) on April 27th we will be taking down some of our Official servers for maintenance. We expect operations to conclude by 12:00 AM PT (3 AM ET), though some servers may return before the end of the maintenance window. Time will not progress on any of the affected servers whilst undergoing maintenance.
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
CozyCabins: Premium Structures Skin Set by Sandi_00 (Premium)
Arman’s Goofy Skins by Armangamer777
Botanist Catalogue by Fernandess
Cozy Flora: Floral Decor by Sandi_00
Lightbug Rhynio Costume! by Beyonx
ReapWyrm Wyvern Costume! by Beyonx
Flora Moderna Lite by Sandi_00
LF Structure Skin - Seamless Wall by LettuceFry1234
Medieval Gear by UraNuS
Cyrus’ Critters: Redpanda by CyrusCreates
Pygmy Hippo by Brandimade
The Extreme Creatures: Tyrannosaurus by Pat1419
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! Rates will be active until Monday, April 28.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Apex
Apex discovers more new creatures and starts building a unique base.
Creator: ShADDow
ShADDow mutated Dilophosaurus and put them to the test so you don't have to!
I drew my child by @maMe_buDo
Tapejara by RoysBrushStudios
Rock Drake by @kiba_tsume0220
Mei-chan, could you please make some human food for me too? by @sis_6193
Easter Egg by @falco_luna
Yi ling from Aberration by theironwolf45
Strange creature of the contaminated areas by @shar_dragon
The alpha carno by tomboynerdy
Photo Mode by angelss27
At last... by @HotaruIkaMC
A cat-shaped base by @oititukumono
What else do you need if you have these two as your companions? by tlk08
Spring has officially arrived in ARK with the return of Eggcellent Adventure! While you're out hunting for Bunny Eggs and enjoying the festivities, don't forget to keep an eye on the horizon—Astraeos is getting an update this June!
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A major update is landing in Astraeos this June, and it’s bringing more than just fresh scenery; this update unveils an entirely new frontier! Nestled deep in this upcoming expansion is a breathtaking Redwood region, where towering trees meet ancient ruins, colossal statues stand watch, and hidden secrets wait in the shadows of caves, including a stunning glacier cave!
This lush and mysterious biome isn’t just a feast for the eyes, it’s packed with prime building spots, brand-new points of interest to uncover, and will become the new home of the majestically floofy Snow Owls. Whether you’re a fearless explorer, a creative builder, or a seasoned tamer on the hunt, the Redwoods are calling. Your next great adventure begins here!
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
Royal Structure Skins by R0sered (premium)
Greedy Goblins Cosmetic Pack by TheRealHypernaetrema (premium)
Shinestallion Dreadmare Costume by Beyonx
LF Dino Skin - Kani by lettucefry1234
Chikifurriss Modular Outfit Mod by Beyonx
Dwarven Builders Custom Cosmetic Mod by Nekatus
Wings of Winter by Quellcrest
Follow the trails of wild Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors to collect Bunny Eggs scattered across the ARK. These festive finds can be painted for fun or used to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics, including seasonal costumes and chibis.
Get ready to hop into the celebration now until April 30th, 2025, on Official Servers and make your ARK a little more eggstra!
For all the eggcellent details, click here!
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, April 21.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Cover art 'Unbothered' by SirDrip
Creator: Raasclark
Raasclark made a complete guide to everything you need to know about Eggcellent Adventure 2025!
Creator: Steph Lyon TV
Steph goes toe-to-toe with the Manticore using a Deinotherium army!
I was looking forward to Easter! I'm going to have lots of fun! by yuukuro07
Last week, some unexpected guests clawed their way into the ARK, and if your base has a few more hairballs than usual, you can probably thank our mischievous feline friends for that.
But don’t put your baskets away just yet! Next week, the Eggcellent Adventure is hopping into gear! Expect pastel-colored mayhem, oversized ears, and more eggs than a dodo daycare.
And for those of you setting your sights on new horizons, the wait is over! Astraeos transfers have officially opened, so it’s time to pack your bags and bring your hard-earned progress wherever adventure calls.
Let’s bunny-hop right in!
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Eggcellent Adventure makes its debut into ARK: Survival Ascended next week! Follow the trails of wild Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors to collect Bunny Eggs scattered across the ARK. These festive finds can be painted for fun or used to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics, including seasonal costumes and chibis.
Get ready to hop into the celebration and make your ARK a little more eggstra!
Start Date: Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
End Date: Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Weekend - Friday 1 PM PST to Monday 1 PM PST:
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Bunny Dodo
Bunny Oviraptor
Bunny
Easter Chick
Jerbunny
Spring Shinehorn
Flower Wreath *new*
Bunny Egg
Festive Dino Candy (Eggcellent Adventure)
Shepard’s Crook Spear Skin (Spear)*new*
Egg Grenades Skin (Grenades) *new*
Lamb Costume Skin (Costume) *new*
Spring Tiara Skin (Headgear) *new*
Round Sunglasses Skin (Headgear) *new*
Dino Round Sunglasses Skin (Headgear) *new*
Flower Feeding Trough Skin (Feeding Trough) *new*
Flower Vase Skin (Small Decor Boxes) *new*
Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin (Club)
E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin (C4)
Sweet Spear Carrot Skin (Spear)
Bunny Costume
Bunny Ears Skin (Headgear)
Bunny Tail Skin (Leggings)
Easter Chick Hat Skin (Headgear)
Easter Egg Hat Skin (Headgear)
Easter Egghead Skin (Headgear)
Marshmallow Hat Skin (Headgear)
Dino Easter Egg Hat Skin (Headgear)
Dino Bunny Ears Skin (Creature Hat)
Dino Easter Chick Hat Skin (Creature Hat)
Procoptodon Bunny Costume (Procoptodon)
Flower Toss Emote *new*
Bunny Hop Dance Tail
Light Green
Light Yellow
Light Orange
Light Red
Dino Light Red
Dino Light Orange
Dino Light Yellow
Dino Light Green
Dino Light Blue
Dino Light Purple
Dino Light Brown
DragonGreen3
WyvernPurple1
LightCement
LightPink
Peach
Mint
Lavender
PowderBlue
Glacial
Cream
LightWarmGray
DeepPink
Coral
Orange
Turquoise
Dino Medium Blue
WyvernPurple0
DragonFire
WolfFur
BigFoot4
From the Main Menu, select the mod tab.
Search for Eggcellent Adventure in the ARK Mod list and Install it. Mod ID: 877745
After it's installed, go back to your game setup screen and select 'Mod Settings'
You will see Eggcellent Adventure and any other mods you've downloaded in 'Available Mods'
Select Eggcellent Adventure and activate it.
If you would like to enable Eggcellent Adventure on your private servers, please add the mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments (-mods=modID). No other changes should be necessary to activate the event. Mod ID: 877745.
Get ready! On Wednesday, April 16th, ClubARK will be decorated with an Easter theme, and we have hidden 20 golden eggs! Each egg is marked with a number from 1 to 20 — and it's your job to find them all.
Hunt down all 20 golden eggs hidden throughout ClubARK.
For each egg, take a screenshot of your character standing next to it, clearly showing the egg number.
We recommend using Photo Mode for some of the trickier ones!
Once you’ve found them all, submit your 20 screenshots as proof in a private thread in the dedicated channels on the Official ARK Discord.
The very first Survivors to successfully find and submit proof of all 20 eggs will receive a copy of ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack featuring over 75 exclusive skins, including, Mammoth, Tusoteuthis, Spinosaurus, Equus, along with Jane, Chava, Rebel Mei Yin, and New-Armor Mei Yin. Valued at $14.99 and a copy of Bob's Tall Tales!
Players can't collaborate.
Thread must be private (and stay private).
Happy Scavenger Hunt!
A patch that went out today included a fix for Cryo Fridges not updating their power state until opened. This should have been communicated in advance so it could have been prepared for and it was an error on our part that we hadn’t. Unfortunately, the outcome is that some cryopods have expired in cryofridges after their states were correctly updated with the recent patch. Our team took temporary measures to disable transfers while we reviewed the data to determine whether a rollback would be a viable option.
One key aspect that affects the decision of whether to rollback or not relates to transfers, and, given the timing with Astraeos, transfers are at an all time high. After reviewing our data to assess how much would be lost in uploads (in short: a lot), we made the difficult call not to rollback the saves as it would result in greater loss for a larger group of players. This preserves players’ uploaded items, creatures, and in many cases, their characters.
Honestly, this was a very difficult decision, rollbacks are never straightforward and they always come with some risk, however in this case the risk is guaranteed (due to the immense volume of transfers) and would cause more loss.
This wasn’t how we wanted the fix to land, and we really feel for anyone who lost dinos because of it so we’re going to make some imminent changes to our evolution event and easter rate plans to help compensate for the loss.
To support affected players, we’ll be running 3x rates this weekend including breeding, and also plan to continue 3x rates including breeding every weekend (Friday 1 PM PST to Monday 1 PM PST) during Eggcellent Adventures, with the planned regular event 2x rates including breeding throughout the weekdays while the event is active.
Thank you for your patience and we sincerely apologize to those impacted.
Official Astraeos transfers are now fully open, allowing players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction! Please pack your dodos in bubble-wrap.
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
Cinematic T-Rex Skins by SurviveDeimos
Brachiosaurus Costume SKIN by TeamMIROKU
SUV Battlerig Cosmetic by SurviveDeimos
Sharx’ Royal Skins by Sharx
Ice Titan Maeguana Costumes! by Beyonx
Cat Furniture skinpack by Beyonx
Royal Structure Skins Lite by R0sered
Squirrel Plushy Jerboa Costume for Skwirrelle! by Beyonx
Seahorse costume for Dreadmare! by Beyonx
The Sunken World Additions by The Sunken World team
Castle Craft Decor by AaronLongstaff, Crazy Respawn
Unleash your imagination and transform your ARK experience with our latest premium mods!
This video features:
MSVV Viking Warrior Skins by Deckard
Heroes of the ARK Wave 2 by Jams_uWu
Packed Outfits (Female) by TheAndy445
Random Decor Skins by SnowyTrain
Castle Craft Structure Skins by AaronLongstaff, CrazyRespawn
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, April 14.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: The AxeMan
The Axeman attempts to defeat Medusa with an army of his own!
Creator: Second Wave Survivors
Have you ever heard of the Fat Anky Rapid Transit System by Second Wave Industries?
Leedsichthys by @Mio301130
Part 19 of Drawing Every Dino Dossier! by cascadingcaramel
Compy by TorsARPG
Bingo's references by @fluffyfurry6663
Pteranodons your Quetzal by @sillymillipede
Yi-Ling by @kinosei_x2
Fan Art by biting_hands
Medieval village with Castles, Keeps and Forts on Astraeos by @Etholdir
Thoughts? by natedagreat85861234
Direwolves re-added to the Earth 04.2025 Patch Notes by strides993
Anky by akarimmu
I love my Horsey and my Horsey love me by mossy_grovee
Paws what you're doing, Survivors—this week, we let the cat out of the bag! The Cat is clawing its way into ARK, and we’re feline pretty good about it!
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Whether you see cats as unpredictable little goblins or as fuzzy little fiends, no one is surprised that they have survived (and thrived) beyond the end of the world. Maybe what's more surprising is that survivors still want to tame them after all. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<l;,mnbjmkvxdbgasds
Sorry, mine just walked on my keyboaaaggggko;;;;.
We've been closely monitoring mitigation efforts and general stability with our hosts and we'll be re-enabling decay timers on Wednesday, April 9th. Thanks for your patience during this time.
ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!
What is ARKpocalypse?
ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates and monthly-curated mods.
Next wipe: May 2nd, 2025
For this round, the following mods will be included:
ARKOLOGY: OE - Desolatitan by DragonHeart7998
Cyrus' Critters: Magna Gecko by cyrusCreates
Myrm's Custom Creations: Dracoteuthis by myrmecoleontidae
Awesome Spyglass! by ChrisMods
Better Breeding by Silentrizz
Potions | Gaia Studios by GaiaStudios
Ark Arsenal by W1K1P3D14
You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, April 7.
PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience
Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: GP
April Fools was purrfect this year!
Creator: Skwirrelle
Skwirelle goes over the purrfect Free Mod addition for everyone's new kitties!
With the quarter wrapped up, let’s take a moment to check in on ASA—where we are, what’s next, and how the road ahead is shaping up.
So the biggest project we’re working on at the moment is the engine upgrade to Unreal 5.5 -- this is a massive undertaking by the team, and it is taking longer than we’ve anticipated. It’s still our highest priority internally (basically all of the core engineering resources at the company are focused on this) and we are targeting a launch sometime between April 15 - May 15. We’re primarily still working on eliminating bugs that have occurred as a result of the upgrade on the already existing content.
The patch that rolls out the upgrade will provide immediate benefits to performance, namely around rendering, load times, and we’ll also be structuring the game packages so that maps other than The Island become optional downloads, significantly reducing the size of the base game installation.
We’ll be using the new tools available from the engine to improve our pipelines and workflow which should result in a higher quality product, this will primarily be noticed on new releases such as Ragnarok (which is currently being developed in the 5.5 version of the engine), Valgeuro, and Lost Colony. In the future, we hope that we’ll be able to find the time to go back and take some of the new rendering systems from UE5 to make further improvements to the already released maps and content.
Additionally, we know there are concerns about modders when the upgrade happens and what this might do to the mods, we’re going to do our best to eliminate as many crashes as we can, and of course resolve issues (which will occur as we resolve them ourselves) that impact mods. We intend to make sure that every Premium Mod is functioning for release, along with a sampling of the most popular Free Mods, and the breadth of that should ensure the vast majority of mods work prior to the release. Our intrepid partners at Overwolf will be recooking all the ASA mods automatically for UE 5.5, and while some of the thousands of mods may potentially have new functional issues upon UE 5.5, if there are any modding-specific issues caused by the Engine upgrade, we’ll work to fix them expeditiously (chances are, we may be facing it too).
For future upgrades, we’re going to try and see if they can be done without recooking mods; In this particular case, Material system underwent such an overhaul from UE 5.1 to UE 5.5 that using the old precompiled cooked shaders was not an option. We won’t be doing full Engine upgrades more than once per year, especially as we’re able to pull in smaller critical changes as necessary, and even on the large upgrades we believe in the future it will be possible to use previously-cooked Mods by adding specifically-coded loading logic for the old content.
That pretty much sums up where we’re with UE5.5; there’s more we could talk about, as well as some of the particular features we’re excited about but we’ll leave it at that for now.
5.5 Upgrade is still underway, targeting launch between April & May.
UE 5.5 is the top priority for the team.
Some immediate performance benefits, more performance and graphical benefits long term as we continue to develop the product.
Additional maps will immediately become optional downloads.
All Mods will be automatically recooked by Overwolf, but it is possible some Mods will have new issues. We intend to directly check & verify all Premium Mods and the most popular Free Mods, which should provide a pretty good spectrum of functionality. We’re going to do our best to resolve any gameplay discrepancies and crashes ahead of time.
Hoping that future upgrades won’t be as painful – will be looking into longer-term systems to, in particular, load old cooked data & shaders.
One More Thing: This summer, a one-click “low-system-requirement mode” will get the game to run on GeForce 1080-level cards, on systems that have 16 GB of RAM. The game won’t look pretty, but it will look intelligible, similar in quality to the “Shader Model 4” mode of ARK Survival Evolved. To all the gaming toaster ovens out there (we have plenty of them ourselves), we salute you!
Speaking of Ragnarok, we’ve an update on that too. As this map is being developed specifically in the 5.5 version of the engine, we’re not able to release it until the 5.5 upgrade itself is live. Also, Ragnarok’s progress has been impacted by the upgrade itself, which means that it’s taking a little longer than expected to release and we’ve locked-in a June 2nd launch date.
We recognize that this is disappointing as we know how beloved this map is, and we’re going to do our best to ensure that it meets your expectations when it releases. We’re also fortunate, and thrilled, to be working with the original creators of the map, who’ve recently rejoined the studio and are helping us get it out the door for June 2nd, ride or die!
We are working on a little Eggcellent Adventure event to take place during April, the only thing is that the precise dates are still being figured out as we’re juggling the upgrade too. It’s possible that the event might get pushed back a little bit to take place after Easter, however we’ll have a clearer idea in the days ahead as we get into the first half of April.
Beyond these, the team is still hard at work on delivering the additional maps for the rest of the year, more bug, balance, and QOL fixes (which you should have seen a number of in yesterday’s patch), and of course ASA’s first canonical expansion pack, ARK: Lost Colony.
Thank you all for your support and patience as we work to bring ARK: Survival Ascended to new heights!
We’ve seen you asking and moving day is near!
Official Astraeos transfers will fully open on the 11th of April, allowing players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction! Please pack your dodos in bubble-wrap.
Hey Survivors, after careful assessment of our data, we've opted to commence the process of sunsetting a selection of our inactive official servers.
Our goal is to ensure that we're always delivering the best experience possible, and official servers exist to give the community a shared space to play without the need for private hosting. When we launch fresh content, typically, we put up more servers than we need in the long term to match the peak in user capacity; over time, these servers become ghost towns as players have dropped off and are waiting for the next major content release.
On the 20th of May, we will be sunsetting these inactive servers:
We still intend to provide larger capacity at launches as much as possible to meet the higher need during those periods.
We’re working with our partners at Nitrado to offer these saves after the scheduled sunset through Nitrado’s interface. Please stay tuned for more details.
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Complete your animated collection with the new characters and creatures skins based on the ARK The Animated Series, unleash the mighty Deinotherium by Garuga123, and enjoy a major patch with fixes and improvements across the board on all platforms!
ARK Animated Series 109-Costumes Pack includes...
Jane
Chava
Rebel Mei Yin
New-Armor Mei Yin
Creature Skins:
Anglerfish
Araneo
Archaeopteryx
Baryonyx
Basilosaurus
Carbonemys
Castoroides
Chalicotherium
Compy
Dimetrodon
Dire Bear
Dung Beetle
Electrophorus
Gallimimus
Giant Bee
Hesperornis
Hyaenodon
Kaprosuchus
Lystrosaurus
Megalosaurus
Megatherium
Mosasaurus
Onyc
Ovis
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pegomastax
Pelagornis
Piranha
Procoptodon
Purlovia
Rhyniognatha
Terror Bird
Titanoboa
Titanosaur
Troodon
Tusoteuthis
Woolly Rhino
Achatina
Allosaurus
Arthropluera
Beelzebufo
Carcharodontosaurus
Carnotaurus
Coelacanth
Dilo
Dimorphodon
Diplocaulus
Diplodocus
Direwolf
Dunkleosteus
Equus
Ichthyornis
Ichthyosaurus
Iguanodon
Kairuku
Kentrosaurus
Mammoth
Manta
Megaloceros (Male + Female)
Megalodon
Microraptor
Moschops
Oviraptor
Pachy
Paraceratherium
Phiomia
Plesiosaur
Pulmonoscorpius
Sabertooth Salmon
Sarco
Spino
Tapejara
Therizinosaur
Thylacoleo
Vulture
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, March 31.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Mystic on Ark feat. Haxeu
Mystic challenged Haxeu to a round of Battlegrounds to see which one can control the Island. Who will be the ultimate winner?
Creator: Skeel
*international corner* Skeel vous offre un guide faclle et complet pour le Deinotherium. Skeel made an easy and complete Deinotherium guide.
Thank you all for participating in this contest! It was amazing to see the incredible effort put into your screenshots, builds and fan art.
Winners, please have DM's open so we can reach out. Winners will be contacted from an Official account via their account used to post their entry on Discord.
Missed this contest? Keep an eye on our Community Crunch for future ones!
Category Winners: Receive a copy of ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack featuring over 75 exclusive skins, including, Mammoth, Tusoteuthis, Spinosaurus, Equus, along with Jane, Chava, Rebel Mei Yin, and New-Armor Mei Yin. Valued at $14.99
Category Runners-Up: Receive a Fantastic Tame of your choosing.
Grand Prize Runners-Up: ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack plus a Fantastic Tame of your choosing.
Grand Prize Winner: All of the prizes above plus your artwork featured as the server banner on the ARK Official Discord for one week!
Medusa? I hardly know her by squid.48
Art Category - Peaceful Valley by golden_kivi
Build Category - Astraeos House by savkyn
Photo Mode Category - In Bloom by eeylops
Art Category - Legions and Legends by rainesaur
Build Category - Mount Olympus by brini2715.
Photo Mode Category - Silly flightless bird by frozen_soap
Art Category - I will make even the gods bleed by dedfuze
This week, we revealed the first animated teaser for ARK: Lost Colony, the next canonical DLC coming to ARK: Survival Ascended, offering a glimpse at Mei Yin’s journey following the events of Extinction as she arrives at Arat Prime. We also shared a sneak preview of what’s to come in ARK: The Animated Series Part 2, arriving later in 2025. There’s a lot to look forward to!
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ARK: Lost Colony is a full-sized canonical expansion pack featuring a new map, creatures, items, structures, and the continuation of the story of ARK.
Lost Colony drops you into a massive, occupied city packed with dangers as you become the hunted, and gain access to powerful new kinds of character abilities, unique gear, building systems, and exotic tames. The epic new story of ARK Lost Colony bridges the gap from ARK Extinction to ARK Genesis and into the world of ARK 2. Will Survivors be able to face down the evil lurking in Arat Prime and connect ARK's past and future?
ARK: Lost Colony becomes available for pre-order June 2nd 2025, and all purchases will immediately unlock exclusive Lost Colony preview gameplay content.
With a full release in November 2025, ARK: Lost Colony will be priced at $29.99, for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC platforms.
Wishlist on Steam or Xbox
Prepare to 'respawn' in ARK The Animated Series, with this preview of a new sequence from the upcoming Part 2, featuring Russell Crowe as Kor the Prophet! An animated adaptation of the hit video game featuring Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Butler, and Vin Diesel, ARK: The Animated Series is a sweeping saga spanning eons of human history. When 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker (Madeleine Madden) herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval land after tragedy. There she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords -- all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.
Stream ARK: The Animated Series Part 1 now, only on Paramount +!
Journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Astraeos and capture its mythic beauty! Whether you’re a master of in-game photography, an expert builder, or a talented artist, this is your chance to showcase your skills and win exclusive prizes including the ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack!
Entries Open: Friday, March 14th
Entries Close: Wednesday, March 25th
Winners Announced: Friday, March 28th
Screenshots/Vistas – Capture the stunning scenery of Astraeos (or your own beautiful mug).
Builds – Show off your most impressive in-game creations.
Art – Create original artwork inspired by Astraeos’ landscapes, ruins, creatures and mythology.
Category Winners: Receive a copy of ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack featuring over 75 exclusive skins, including, Mammoth, Tusoteuthis, Spinosaurus, Equus, along with Jane, Chava, Rebel Mei Yin, and New-Armor Mei Yin. Valued at $14.99
Grand Prize Runner Up: ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack plus a Fantastic Tame of your choosing.
Grand Prize Winner: All of the prizes above plus your artwork featured as the server banner on the ARK Official Discord for one week!
Your submission must be Astraeos-themed.
You need to have the rights to the image you submit. No copyrighted material or artwork made by others without consent.
One submission per user. No multiple submissions or submissions across multiple categories.
Content must follow server rules:
No NSFW, derogatory, discriminatory, or disrespectful content.
PG-13 only.
No AI-generated content.
Submit your entry in the dedicated channels on the Official ARK Discord.
Include a brief title or description of your submission.
Unleash your creativity and let Astraeos inspire you! We can't wait to see your submissions.
Next week we’ll provide some updates to aspects of the roadmap, including news on the Unreal Engine 5.5 upgrade. We appreciate your patience and look forward to sharing more then!
Expire servers are temporary servers across the network that will eventually be removed, and you can find them by searching for "Expire" in the session filter.
These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 24th. We're preemptively using our allocation for future maps to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience the newest content Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto a new map temporarily.
Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 24th, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, March 24.
PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: LolsAtLance
LolsAtLance created a step-by-step guide to help you build your very own all-in-one Greek base!
Creator: ClickTockClock
ClickTockClock goes over all you need to know to tame a Skyshroud Drakara.
Hellfire by wyvernadas
Part 18 of Drawing Every Dino Dossier! by cascadingcaramel
The wonderful Yi Ling by Panoptos
Manticore by Nilona
TEK Stego - Thor by DragonWolf
Chibi Griffin by Cayyruzius
A survivor protecting a tame by FlawlezFalcon
Photo Mode by @ARKLove9
Photo Mode by alexj_21
The King of the Clouds by 7467a
My PC almost blew up making this screenshot by frozen_soap
We’re having a blast bringing more of Garuga123’s ARK: Additions creatures into the base game. They add new challenges, new ways to play, and let’s be real—some absolute units to tame (or run from). These creatures may see some adjustments along the way, but one thing is certain—they're here to leave their mark on the ARK!
The mighty Deinotherium is stomping its way into ARK. Tough, towering, and ready to shake up your world! Better have a game plan.
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Towering over even the largest mammoths, Deinotherium will dominate the open plains on March 26th. Agitate one, and you may find yourself on the receiving end of a devastating charge—but the real danger lies in their ability to rally their allies with powerful, morale-boosting calls, making a single confrontation quickly escalate into an all-out stampede.
Keep up with the development on ARK: Additions in Garuga's Discord!
Journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Astraeos and capture its mythic beauty! Whether you’re a master of in-game photography, an expert builder, or a talented artist, this is your chance to showcase your skills and win exclusive prizes including the ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack!
Entries Open: Friday, March 14th
Entries Close: Wednesday, March 25th
Winners Announced: Friday, March 28th
Screenshots/Vistas – Capture the stunning scenery of Astraeos (or your own beautiful mug).
Builds – Show off your most impressive in-game creations.
Art – Create original artwork inspired by Astraeos’ landscapes, ruins, creatures and mythology.
Category Winners: Receive a copy of ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack featuring over 75 exclusive skins, including, Mammoth, Tusoteuthis, Spinosaurus, Equus, along with Jane, Chava, Rebel Mei Yin, and New-Armor Mei Yin. Valued at $14.99
Grand Prize Runner Up: ARK: The Animated Series Cosmetic Pack plus a Fantastic Tame of your choosing.
Grand Prize Winner: All of the prizes above plus your artwork featured as the server banner on the ARK Official Discord for one week!
Your submission must be Astraeos-themed.
You need to have the rights to the image you submit. No copyrighted material or artwork made by others without consent.
One submission per user. No multiple submissions or submissions across multiple categories.
Content must follow server rules:
No NSFW, derogatory, discriminatory, or disrespectful content.
PG-13 only.
No AI-generated content.
Submit your entry in the dedicated channels on the Official ARK Discord.
Include a brief title or description of your submission.
Unleash your creativity and let Astraeos inspire you! We can't wait to see your submissions.
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
Fortified Wood Structure Skin by Riiik
THARAT: Ancient Sand by j26arkitecto
Shamrock Shores Holiday Event by Trixt3r
Quick update on Black Screen reports we’ve had on console. We found that one of the main causes of black screens when connecting to Astraeos servers was related to how much memory was available when playing on the map. The latest updates on the map resolved the existence of an invalid actor, as well as significantly optimised the map to increase available memory by about 40% across all consoles. This should significantly cut down on crashes while playing in-world and help resolve some issues when connecting to Astraeos servers.
We're still actively looking into reports that might impact other maps and working with platform partners to resolve these cases.
Update on the Official Network: we're still experiencing heavy DDoS attacks and our hosts are aware and are doing everything they can to mitigate them, including working with other external specialists.
We have to be delicate about how much information we share, as too much can make us vulnerable to more attacks, or even just provoke the attacker to go further. It's possible that this message alone could cause us to receive a heavier attack.
The teams working on this are doing everything they can to mitigate the attacks and keep the servers online and some excellent progress has been made over the last week. We’re unlikely to share much going forward outside of alerts when an attack has disrupted services but rest assured it’ll continue to remain a top priority for the teams and partners involved.
Appreciate folks understanding the complexity of this situation.
As a token of our gratitude, we are extending the triple rates for the Official Network until Wednesday, March 19.
Expire servers are temporary servers across the network that will eventually be removed, and you can find them by searching for "Expire" in the session filter.
These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 24th. We're preemptively using our allocation for future maps to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience the newest content Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto a new map temporarily.
Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 24th, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
As a token of our gratitude for your patience during the server stability issues, we are extending the triple rates for the Official Network until Wednesday, March 19.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Xeridae
Xeridae attempts to survive 100 days conquering Scorched Earth with only one life.
Creator: Chasun_
Make your very own Hobbit base with the help of Chasun!
Bulbdog by @k3zk_627
Spoon by jammacle
Neo with his Tek Parasaur and Trinity with her raptor by cheshiregengarart
Last week, Megaraptor took the crown in the latest community creature vote and will be stomping its way onto Valguero when the map launches in ARK: Survival Ascended later this year. While you wait, a new animated skin pack is on the horizon, giving you more ways to customize your ARK with a fresh new look.
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Get ready to complete your animated collection on March 26th! This massive pack is packed with a vibrant lineup of creatures and characters, ensuring you're well on your way to a full set of skins based on the ARK The Animated Series. Soon, you’ll be able to bring stunning new animated looks to your ARK and create your own adventures—all for $14.99!
This pack includes...
Jane
Chava
Rebel Mei Yin
New-Armor Mei Yin
Creature Skins:
Anglerfish
Araneo
Archaeopteryx
Baryonyx
Basilosaurus
Carbonemys
Castoroides
Chalicotherium
Compy
Dimetrodon
Dire Bear
Dung Beetle
Electrophorus
Gallimimus
Giant Bee
Hesperornis
Hyaenodon
Kaprosuchus
Lystrosaurus
Megalosaurus
Megatherium
Mosasaurus
Onyc
Ovis
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pegomastax
Pelagornis
Piranha
Procoptodon
Purlovia
Rhyniognatha
Terror Bird
Titanoboa
Titanosaur
Troodon
Tusoteuthis
Woolly Rhino
Achatina
Allosaurus
Arthropluera
Beelzebufo
Carcharodontosaurus
Carnotaurus
Coelacanth
Dilo
Dimorphodon
Diplocaulus
Diplodocus
Direwolf
Dunkleosteus
Equus
Ichthyornis
Ichthyosaurus
Iguanodon
Kairuku
Kentrosaurus
Mammoth
Manta
Megaloceros (Male + Female)
Megalodon
Microraptor
Moschops
Oviraptor
Pachy
Paraceratherium
Phiomia
Plesiosaur
Pulmonoscorpius
Sabertooth Salmon
Sarco
Spino
Tapejara
Therizinosaur
Thylacoleo
Vulture
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
GigARK Islands by Geleako (premium)
FSG Hologram Cosmetic by Kiz3rMomo
Spooky Demon by MinyYamori
SleepingGiants by Horrgamer
Bullet Sc-Fi Essential Furniture & Utility Skins by Bullet_97
Cyrus’ Outfits: Managarmr by CyrusCreates
Flutter’s Knight Cosmetic by CyrusCreates
Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend by Redgear17
Everywhere by EclipseModding
Fantasy Age: Weapons by ScriptosaurusCR
Cliffan’s Nautical Turrets by Cliffan
ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!
What is ARKpocalypse?
ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates and monthly-curated mods.
Next wipe: April 4th 2025
For this round, the following mods will be included:
ARKOLOGY: OE - Desolatitan by DragonHeart7998
Cyrus' Critters: Magna Gecko by cyrusCreates
Myrm's Custom Creations: Dracoteuthis by myrmecoleontidae
Awesome Spyglass! by ChrisMods
Better Breeding by Silentrizz
Potions | Gaia Studios by GaiaStudios
Ark Arsenal by W1K1P3D14
You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, March 10.
PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Second Wave Survivors
Second Wave Survivors built a 5.6km long—totally safe—slide in ARK without any mods.
Creator: Jimbob
Jimbob gets his first carnivore mount on Primal Astraeos—small but mighty!
Forest Titan by @falco_luna
Ark art of the tamed gotten by Underdash by dinosareneat
Ark redesign is the T-Rex by shatteredreaiity
Chibi Murder Chicken by ellies-space36
3D printed Riffle with stand by posejdoon
"The Trike" Oil on canvas by TELLES
Deinonychus art doll handmade by sayvaris
This is Big John and Bertha by trench-surfer
Photo Mode by frozen_soap
Photo mode by izziekathryn
Photo mode by evildragon6058
I've been looking for a long time and finally found one... I'm so happy by @Moni8mok
Survival takes a sharp turn this week as the community-voted winner sinks its claws into the spotlight! With its lightning speed and razor-sharp instincts, this prehistoric predator is set to shake up the ARK in ways we can’t wait to dive into! Meanwhile, on the LiveOps front, we’ve been kept on our toes. We’ll break it all down, along with the steps we’re taking to keep things running as smoothly as possible.
With over 32k votes, Megaraptor will be the new creature added to Valguero for ARK: Survival Ascended. We are looking forward to sharing its concept and dossier in the weeks to come!
If you are interested in seeing exactly how the voting went, check it out here.
* Note that we'll be reading through these threads and using them as inspiration for how the creature will be designed; aspects suggested may change.
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Our hosting providers are facing a severe, ongoing DDoS attack, which has caused recent outages, including those over the past 48 hours. We're actively working with our partners to mitigate the issue, but as with these types of attacks, we don’t yet have an estimated resolution.
While our partners work on it, we've taken steps to protect player progress:
Increased the upload timer to 72 hours (and we’ll extend it further if needed).
Temporarily disabled decay timers to prevent loss of player progress.
Taken certain regions offline to protect player data when necessary.
Extending the time on Expire Servers to give everyone a chance to retrieve their characters and items. Once things are more stable, we’ll announce a date—don’t worry, you’ll get plenty of notice.
We're closely monitoring mitigation efforts with our partners, but please keep in mind that the situation may continue to evolve.
We’ll be holding on running an EVO event this week in light of the instability–we’ll look to do something nice for players in that regard when this is all resolved.
Thanks for your patience and support while we work through this!
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
Althemia Magic Ground by j26arkitecto
Castles Keeps and Forts by ExileAcid
Stylized Egypt Structure Skins by r0sered
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Etholdir
Etholdir guides you a tour of his beautiful gardens on Astraeos!
Creator: JoeLaFritt_
*international corner* JoeLaFritt has a helpful guide to help you start right on the mod ARK Descended! JoeLaFritt te guide afin de t'aider à partir du bon pied sur le mod ARK Descended!
Amidst the barren earth... by @ewo_zaur
Federation airborne by @TekARK_01
Fan Art by ._rosiiee_.
Mae-chan by @cat22nyaa
My fav yuty by widetyranitar
Fan Art by akeunyub
They're so silly and I needed to doodle by savvytabby
Survivors, we’re thrilled to see so many of you enjoying Astraeos! While we continue working on fixes to smooth out your adventures, we’ve got a little more love to share—Love Ascended will now run through Monday, giving you extra time to revel in the romance. And speaking of passion, we’ve got some words from Astraeos’ creator, Nekatus, about the journey so far…
I want to thank everyone for the support and love for Astraeos. I am very proud to bring another official map to the game and I am very excited to bring more content to Astraeos. Our journey has only just started! We are aware of the technical issues and we are very actively working on resolving them to bring you as bug-free a map as possible.
Thank you for your patience, your feedback, and for your reports! I also wanted to give you an idea about what to expect from the next major content update. Here are the details:
The conclusion of the Valguero Community Creature Vote is just around the corner, and the competition has been fierce! The submitted creatures have been nothing short of incredible. You still have the weekend to cast your vote and decide which creature will make its mark on Valguero in ARK: Survival Ascended!
The second round of voting ends on Friday, February 28th at 1 pm Pacific.
The winner* will be announced in the Crunch on the same day.
Rank the creatures in order of most preferred to least preferred
The vote is limited to 1 submission per person (duplicate entries will be discarded)
Below are the candidates that have made it into the final 10. Find out more information about the creature by clicking on the hyperlink attached to the name. Cast your vote here.
Giant Stick Bug
Megaraptor
Xenoceratops Thunderus
Tanystropheus
Cryodrakon Chione
Desmatosuchus Gourmandi
Coelophysis
Pentaceratops Imperialis
Acinonyx
Aerotitan
Overview of all the finalists here.
* Note that once the winner has been determined, we'll be reading through these threads and using them as inspiration for how the creature will be designed; aspects suggested may change.
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Can you feel the love in the air? Love Ascended is now extended until Monday, February 24, 2025. This love-filled event, celebrating Valentine’s Day brings an array of enchanting new treats and delights!
To view all the event details, click here.
Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
Gigantoraptor Costume Skin by TeamMIROKU
Cliffan’s Outifts: The Precursor TEK Suit by Cliffan_
Custom Cosmetic: Waggan by NiranV
Paleo ARK Evolution | Apex Predators by Team Paleo ARK
Scrapped Assets: Hiveopod Update by Armangamer777
Ultimate Sign Collection by SnowyTrain (premium)
Claystone Structure Skins by SnowyTrain (premium)
Paleo ARK Evolution | Dangerous Depths by Team Paleo ARK
Isle of Myths: Skyshroud Drakara by BlueSucho
Random Configs by Hazearil
MSVV Skjaldastordr by Deckard
Periodically we perform maintenance on our Official Server Network. During this time the servers will not be running therefore time will not progress.
Here are the dates for the upcoming maintenance:
February 25th at 8:00AM PT / 11:00AM ET
February 26th at 7:30AM PT / 10:30AM ET
February 27th at 7:30AM PT / 10:30AM ET
To see if your server will be affected follow this page.
Expire servers are temporary servers across the network that will eventually be removed, and you can find them by searching for "Expire" in the session filter.
These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on February 28th. We're preemptively using our allocation for future maps to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience the newest content Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto a new map temporarily.
Please note that these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on February 28th, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
Please note that some locations will be made non-buildable with the patch coming mid-next week. Inside the caves as well as the areas around the cave entrance will be affected. If you built in this area, make sure you move location before then.
Lat 12 / Lon 45
Lat 46 / Long 11
This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, February 24.
PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form
Creator: Savkyn
Build your very own Greek estate on a secluded island of Astraeos with this tutorial and tour!
Creator: BEYPlaysGames
BEYPlaysGames takes a dive into what are the best and most useful creatures to tame for beating Astraeos.