Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth is the first paid DLC expansion pack for.

Scorched Earth was released on September 1, 2016 for the PC version of ARK and for Xbox One at the initial price of $19.99 USD. It was released on PS4 on December 6 for the same price.

The Scorched Earth soundtrack was composed by Gareth Coker.

Overview
Scorched Earth adds 12 new creatures with 5 variations, 60 new engrams, a new boss, and a whole new map.

Creatures tamed and items received can be brought to the vanilla island and used by people with and without the expansion. Items from the DLC can also be spawned manually if you don't own the expansion pack. Three of the new creatures have multiple variations, namely the (Water and Oil), the  (Fire, Lightning, and Poison) and the  (Rock and Rubble).

Unique Environmental Features

 * Super Heat, Sandstorms, and Electrical Storms.
 * Extremely hot temperatures in the day.
 * Evaporation of in s and s.
 * s that take damage whenever used.
 * Heat Stroke, which causes damage and creates a blurry effect on-screen. (Similar to being drunk)
 * Oil and Water Veins, which can be used to produce and, respectively.

The Desert Map
Being entirely a desert rather than an island surrounded by water, water collection becomes a more challenging obstacle. Natural water sources are rare, requiring the collection of water from other sources, such as, s, s, or. Heat stroke is a potential side effect of too much heat exposure, having a similar effect to being. Also the naturally harsh environment damages generators and certain structures.

Scorched Earth has three unique weather patterns: Sandstorms radically reduce visibility and drain stamina, Superheat will drain your water at a much faster rate than normal heat and induce Heat Stroke fairly quickly, while electrical storms will temporarily shut down electrical devices and prevent firearms (and Tek Saddles) from firing. The and the  will not turn off if the item Structures are covered.

Superheat can be quickly stopped if you go very close to the Oasis. can be used to see better during sandstorms.

Regions
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Data Maps
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Other Spawns
In addition to the DLC creatures, the following creatures also spawn on the map:

Event Creatures
Creatures that spawned only during an event:

Items
All items from the base game are available on Scorched Earth in addition to the items below.

Artifacts
Scorched Earth adds 3 new Artifacts, which are needed as part of the tribute to summon the.

Notes/Trivia

 * Scorched Earth was the first Expansion Pack for Ark.
 * Scorched Earth was released before the actual base game was finished.
 * Scorched Earth and Lost Island are the only two Expansions to be released on time; all other maps have experienced delays.
 * Interestingly, the Manticore is the only Guardian ever shown on Scorched Earth. It's unknown what happened to the other two Guardians.
 * Scorched Earth is the only Expansion Pack to have Trophy Heads of Alpha Creatures.
 * Scorched Earth is the only Expansion Pack that doesn't have an ending.
 * There was a planned Ascension cutscene where the player would be taken to Aberration ARK, much like how defeating the takes you to Scorched Earth, and how defeating  in Aberration takes you to Dead Earth in Extinction.
 * Wildcard has confirmed that Scorched Earth is considered complete and no further plans are set for the DLC as stated in one of their livestream: "when we released it, we released it as a finished product, ultimately ascension was planned for The Island but not Scorched"﻿. This may mean that Ascension addition will never happen in Scorched Earth, nor will there be any major update for the DLC excluding the recent changes to the Thunderstorm Weather and the addition of the.
 * The DLC has been released while the base game was still unfinished, leaving the transition to Aberration unexplained.
 * Many of the Scorched Earth creatures and items can be found on the Ragnarok map, except the.
 * Scorched Earth is the only Expansion Pack to not have variations of previously existing creatures.
 * Unlike the main game, where almost all creatures are based on extinct animals, this expansion pack added mostly creatures from mythology (,, , the  and ,  and finally the ).
 * In the DevKit, there is a Tek Wyvern Saddle, as well as two SE creatures that have not yet been implemented: The Hive and The Swarm.
 * Prior to the release of Genesis, players who logged their survivor out from Scorched Earth had the same title screen as when they logged their survivor out of Aberration.