Official ARK: Survival Evolved Wiki

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The ARK: Survival Evolved reference manual written and maintained by the players.

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What is ARK: Survival Evolved?

As a man or woman stranded, naked, freezing, and starving on the unforgiving shores of a mysterious island called ARK, use your skill and cunning to kill or tame and ride the plethora of leviathan dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the land. Hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements and store valuables, all while teaming up with (or preying upon) hundreds of other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

The game was released on August 29th, 2017 after being over two years in 'Early Access' and is available on Steam, the Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation 4, mobile devices, the Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store with continually new updates in the open-world dinosaur survival game.

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ARK Game Features

Tame, Train, Breed & Ride Dinosaurs, in a Living Ecosystem
Food, Water, Temperature and Weather
Harvest, Build Structures, Paint Items
Plant, Farm And Grow
Summon The Ultimate Life Forms
Tribe System
RPG Statistics
Hardcore Mechanics
Explore And Discover
Large-World Persistence And Meta-Universe
Robust Steam Workshop Mod Support
High-End Next-Gen Visuals

The ARK Wiki Community

DLC

Genesis: Part 2 is an upcoming DLC Expansion Pack available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Crystal Isles is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Genesis: Part 1 is a DLC Expansion Pack available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Valguero is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Extinction is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Aberration is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Ragnarok is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Scorched Earth is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Primitive Plus is a free DLC Expansion available on Steam, Xbox One, and PS4.

The Center is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.

Quick Game Basics

Upcoming ARK Media

ARK 2 will be a survival sandbox and sequel to ARK: Survival Evolved, coming 2022.

ARK: The Animated Series tells the tale of Helena Walker learning to survive after waking up on an ARK, coming 2022.

Recently Revealed Creatures

510 creatures are announced, 505 of them released and 5 yet to be released.

Official Tweets

Tweets by @survivetheark

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Current Events

The following Events are currently active or have been announced.

ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 has ended.

ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 includes 2X Taming, 2X Experience, 2X Harvesting and 2X Breeding.

Current Patch Notes

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Steam and Epic Games

Version: 321.8

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Released - January 17th, 2021 - Client only

Fixed a visual issue with the Federation TEK Chest Piece
Fixed a bug which prevented non-dedicated servers from being able to be hosted
Fixed a bug where the inventory rank was not updating on the client unless you rendered the structure again or rejoined the server.

Xbox One and Windows 10

Version: 807.8

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Released - January 19th, 2021

Fixed a perma stall with the server session filter
Fixed a visual issue with the TEK Federation Chest Piece
Removed unnecessary legacy event content (main menu music/wallpaper)
Fixed some client side stalls

PS4

Version: 556.7

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Released - January 21st, 2021

Fixed a visual issue with the TEK Federation Chest Piece
Removed unnecessary legacy event content (main menu music/wallpaper)
Fixed some client side stalls

App Store and Google Play

Version: 2.0.20

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Released - November 10th, 2020

Respawn Timer removed from Beds in Single Player.
Various bug fixes & stability improvements.

Nintendo Switch

Version: 600.0

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Released - December 18th, 2018

Fix for two client lock up issues

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