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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.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
Quick Game Basics
ARK Park
ARK Park is an immersive VR experience that brings to life a world where living, breathing dinosaurs are still roaming the earth. Players embark on an exciting tour of this ancient time, interacting and witnessing hundreds of dinosaurs up-close and personal.
Official Website: arkparkvr.com
Developed by: Snail Games's Peacock Studio
Recently Revealed Creatures
506 creatures are announced, 505 of them released and 1 yet to be released.
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Current Events
The following Events are currently active or have been announced.
ARK: Fear Evolved 4 ends in: days, hours, minutes, seconds.
ARK: Evolution Event includes 2X Taming, Harvesting, Breeding, and Experience.
Current Patch Notes
Steam and Epic Games
Version: 315.9
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Released - October 29th, 2020
- Increased chance of creatures being a bone or a ghost type
- Changed scarecrows, pumpkins, gravestones to now give players a random amount between 1 and 5
- Increased the average frequency of seeing gravestones, scarecrows, and piles by approximately 15%
- Fixed special map overrides not working on DLC maps, such as TEK Creatures, GEN-X, etc.
Xbox One and Windows 10
Version: 802.15
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Released - October 29th, 2020
- Temporarily disabled voice chat to prevent a crash. Will be reenabled once the real problem has been patched.
PS4
Version: 551.13
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Released - October 29th, 2020
- Increased chance of creatures being a bone or a ghost type
- Changed scarecrows, pumpkins, gravestones to now give players a random amount between 1 and 5
- Increased the average frequency of seeing gravestones, scarecrows, and piles by approximately 15%
- Fixed special map overrides not working on DLC maps, such as TEK Creatures, GEN-X, etc.
App Store and Google Play
Version: 2.0.19
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Released - October 26th, 2020
- Floating structures will now be removed from the game.
- Fix for issues restoring Primal Pass in Multiplayer.
- Seated Turrets (Rocket, Minigun, Bola, Catapult) are no longer placeable on Platform Saddles in Multiplayer.
- Structures built on Platform Saddles now take 2x damage.
- Rocket Turret inventory reduced to 10 slots, 10x ammo per stack, and a 1.25s cooldown on ammo use.
- Fix for tames not laying eggs when too many additional eggs are in the immediate area.
Nintendo Switch
Version: 600.0
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Released - December 18th, 2018
- Fix for two client lock up issues