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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.- 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
Genesis: Part 2 is an upcoming DLC Expansion Pack available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games.
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.
510 creatures are announced, 505 of them released and 5 yet to be released.
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.
See all patch notes
Steam and Epic Games
Version: 321.8
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
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
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
Released - November 10th, 2020
- Respawn Timer removed from Beds in Single Player.
- Various bug fixes & stability improvements.
Nintendo Switch
Version: 600.0
Released - December 18th, 2018
- Fix for two client lock up issues