Extinction

	“	ARK: Extinction is going to challenge and delight you in all sorts of new ways.	„
		~ Jesse^[1]

DLC about the Corrupted Earth of ARK

DLC

Content Type

Expansion Pack

Price (USD)

$19.99

Release Dates

November 6th, 2018

November 13th, 2018

Unavailable

Spotlight

Extinction is the third paid DLC expansion pack for ARK: Survival Evolved.

Extinction was released on November 6th, and is available for purchase through the Season Pass.

Countdown to Extinction

Xbox and PS4

Extinction's release for Xbox and PS4 has been postponed until no later than November 13th, 2018.

Extinction has been released on Xbox One and PS4.

Overview

Extinction places survivors on an Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic and technological. Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation.

Unique Environmental Features

Meteor showers.
Eclipses.
Element eruptions.
Electromagnetic waves are present at certain locations, rendering items such as GPS useless.
Orbital Supply Drops that fall from the sky and when activated, starts a PvE horde-styled event.

The Corrupted Earth Map

Overview

The map appears as if it was laden in the future, overgrown with sci-fi and nature. A shattered moon floats high above Earth's red, swollen sky. A variety of strange, mutated plants, most red or orange, grow among the rocks of the barren wasteland. Corrupted Spires made of corrupt Element appear to be the source of the Corrupted Creatures roaming the land. A blue Obelisk floats above a snow region, surrounding it in a protective forcefield. The Overgrown City sits near the snow area, apparently made of TEK but malfunctioning. A host of Technological creatures surround the city, but organic ones can be found there as well. This is not the Earth we know.

New Resources

- Scrap Metal

- Element Dust

- Unstable Element

- Unstable Element Shard

New Features

Corrupted Earth contains several inactive structure drops known as Orbital Supply Drops. This new feature requires all survivors with their tamed Creatures to fend off against waves of Corrupted Creatures to obtain the items left behind inside, in the form of PvE style raid.^[2]

New Creatures

Corrupted Earth contains living creatures. The corruption of Element has led to turning most of the Creatures into a variant known as "Corrupted" which roam around the earth. Due to the over-exposure of the Element, their minds and bodies have become too Corrupted to be tamed like their original counterparts, and must be killed on sight since not only will they destroy anything non-corrupt in their way, their minds moves in a "hive-mentality" state which makes any previous Temperament they were known for redundant. These include creatures like the Corrupted Wyvern from Scorched Earth and the Corrupted Rock Drake from Aberration.

Moreover, these Corrupted Creatures react to activations of Orbital Supply Drops, causing them to amass against the tribes who activated them in waves and will attack not only them, but mainly the activated drop as well.

However, not all creatures mutated by the Element submit to its "hive-mentality". Some creatures, such as Gasbags still retain its normal temperament, thus allowing survivors to tame them despite their state of appearance.

Several giant minibosses, known as "Titans" roam across sections of the map accessible through dungeons/caves once their following prototype Obelisks are activated. They are extremely aggressive, but survivors who managed to knock it down will be able to tame the savage beast temporarily.

Within Earth lies technologies like the Enforcer and the Scout. While these new Mechanical Creatures cannot be tamed like organic beings, they can be crafted by survivors with parts from destroyed Creatures and blueprints from Orbital Supply Drops to build them as part of their tribe.

Regions

Great City
No Man's Land

Approximate Spawn Locations

Data Maps

Strategic Resources
Exploring the map
Creature Spawns

Creatures

Unique Creatures

Some of the creatures here can only be "tamed" through crafting from remains of said creature's part.

Titan

A unique variant outclassing even the largest existing dinosaur Titanosaur and some of the bosses, these Titans roam around sections of the map of Extinction upon released from dungeons/caves and are extremely aggressive, but they can be tamed temporarily¹. To confront the final boss of Extinction, these Titans must all be defeated or tamed to confront the final boss of Extinction.

¹Only one titan may be kept at a time, to keep a different one the first needs to be sacrificed. This only works on single player.

Other Spawns

Normal Creatures

Corrupted Creatures

Corrupted variants can be found wandering around Earth, most notably in No Man's Land. These dino/creatures have been infected by Element to the point where their minds are under a "hive-mentality", rendering them untameable, and must be killed as they are extremely aggressive (even naturally skittish creatures).

Items

All items from the base game and some items from Scorched Earth and Aberration are available on Extinction in addition to the items below.

Resources

Extinction adds the following Resources:

Consumables

Extinction adds the following Consumables:

Trophies and Tributes

Extinction adds the following Trophies and Tributes:

Corrupt Heart

Weapons, Armor, and Tools

Extinction adds the following Weapons, Armor, and Tools:

Structures

Extinction adds the following Structures:

Saddles

Extinction adds the following Saddles:

Cosmetics

Extinction adds the following Skins & Costumes:

As {{{1}}} is part of the story of the ARKs, Explorer Notes can be found across the map. These Explorer Notes document the ARK lore. For more in-depth information, see Explorer Notes.

Dossiers

In addition to the Explorer Notes, Dossiers can also be found on {{{1}}}, written by Helena Walker to document the research of {{{1}}}'s creatures. For more in-depth information, see Dossiers.

Artifacts

Chaos
Growth
Void

Spotlight

Notes/Trivia

The Corrupted Earth, which is the setting for this DLC, is visible after the final boss fight of Aberration and after you are sent through portal frames in the Element Falls shaft.
- It is also visible during the Overseer battle and during the Island's Ascension cut-scene, though it can only be seen from space and appears as a desert planet.
On the Steam page for the Season Pass, the first targeted release date was spring 2018 which was changed in December, 2017 to a general 2018 release date. It was finally released on November 6, 2018.
One to two hours after the ARKaeology event started, the banner time was replaced by another banner, hinting a new creature and one of the tainted areas within the map.
On the third day, the countdown was brought over to the Twitch channel, with an updated banner that constantly changed over time.
- In the 4 hour mark, a dinosaur could be seen in the same banner during the countdown in twitch channel, showing a Rex within the red mist.
- In the 3 hour mark, a small object (Possibly Scout) could be seen above the said creature's head.
- The trailer was released on June 19th, 2018, along with the mention of the prolonged event "Extinction Chronicles" lasting through November.
A variant of bosses known as Titans could be seen at the end of the trailer.
From the start of trailer, the survivor is seen with an Alpha Ascension Implant, when compared to previous DLC trailers where they have not ascended.
In the trailer a creature that seemed to be made of Element (known as the Enforcer) teleported to and attacked a Giganotosaurus. Based on its appearance, they may appear to be linked to Attack Drone and Defense Unit.
During an interview with Wildcard, they stated that they are unsure if Mechanical Creatures such as Enforcers found in Extinction will be normally tamed like other Creatures, or if they will be "crafted".^[3]
- It is later confirmed that Scout, and most other Mechanical Creatures will be a craft-only tame Creature.^[2] This means there may be more Creatures that are only "tameable" from crafting. This does not include previously existing Mechanical Creatures, however.
This is the first Expansion Pack to have the logo with only one glowing edge and a sharp top end. Every other Expansion, including the base game, has had three glowing edges and a blunt top end.
- The pointed-top light on the Extinction logo also looks similar to the Specimen Implant, implying that it could be a new implant style obtained by doing some sort of Ascension on Extinction, as better implants have been gained in the past by ascending.
- This is also the first (and only) expansion pack to have an event following its upcoming release (Extinction Chronicles).
In each of the Titan areas, an Obelisk is shown implying that there could be more than three Obelisk on the map.
A mysterious teaser video was tweeted out by Wildcard Chris, showcasing some sort of mysterious robot or mech known as a Mek.^[4]
One of the new Extinction Chronicles notes, ??? #13 stated that the Obelisks in Extinction are a “prototype”.
There is no large body of water in Extinction due to the fact that water has dried up on the surface of the Earth.
This is the first and only paid DLC that features creatures exclusive to a previous map in ARK.
- Ragnarok is a free DLC map made by mod makers that contains almost all the features found at Scorched Earth.
In Extinction, Proto-ARKs dot the map. These Proto-ARKs are surrounded by a bubble and contain an Obelisk.
At the end of the launch trailer for Extinction, a mysterious woman speaks to us. This could be ???.