The Witches Curse
| The Witches Curse | |
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| Event | |
| Organizer | Studio Wildcard |
| Start Date | October 30th, 2017 |
| Start Time | 12:00pm EST |
| End Date | November 1st, 2017 |
| End Time | 12:00pm EST |
| Links | Announcement |
The Witches Curse was an ARK: Survival Evolved Halloween event.[1][2] It ran from 12pm EST 30 October and ended 12pm EST 1st of November, 2017 on all platforms. It is the sequel to the ARK: Fear Evolved 2 event that took place in 2016.
Gameplay Changes[edit | edit source]
- Black and orange spiders now spawn on the beaches
- Megalania, Titanoboa, Pulmonoscorpius, Megalosaurus, Onyc, Arthropluera, and Araneo spawn points changed to various surface points around the map. The creepy crawlies are out to spook!
- Skins can now randomly spawn in level 3 supply drops.
- Quality of drops increased.
- Colder, longer nights and shorter days, brrr!
Unofficial Servers[edit | edit source]
Unofficials can enable the event by updating to the -beta halloween branch and the following ini settings:
NightTimeSpeedScale=0.25
DayTimeSpeedScale=4.0
a NEW Game.ini ShooterGameMode setting (which makes it colder):
BaseTemperatureMultiplier = 0.475
and running once with:
-ForceRespawnDinos
Notes[edit | edit source]
- In comparison to the halloween events in the last two years, this event features less content due to the development team focusing mainly on Aberration.[3]
Calendar[edit | edit source]
| Image | Event | Start Date | End Date |
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ARK: Valentine's Day 4 | February 12th, 2019 | February 18th, 2019 |
| Image | Event | Start Date | End Date |
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ARK: Valentine's Day 3 | February 13th, 2018 | February 16th, 2018 |
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ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 3 | March 29th, 2018 | April 10th, 2018 |
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ARKaeology | June 15th, 2018 | July 17th, 2018 |
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Extinction Chronicles | June 19th, 2018 | November 6th, 2018 |
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ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 | December 18th, 2018 | January 7th, 2019 |
| Image | Event | Start Date | End Date |
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ARK: Valentine's Day 2 | February 12th, 2017 | February 20th, 2017 |
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ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 2 | April 15th, 2017 for PC April 26th, 2017 for Xbox & PS4 |
April 22nd, 2017 for PC March 3rd, 2017 for Xbox & PS4 |
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ARKs Two Year Anniversary | June 2nd, 2017 | June 5th, 2017 |
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The Witches Curse | October 30th, 2017 | November 1st, 2017 |
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Holiday Event | December 23rd, 2017 | January 1st, 2018 |
| Image | Event | Start Date | End Date |
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ARK: Valentine's Day | February 14th, 2016 | February 22nd, 2016 |
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ARK: Eggcellent Adventure | March 25th, 2016 | March 31st, 2016 |
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ARK: Survival Devolved | April 1st, 2016 | April 2nd, 2016 |
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ARK: Awesome Anniversary | June 2nd, 2016 | June 13th, 2016 |
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ARKdependence Day | July 3rd, 2016 | ? |
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ARK: Fear Evolved 2 | October 28th, 2016 | November 6th, 2016 |
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ARK: Turkey Trial 2 | November 15th, 2016 for Xbox November 24th, 2016 for PC |
December 1st, 2016 |
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ARK: Winter Wonderland 2 | December 23th, 2016 | December 30th, 2016 |
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New Year's on ARK | December 31st, 2016 | January 1st, 2017 |
| Image | Event | Start Date | End Date |
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ARK: Fear Evolved | October 28th, 2015 | November 5th, 2015 |
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ARK: Turkey Trial | November 25th, 2015 | December 1st, 2015 |
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ARK: Winter Wonderland | December 22, 2015 | January 5th, 2016 |
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ARK: Happy First (Half) Year! | December 31st, 2015 | January 1st, 2016 |
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