Community Crunch 396: Gigantoraptor Spotlight, Love Evolved, and More!

We are thrilled to see the excitement around the new Custom Cosmetic System and Simple Framework. If you missed it, you can read about it in our first Community Bite. Remember Love Evolved – our Valentine’s Day event starting on February 13th! Also, if you missed Garuga’s Let’s Build Stream, you can catch up on Session 1 now!

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Behold the queen of helicopter parenting, Gigantoraptor, soon to grace the prehistoric landscape of The Center! With a love larger than life, this majestic creature fiercely guards its brood while exuding elegance and danger with its colorful plumage and razor-sharp claws. Get ready to witness the awe-inspiring presence of Gigantoraptor with the release of The Center later this month.

Here is the dossier again, in case you missed it.

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Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

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Can you feel the love in the air? Love Evolved is set to sweep ARK survivors off their feet with an array of enchanting new treats and delights. This love-filled event, celebrating Valentine’s Day, kicks off on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, and will continue to spread joy and affection until Tuesday, February 20, 2024, on Official Servers.

Starts on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 10:00am PST
Ends on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10:00am PST

Love Bugs *new*
Vday Coel

Valentine’s Fishing Rod *new*
Love Bug Hearts *new*
Festive Dino Candy
Box o’ Chocolates (Now also reduce mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining)

Bear Hug Swimsuit
Odd Couple Swimsuit
Sauropod Heart Swimsuit
Cupid Couture Bottom Skin
Cupid Couture Top Skin
Halo Headband Skin
Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin
Heart Spring Hat
Cuddle Rex Sweater
Bow & Eros Skin
Heart-shaped Shield Skin
Teddy Bear Grenade Skin
Love Shackles Skin
Heart Spring Hat *new*
Cuddle Rex Sweater *new*
Love-Bed *new*

Flirty Emote
Heart Emote
Self Hug Emote

Jade
PineGreen
SpruceGreen
LeafGreen
Dino Light Blue
WyvernBlue0
PowderBlue
Glacial
DarkViolet
DarkLavender
MediumLavender
Lavender
Dino Light Red
Dino Light Purple
LightPink
Magenta
DeepPink
Red
Dark Red
DragonFire
Dark Magenta
Dino Albino
NearWhite
Cream

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Thanks to everyone who participated in Garuga123‘s Let’s Build Stream. If you missed it, you can watch the recorded video posted above to learn more about the visual aspects of modding.

Be sure to check the schedule below so you don’t miss the next livestream!

Session 2
- February 17th, 10 AM – 12 PM Pacific
- Blueprinting – setting up the actual character BPs
Session 3
- March 2nd, 10 AM – 12 PM Pacific
- Going Live – getting the mod prepped, testing issues, uploading, etc.