Community Crunch 416: Summer Bash, Roadmap Update, and More!

Bust out your Sarcos and fire up the industrial grill! Summer Bash is here to bring the heat to ARK survivors with a variety of sizzling new treats. This sun-soaked event, celebrating the joys of summer, kicks off on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, and will keep the fun going until Wednesday, July 17, 2024, on Official Servers.

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Starts on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 10:00am PST
Ends on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 10:00am PST

PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4.5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding

Festive Dino Candy (Summer Swirl Taffy)

Pineapple Sunglasses * new *
Sun Visor * new *
Fireworks Hat * new *
Sarcos * new *
Puka Shell Bracelet * new *
Shark Costume * new *
Balloon Sword * new *
Balloon Axe * new *
Balloon Pick * new *
Water Pistol * new *
Cooler * new *
BBQ Grill * new *
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Floaty Swimsuit Top
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Giga Poop Swimsuit Top
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Eel Swimsuit Top
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Crab Fest Swimsuit Top
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Fish Bite Swimsuit Top
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Ichthy Isles Swimsuit Top
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Inflatable Rex Costume
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Angler Hat
Floppy Straw Summer Hat
Bulbdog-Print Shirt
Hoversail-Print Shirt
Retro Glasses
Cool Noglin-Print Shirt
Ice Pop-Print Shirt
Sea Life-Print Shirt
Uncle Sam Hat
Gasbags-Print Shirt
Shadowmane Fishing-Print Shirt
Grilling Spatula
Fireworks Flaregun
Torch Sparkler
Fireworks Rocket Launcher
Flying Disc
Water Soaker
Dino Uncle Sam Hat

Air Guitar

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Our next major core-content release this year will be Aberration Ascended —an eerily beautiful, derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, and the all-new next chapter of Bob’s Tall Tales. To give this special map the attention it deserves, we have moved the launch to September 4th. Our team is refining the process to complete the remastering of the content as efficiently as possible while maintaining our quality. We apologize for the delay in bringing the beloved Aberration to you, but it will be worth the wait!

In the meantime, there’s a lot more to look forward to! We have several additions on the horizon: the Summer Bash event, a new ARK Additions creature coming to the base game, and lots of fun Club ARK updates. Stay tuned!

Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser 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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To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are giving away 5 mighty gaming rigs for the players who get the best Power Rangers mod screengrabs!

Challenge Winners

The five most creative, hilarious, or impressive submissions (whether they’re base builds, memes, photos, or videos), selected by our judges, will win a powerful $2,000 gaming rig!

Weekly Likes Contest

Plus, every week, we will award the 50 most liked posts (across TikTok, Instagram, and X), each receiving a $50 gift card for the ARK: SA store. Share your best post and gather likes to win!

How to Join the Challenge:

Get the Mod: Install the ARK x Power Rangers Cosmetic Pack mod from your ARK: SA in-game menu on PC, Sony Playstation or Xbox.
Capture: Join the fun and capture your coolest base builds, memes, photos, videos, and most epic moments with the mod.
Post It: Share your submission on TikTok, Instagram or X (Twitter), with the hashtag #ARKxPowerRangers to participate!

Submissions close on June 30th and the winners will be announced on July 8th!

Conquest Servers are launching 6 brand new servers on Tuesday July 2nd at 10 am PDT.

New servers will follow the same rules and settings as the current servers.
Transfers between the new servers will be unlocked at launch.
Transfers to existing conquest servers will open on July 16th.
More servers to be announced…!

What are ARKpocalypse?

ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates.

Next wipe: July 19th 2024

You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!

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This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving Pride Month bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, July 1.

PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

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Orange
Red
Light Yellow
Mint
Glacial
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Unofficial severs can use this by adding the arg “-PrideColors” to the server commandline.

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This season, Monarky is taking over the Center one grid at a time. Teams of four are divided by biomes and can initially only explore and build within one grid of the map. Each week, they compete to earn more grid squares, expanding their territory and aiming to conquer the entire map. However, they must be cautious—venturing into unclaimed grids drains their health, and entering enemy grids spells trouble.

In Monarky VI: Grid Wars, biomes battle biomes. Teams must make do with their initial grid space until they win new crowns through grueling (but fun!) events. Failure leads to the consequences of Loser Island. At the end of the season, only one team will stand above the rest. So, who do you think will outwit, outplay, and outlast?

Watch the Monarks’ videos or catch their livestreams:

Join the Monarky community on Discord and Twitter!