Community Crunch 391: Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays!

From the launch of ARK Survival Evolved back in 2015 to the reimagined world of ARK Survival Ascended in 2023, it has always been your passion as a community that has fuels our ambition and ignites our hearts. Your feedback has guided our taming hand, your creativity has inspired our wildest designs, and your love of ARK has been the foundational bedrock upon which we’ve built a community brimming with prehistoric wonder.

Now that we’ve taken these first steps into the brave new future for ARK, we look to the next phase of your adventures. While we take a brief respite to sharpen our tools and replenish our dino-sized thirst for innovation, a treasure-trove of fresh content awaits your return. The new year promises your favorite maps reborn, beloved creatures old and new reimagined, and gameplay updates & additions that will make even the most seasoned explorer feel like a naked beach-Bob once more.

May your feasts be bountiful, your tames loyal, and your raids victorious this holiday season. May the warmth of the Winter Wonderland ignite joy in your hearts, and the spirit of survival burn bright into the New Year for each and every one of you.

From the bottom of our Wildcard hearts, Happy Holidays, Survivors!

With love and dino-sized hugs,

The Studio Wildcard Team

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Winter Wonderland is making a triumphant return with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The epic winter-themed holiday event is live until January 7, 2024 on Official Servers.

RaptorClaus will be sailing across the star-filled night sky in his sleigh, dropping off presents filled with high-end loot as well as Mistletoe, and Coal for those naughty Survivors. You’ll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps.

For full details, check out this post!

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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ARK: Survival of the Fittest is live for crossplay on PC, Xbox and PlayStation!

Re-evolved from the ground up with redesigned mechanics! ARK: The Survival of the Fittest pits up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.

If you’re unfamiliar with SOTF check out our older trailer from ASE to get an idea of the game mode. The trailer may contain outdated features but it should give you an idea of what the game mode is all about!

ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

What are ARKpocalypse?

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

Next wipe: January 19th 2024

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

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