What changed in ARK: Survival Ascended in 2023

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

RaptorClaus will be dropping off presents filled with high-end loot, Mistletoe, and Coal for players.

ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today, with the next wipe scheduled for January 19, 2024.

Download and play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes.

The epic winter-themed holiday event is live until January 7, 2024 on Official Servers.

PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding; Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding; ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding.

New emotes include Shiver and Snow Angel.

Instructions provided for installing and activating the Winter Wonderland mod on private servers.

New skins include Full-body Krampus Costume, Santa’s Workshop Smithy Structure Skin, and Festive Forge Structure Skin.

ARK: Survival of the Fittest will go live on December 21st for crossplay on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

Event-specific recipes are now available on the Smithy instead of the Cooking Pot.

New emotes added: Shiver Emote and Snow Angel Emote.

The Winter Wonderland event runs from December 21, 2023, to January 7, 2024, featuring new presents and goodies.

The Winter Wonderland event will run from December 21, 2023, to January 7, 2024, featuring RaptorClaus and holiday-themed activities.

Introduction of RaptorClaus, Santa's Big Helper Yet, Abominable Snowman, Pegomastax Grouch, and Wild Rideable Reindeer.

Instructions provided for players to install the Winter Wonderland mod for private servers.

Introduction of RaptorClaus, Santa's Big Helper Yet, Abominable Snowman, Pegomastax Grouch, and Wild Rideable Reindeer, all dropping Coal and Mistletoe.

Introduction of various new skins including the Full-body Krampus Costume Player Character Skin and Santa’s Workshop Smithy Structure Skin.

Event-specific recipes are now available on the Smithy instead of the Cooking Pot.

PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding; Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding; ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding.

Overwolf's ARKathon invites players to create mods for ARK: Survival Ascended with prizes for winning entries.

Contest starts on December 5, 2024, with submissions due by February 5, 2024, and winners announced on February 28, 2024.

Mods for ARK: Survival Ascended are now cross-platform, allowing sharing on PC, Xbox, and Playstation.

New Cloud Cooking tools enable mod authors to easily share their creations across platforms.

Compete for a $100,000 development grant for DLC-level mods with unique concepts.

Announcement of the launch of Official ARK Merchandise with a call for community input on future items.

Event-specific recipes are now available on the Smithy instead of the Cooking Pot.

PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding; Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding; ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding.

A new creature, Super Turkey, has been introduced for the event.

Several servers have been renamed to avoid duplicate names on the Official Network.

Added new emotes including Touchdown and Friends Gesture.

The Turkey Trial event is now live until December 18th, featuring special gameplay changes and event-specific recipes.

A modding contest with $350,000 in rewards has been announced for ARK modders.

Introduced new skins including Bonnet Hat, Dodo Pie Swim Bottom, and more.

Survival of the Fittest will return with cross-play support on December 20th for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

Revealed new music from ARK The Animated Series, featuring a nearly 7-hour live-orchestrated original score.

Krampus will descend on Winter Wonderland to punish naughty tribemates.

Scorched Earth's launch date has been moved to March 2024.

Fasolasuchus will be introduced to Scorched Earth, changing the dynamics of the environment.

New skins and items include the Pumpkin Pie Hat, Full-head Cooked Turkey Hat, and more.

Players can now download and play new custom content created by the community, including maps, creatures, items, and game modes.

ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped, with the next wipe scheduled for December 22nd, 2023.

The Auto Join feature is not a queue system but helps players reconnect to full servers automatically.

The Turkey Trial event will commence on December 1st, featuring various new skins and items.

The server population display may not always be accurate, leading to difficulties in joining full servers.

Over 120 new mods have been approved for cross-platform play, significantly increasing the available content.

A modding contest with $350,000 in rewards will start on December 5th, inviting modders to create new content.

95% of join errors related to 'unet' have been resolved for the official network on PC.

The upcoming Turkey Trial event will utilize the CurseForge Mod Delivery System to ensure seasonal mods are accessible year-round.

Official Network will have bonus rates active until November 20th, including increased harvesting, taming, experience, and breeding rates.

The Dreadnoughtus dossier has been released, showcasing this colossal creature's abilities and characteristics.

A Town Hall event for the modding community is scheduled for November 20, 2023, featuring discussions and a Q&A session.

An abbreviated version of the Turkey Trial event will begin on November 28th, featuring scavenger hunts and new Turkey Trial goodies.

Progress made towards enhancing server performance and stability.

Xbox Series X/S and Windows version launching on November 14, 2023, with crossplay enabled.

Extralife 2023 event postponed from November 4 to December 2, 2023.

Added protections against players listing unofficial servers as fake officials.

Bonus rates active until November 5, 2023, including increased harvesting and taming rates.

PlayStation version expected to launch at the end of November 2023 with crossplay enabled.

New Official Servers for PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes with boosted rates for new players.

New Official Servers for PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes with higher boosted rates for new players.

Fixed multiple bugs including server crashes and dino spawn issues.

Optimized dynamic navmesh system and reduced server RAM usage significantly.

Eliminated over 95% of server crashes with the latest server-side build, enhancing server stability.

New client-side update improves game framerate with optimizations and better settings for Graphics Quality modes.

Collecting data to identify major server performance pain points for future optimizations.

Further improvements to client performance, including a Pipeline State Object Cache to reduce graphics stuttering and optimizing shaders.

The ARK Devkit, a custom version of Unreal Engine 5 Editor, is now available for download.