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  • Community Crunch 388: Mods Spotlight, Extra Life and Turkey Trial news and more!

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    This week marked the grand debut of ARK: Survival Ascended on Xbox and Windows PC, accompanied by groundbreaking cross-platform mods. Hold tight, PlayStation survivors – your turn to embark on this epic adventure is just around the corner in early December!

    Dive into the rest of the Crunch and find out more about our annual ExtraLife event, CurseForge's ARKathon: Modding Contest that starts on December 5th, and a quick tease for ARK: Survival Ascended's bite-sized Turkey Trial!

     


     

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    Introducing the first set of ARK: Survival Ascended Cross-Platform Mods available at launch on Xbox and PlayStation!

    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 ever across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we release more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

    Buy now for Xbox and Windows PC!

     


     

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    Exciting news!  We're thrilled to share that we've given the green light to over 120 fantastic new mods for cross-platform play — what a leap from the ten approved just a couple of days ago! And guess what? There's more to come in the next few days!
     

    Here is the current list of approved cross-platform mods:

    • Additions Ascended: Archelon
    • Additions Ascended: Brachiosaurus
    • Additions Ascended: Ceratosaurus
    • Additions Ascended: Deinosuchus
    • Additions Ascended: Deinotherium
    • Additions Ascended: Helicoprion
    • Additions Ascended: Xiphactinus
    • Alfa Oceanic Plataforms
    • Any Colour Sets
    • AP: Death Recovery
    • Ark Primal Chaos
    • Arkitect Structures Remastered
    • ArkNav
    • ArkWarfare Community Mod
    • Ascended Server Tracker
    • AutoDoors
    • Automated Ark
    • Autorunner
    • Bangin Tranqs
    • basilisks
    • Better Chat
    • Better Elevators
    • Better Feeding Troughs
    • Better Forges
    • Better Oviraptor
    • Better Refrigerator
    • Chaos Creator
    • Cheat Death (Homing Pigeon reloaded)
    • Classic Glider Ascended
    • Cliffans Vanilla Weapon Skins
    • CliffPlatforms
    • Configurable Stack Mod
    • CrunkQoL
    • Death Inventory Keeper
    • Death Recovery Item Tool
    • Dino Auto Attack
    • Dino Kill Potion
    • Dino+ (Nanny, Hatchey)
    • DinoCloud (a Dino Storage Solution)
    • DKA Mod
    • Draconic Chronicles (ALPHA) (Wyverns and more)
    • Dwarven Builders Mod
    • Easy Pumps
    • Eclectic-Ascended
    • Element Harvesting
    • Empire Gaming Community Mod
    • EnglarkMod
    • Ez Engram Unlocker
    • Ez Grapple Crossbow
    • Ez Guns on Dinos
    • Ez Resource Vouchers
    • EZ Stacks
    • Flyer Seatbelts (Cross Platform)
    • Gaia: Elixirs
    • Gaia: No Fall Damage
    • Gaia: Spawn Shield
    • Gaia: Starter Pack
    • Glyph Transformations
    • Gnome's Early Tek Binoculars
    • Gnome's Enhanced Fridge
    • GoA_Mod
    • griffins
    • Gryphons
    • Improved Industrial Cooker
    • Industrial Dehydrator
    • Infused ARK Community Mod
    • Irradiator
    • Itens Alfa
    • Just Be Reasonable! (rhynio craving change)
    • KJ's Ark
    • Klinger Additional Boats
    • Klinger Additional Structures
    • Legacy Meat Spoiler
    • LoyaltyARK Community Mod
    • maewings
    • Managarmrs
    • Marvelous Spyglass
    • More Rideables
    • MuchStuffPack
    • Mystic Isles Community Mod
    • Nanite Owls Structures
    • Nanoh's Reusables
    • No Untameables
    • Pelayori's Cryo Storage
    • PhoenixARK Mod
    • Pirate Chests
    • Project Zodiac
    • Radical Storage
    • Rockwell's Smithy
    • RR-FantasyGliderWings
    • RR-Homedeco and more! Beta
    • RR-Potions
    • S-dino Variants
    • ScrappedAssets
    • Silent Structures
    • Simple Flat Map
    • Sinomacrops
    • Sodium Den Community Mod
    • Solo Farm Mod
    • Super Spyglass Plus
    • Super Spyglass/Super Binoculars
    • Surprise Machines
    • Survival Ambience
    • Svartalfheim
    • Svartalfheim Armory
    • TC's Odin
    • TC's Storage Box
    • tekbows
    • TG Stacking Mod
    • TG Stacking Mod 1000-50
    • TG Stacking Mod 1000-90
    • The Working Class
    • TPC Pike
    • Ultimate Tranqs
    • Unknown's test 3
    • Upgrade Station
    • Utilities Plus

    To browse all the mods, visit this page!

     


     

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    Playstation certification is underway for Sony, and we're still hoping for an early December release. We will update the community as that progresses, and we appreciate your patience.

    We eliminated 95% of join errors for the official network on PC and Xbox this week and have a patch for Windows coming in the near future. If you historically encountered an error with 'unet' in the title and a slew of server information, rest assured that’s now solved! 

    The client-server list is currently not always updating server population. What does this mean for you? You may be attempting to join a full server that displays at, say, 64/70, to no avail. We're working on addressing it as soon as possible.

    Some players have misunderstood the new Auto Join feature as a Queue system. To clarify, it is not a queue but rather a tool that allows you to automatically attempt reconnection to a server, particularly useful when the server you're on is full. It operates similarly to manually joining but aims to streamline the process and save you clicks. However, you can still opt to join manually if you prefer.

    As far as requests for more Official servers go, we plan to roll out some more new servers on our Official Network as we assess stability, capacity, and demand. And, of course, we will add more fresh console servers with boosted rates to help players catch up when PlayStation drops! 

    We’ll continue to iterate on performance, crashes, bugs, exploits, etc, as we navigate early post-launch LiveOps and stay informed about our ongoing progress via the patch notes.

    Happy Thanksgiving from the holiday skeleton team! 

     


     

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    We are excited to be going live from our Seattle office Saturday December 2nd at 10AM Pacific for 24 hours of entertainment, amazing giveaways, plushies, and much more! 

    If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates for 24 hours!

    DONATE

    We will announce the giveaways and sponsors, along with all the final details in the Crunch next week. 

    Stop by and hang out out in our Twitch stream or Discord for an opportunity to win a cool giveaway from one of our amazing sponsors!

    More about Extra Life Gameday

    The Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team

     


     

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    As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air, we're excited to share an update to our Event plans; Turkey Trial will be making a 2023 resurgence in abbreviated form! 

    Although we won’t be celebrating in true Turkey Trial fashion, we’re cooking up something planned to begin after Thanksgiving. As we want to be fully prepared, Turkey Trial will now commence on Friday, December 1st.

     

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    • Bonnet Hat Skin
    • Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin
    • Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin
    • Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin
    • Dodorex Swim Top Skin
    • Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin
    • Meat Swim Bottom Skin 
    • Meat Swim Top Skin
    • Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
    • Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin
    • Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin
    • Pilgrim Hat Skin
    • Pitchfork Skin
    • Turkey Hat Skin
    • Turkey Leg Skin
    • Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
    • Turkey Swim Top Skin
    • Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin
    • Ugly Trike Sweater Skin
    • Turkey Costume Skin
    • Pumpkin Pie Hat *new*
    • Full-head Cooked Turkey Hat *new*
    • Wreath-like Forest Crown Hat *new*
    • Cornucopia-inspired Feeding Trough *new*
    • Turkey Deep Fryer Cooking Pot *new*

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    • Belly Rub Emote
    • Food Coma Emote
    • Hungry Emote
    • Touchdown *new*
    • Friends Gesture *new*

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    • Orange
    • Medium Autumn
    • Light Autumn
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Brown
    • Light Brown
    • Dark Magenta
    • Dark Violet
    • Vermillion
    • Red
    • Dark Red
    • Dino Dark Red
    • Midnight Blue
    • Black Sands
    • Dark Blue
    • Near Black
    • Black
    • Dino Darker Grey
    • Dino Albino

     


     

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    CurseForge is calling all ARK modders and game studios!

    ARKathon is a massive ARK: Survival Ascended modding contest. Create and publish your best ARK: Survival Ascended mods for a chance to win big with $350,000 in rewards across two uniques tracks:

    • Modders Track:
      • Unleash your creativity to create new maps, skins, dinos, weapons and more.
      • Publish your mods cross-platform instantly
      • $50,000 worth of prizes
    • Studios Track:
      • It's time to dream big and aim high.
      • Curseforge is calling all studios to bring  their own content and IP to ARK in the form of DLC-level premium mods
      • 3 studios will win a $100,000 development grant each

    Submissions start on December 5!

    For more info, visit this page!

     


     

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    ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

    What are ARKpocalypse?

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

    Next wipe: December 22nd 2023

    • Additional servers will be added at the same time.
    • Going forward they will all wipe at the same time every four weeks.

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

     


     

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    Genesis Part 2 for Nintendo Switch will now be releasing in early 2024. We thank all of our loyal Switch players for their patience and can't wait to bring you the conclusion of the Genesis saga. We'll be back with a firm release date in the new year.

     

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    Now through December 3rd, players can enjoy a Black Friday sale for these titles:

    • ARK: Ultimate Survival Edition for 50% off
    • ARK: Ultimate Survival Upgrade for 50% off
    • ARK: Dinosaur Discovery for 75% off

    Get them on the Nintendo eShop now!

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

    Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKFanart on social media!

     

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    Creator: Raasclark

    Raasclark builds a water pen and attempts to speedrun two artifacts caves!

     

    Creator: Etholdir

    Etholdir rebuilds from The Island's ruins. Join him as he revisits his previous renovations and creates new expansions.

     

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    I want to meet the island's reliable Argen as soon as possible by @maMe_buDo

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    Kahuere's lunch by FrancoisL-Artblog

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    Sparkle by LeoMitchell

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    ARK comic - page 3 by BonnieFoxxx

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    ARK Fanart: Protoceratops, Sitting by Sonne-Spiritwind

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    River Queen by XantheDoodles

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    Ark Fire Wyvern by GraceH-09

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    Welcome to the ARK Xbox players!  by @bluedragonark

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    Dude the photo mode is just too good  by @VenoEdit

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    #LandscapeMonday by @NovA1990

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    PhotoMode by @thommoretti

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    It asks for a hug by @EgoSilentium

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    Enjoy your weekend!
    Studio Wildcard

    Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark
    Discord: discord.com/invite/playark
    Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark
    Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark
    Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark
    Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110
    Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark
    Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark
    Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark
    Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg


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    Sou brasileiro, adoraria jogar o jogo com 20/30 de ping, porém em servidores oficiais só consigo jogar com 330+ de ping, coisa impossível de jogar, uma coisa dessa deveria ser resolvida logo nos primeiros dias de lançamento do jogo. 

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    I'm Brazilian, I would love to play the game with ping 20/30, but on official servers I can only play with ping 330+, something impossible to play, something that must be resolved in the first few days of launch

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    I thought this was an early access game? How are you adding all these things when the game can't even run properly for 10 minutes without crashing (PC).

    Is it opening your bag? Climbing a dino? Or did you just try to drop an item? The game is amazing, as long as you stand still and do absolutely nothing. Oh wait, the sun shifts, crash!

    This is exactly the same issue as with ASE, you should really consider hire some better developers.

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    Wild Card we need more cloud services on other platforms so far only steam have access to cloud gaming thro GForceNow cloud the console platforms really need those powerful cloud gaming capabilities.

    cloud services: GForceNow,XboxGameapass and the PlayStation cloud.


    Consoles can’t handle the game requirements the only way for the game to run smoothly for some to disable some of the game features thats not going to be fun and the game looks so terrible that way.

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    Roll back server 2365, you patched the projectile cheat a day after we get wiped off a server by it, cool fix but doesnt fix us losing everything

     

     

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    22 hours ago, Swish said:

    I would cancel the After Life Event until the servers are stable. This lag and rubberbanding its fun to play on. It takes 14hr to do a single imprint.. Hopefully they get their stuff squared away by then.  

    Sure, cancel the event that is primarily for donating to children's charities because you can't get or enjoy your bonus XP rates.....

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    3 hours ago, Alha said:

    Consoles can’t handle the game requirements

    Game runs fine on the Series X. Haven't had a single issue with it. Haven't disabled a thing. 

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    1 hour ago, Joebl0w13 said:

    Game runs fine on the Series X. Haven't had a single issue with it. Haven't disabled a thing. 

    Thats good for you maybe you play style more relaxing and you don’t move much from what I am seeing a lot of players dealing with issues specially delayed effects while playing the game and that is happening because the game is not running at it best for you the game is running fine but for a lot of players running fine is not enough when your game experience not at it best having delayed effects map contents not loading in fast enough crossing and jumping in cave runs thinking you succeeded only to find out you being sent back dead all of those problems are happening because the game is just running fine on an Xbox series X that was supposed to handle all of that but turns out that’s not the case and more resources needed to run that is not even including other server issues so if you play on a local game you most likely going to have a better experience than same Nitrado servers that always been dealing with rollbacks and crashing.

    having access to cloud gaming with GeForceNow with ultimate will Definitely eliminate these issues running on best virtual machines to run ark ascended The best way possible today for consoles you don’t even need to download the game everything on the cloud.

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    3 minutes ago, Alha said:

    Thats good for you maybe you play style more relaxing and you don’t move much from what I am

    Nope. Playing it just like ASE. Nothing relaxing about it. Save for some visual artifacts when flying around in fog. 

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    Love the game and hope you can make it the best it can be for all platforms on official and single player in the years to come.

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    When are you guys going to fix single player not saving for xbox? The game makes any progress impossible because it saves your location but not anything you do in the game be it building, taming, crafting, anything. Nothing saves at all no matter how many times you hit the button or use commands. Even on vanilla. It was fine until you let out that 550MB update.

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    Im a playstation user now my heart was set on buying and playing ark  im so upset with you people because you say one thing yet you do another i dont think its fair to none of us players how you did playstation really messed up

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    8 minutes ago, yvette3312 said:

    Ich bin ein Playstation-Benutzer und habe mich nun darauf konzentriert, Ark zu kaufen und zu spielen. Sollte ich ein anderes Spiel kaufen? Und verbreiten Sie die Botschaft, es nicht komplett zu kaufen

    Da die Playstation Version nicht veröffentlicht ist,Kauf ein anderes 

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    1 hour ago, servietsky10 said:

    Großartig, dann gibt es keine zusätzliche Life- oder Turkey-Testversion für PlayStation:Erstarrung::dod-xmas:

    Ja man kann leider nicht alles haben😉

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    when in december should players expect the next map?

    Also to others complaining about it being unplayable you should of seen ASE

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    1 hour ago, TheRaptorQueen said:

    Also to others complaining about it being unplayable you should of seen ASE

    I'm looking at it on a PS5 as we speak, not perfect but playable.
    More than I can say of ASA...

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    4 hours ago, TheRaptorQueen said:

    when in december should players expect the next map?

    Also to others complaining about it being unplayable you should of seen ASE

    i 'played ASE in EA and it was believe it or not BETTER than this - the only thing better than the OG ase is the fact we now have mods - the fact they rolled all the crap back to basics is a waste of time hence still not touching asa with a barge pole :D

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    2 hours ago, TheRaptorQueen said:

    when in december should players expect the next map?

    Also to others complaining about it being unplayable you should of seen ASE

    Lol. Except gen2 bs ASE was running quite well if one was not mad in building, dinos out or traveling a lot.

    ASE start for pc was also bad but that time, all was new, for us or for wc. Here it's just like a joke.

    All comments from wc looks like a goverment announcement.  Soon, later, sorry .... this is a shame.

    They went too fast too keep players, but it was really not necessary.... so many good, skilled and honest players that were keeping ark servers in good and friendly shape now watching this and leaving us, as this is a real gaming shame... 

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    Xbox here. Anyone else having issues with the Save Game feature not saving the game and setting people back hours? Hope this gets fixed fast. Makes the game unplayable.

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    Didn't open enough new servers I joined a server the day it dropped with xbox built and have been able to play sporadically throughout week but by end day the server was full and issue is now more people have joined the server when was already full and 3+ hours my tribemate and I have not been able to join the server my base and character on must not be enough servers if people going into ones already full of players!

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    i dont know how to report a bug but me and my patner taming a tuso we dont have the saddle for that reason we put him in follown when im moving the tuso swing to fast go to the surface and dies if you can check that witth the tuso please

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    1 minute ago, kushalaplata said:

    i dont know how to report a bug but me and my patner taming a tuso we dont have the saddle for that reason we put him in follown when im moving the tuso swing to fast go to the surface and dies if you can check that witth the tuso please

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    On 11/25/2023 at 2:04 AM, Kieran1031 said:

    When can we expect to get a precise PlayStation release date?

     To get it Here? That's simple. Approx. 1 day after known release date....

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    8 hours ago, Blackmage2015 said:

    When do we get scorched earth on official?

    Somewhere written Dec24.

    But mentioned too that dec24 is a full start of cross platform which without ps is a bit out of scope.

    Keeping them working on bugs rather than pushing them to introduce more. No rush.

    Just quick look at original schedule Of Phase II, one had a feeling that project schedule file had a bug too....

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