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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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    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

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    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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    Shadowbossobrien
    2 hours ago, Samantha0731 said:

    The mess up thing is PlayStation's not even gonna get the extra life event because of these failures but they I hope they feel better about themselves. For you guys to hold a game from us is ridiculous.

    The fact people like you don’t get the fact it isn’t PlayStation that’s the problem it’s wildcard if it was PlayStation why was there also issues with Xbox release the mod line is old there are plenty of games that have mods and never have these issues stop being a simp

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    S790jdsteve13
    2 hours ago, Kieran1031 said:

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

    Prolly sometime in late 2024 if you’re lucky..

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    Swish

    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.  

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    OptimusOmnis

    Personally won't be buying until Xbox sees at least the same discount steam saw. Steam releases first and gets a release discount but console players are SOL. Thanks so much wildcard can truly feel the "heartwarming" support you have for your console community.

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    Trevor6363

    My guess 2 December but seeing is believing. When they say hoping to release it actually means it won't release until judgement day🐺

    Edited by Trevor6363

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    vapo80

    Un extra life et un event alors que sur ps5 on as toujours rien. On se fout vraiment de nous ...

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    TheRalle

    Wie die Leute sich wieder einscheißen weils auf Anfang Dezember verschoben worden ist, Sony wird seine Gründe haben, bekommt ihr ein Spiel was mies buggt etc heißt es hättet ihr es mal später released ohne probleme, heißt es, es wird verschoben heulen Sie auch alle rum.

    Glaube viele wissen garnicht wieviel Zeit und knowledge hinter so eine Spiel Entwicklung steckt.. immer verlangen aber selbst kein Wissen haben.. 

    Wir warten auch weiterhin aufdem Release und sind trotzdem hyped auch wenn es sich wieder verschoben hat, letztendlich wird es sich lohnen.

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    arkgerman1975
    12 minutes ago, TheRalle said:

    Wie die Leute sich wieder einscheißen, weils auf Anfang Dezember verschoben worden ist, Sony wird seine Gründe haben, bekommt ihr ein Spiel was mies buggt etc heißt es hättet ihr es mal später veröffentlicht ohne Probleme, heißt es, es wird verschoben heulen Sie auch alle rum .

    Glaube viele wissen garnicht wieviel Zeit und wissen hinter so ein Spiel Entwicklung steckt.. immer verlangen aber selbst kein Wissen haben.. 

    Wir warten auch weiterhin aufdem Release und sind trotzdem gehypt, auch wenn es sich wieder verschoben hat, letztlich wird es sich lohnen.

    Natürlich warten wir alle,es ist nur, das wir gerne auch dazu gehören würden, Hilfestellung zu leisten um das Spiel zu verbessern,an Event teilnehmen zu dürfen ,die getestet werden, Fehler zu melden, damit sie berichtigt werden und nicht immer alles per Video von YouTube sehen zu müssen.Es sollte ja eine starke Gemeinschaft werden und nicht wie es jetzt ist.

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    Rex4646

    Witam. Gram w ASA na xboxie series x i jestem zadowolony. Ale nie raz widzę jakieś kamienie lewitujace i woda tak dziwnie przy przegu wygląda. Czy jest przewidziana jakas aktualizacja na to??? Jak ktoś wie proszę o odpowiedz

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    krupi

    They really spend time on introducing more poops into this game instead making it playable? Very smart....

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    krupi
    3 hours ago, OrpPVPenjoyer said:

    How about some orp pvp servers? still havent been able to play the game i paid for, because no servers.

    Hi, me and my friends waiting for pvp too. But we are ps5 😀 

    I have worries that you did not pay enough, which BTW seems to be snails strategy.

    Pvp might be available https://server.nitrado.net/en-US/offers/ark-survival-ascended?ram=1024

    Which makes us sad 😔 

     

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    Rocker323
    53 minutes ago, krupi said:

    They really spend time on introducing more poops into this game instead making it playable? Very smart....

    WC sold 600k+ copies of ASA on Steam alone. Would assume the console number will be similar.

     

    The reality is they have no incentive to change how they are doing things. This is why I wanted an Ark competitor - without one they can essentially do whatever they want and still make tons of money. 

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    MMaas
    53 minutes ago, Rocker323 said:

    WC sold 600k+ copies of ASA on Steam alone. Would assume the console number will be similar.

    That was in the initial hype but they did not say how many people refunded. On consoles refunds are far more dificult so expect people to be a bit more carefull with buying, certainly with all we have seen sofar concerning the Xbox launch.

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    Herbapou

    Ah no chibis?  and any chance you could introduce cryopods now by adding there engrams on any boss at gamma?

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    Gecko1611

    Now let's straight; I'm ranking the Crunch, not poor Wildcard. This is basically just a list of all the mods so far (clever way to give the Crunch some substantial size lol). An announcement about Turkey Trial and Evo and all that.

    I dunno. This Crunch is pretty large, but there are still problems with Xbox it seems. However, I can't really expect Wildcard to address such problems in a Crunch. Hopefully they're working on them at the moment. Final Crunch Rank... 6/10

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    FlorianWind9
    4 hours ago, Rocker323 said:

    WC sold 600k+ copies of ASA on Steam alone. Would assume the console number will be similar.

     

    The reality is they have no incentive to change how they are doing things. This is why I wanted an Ark competitor - without one they can essentially do whatever they want and still make tons of money. 

    According to the "Video Game Insights" website they have even sold a total of about 973K copies of the game now through Steam. Giving them a 32.3M in Gross-Revenue. Which gives them 22.61M in profits (before figuring out the yearly taxes so it'll probably be a little less). 

    https://vginsights.com/game/2399830

    Still a bit of a distance from the A.S.E. total of about 16.4M units sold with 408.7M in Gross-Revenue, but that was over 8 years. 

    I don't know where to go to find figures on Xbox or PS sales or to find out about the amount refunded. Does anyone know? Cause I'd be interested in seeing those statistics to. Especially the amount refunded.

    It makes me very disappointed and saddened to see as like you said this gives them no incentive to actually make a good game. They know that they can just put out any janky garbage that they've put the minimal amount of effort and heart into and it'll sell just fine because it has the Ark logo on it. 

    What's even more dishearteningly telling, I think, is the average active player count. Since A.S.A. was released the average daily players for it was about 4 times that of A.S.E. during its initial launch around the hype of something "new". However, since then the average player count for A.S.E. has actually increased by about twice as much while the average player count for A.S.A. has decreased to become about equal with that of A.S.E. What this tells me is that a large number of people who bought A.S.A. has since discovered that it isn't worth their time while at the same time it has reminded them about A.S.E. and they've actually decided that A.S.E. is better. (Something that they could have known without actually buying the game.) So now people have given them millions of dollars and boughten thousands of copies of the game for nothing as even many of those who've bought the game don't actually like it but are either too lazy to refund or have missed the window. 

    This is what most video game companies are betting on these days it seems like. That thousands of people will buy their game "just to have it" but never play it so they get the money regardless of how good it is. If 900K people buy the game to have it collect dust on their digital shelves, but 1K buy it to actually play, then why should they care about the outcry from the 1K?

    Also I don't mean to be nit-picky or put anyone down because this CC was actually fairly decent when compared to the usual, but I just found this little detail to be too humorous not to share. :P

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    KingOfAshes
    15 hours ago, Nanuqsaurus14 said:

    Me as a playstation user, before I go to sleep at night think, "Why does everything involving Playstation get delayed?" Then go to sleep and wake up the next morning oblivious. I really want to play asa but maybe their saving the best for last???? I know I'm being an overthinking optimist but... anything is possible?

    I see your optimism and raise you with....PS5 ASE next gen patch! 

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    As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air

    Unless you're a PS customer and all you can smell is the BS for month now. Thanksfornothing event is still on.

    But seriously, how are you amateur clowns still unable to commit to a specific release date a month after it's supposed to have come out? What are you doing? Are you turning up at Sony and Roshambo once every two weeks to see if you can release it?

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