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As we approach the third anniversary of ARK Mobile, our team is looking at ways to really set this game up for the long haul. We intend to support this game for many years to come, and there are some changes we need to make so that our relatively small team can support our game more efficiently. Read on to learn about some upcoming changes during the month of March; REMOVAL OF ADS First up, we are removing all in-game ads from ARK Mobile in our next major update. We’ve reached this decision after careful consideration of many factors - most notably privacy concerns with ad tracking, inappropriate ads being served to our players, and the constant need for backend updates to support the latest types of ads. While this will be welcome news to most, we are aware that many players rely on these ads to procure Ancient Amber and Free Gifts, among other instances. As such, the following changes will go live in the next update alongside the removal of ads; Supply Drops will be added to Single Player and PvE, making them available in all game modes. Supply Drops will have an approximate 25% chance to grant a small amount of Ancient Amber to the first player who opens it. Free Gifts will remain in the game and continue to provide a chance at a small gift of Ancient Amber. We are increasing the amount of Ancient Amber that can be obtained from Daily Pursuits by 50% for our Primal Pass holders. STORE REFRESH To coincide with the removal of ads, we will be making some adjustments to the in-game store. Over time our in-game store has grown to include over 175 different items, making the task of browsing all available items quite daunting. With our next update, we are making three key changes; The majority of Skins, Implant Grafts, Decor items, and Collars will be removed from their store folders and placed into our vault. Different vaulted items will appear throughout the week at the top of the store in the slot previously occupied by the Daily Sale Item. A selection of popular items from the above categories will remain available in the store at all times, alongside other favorites & consumables such as Crafting Stations, Balms, Buffs and Tickets. We are adjusting pricing on the majority of items available in the store to account for the removal of ads. These prices will raise approximately 5 - 10%. CHEATS (THE BATTLE CONTINUES…) Our team is well aware of the various cheats and exploits being used across our Multiplayer servers. We are constantly working behind the scenes to address these issues, and we often release updates in secret to combat these exploits and identify those abusing them. We have made a conscious effort to not discuss these changes publicly very often, as we do not want to draw more attention to these cheats or give the cheats’ creators ideas on how we’re detecting them. We are committed to continuing this fight, and will not rest until we can deliver a balanced experience for all of our players. OFFICIAL SERVERS Throughout the year, we evaluate the population of our Official Servers to determine when more servers are needed, and when perhaps we have too many. Last year, when COVID-19 forced the majority of the world into quarantine, we added more Official Servers to accommodate all of the new players joining us. Now that our player population has returned to pre-quarantine numbers, it is time for us to phase out some of our lower population servers. Before we do so, we’ll be launching a batch of new Official Servers and placing the majority of our PvE servers into Moratorium, in order to free up space for our players transitioning off of phased out servers. We’ll follow all of this up with a special Survival Surge event featuring 4x Harvesting on the weekend of March 19th to help these players get established on new servers. New Servers launch on Tuesday, March 9th at 12:00pm EST Server Moratorium will activate on Friday, March 5th at 12:00pm EST until Thursday, March 11th at 12:00pm EST Server Phase Outs will begin on Thursday, March 11th at 12:00pm EST and these servers will be brought down on Thursday, March 18th at 12:00pm EST Survival Surge will be held on all servers beginning on Friday, March 19th and lasting through the weekend NEW SERVERS We are happy to introduce the oft-requested PvP Duos servers to ARK Mobile on March 9th. These highly competitive servers have Tribe Alliances turned off and allow for tribe sizes of just 2 Survivors. Boosted rates are permanently active on these servers just as they are on Small Tribes variants. We’ll be launching one Easy server in each region to start alongside a handful of additional servers listed below; Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - NA) Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - EU) Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - AS) Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - ANZ) Jerboa Sanctuary (PvXc - Medium - ANZ) Artemis (PvE - Easy - NA) Athena (PvE - Medium - NA) Poseidon (PvE - Hard - NA) Tectonic - Casual (PvXc - Medium - NA) MORATORIUM All Official PvE and PvX servers not in the Phase Out list below will be placed into Server Moratorium from Friday, March 5th at 12:00pm EST through Thursday, March 11th at 12:00pm EST. During Moratorium, no structures can be placed and no creatures can be tamed. SERVER PHASE OUTS Beginning on March 11th at 12:00pm EST, the servers listed below will be placed into Phase Out. Once the Phase Out process begins, players will have 7 days to transfer off of these servers. No new players will be able to join these servers, and all existing players will be given access to a Free Server Transfer Ticket in the in-game store. The Free Server Transfer Ticket allows for a free revival on each of your tame implants and has also been adjusted to allow your Element balance & Dungeon Keys to come with you (*You will not see the Element or Keys listed in your Server Transfer Ticket UI, but it will come with you so long as it is in your inventory when you upload the Ticket). As a reminder, when transferring off of one of these servers, please make sure that the creature implants you decide to bring with you are from tames which are personally owned. Any implants from creatures not personally owned will revive as wild and incur the standard Amber revival cost. You must revive a personally owned creature implant on the new server to avoid the revival cost and maintain it's tame status. The entire Server Transfer Ticket FAQ can be found here. SERVERS BEING PHASED OUT (MARCH 11th) Artifact (PvE - Medium - AS) Carno Island (PvP - Medium - AS) Craftsmen (PvE - Medium - AS) Dahkeya’s Retreat (PvP - Easy - AS) Diana’s Garden (PvP - Easy - AS) Dire Archipelago (PvP - Medium - AS) Engram (PvE - Easy - AS) Forge (PvE - Medium - NA) Grand Peak (PvX - Easy - EU) Grand Peak (PvX - Easy - AS) Grand Peak (PvX - Easy - NA) Hidden Lake (PvE - Medium - AS) Hidden Lake (PvE - Medium - NA) Lamentation (PvX - Medium - NA) Mejoberry (PvP - Easy - AS) Noctis (PvE - Medium - AS) Northeast Shores (PvE - Easy - AS) Oasis (PvX - Medium - AS) Oasis (PvX - Medium - EU) Oasis (PvX - Medium - NA) Obelisk (PvE - Hard - AS) Pearl (PvP - Easy - EU) Potent (PvE - Medium - AS) Prime (PvX - Hard - NA) Rockwell Manor (PvE - Easy - AS) Southern Haven (PvE - Easy - EU) Southern Islets (PvE - Easy - AS) Stamina (PvP - Medium - AS) Stimulant (PvP - Easy - AS) Water Jar (PvE - Easy - NA) Western Approach (PvE - Easy - EU) Winter’s Mouth (PvE - Hard - AS) View full record

Blitzmas is coming to ARK Mobile on Tuesday, December 22nd. This special holiday event combines our bi-monthly Blitz Week with this year’s holiday festivities. We’ve got Gift Drops around the Island, Blitz Dungeons, Boosted Rates, & Wild Eerie Spawns in Multiplayer and a whole lot more for players to enjoy. Event Start: Tuesday, 12/22 at 12:00pm EST Event End: Tuesday, 12/29 at 11:00am EST GIFT DROPS These special Drops return to ALL game modes during the in-game hours of 6:00pm - 5:00am. We’ve updated the loot table since last year’s event to include more sought-after items. STORE SALES All week long, players in Single Player can pick up God Console and Ascendant Creature Unlock for 25% off. Daily featured sale items will also be available in all game modes, and Prank Gifts will be available once again in Multiplayer. WILD EERIE SPAWNS IN MULTIPLAYER All wild creatures* on current Official Servers will spawn as Eerie during the event. Additionally, players will find that the days are shorter during this time of year. On Unofficial Servers, server owners will find the option to turn on Wild Eerie Spawns through their web interface during the event. Please note that this setting will be forced back off at the end of the event, after daily maintenance. *Due to technical issues, the Unicorn and Electrophorus will not spawn as Eerie. BOOSTED RATES Players on Official Servers will find the following rates active for the duration of this event; 2x Breeding 2x Hatching 2x Maturation 2x Imprinting 2x Harvesting 3x XP (Primal Pass holders) 3x XP (Watch Ad Buff) 3x Fishing Loot Quality GIVEAWAYS We’ll be giving away a variety of in-game items on our Discord Server all week long. If you haven’t already joined, head to http://discord.gg/PlayARKMobile and become a part of the most active ARK Mobile community on the internet. BLITZ DUNGEONS This selection of previously-released Dungeons has been revamped to grant 2x Eery Element, a 5x chance at encountering Noctis, and wild Eerie Equi in the hallways - all with a reduced Dungeon timer. We’ve even got a special surprise in store for Christmas Day. See below for the full schedule; Tuesday, December 22nd: Tangled Webs of Deceit Features: TEK Teleporter BP, TEK Boots BP, Ascendant Ghillie Leggings BP, Journeyman Rex TEK Saddle BP (low-chance) Wednesday, December 23rd: The Tarnished Hallways Features: TEK Implant Chamber BP, TEK Helmet BP, Ascendant Flak Helmet BP, Journeyman TEK Shield BP (low-chance) Thursday, December 24th: Mighty Gullet of the Amphibian Features: TEK Kibble Processor BP, Tapejara TEK Saddle BP, Ascendant Fabricated Sniper Rifle BP, Journeyman TEK Chestpiece BP (low-chance) Friday, December 25th: ?????????? Features: TEK Chestpiece BP, Mosasaur TEK Saddle BP, Ascendant Flak Chestpiece BP, Journeyman TEK Rifle BP (low-chance) Saturday, December 26th: Putrid Alleys of Defiance Features: TEK Rifle BP, TEK Generator BP, Ascendant Assault Rifle BP, Journeyman TEK Gauntlets BP (low-chance) Sunday, December 27th: The Hungry Dark Features: TEK Grenade BP, TEK Sleeping Pod BP, Ascendant Bronto Platform Saddle BP, Journeyman TEK Leggings BP (low-chance) Monday, December 28th: Halls of the Phoenix Features: TEK Shield BP, Megalodon TEK Saddle BP, Ascendant Argentavis Saddle BP, Journeyman TEK Helmet BP (low-chance) *All featured Dungeons begin at 12:00pm Eastern Time, and end at 11:00am Eastern Time the following day. **Community-made maps and further information on each Dungeon can be found here. View full record

Blitzoween is coming to ARK Mobile from Tuesday, October 27th through Tuesday, November 3rd. This rare event combines our bi-monthly Blitz Week with this year’s Halloween festivities for a whopping good time on the Island. This year’s event brings Trick or Treat chests to a daily featured Dungeon, the return of Pumpkin drops around the Island with updated loot, and wild Eerie dino spawns in multiplayer. Players on Official Servers may also notice that night time lasts a little longer… Before the festivities begin, we’ll be placing some of our capped Official PvE & PvX servers into Moratorium to ensure that all of our online players have a fair shake at getting some new Eerie tames. A full list of applicable servers can be found here. Event Start: Tuesday, October 27th at 12:00pm EDT Event End: Tuesday, November 3rd at 11:00am EST BLITZ DUNGEONS We’re bringing back a curated list of previously-released Dungeons alongside a special surprise on October 31st. Each day of Blitzoween features a different Dungeon, revamped with Trick or Treat loot chests and granting 2x Eery Element. During this special time of year, you’ve also got a 5x chance at encountering Noctis on your way to the Boss Arena. The full Blitzoween Dungeon schedule can be found below. PUMPKIN DROPS Pumpkin Drops return to ALL game modes during the in-game hours of 6:00pm - 5:00am. Search far and wide for these glowing drops which grant one of 100+ items from an updated loot table. WILD EERIE CREATURE SPAWNS IN MULTIPLAYER In contrast to how we’ve done previous Eerie events, all wild creatures* on current Official Servers will spawn as Eerie during the event. Additionally, players will find that the days are shorter during this time of year. On Unofficial Servers, server owners will find the option to turn on Wild Eerie Spawns through their web interface during the event. Please note that this setting will be forced back off at the end of the event, after daily maintenance. *Due to technical issues, the Unicorn and Electrophorus will not spawn as Eerie. CONTESTS This year sees three contests being hosted across Twitter and Instagram. Enter for your chance to win a prize of 500x Ancient Amber and a 1 year 50 slot server rental from Nitrado! Our contests this year are as follows; For Eerie Tames, we want to see some of your finest & rarest tamed Eerie creatures. Bonus points for image composition! With our Haunted House contest, you know what to do. Spookify your base and show it off in a screenshot or a video walkthrough. Our Scary Situations contest encourages you to get your creative juices flowing. We’re just giving you the name of this contest as a guide - other than that, anything goes. Scare our socks off! To enter, submit your entries on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #BlitzoweenContest. Entries can be submitted now through the end of the event. One winner for each category will be selected the following week and take home a prize of 500x Ancient Amber & a Nitrado server rental. STORE SPECIALS Head to the in-game store during the event where you’ll find Prank Gifts turned on in Multiplayer and a host of sales on various items. Official Servers will also see the Surge Price of Toilet Paper reset. DUNGEON SCHEDULE Tuesday, October 27th: Eternal Maze of the Wolf Features: Rex TEK Saddle BP, TEK Teleporter BP, Journeyman TEK Helmet BP (low chance) Wednesday, October 28th: Violent Dance of the Amphibian Features: TEK Kibble Processor BP, TEK Leggings BP, 100x Black Pearls, Journeyman TEK Gauntlets BP (low chance) Thursday, October 29th: The Sanguine Cascades Features: TEK Implant Chamber BP, TEK SCUBA Mask BP, TEK Replicator BP, Journeyman Tapejara TEK Saddle BP (low chance) Friday, October 30th: The Eternal Tomb Features: TEK Generator BP, Mosasaur TEK Saddle BP, TEK Shield BP, Journeyman TEK Chestpiece BP (low chance) Saturday, October 31st: ????????? Features: TEK Kibble Processor BP, TEK Grenade BP, Journeyman TEK Rifle BP (low chance) Sunday, November 1st: Cemetery of Chaos Features: TEK Megalodon Saddle BP, TEK Sleeping Pod BP, Journeyman TEK Boots BP (low chance) Monday, November 2nd: Cloven Burial Grounds Features: TEK Mosasaur Saddle BP, TEK Teleporter BP, Journeyman TEK Leggings BP (low chance) *All featured Dungeons begin at 12:00pm Eastern Time, and end at 11:00am Eastern Time the following day. **Community-made maps and further information on each Dungeon can be found here. View full record

Blitz Week returns on September 1st! For the next 7 days, encounter a different previously-released Dungeon voted on by the community. These Dungeons have been revamped with 2x Eery Element rewards, a 2x chance at encountering Noctis, passive Eerie Equus spawns and come with a reduced timer to keep you on your toes. Additionally, players on Official Servers will find the rising prices of Toilet Paper reset at the start of Blitz Week. HOW DOES IT WORK? In Multiplayer, players can access each Dungeon on the day that it is featured with the standard free entry. In Single Player, players can access all 7 Dungeons for the entire week. The standard free entry will apply on the day a Dungeon is featured, and a higher entry fee will be applied on all non-featured days. WHAT'S DIFFERENT? All Dungeons will have their timers reduced by half. You must complete them with haste. You will be twice as likely to encounter Noctis. Eery Element rewards are doubled to 20 in Multiplayer and 40 in Single Player. There is a chance of finding an Eerie Equus roaming the halls of each Dungeon. WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? Tuesday, September 1st: Cursed Caverns of the Webbed Features: TEK Boots, TEK Chestpiece, TEK Leggings, TEK Gauntlets, TEK Helmet, Journeyman TEK Helmet (low chance) Wednesday, September 2nd: The Frozen Depths Features: TEK Chestpiece, TEK Gauntlets, TEK Leggings, TEK Boots, Journeyman TEK Helmet (low chance) Thursday, September 3rd: The Boreal Labyrinth Features: TEK Grenade, TEK Trough, TEK Sleeping Pod, Journeyman TEK Shield (low chance) Friday, September 4th: Furious Maze of the Ape Features: TEK Door, TEK Doorframe, TEK Generator, Journeyman TEK Boots (low chance) Saturday, September 5th: Frosted Den of the Wanderer Features: TEK Rifle, TEK Generator, TEK Grenade, TEK Staircase, Journeyman Rex TEK Saddle (low chance) Sunday, September 6th: The Wandering Maelstrom Features: TEK Replicator, Tapejara TEK Saddle, TEK Foundation, TEK Windowframe, TEK Window, Journeyman TEK SCUBA Mask (low chance) Monday, September 7th: Bizarre Crypt of the Inebriate Features: TEK Chestpiece, TEK Sleeping Pod, Mosasaur TEK Saddle, Journeyman TEK Helmet (low chance) *All featured Dungeons begin at 12:00pm Eastern Time, and end at 11:00am Eastern Time the following day. **Community-made maps and further information on each Dungeon can be found here. View full record

Just in the nick of time, our Summer Update is now available. This update brings a lot of changes to the Island, encouraging you to step outside of your comfort zone and try something new. NEW DUNGEON TYPE & DUNGEON LOOT REWORK Swamp Dungeons have entered the weekly rotation. Additionally, we have overhauled our Dungeon Loot system to be more rewarding and give you more chances at a variety of TEK Blueprints alongside higher quality loot from chests. HAIRSTYLES, BEARDS & APPEARANCE CHANGE TICKET The Appearance Change Ticket has been added to the Store for players over Level 25, allowing you to adjust your gender, appearance & hairstyle without losing any Survivor progress. Primal Pass holders also gain access to beards in the Appearance Change Ticket, and may change hairstyles & beards when creating a new Survivor. ASCENDANT SERVERS & ASCENDANT TRANSFER TICKET Launching towards the end of September 2020, these PvP servers are reserved for the best of the best. Once players reach Level 100 on Official Servers, they may purchase an Ascendant Transfer Ticket to go to an Ascendant Server of the same difficulty. Only your Survivor data and premium items will carry with you - all players will start from Level 1 upon downloading their Ascendant Transfer Ticket. Please consult our Server Transfer FAQ for full guidelines. Ascendant PvP Servers will launch in all four regions with Easy, Medium, Hard and Brutal difficulties. OFFICIAL CASUAL SERVERS We’ve taken this Survival Mode from Unofficial Servers & Single Player and put a slight spin on it for Official Servers. For those looking to lower the stakes a bit, these servers allow you to keep your Blueprints, weapons, and armor when you die. Additionally, demolishing structures will return their full resource cost. To keep things balanced, we’re turning off Crafting XP on these servers and limiting server transfers to other Official Casual Servers only. At launch, players can find the following servers: Painted Sharks - Casual (PvXc-Easy-NA) Painted Sharks - Casual (PvXc-Easy-EU) Painted Sharks - Casual (PvXc-Easy-AS) Painted Sharks - Casual (PvXc-Easy-ANZ) INCREASED RAFT & PLATFORM SADDLE BUILDING LIMITATIONS Want to build bigger? This update doubles the structure limit on Rafts and Platform Saddles in Single Player and Multiplayer. Unofficial Server owners will gain the ability to raise this rate even further if they so choose (more on that below). PVP BALANCE CHANGES We are introducing two key balance changes to shake up the way that many players have become accustomed to playing PvP. The Flyer Speed Debuff is being greatly increased, so that your flying tames will be significantly slowed upon taking damage. We are also removing the ability to place Spike Walls on Rafts, forcing you to get a bit more creative with your naval battles. With this change, the Flyer Speed Debuff has been removed from PvE entirely. NEW UNOFFICIAL SERVER VALUES Unofficial Server owners will find the following changes to their server settings page with this update; XP Multiplier cap has been raised from 2 to 4. Starting XP for New Survivors allows you to set the amount of XP that all new Survivors on your server will spawn with. Toggle for Supply Drops in PvE. Toggle for adding TEK Blueprints in Supply Drops. Enabling this will allow the chance to obtain TEK Blueprints from high level Supply Drops. Features core TEK building Blueprints only. Toggle for Flyer Speed Debuff in PvE. Flyer Speed Debuff Value will allow you to adjust the amount of speed lost upon taking damage. Raft & Platform Saddle Building Multiplier allows you to set the multiplier for the amount of structures that can be placed on Rafts and Platform Saddles. Cap for Unofficial Servers is 5x. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES Daily taming & hatching Pursuits will not appear in rotation when Server Moratorium is active Prevent players from creating Survivor names on servers if Survivor name is already present Removed the ability to place Spike Walls on Rafts Removed Flyer Speed debuff from Official PvE servers Removed Amber from possible loot from Mailable Gifts in Multiplayer Fix for resolution issues on iPhone SE 2nd Gen (2020) Dozens of exploit fixes View full record

War Drum Studios is now Grove Street Games! We have decided to change our studio name to better reflect who we are and what we do. We are still the same team of developers, just operating under a new name. If you would like to learn about everything our company does beyond just ARK Mobile, please head over to http://grovestreetgames.com. Beginning today, you will start to see the new studio name reflected in-game, here on the forums, and across all of our social media channels. This will also extend to our support site too - please be sure to visit http://grovestreetgames.com/support if you need to fill out a support ticket or view our help articles. Our Summer Update is still on track for release this month and we will continue showing off more new features coming to the game in the run-up to its release. View full record

Our next Blitz Week begins on May 12th. For the next 7 days, encounter different previously-released Dungeons each day that have been revamped with a twist. During Blitz Week, Dungeons provide 2x Eery Element rewards, a 2x chance at encountering Noctis, passive Eerie Equus spawns and come with a reduced timer to keep you on your toes. Additionally, players on Official Servers will find the rising prices of Toilet Paper reset at the start of Blitz Week. HOW DOES IT WORK? In Multiplayer, players can access each Dungeon on the day that it is featured with the standard free entry. In Single Player, players can access all 7 Dungeons for the entire week. The standard free entry will apply on the day a Dungeon is featured, and a higher entry fee will be applied on all non-featured days. WHAT'S DIFFERENT? All Dungeons will have their timers reduced by half to just 15 minutes. You must complete them with haste. You will be twice as likely to encounter Noctis. Eery Element rewards are doubled to 20 in Multiplayer and 40 in Single Player. There is a chance of finding an Eerie Equus roaming the halls of each Dungeon. WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? Tuesday, May 12th: Twisted Graveyard of the Raven Features: TEK Trapdoor, TEK Hatchframe, TEK Railing, Journeyman TEK Chestpiece (low chance) Wednesday, May 13th: Secluded Lair of the Raphinae Features: TEK Rifle, TEK Helmet, TEK Leggings, TEK Sleeping Pod, Journeyman TEK Gauntlets (low chance) Thursday, May 14th: The Scrambled Keep Features: TEK SCUBA Mask, TEK Chestpiece, TEK Kibble Processor, Journeyman Rex TEK Saddle (low chance) Friday, May 15th: The Burning Fjord Features: TEK Gauntlets, TEK Door, TEK Doorframe, Journeyman TEK Boots (low chance) Saturday, May 16th: Broken Secrets of the Drunkard Features: TEK Grenade, TEK Pillar, TEK Ladder, Journeyman TEK Rifle (low chance) Sunday, May 17th: The Sanguine Cascades Features: TEK Implant Chamber, TEK SCUBA Mask, TEK Replicator, Journeyman Tapejara Saddle (low chance) Monday, May 18th: Stolen Treasures of the Past Features: TEK Shield, TEK Generator, TEK Light, Journeyman Rex TEK Saddle (low chance) *All featured Dungeons begin at 12:00pm Eastern Time, and end at 11:00am Eastern Time the following day. **Community-made maps and further information on each Dungeon can be found here. View full record