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

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!

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!

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!

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! 

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!

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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.

• 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*

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

• 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

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!

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!

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.

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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Creator: Etholdir

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

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

Kahuere's lunch by FrancoisL-Artblog

Sparkle by LeoMitchell

ARK comic - page 3 by BonnieFoxxx

ARK Fanart: Protoceratops, Sitting by Sonne-Spiritwind

River Queen by XantheDoodles

Ark Fire Wyvern by GraceH-09

Welcome to the ARK Xbox players!  by @bluedragonark

Dude the photo mode is just too good  by @VenoEdit

#LandscapeMonday by @NovA1990

PhotoMode by @thommoretti

It asks for a hug by @EgoSilentium

Enjoy your weekend!
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