Happy New Year! We hope you had a fun and relaxing holiday. We're energized and busy working on the next adventure: Genesis Part II! In the meantime, let's take a look at some amazing fan art and screenshots from the community. EVO Event {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/f90265bda571d276453d5fc94e60165325de06eb.jpg There will be no EVO event this week Community Fan Art Warm With You by sis_6193 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/781a60009e74b8a6e9a51581b015e810cccb666f.jpg Deinonychus by eagleclaw6089 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/d28199514d22f3469d62f1b1e233156318f2a5b9.jpg Merry Christmas by hipapparitiongamer {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/e12fe1d723be6f3625ba4271eb2f3d449b841716.jpg The T-Rex And The Butterfly Based On Ark 2 by adamsalive4kids {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/4b3903410e5242631428239f73138f6b3cab0555.jpg Lightning Wyvern by cyanimus {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/e377fdae1c123c28b662a1914c0332ea80a9d353.jpg Griffin by kawarayane {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/308df0e78a2daf26d06e4888e66257a46d3f9a2d.jpg By greyjan#9071 (Discord) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/f3e29b0c151b39e680f6091fa443a8d4ff925ce9.png By theyaa#6363 (Discord) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/4d8068d861df2de5f24083d256b4787b9d10074c.jpg We'll catch up with you next week! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram:

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Winter Wonderland 5 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/01b0a27daf0f42070a9d76c4e08cdcddddbbf05b.jpg Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return for the fifth time with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The winter-themed holiday event begins on December 17th at 10am PST for PC, XBOX, and PS4 and will last until Tuesday, January 7th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content including RaptorClaus and GachaClaus. Our very recognizable helper, RaptorClaus, is returning to drop off holiday gifts filled with loot, event items, mistletoe, and lumps of coal for all those naughty survivors. You'll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps. GachaClaus is also making a come-back to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps in true holiday spirit while sporting holiday-themed colors. He will be accepting your coal and in exchange will gift you holiday-themed items, or you can trade-in your mistletoe and coal for a chance at event items. weapons, armor and 7 brand new Chibis! Event Details This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland Dates December 17th to January 7th Rates 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) 2X Player XP 2X Harvesting Event Creatures

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/6dee2b3c879d2e1493805fabccb5b55ac9f48993.jpg We've prepared a special announcement for ARK fans that you won't want to miss. It all starts at The Game Awards on December 10th! Classic PvP Season 3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/e94139cc4515b5a791c8b8c5242dd9b0f92f37a1.jpg Classic PvP is a competitive player experience for PC players which focuses on the PvP experience from the days of old. Next week we'll be kicking off Season 3 of Classic PvP (bringing an end to our Conquest season). If you're unfamiliar with what Classic PvP is, there's a quick breakdown below. Classic PvP Breakdown: Experience gain, taming, gathering, breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been doubled compared to our standard Official Servers (2x) Tribes are set to 25 players max Tribe alliances are disabled, though informal alliances are allowed Servers have a maximum player count of 100 Classic PvP servers are unaffected by Evolution Events These maps will be available: The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, and The Center Tek dinos (Tek Parasaur, Tek Quetzal, Tek Rex, Tek Raptor, Tek Stego), Paracer, Tapejara, and the Titanosaur are not available for taming on Classic PvP All Aberration and Extinction content is unavailable on Classic PvP Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced No TEK Engrams No cave building Cryopods

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Turkey Trial 4 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/d239021cf7e2c8ddebbfc366bedd168fce1a6659.jpg From Tuesday, November 24th through Tuesday, December 8th grab your tribe and flock over for Turkey Trial 4. Go on the hunt for the unforgiving “Super-Turkeys†and harvest wishbones to gain new chibis, cosmetic items, event-themed skins, and all new emotes! Event Details This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=TurkeyTrial Dates: November 24th to December 8th Rates 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) 2X XP 2X Harvesting 2X Taming Event Creatures Super Turkeys (Untamable creature) DodoRex (Craftable Temporary Tame) Event Skins 2 Thanksgiving-themed Sweater Skins *NEW* 2 Thanksgiving-themed Swimsuit Skins *NEW* 2 Hawaiian-themed Shirt Skins *NEW* Bonnet Hat Chieftan Hat Pilgrim Hat Turkey Hat Dodo Pie Swim Bottom & Top Meat Swim Bottom & Top Turkey Swim Bottom & Top Pitchfork Turkey Leg Event Chibis (acquired via killing Super Turkey's for Wishbones) Tuso *NEW* Broodmother *NEW* Bonnet Otter *NEW* Mantis *NEW* Dunkleosteus *NEW* Event Items Wishbones (acquired from killing Super Turkey's) Thanksgiving Dino Candy Wild Creature Colors MediumAutumn *NEW* LightAutumn *NEW* BurntSienna *NEW* DarkMagenta *NEW* DarkViolet *NEW* Vermillion *NEW* MidnightBlue *NEW* BlackSands

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/bf641d1f9490ded501e9f9e5771fe6e810a96bab.jpgWhat an eventful week it's been! We hope you had a chance to check out the Extra Life charity stream that happened this past Saturday. A tremendous thanks to the ARK community for helping us raise over $180,000 for sick children. Year after year, the ARK community continues to come together to support a great cause. Speaking of the Extra Life live stream, In case you missed it we've detailed all of the Genesis 2 reveals below. From Noglin, to the Egg Incubator, the community is having trouble identifying a favorite. Genesis 2 Extra Life Reveals During the Extra Life live stream we also revealed that we'll have a special announcement for the ARK community at The Game Awards on December 10th. Be sure to tune in for a special treat from Jeremy and Jesse! Live-Ops Update We recently deployed a patch that made changes to structure placing and demolition to help increase server performance. Previously when replacing a structure, the server had to do complex calculations involving checking all snapped structures to the structure being replaced to verify structural integrity. That calculation has now been eliminated as it is a replacement rather than the placement of a new structure in a new area. This will really only be highly noticeable on servers with large save

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/68899606f60a3ce740f4ebb4824d4ea2cabed24a.jpg Get ready, our 24-hour Extra Life stream is approaching on November 7th at 10AM PST. We're anxious to beat or prior year record of $112,206.35 and see what good we can do for the kids through gaming and giving. We'll be coming to you live from our Seattle Studio to bring 24 hours of entertainment, giveaways, Collector’s Edition boxes, game keys, and much more! You don't want to miss out because at the top of the hour, every hour, we will be sharing juicy Genesis 2 details and teasers. If you want to know what's in store for Genesis II, be sure to tune in! https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/389920012488198744/2CF02912112ED13F0AC503C9175956EE2B479166/ Extra Life Events and Activities Genesis updates from the ARK team every hour! IRL games and mischief ARK developer interviews Updates from the ARK Modding Community Official server rates bonuses as we reach our donation goals Extra Life Donation Rewards Studio Wildcard Goodie Bags! Sponsor Giveaways! Collector's Editions periodically throughout the Extra Life stream! Genesis Season Pass giveaway periodically throughout the Extra Life stream! ARK:Mobile Giveaways! Milestones for increased ARK rates until end of Extra Life Every person that donates to our team will receive a special SurviveTheARK forum

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