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This article is about content exclusive to the Event: ARK: Happy New Year! This content is not available outside of this Event.
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Start date
January 1st, 2023
End date
January 1st, 2023
ARK: Happy New Year! was an ARK: Survival Evolved 12-hour New Year's event. It was released in v320.38 on December 24, 2020 and took place on the 1st of January, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Content
The event is set to go off at approximately Midnight EST and Noon EST on the 1st of January 2023. Servers running the event will be bombarded with raining gifts in a hail of fireworks to mark the end of 2022. These gifts will contain a collection of skins and rare Chibis from past events that are currently unavailable. The drop rate is dialled to over 9000!
Server configuration
Unofficial Servers can enable the event with the following commandline param: -NewYearEvent
To modify the times, the following commandline parameters can also be used (2023):
?NewYear1UTC=1672560000
?NewYear2UTC=1672603200
For the earliest, worldwide:
?NewYear1UTC=1672480800
You can use https://www.epochconverter.com/ to get your appropriate timestamp. Please keep in mind that this event cannot be run before Midnight EST on the 1st of January 2023, so if you wish to change your time it would have to be set after that.
- The new year message will always display the last year it run on ARK: Survival Evolved official servers, that is 2023.
- This event can only be run ONCE on a savefile (with 2 triggers).
- If a server is set to run the event at a time already passed, then on load the server will immediately trigger the gifts.
- To run multiple times this event on the same server it is necessary to alter the save file with an hex editor or a text editor that doesn't mess with encoding on save (e.g.: Notepad++) searching the event entries and rename them (e.g.: searching bDidNewYears and renaming to xDidNewYears). It is suggested to make an extra backup copy before performing such manual editing.
Loot
Each gift contains one or several items from this table:
- Quality range: 100% - 100%
- The crate contains of exactly 1 of the following tier sets.
- Loot
The tier set "Loot" contains exactly 10 of the following item entries.
- The item entry "" contains exactly of the following items.
Calendar
Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Happy New Year 2023.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a6/Happy_New_Year_2023.jpg/200px-Happy_New_Year_2023.jpg) |
ARK: Happy New Year! |
January 1st, 2023 |
January 1st, 2023
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![Valentine evo event.jpg](/images/thumb/9/99/Valentine_evo_event.jpg/200px-Valentine_evo_event.jpg) |
Valentine's EVO Event |
February 10th, 2023 |
February 17th, 2023
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![Easter evo event.jpg](/images/thumb/2/20/Easter_evo_event.jpg/200px-Easter_evo_event.jpg) |
Easter EVO Event |
April 4th, 2023 |
April 24th, 2023
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![Extra Life 2021.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3d/Extra_Life_2021.jpg/200px-Extra_Life_2021.jpg) |
ARK: Extra Life 2023 |
December 2nd, 2023 |
December 3rd, 2023
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![Turkey Trial 2023.jpg](/images/thumb/0/04/Turkey_Trial_2023.jpg/200px-Turkey_Trial_2023.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 2023 |
December 8th, 2023 |
December 18th, 2023
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![Winter Wonderland 2023.jpg](/images/thumb/9/93/Winter_Wonderland_2023.jpg/200px-Winter_Wonderland_2023.jpg) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 2023 |
December 21st, 2023 |
January 7th, 2024
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Happy New Year.jpg](/images/thumb/5/51/Happy_New_Year.jpg/200px-Happy_New_Year.jpg) |
ARK: Happy New Year! |
January 1st, 2022 |
January 1st, 2022
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![ARK Love Evolved 3.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b5/ARK_Love_Evolved_3.jpg/200px-ARK_Love_Evolved_3.jpg) |
ARK: Love Evolved 3 |
February 9th, 2022 |
February 16th, 2022
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![Eggcellent Adventure 7.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b1/Eggcellent_Adventure_7.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_Adventure_7.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 7 |
April 11th, 2022 |
April 25th, 2022
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![7th Anniversary.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7a/7th_Anniversary.jpg/200px-7th_Anniversary.jpg) |
ARK: 7th Anniversary |
June 2nd, 2022 |
June 6th, 2022
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![Summer Bash 2022.jpg](/images/thumb/5/52/Summer_Bash_2022.jpg/200px-Summer_Bash_2022.jpg) |
ARK: Summer EVO |
July 1st, 2022 |
July 26th, 2022
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![PAX Party.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b7/PAX_Party.jpg/200px-PAX_Party.jpg) |
ARK: PAX Party |
September 2nd, 2022 |
September 12th, 2022
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![Fear Evolved 6.jpg](/images/thumb/c/cf/Fear_Evolved_6.jpg/200px-Fear_Evolved_6.jpg) |
ARK: Fear Evolved 6 |
October 19th, 2022 |
November 2nd, 2022
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![Extra Life 2021.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3d/Extra_Life_2021.jpg/200px-Extra_Life_2021.jpg) |
ARK: Extra Life 2022 |
November 5th, 2022 |
November 6th, 2022
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![Turkey Trial 6.jpg](/images/thumb/b/be/Turkey_Trial_6.jpg/200px-Turkey_Trial_6.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 6 |
November 22nd, 2022 |
December 7th, 2022
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![Winter Wonderland 7.jpg](/images/thumb/c/ce/Winter_Wonderland_7.jpg/200px-Winter_Wonderland_7.jpg) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 7 |
December 14th, 2022 |
January 5th, 2023
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Happy New Year.jpg](/images/thumb/5/51/Happy_New_Year.jpg/200px-Happy_New_Year.jpg) |
ARK: Happy New Year! |
January 1st, 2021 |
January 1st, 2021
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![ARK Love Evolved 2.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6f/ARK_Love_Evolved_2.jpg/200px-ARK_Love_Evolved_2.jpg) |
ARK: Love Evolved 2 |
February 11th, 2021 |
February 18th, 2021
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![Eggcellent Adventure 6.jpg](/images/thumb/3/36/Eggcellent_Adventure_6.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_Adventure_6.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 6 |
March 31st, 2021 |
April 14th, 2021
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![Summer Bash 2021.jpg](/images/thumb/5/59/Summer_Bash_2021.jpg/200px-Summer_Bash_2021.jpg) |
ARK: Summer Bash 2021 |
June 30th, 2021 |
July 21st, 2021
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![Fear Evolved 5.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8e/Fear_Evolved_5.jpg/200px-Fear_Evolved_5.jpg) |
ARK: Fear Evolved 5 |
October 26th, 2021 |
November 9th, 2021
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![Extra Life 2021.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3d/Extra_Life_2021.jpg/200px-Extra_Life_2021.jpg) |
ARK: Extra Life 2021 |
November 6th, 2021 |
November 7th, 2021
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![Turkey Trial 5.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6c/Turkey_Trial_5.jpg/200px-Turkey_Trial_5.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 5 |
November 23rd, 2021 |
December 7th, 2021
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![ARK WinterWonderland 6.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f6/ARK_WinterWonderland_6.jpg/200px-ARK_WinterWonderland_6.jpg) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 6 |
December 14th, 2021 |
January 6th, 2022
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Love Evolved.jpg](/images/thumb/4/48/Love_Evolved.jpg/200px-Love_Evolved.jpg) |
ARK: Love Evolved |
February 11th, 2020 |
February 18th, 2020
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![Eggcellent Adventure 5.jpg](/images/thumb/8/88/Eggcellent_Adventure_5.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_Adventure_5.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 5 |
April 7th, 2020 |
April 21st, 2020
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![5th Anniversary.jpg](/images/thumb/b/be/5th_Anniversary.jpg/200px-5th_Anniversary.jpg) |
ARK: 5th Anniversary |
June 11th, 2020 |
June 24th, 2020
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![Summer Bash 2020.jpg](/images/thumb/6/63/Summer_Bash_2020.jpg/200px-Summer_Bash_2020.jpg) |
ARK: Summer Bash 2020 |
June 25th, 2020 |
July 21st, 2020
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![Fear Evolved 4.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c4/Fear_Evolved_4.jpg/200px-Fear_Evolved_4.jpg) |
ARK: Fear Evolved 4 |
October 22nd, 2020 |
November 6th, 2020
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![Genesis 2 Chronicles.png](/images/thumb/4/4b/Genesis_2_Chronicles.png/200px-Genesis_2_Chronicles.png) |
Genesis 2 Chronicles |
November 7th, 2020 |
March 24th, 2021
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![Turkey Trial 4.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4b/Turkey_Trial_4.jpg/200px-Turkey_Trial_4.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 4 |
November 24th, 2020 |
December 8th, 2020
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![Winter Wonderland 4.jpg](/images/thumb/5/52/Winter_Wonderland_4.jpg/200px-Winter_Wonderland_4.jpg) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 |
December 17th, 2020 |
January 7th, 2021
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![ARK- Valentine's Day 4.jpg](/images/thumb/2/22/ARK-_Valentine%27s_Day_4.jpg/200px-ARK-_Valentine%27s_Day_4.jpg) |
ARK: Valentine's Day 4 |
February 12th, 2019 |
February 18th, 2019
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![Eggcellent 4.jpg](/images/thumb/9/97/Eggcellent_4.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_4.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 4 |
April 16th, 2019 |
April 30th, 2019
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![Summer Bash 2019.jpg](/images/thumb/5/56/Summer_Bash_2019.jpg/200px-Summer_Bash_2019.jpg) |
ARK: Summer Bash 2019 |
July 2nd, 2019 |
July 19th, 2019
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![Genesis Chronicles.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6e/Genesis_Chronicles.jpg/200px-Genesis_Chronicles.jpg) |
Genesis Chronicles |
October 10th, 2019 |
February 25th, 2020
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![Fear Evolved 3.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5d/Fear_Evolved_3.jpg/200px-Fear_Evolved_3.jpg) |
ARK: Fear Evolved 3 |
October 22nd, 2019 |
November 5th, 2019
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![Turkey Trial 3.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1a/Turkey_Trial_3.jpg/200px-Turkey_Trial_3.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 3 |
November 19th, 2019 |
December 6th, 2019
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![Winter Wonderland 4.jpg](/images/thumb/5/52/Winter_Wonderland_4.jpg/200px-Winter_Wonderland_4.jpg) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 |
December 18th, 2019 |
January 7th, 2020
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Valentine 2.png](/images/thumb/8/83/Valentine_2.png/200px-Valentine_2.png) |
ARK: Valentine's Day 3 |
February 13th, 2018 |
February 16th, 2018
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![Eggcellent 3.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0d/Eggcellent_3.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_3.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 3 |
March 29th, 2018 |
April 10th, 2018
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![ARKaeology.jpg](/images/thumb/7/78/ARKaeology.jpg/200px-ARKaeology.jpg) |
ARK: ARKaeology |
June 15th, 2018 |
July 17th, 2018
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![Extinction Chronicles.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b3/Extinction_Chronicles.jpg/200px-Extinction_Chronicles.jpg) |
Extinction Chronicles |
June 19th, 2018 |
November 6th, 2018
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![Ark Winter Wonderland.png](/images/thumb/1/13/Ark_Winter_Wonderland.png/200px-Ark_Winter_Wonderland.png) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 |
December 18th, 2018 |
January 7th, 2019
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Valentine 2.png](/images/thumb/8/83/Valentine_2.png/200px-Valentine_2.png) |
ARK: Valentine's Day 2 |
February 12th, 2017 |
February 20th, 2017
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![Eggcellent 2.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fc/Eggcellent_2.jpg/200px-Eggcellent_2.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 2 |
April 15th, 2017 for PC April 26th, 2017 for Xbox & PS4 |
April 22nd, 2017 for PC March 3rd, 2017 for Xbox & PS4
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![AwesomeAnniversary ARKBirthdaySuit.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c5/AwesomeAnniversary_ARKBirthdaySuit.jpg/200px-AwesomeAnniversary_ARKBirthdaySuit.jpg) |
ARKs Two Year Anniversary |
June 2nd, 2017 |
June 5th, 2017
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![The Witches Curse.png](/images/thumb/d/dd/The_Witches_Curse.png/200px-The_Witches_Curse.png) |
The Witches Curse |
October 30th, 2017 |
November 1st, 2017
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![Holiday Event.png](/images/thumb/1/1b/Holiday_Event.png/200px-Holiday_Event.png) |
Holiday Event |
December 23rd, 2017 |
January 1st, 2018
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Image |
Event |
Start Date |
End Date
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![Valentine.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c0/Valentine.jpg/200px-Valentine.jpg) |
ARK: Valentine's Day |
February 14th, 2016 |
February 22nd, 2016
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![Eggcellent.jpg](/images/thumb/4/49/Eggcellent.jpg/200px-Eggcellent.jpg) |
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure |
March 25th, 2016 |
March 31st, 2016
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![Survival Devolved.png](/images/thumb/f/f4/Survival_Devolved.png/200px-Survival_Devolved.png) |
ARK: Survival Devolved |
April 1st, 2016 |
April 2nd, 2016
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![Ark Awesome Anniversary.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1d/Ark_Awesome_Anniversary.jpg/200px-Ark_Awesome_Anniversary.jpg) |
ARK: Awesome Anniversary |
June 2nd, 2016 |
June 13th, 2016
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![ARKdependence.jpg](/images/thumb/7/75/ARKdependence.jpg/200px-ARKdependence.jpg) |
ARKdependence Day |
July 3rd, 2016 |
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![Fear Evolved 2.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f2/Fear_Evolved_2.jpg/200px-Fear_Evolved_2.jpg) |
ARK: Fear Evolved 2 |
October 28th, 2016 |
November 6th, 2016
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![ARK- Turkey Trial.jpg](/images/thumb/8/85/ARK-_Turkey_Trial.jpg/200px-ARK-_Turkey_Trial.jpg) |
ARK: Turkey Trial 2 |
November 15th, 2016 for Xbox November 24th, 2016 for PC |
December 1st, 2016
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![Ark Winter Wonderland.png](/images/thumb/1/13/Ark_Winter_Wonderland.png/200px-Ark_Winter_Wonderland.png) |
ARK: Winter Wonderland 2 |
December 23th, 2016 |
December 30th, 2016
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![New Year's.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5e/New_Year%27s.jpg/200px-New_Year%27s.jpg) |
New Year's on ARK |
December 31st, 2016 |
January 1st, 2017
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Changelog
Patch |
ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
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320.38
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ARK: Happy New Year! started.
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341.56
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ARK: Happy New Year! started.
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355.6
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New years can be set by unofficials earlier to account for all time zones.
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355.10
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Fixed the New Years loot drop to use the correct loot set.
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