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The ARK reference manual written and maintained by the players.
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What is ARK?

As a man or woman stranded, naked, freezing, and starving on the unforgiving shores of a mysterious island called ARK, use your skill and cunning to kill or tame and ride the plethora of leviathan dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the land. Hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements and store valuables, all while teaming up with (or preying upon) hundreds of other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

ARK: Survival Ascended is the remastered version of ARK: Survival Evolved, released in October, 25th 2023 for PC, November, 21st 2023 for Xbox Series S|X and November, 30th 2023 for PS5.

ARK: Survival Evolved is the original game, released on August 29th, 2017 after being over two years in 'Early Access' and is available on Steam, the Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation, mobile devices, the Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store.
DLC

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Fjordur is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

Explore a cold and hostile Norse-inspired archipelago in ARK's newest official community map, featuring four new creatures for you to collect! Fjordur contains over 140 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and rewarding discoveries! Traverse a fantastical multi-layered wonderland with a frosty Nordic theme. Four unique islands, Vardiland, Vannaland, Bolbjord and Balheimr, and the mystical realms; Jotunheim, Vanaheim, and Asgard, offer elaborate cave systems resplendent with Scandinavian ruins and vast monolithic entrances

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Lost Island is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC boasts 150 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and mysterious ruins. Discover jungle valleys fed by giant waterfalls, build a treehouse high in the forest canopies, get down and dirty in vast mangrove swamps, dive deep underwater, brave treacherous snowy peaks, or spelunk uncharted cave systems in search of treasure…

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Genesis: Part 2 is the final DLC Expansion Pack for  ARK: Survival Evolved available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

In Genesis Part 2, you’ll emerge into a vast new physical world teeming with strange biomes and exotic creatures, while engaging in extensive story-oriented missions that test your mettle, ingenuity, and survival skills. Wielding an array of powerful new tames, items, weapons, and structures, you’ll journey from idyllic fields through twilit phantasmagoric realms, all the way into a literal hellish heart of darkness.

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Crystal Isles is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DlC is 150 square kilometers of colorful scenery and awe-inspiring biomes teeming with life. Build your bases high in rainforest canopy and mysterious floating islands, then dive deep into undersea caverns in search of resources.

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Genesis: Part 1 is a DLC Expansion Pack available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

In Genesis Part 1, you wake up within a virtual simulation, you must survive in a world unlike anything you’ve seen before! ARK: Genesis represents a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. With a strangely familiar companion, you must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests.

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Valguero is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC is a vast and diverse 63 sqaure km map with a multitude of new land to build on. Explore new heights and hidden depths; whether it’s creating your foundations in the White Cliffs or unearthing the secrets of the Aberration Trench, Valguero offers a new experience in the ARK universe.

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Extinction is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC brings survivors back to where the mysterious journey all started; Earth. What was once a lush and thriving home world is now a corrupt, hostile and desolate shell of its former self. Venture into the diverse landscape where ruins of a past civilization reveal clues to Earth’s demise along with the keys to reviving its future.

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Aberration is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC is a derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, survivors face exotic new challenges unlike anything before: extreme radioactive sunlight and environmental hazards, ziplines, wingsuits, climbing gear, cave dwellings, charge-batteries, and far more, along with a stable of extraordinary new creatures await within the mysterious depths.

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Ragnarok is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

Journey through an expansive 144 sq. kilometer environment where elements from The Island, Scorched Earth, and all new biomes are combined to bring the ultimate survivor experience. Whether tackling the extreme cold atop the highest mountains, harvesting resources from an active volcano, or just searching for that perfect base location.

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Scorched Earth is a DLC Expansion Pack available for $20 on Steam, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC takes ARK players to an entirely new land, composed of six unique, desert themed biomes – dunes, high desert, mountains, canyons, badlands and oasis – each with their own aesthetic and ecosystem. Littered with ruins, geysers, and intricate ancient cave systems, survivors will find a whole new frontier to explore and master.

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Primitive Plus is a free DLC Expansion available on Steam, Xbox One, and PS4 and PS5.

This DLC alters the available tools, weapons and structures in the game to reflect what humans could realistically create using primitive technology and resources. This does not simply remove advanced technology from ARK, but instead replaces it with a multitude of new resources, engrams and systems.

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The Center is a free DLC Expansion Map available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5 and Epic Games.

This DLC about 70 sq. kilometers. The Center complements the original ARK biomes with a rich, hand-drawn Tolkien-esque aesthetic. Filled with stunning lighting effects, lava rivers, giant picturesque mountains, misty floating islands, ancient underground ice caves, and more

available on Steam, Xbox Series S|X and PS5

ARK 2

ARK II, starring Vin Diesel as Santiago Da Costa, will be released for next-generation platforms in 2024. ARK II thrusts players into a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue ARK's dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind's evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience!
You can wishlist the game on Steam here.

ARK: The Animated Series

Released on the 21st of March, 2024 for Canada and the US and April 19th for other countries, ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes on the ARK after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords—all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world.

Recently Revealed Creatures

497 creatures have been announced: 480 of them released (including 302 variants) and 17 yet to be released.

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