Extinction
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
Apr 4, 2023
Jun 11, 2020
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“ | ARK: Extinction is going to challenge and delight you in all sorts of new ways. | „ |
| ~ Jesse[1] |
Extinction is the third paid Expansion Pack for ARK: Survival Evolved.
Extinction was released on November 6th, 2018 for PC and released on November 13th for Xbox One and PS4, and is available for purchase through the Season Pass.
Overview
Extinction places survivors on an 
Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic and technological. Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation.
The Corrupted Earth Map
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| Regions of the Extinction |
This map, set on Ravaged Earth rather than an ARK up in space, forces players to survive an Earth unfamiliar to us: one of strange features and stranger creatures. In the center of the map lies an abandoned city, usually referred to as the Great City or Sanctuary. It is the remains of some great technologically advanced civilization, the same one that built the ARKs. Outside of the city borders, pockets of life can be hard to find among the corrupted wasteland. They are still there, however, in the protective borders of the Proto-ARKs. To the southeast, the desert Proto-ARK exists. To the north, the Snow Dome, a second Proto-ARK. Another exists to the northwest, called the Sunken Forest, which was supposed to be another ARK but failed when it collapsed into the ground, presumably due to there being a large sinkhole underneath it. Strangely enough, the Proto-ARKs represent past challenges the survivor has faced: the Sanctuary and Snow Dome vaguely representing The Island, the Desert Dome representing Scorched Earth, and the Sunken Forest bearing similarities to Aberration.
Toward the bottom left of the map lie the Sulfur Fields. Despite containing acid in place of water, and being harsh, dry and rocky, it is one of the more liveable areas of the wasteland; and due to containing sulfur, gas and sap, it can be worth visiting for it's resources. The Forbidden Zone, considered by some players to be the most dangerous part of the wasteland, makes up the northern center of the map and is overall paler in colour than the rest of the area. It contains a flat, open area at the top of the Zone, where the King Titan is fought.
The central south of the wasteland holds the Sweeping Spires and the Sludge Basin. The Spires are formed of sweeping, curving cliffs and, as it's name suggests, spires, and borders the dropoff at the edge of the map. The Sludge Basin is tucked beneath the cliffs of the Spires, and is primarily filled by rivers of murky goo. Despite being called 'dead' this Earth may be more alive than we first thought, but with life we don't understand.
- New Resources
Corrupted Earth features several new resources as well as existing ones from previous DLCs. Some of these resources, such as 
Blue Crystalized Sap and 
Silicate serve as substitutes for other resources.
- New Features
Corrupted Earth contains several interactive structure drops known as 
Orbital Supply Drops and 
Element Nodes. This new feature requires all survivors with their tamed Creatures to fend off against waves of Corrupted Creatures to obtain the items left behind inside, in the form of PvE style raid.[2] The in parts irregular outer boundary of the map is indicated with poles bearing red lights at the top. Crossing the outer boundary of the map will, unlike in the other maps, instantly kill you and your tamed creature.
- New Creatures
Corrupted Earth contains living creatures. The corruption of Element has led to turning most of the Creatures into a variant known as "Corrupted" which roam around the earth. Due to the over-exposure of the Element, their minds and bodies have become too Corrupted to be tamed like their original counterparts, and must be killed on sight since not only will they destroy anything non-corrupt in their way, their minds moves in a "hive-mentality" state which makes any previous Temperament they were known for redundant. These include creatures like the 
Corrupted Wyvern from Scorched Earth and the 
Corrupted Rock Drake from Aberration.
Moreover, these Corrupted Creatures react to activations of Orbital Supply Drops and Element Nodes, causing them to amass against the tribes who activated them in waves and will attack not only them, but mainly the activated drop as well.
However, not all creatures mutated by the Element submit to its "hive-mentality". Some creatures, such as 
Gasbags still retain its normal temperament, thus allowing survivors to tame them despite their state of appearance.
Enormous Creatures, known as "Titans" roam across sections of the map accessible through dungeons/caves once their following prototype Obelisks are activated. They are extremely aggressive, but survivors who managed to knock them down will be able to tame the savage beasts temporarily, the 3 "smaller" Titans must be defeated in order to fight the final and strongest Titan for the expansion.
Within Earth lies technologies like the 
Enforcer and the 
Scout. While these new Mechanical Creatures cannot be tamed like organic beings, they can be crafted by survivors with parts from destroyed Creatures and blueprints from Orbital Supply Drops to build them as part of their tribe.
- Loot
Different from its predecessors, Extinction does not contain 
Supply Crates or 
Loot Crates that descend from the sky or appear on the ground as in Aberration. There are several ways to obtain loot items:
Gacha Crystals - special Gacha Crystals provide armor, weapons and sometimes structures, but do not contain saddles, but this is the easiest and safest way to obtain said items.- Cave Loot Crates - the three caves, Desert Cave, Forest Cave, and Ice Cave host a number of high-level Loot Crates containing weapons, armor and saddles.
- Orbital Supply Drops - defending the waves of Orbital Supply Drops and securing the loot provides armor, weapons, structures and Tek Tier items exclusive to Extinction, such as
Cryopods. - Defeating the 4 Titans (
Desert Titan, 
Forest Titan, 
Ice Titan and 
King Titan) provides survivors with valuable loot.
Unique Environmental Features
- Three proto-Arks which house three biomes: Desert, Snow and Forest.
- Eclipses that temporarily dim the light.
- Geysers that launch survivors and Creatures into the air.
- Meteor showers where meteors rain down upon the land and destroy structures and kill Creatures.
- Orbital Supply Drops that fall from the sky and Element Nodes that rise from the ground that, when activated, start PvE horde-styled events. The orbital supply drops are also attacked by the corrupted dinosaurs
Regions
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Barracks -
Blood Hollows -
Bracken Institution -
Carver Rock -
Control Center -
Control Room -
Corrupted Den -
Corrupted Terminal -
Crater Pass -
Crater Runoff -
Crimson Falls -
Crystal River -
Delta Tower -
Dome Treatment -
Eroded Pass -
Flodded Pond -
Flooded Waterway -
Forbidden Zone -
Frozen Approach -
Frozen Grotto -
Giants Steppes -
Glaicer Pass -
The Grip of Torment -
Ivory Gulch -
Jagged Lookout -
Lower Spires -
Lowlands Runnoff -
Mt. Bracken -
Old Ruins -
Searing Springs -
Sludge Basin -
Spire Lookout -
Spire River -
Station -
Sulfur Fields -
The Crater -
The Hopeless Ravine -
The lowlands -
The Ribcage -
The Sweeping Spires -
Treatment Runnoff -
Underbelly -
Vile Straight -
Wasteland -
Water Main
Approximate Spawn Locations
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Approximate Spawn Locations
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Data Maps
Creatures
Unique Creatures
Some of the creatures here can only be "tamed" through crafting from remains of said creature's part.
Desert Titan
Desert Titan Flock
Enforcer
Forest Titan
Forest Wyvern
Gacha
Gasbags
Ice Titan
King Titan
Managarmr
Mega Mek
Mek
Scout
Snow Owl
Velonasaur
Additionally, ARK: Survival Ascended's release of Extinction will bring the 
Dreadnoughtus and a yet to be announced creature.
Other Spawns
Normal Creatures
Achatina
Allosaurus
Alpha Carnotaurus
Alpha Raptor
Alpha T-Rex
Ankylosaurus
Araneo
Archaeopteryx
Argentavis
Arthropluera
Baryonyx
Beelzebufo
Brontosaurus
Carbonemys
Carcharodontosaurus- Carnotaurus
Castoroides
Chalicotherium
Coelacanth
Compy
Daeodon
Defense Unit
Dilophosaur
Dimetrodon
Dimorphodon
Diplodocus
Dire Bear
Direwolf
Dodo
Doedicurus
Dung Beetle
Equus
Gallimimus
Giant Bee
Giganotosaurus
Hesperornis
Hyaenodon
Ichthyornis
Iguanodon
Jug Bug
Kairuku
Kaprosuchus
Kentrosaurus
Lymantria
Lystrosaurus
Mammoth
Mantis
Megalania
Megaloceros
Megalosaurus
Meganeura
Megatherium
Mesopithecus
Microraptor
Morellatops
Moschops
Onyc
Otter
Oviraptor
Ovis
Pachy
Pachyrhinosaurus
Paraceratherium
Parasaur
Phiomia
Piranha
Polar Bear
Polar Purlovia
Procoptodon
Pteranodon
Pulmonoscorpius
Purlovia
Quetzal- Raptor
- Rex
Rock Elemental
Rubble Golem
Sabertooth
Sabertooth Salmon
Sarco
Spino
Stegosaurus
Tapejara- Tek Parasaur
- Tek Quetzal
- Tek Raptor
- Tek Rex
- Tek Stegosaurus
Terror Bird
Therizinosaur
Thorny Dragon
Thylacoleo
Titanoboa
Titanomyrma
Triceratops
Troodon
Woolly Rhino
Yeti
Yutyrannus
Corrupted Creatures
Corrupted variants can be found wandering around Earth, most notably in the Wasteland. These dino/creatures have been infected by Element to the point where their minds are under a "hive-mentality", rendering them untameable, and must be killed as they are extremely aggressive (even naturally skittish creatures).
- Corrupted Arthropluera
- Corrupted Carnotaurus
- Corrupted Chalicotherium
- Corrupted Dilophosaur
- Corrupted Dimorphodon
- Corrupted Giganotosaurus
- Corrupted Paraceratherium
- Corrupted Pteranodon
- Corrupted Raptor
Corrupted Reaper King- Corrupted Rex
Corrupted Rock Drake- Corrupted Spino
- Corrupted Stegosaurus
- Corrupted Triceratops
Corrupted Wyvern- Enraged Corrupted Rex
- Enraged Triceratops
Event Creatures
- Bunny Dodo
- Bunny Oviraptor
- Direwolf Ghost
- GachaClaus
- Mantis Ghost
- Party Dodo
- Rex Ghost
- Skeletal Bronto
- Skeletal Carnotaurus
- Skeletal Giganotosaurus
- Skeletal Quetzal
- Skeletal Raptor
- Skeletal Rex
- Skeletal Stego
- Skeletal Trike
- Snow Owl Ghost
Super Turkey- Zombie Fire Wyvern
Items
All items from the base game (not all Tekgrams) are unlockable on Extinction.
Resources
Blue Crystalized Sap
Condensed Gas
Corrupted Nodule
Crafted Element Dust
Dermis
Fragmented Green Gem
Fungal Wood
Gacha Crystal
Red Crystalized Sap
Silicate
Unstable Element
Unstable Element Shard
Consumables
Trophies and Tributes
Corrupt Heart
Desert Titan Trophy
Forest Titan Trophy
Gasbags bladder
Homo Deus Record
Ice Titan Trophy
King Titan Flag
King Titan Flag (Mecha)
King Titan Trophy (Alpha)
King Titan Trophy (Beta)- King Titan Trophy (Gamma)
Weapons, Armor, and Tools
Cannon Shell
M.D.S.M.
M.O.M.I.
M.R.L.M.
M.S.C.M.
Rocket Pod
Scout Remote
Taxidermy Tool
Tek Gravity Grenade
Unassembled Enforcer
Unassembled Mek
Structures
Delivery Crate
Dino Leash
Large Taxidermy Base
Medium Taxidermy Base
Small Taxidermy Base
Tek Bridge
Saddles
Cosmetics
HomoDeus Boots Skin
HomoDeus Gloves Skin
HomoDeus Helmet Skin
HomoDeus Pants Skin
HomoDeus Shirt Skin
Explorer Notes
As Extinction is part of the story of the ARKs, 
Explorer Notes can be found across the map. These Explorer Notes document the ARK lore. For more in-depth information, see Explorer Notes.
- Dossiers
In addition to the Explorer Notes, 
Dossiers can also be found on Extinction, written by Helena Walker to document the research of Extinction's creatures. For more in-depth information, see Dossiers.
Artifacts
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
- Extinction was the first Expansion Pack to:
- not take place in an Ark.
- have tamable bosses
- have new types of bosses.
- have a chronicles event leading up to the release.
- to have the logo with only one glowing edge and a sharp top end.
- the first Expansion Pack that features creatures and equipments exclusive to a previous Expansion Pack.
- This is also the first time that Ragnarok, a non-canon map, had some of its details used.
- This is the first Expansion Pack to have craft-able creatures.
- Not have terminals located directly under the obelisks, instead requiring survivors to go on “cave runs” if they wish to access the terminals to fight each of the respective Titans.
- have 4 obelisks
- have 2 of the same color obelisk
- Extinction was the only official expansion map to not include:
- A new saddle skin (the
Parasaur on The Island, 
Thorny Dragon on Scorched Earth, and 
Ravager on Aberration all had unique saddle skins). - A new shoulder mounted pet
- A unique armor set
- A new saddle skin (the
- The Corrupted Earth, which is the setting for this Expansion Pack, is visible after the final boss fight of Aberration and after you are sent through portal frames in the Element Falls shaft.
- It is also visible during the Overseer battle and during the Island's Ascension cut-scene, though it can only be seen from space and appears as a desert planet.
- It is also visible from the surface of Aberration
- Unlike The Island and the previous Expansion Packs Scorched Earth and Aberration, this expansion pack includes mainly kaiju inspired creatures (e.g: Ice Titan, Forest Titan, Desert Titan and the normal King Titan) and Mecha inspired creatures typically seen in kaiju films (e.g: Enforcer, Scout,
Enraged Creatures, 
Mek, 
Mega Mek and the 
Alpha King Titan). - On the Steam page for the Season Pass, the first targeted release date was spring 2018 which was changed in December, 2017 to a general 2018 release date. It was finally released on November 6, 2018.
- One to two hours after the ARK: ARKaeology event started, the banner time was replaced by another banner, hinting a new creature and one of the tainted areas within the map.
- On the third day, the countdown was brought over to the Twitch channel, with an updated banner that constantly changed over time.
- In the 4 hour mark, a dinosaur could be seen in the same banner during the countdown in twitch channel, showing a
Rex within the red mist. - In the 3 hour mark, a small object (possibly a Scout) could be seen above the said creature's head.
- The trailer was released on June 19, 2018, along with the mention of the prolonged event "Extinction Chronicles" lasting through November.
- In the 4 hour mark, a dinosaur could be seen in the same banner during the countdown in twitch channel, showing a
- From the start of trailer, the survivor is seen with an
Alpha Ascension Implant, when compared to previous Expansion trailers where they have not ascended. - In a trailer Electromagnetic waves were shown to be present at certain locations, rendering items such as
GPS useless. However that never made it to the final version in the game. It may have possibly been scrapped. - During an interview with Wildcard, they stated that they were unsure if Mechanical Creatures such as Enforcers found in Extinction will be normally tamed like other creatures, or if they will be "crafted".[3]
- It was later confirmed that Scout, and most other Mechanical Creatures will be a craft-only tame Creature.[2] This means there may be more Creatures that are only "tameable" from crafting. This does not include previously existing Mechanical Creatures, however.
- It was later confirmed that
- One of the new Extinction Chronicles notes, ??? #13 stated that the
Obelisks in Extinction are a “prototype”. - There is no large body of water in Extinction due to the fact that water has dried up on the surface of the Earth.
- the
Tek Sword and the 
Tek Shield can be obtained through killing their respective Titans, and the Ice Wyvern was referenced in 
Managarmr dossier, though it was mentioned that it inhabited the desert, which is false.
- the
- In Extinction, Proto-ARKs dot the map. These Proto-ARKs are surrounded by a bubble and contain an Obelisk.
- Near the Desert Dome where the barrier is, a massive crater from a previous ARK that went to space can be seen.
- City Terminals can charge Charge Batteries.
- Both Cryopod and
Cryofridge were extinction-exclusive engrams. This was changed with the release of Valguero map, allowing access to their engram in all maps. - Prior to the release of Genesis, players who logged their survivor out from The Island or any free DLC maps were taken to the same title screen as when they had their survivors logged out of Extinction.
- In lore, Extinction is the setting of some of the most tragic moments in the ARK lore.
- The survivors that were with Helena, Mei Yin and Santiago were mentally broken down when they realized they escaped the ARKs only to land in an even greater danger instead of safety.
- For Santiago, he never got to see the Mega Mek he created since he had to use a Mek to lure away the horde that is going to attack Camp Omega, sacrificing himself in the process.
- For Helena, she had to sacrifice her mind and body to save her friends but she was too late and Mei Yin was the only survivor she saved from the King Titan. Even though the survivors she couldn't save are buried by Mei Yin and Diana and at rest, Helena isn't at rest as her mind slowly crumbles beneath the knowledge that flows through her as a Homo Deus.
- For Mei Yin, she has already lost Wuzhui to the New Legion, Ao Yue to
Reapers and Diana to Rockwell, but now she lost Helena, her closest friend who is in a coma and the survivors who died by the King Titan's hands. After Helena ascended to Homo Deus status, Mei Yin thought she was going to live out a new life in a torturous wasteland alone. On top of that, her promise from Diana about flying a jet seems to be forever out of reach. But different from the other survivors, she rebounds when she reunites with a newly resurrected Diana. - For Diana, she returned with Mei Yin to grab the other two Mek suits only to see those suits be surrounded by badly decomposed corpses of survivors that she deeply trusted back on Aberration.
- Shortly after the launch of Extinction, the Corrupted Deathworm was removed from the game.
- This may be a reference to ARK 2 , because in the television series, it said that earth used to be rich and fertile before it was ravaged by pollution, sort of like extinction; it used to be peaceful, but then became corrupted with element.
- Extinction had been available on Google Stadia from Sep 1, 2021 until Dec 14th, 2022 due to the platform shutting down.
Changelog
| Patch |  ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
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| 285.104 | Extinction Expansion Pack! |
| 286.103 |
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| 287.100 |
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| 287.110 | Disabled flyers in Forest Titan artifact cave |
| 288.113 |
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| 289.100 |
Mesh Memory Optimizations for:
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| 291.100 |
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| 292.100 |
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| 293.100 | Fixed climbable trees in Extinction |
| 294.101 | Homestead
Extinction
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Meshing
Environment
Extinction
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| 304.4481 | Fixed several anti-mesh false-positives on Extinction and Valguero |
| 306.63 |
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| 309.42 | Fixed multiple cases where the Bloodstalker couldn't swing around Extinction |
| 310.68 | Fixed an oversized pain volume on Extinction |
| 310.94 | Fixed an over-sized pain volume on Extinction that caused players to die due to mesh detection |
| 326.13 | Server config value: "AllowCaveBuildingPvP=false" now supports blocking building in caves on Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, and Crystal Isles in preparation for Conquest server launch. |
Gallery
External links
- ARK: Extinction - Expansion Pack on Steam1
- ARK: Extinction - Expansion Pack on Epic Games1
- ARK: Extinction - Expansion Pack on Xbox1
- ARK: Extinction - Expansion Pack on PlayStation1
1 This expansion pack only available as part of ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass and is not sold separately.
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