Scorched Earth

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DLC for ARK with a new desert map, Creatures and Engrams

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DLC

Content Type

Expansion Pack

Price (USD)

$24.87 USD

Included with the game

Server map name

ScorchedEarth_P

ScorchedEarth_WP

Release Dates

Sep 1, 2016

Apr 1, 2024

Sep 1, 2016

Apr 1, 2024

Dec 6, 2016

Apr 1, 2024

Nov 8, 2022

Jun 11, 2020

Spotlight

Scorched Earth is the first paid DLC expansion pack for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended.

Scorched Earth was released on September 1, 2016 for the PC version of ARK and for Xbox One at the initial price of $19.99 USD. It was released on PS4 on December 6 for the same price. Once again, Scorched Earth was released on April 1 2024 for ARK: Survival Ascended

The Scorched Earth soundtrack was composed by Gareth Coker.

Overview

Scorched Earth adds 12 new creatures with 5 variations, 60 new engrams, a new boss, and a whole new map.

Creatures tamed and items received can be brought to the vanilla island and used by people with and without the expansion. Items from the DLC can also be spawned manually if you don't own the expansion pack. Three of the new creatures have multiple variations, namely the Jugbug (Water and Oil), the Wyvern (Fire, Lightning, and Poison) and the Rock Elemental (Rock and Rubble).

Changes in ASA

General

New ruins to explore (including a colosseum redesign).
Fasolasuchus and Oasisaur dossiers on map.
New caves to explore.
Consuming Cactus Sap now provides +1 water directly, as opposed to the aforementioned water being derived from harvesting the cacti.
Certain wild creatures may now occasionally be seen followed with a wild baby.
New optional paid Adventure Pack for Scorched Earth, introducing additional features to the DLC.
Tamed Creatures now drop Death Essence upon death, allowing for revival within 24 real-life hours of the Creature's death.

Creatures

Jerboa is no longer capped to spawn at level 1, spawning now as a normal creature.
Morellatops adjustment, now it has a Water stat to improve its water storage capacity, also it can water crops.
Phoenix has a new land mechanic and their corresponding animations, also it can spawn with more color variations, including: orange, red, blue, green, and pink.

The Desert Map


Regions of Scorched Earth Scorched Earth Topographic Map.jpg

Being entirely a desert rather than an island surrounded by water, water collection becomes a more challenging obstacle. Natural water sources are rare, requiring the collection of water from other sources, such as cactus, water wells, Jugbugs, or Morellatops. Heat stroke is a potential side effect of too much heat exposure, having a similar effect to being drunk. Also the naturally harsh environment damages generators and certain structures.

Scorched Earth has three unique weather patterns: Sandstorms radically reduce visibility and drain stamina, Superheat will drain your water at a much faster rate than normal heat and induce Heat Stroke fairly quickly, while electrical storms will temporarily shut down electrical devices and prevent firearms (and Tek Saddles) from firing. The Electrical Generator and the Chemistry Bench will not turn off if the item Structures are covered.

Superheat can be quickly stopped if you go very close to the Oasis. Desert Goggle can be used to see better during sandstorms.

Unique Environmental Features

Super Heat, Sandstorms, and Electrical Storms.
Extremely hot temperatures in the day.
Evaporation of Water in Canteens and Water Jars.
Electrical Generators that take damage whenever used.
Heat Stroke, which causes damage and creates a blurry effect on-screen. (Similar to being drunk)
Oil and Water Veins, which can be used to produce Oil and Water, respectively.
The Wyvern Trench and the caves host rich crystal nodes which yield a very high amount of Crystal.

Regions

Eastern Badlands
Northern East Badlands
Southern East Badlands

Central Canyons
Northern Canyons
Southern East Canyons

Central Dunes
Eastern Dunes
Northern Dunes
Northern East Dunes
Northern West Dunes
Oasis Dunes
Southern Dunes
Southern West Dunes
South East Dunes
Western Dunes

Central High Desert
Northern East High Desert
Northern High Desert
Northern West High Desert
Southern East High Desert
Southern High Desert
Southern West High Desert
Western High Desert

Eastern Low Desert
Southern East Low Desert
Southern Low Desert

Eastern Oasis
Northern West Oasis
Southern West Oasis
Waterfall

Central Mountains
Northern Mountains
Northern Mountains Summit
Northern West Mountains
Southern East Mountains Summit
Southern Mountains
Southern West Mountains
Western Mountains

Grave of the Tyrants
Ruins of Nosti
Old Tunnels
World Scar

Manticore Arena

Approximate Spawn Locations

Spawn Locations

	South 1 (Easy)
	South 2 (Medium)
	South 3 (Easy)
	South 4 (Medium)
	Midlands 1 (Hard)
	Midlands 2 (Medium)
	Midlands 3 (Easy)
	Midlands 4 (Easy)
	North 1 (Hard)
	North 2 (Hard)
	North 3 (Hard)
	North 4 (Hard)

Data Maps

Strategic Resources
Explorer Map
Creature Spawns

Creatures

Unique Creatures

ARK: Survival Ascended exclusive:

Other Spawns

In addition to the DLC creatures, the following creatures also spawn on the map:

ARK: Survival Ascended exclusive:

Event Creatures

Creatures that spawned only during an event:

Items

All items from the base game (not all Tekgrams) are unlockable on Scorched Earth.

Resources

Consumables

Trophies and Tributes

Structures

Weapons, Armor, and Tools

Saddles

ARK: Survival Ascended exclusive:

Fasolasuchus Saddle

Cosmetics

ARK: Survival Ascended exclusive:

Other

Explorer Notes

As Scorched Earth 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 Scorched Earth, written by Helena Walker to document the research of Scorched Earth's creatures. For more in-depth information, see Dossiers.

Artifacts

Scorched Earth adds 3 new Artifacts, which are needed as part of the tribute to summon the Manticore.

Crag
Destroyer
Gatekeeper

Frontier Adventure Pack

Frontier Adventure Pack
PAID

Spotlight

Notes/Trivia

Scorched Earth was the first Expansion Pack for Ark.
Scorched Earth was released before the actual base game was finished.
Scorched Earth and Lost Island are the only two Expansions to be released on time; all other maps have experienced delays.
Interestingly, the Manticore is the only Guardian ever shown on Scorched Earth. It's unknown what happened to the other two Guardians.
Scorched Earth is the only Expansion Pack to have Trophy Heads of Alpha Creatures.
For a long time, Scorched Earth was the only expansion pack to not have an ascension sequence. It has been since added to the game on December 14th, 2022.
- Initially there was a planned cutscene where the player would be taken to Aberration ARK, much like how defeating the Overseer takes you to Scorched Earth, and how defeating Rockwell in Aberration takes you to Dead Earth in Extinction.
- The DLC has been released while the base game was still unfinished, leaving the transition to Aberration unexplained.
Many of the Scorched Earth creatures and items can be found on the Ragnarok map, except the Phoenix.
Scorched Earth is the only Expansion Pack to not have variations of previously existing creatures.
Unlike the main game, where almost all creatures are based on extinct animals, this expansion pack added mostly creatures from mythology ( Deathworm, Rock Elemental, Phoenix, the Fire Wyvern Lightning Wyvern and Poison Wyvern, and finally the Manticore).
In the DevKit, there is a Tek Wyvern Saddle, as well as two SE creatures that have not yet been implemented: The Hive and The Swarm.
Prior to the release of Genesis, players who logged their survivor out from Scorched Earth had the same title screen as when they logged their survivor out of Aberration.
Scorched Earth had been available on Google Stadia from Sep 1, 2021 until Dec 14th, 2022 due to the platform shutting down.
In the switch version of the game, attempting to visit the Ruins of Nosti will result in the game crashing. Making the Artifact of the Destroyer unobtainable without commands.
- Wyvern nests also don't spawn in the World Scar in the switch version. Making them unobtainable by default unless with the use of commands. (Probably because of a bug)

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
246.0	Scorched Earth Expansion Integration. Cross-ARK travel & Cross-Official-Server Transfer via Supply Crates & Obelisk Terminals.
246.3	You can now (rarely) get rare mushrooms/rare-flowers on scorched earth from purple plants, and sickle now harvests from seed cactus.
254.0	Significantly increased Scorched Earth Loot Drop Quality.
264.5	Fixed a crash that occurred when mining rocks on Scorched Earth.
280.130	Raise Scorched Earth consumable lifetime to 90% from 30% of default. Added Titano spawns to Scorched Earth.
283.101	Hole fixes on Scorched Earth.
289.100	Fixed multiple map holes on Scorched Earth.
295.102	Hole fixes across Scorched Earth.
316.18	Element reward from Scorched Earth has been increased by 50%.
355.3	Added Scorched Earth ascension.

Gallery

Map of Scorched Earth with Names of Areas
Empty Map with hand-drawn style grid.
The Respawn map.
Custom Map by PiTi (a-calc.de)

External links

¹ This expansion pack only available as part of ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass and is not sold separately.

References

v e h Locations in the DLC: Scorched Earth
Displayed are the locations for Scorched Earth. For other locations, please see The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Aberration, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2, or Lost Island.
Maps	Resource Map Explorer Map Creature Spawn Map
Badlands	Eastern Badlands Northern East Badlands Southern East Badlands
Canyons	Central Canyons Northern Canyons Southern East Canyons
Dunes	Central Dunes Eastern Dunes Northern Dunes Northern East Dunes Northern West Dunes Oasis Dunes Southern Dunes Southern West Dunes South East Dunes Western Dunes
High Desert	Central High Desert Northern East High Desert Northern High Desert Northern West High Desert Southern East High Desert Southern High Desert Southern West High Desert Western High Desert
Low Desert	Eastern Low Desert Southern East Low Desert Southern Low Desert
Oasis	Eastern Oasis Northern West Oasis Southern West Oasis
Mountains	Central Mountains Northern Mountains Northern Mountains Summit Northern West Mountains Southern East Mountains Summit Southern Mountains Southern West Mountains Western Mountains
Caves	Grave of the Tyrants Old Tunnels Ruins of Nosti World Scar
Arenas	Manticore Arena
Other	Waterfall

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Scorched Earth

Overview

Changes in ASA

General

Creatures

The Desert Map

Unique Environmental Features

Regions

Approximate Spawn Locations

Data Maps

Creatures

Unique Creatures

Other Spawns

Event Creatures

Items

Resources

Consumables

Trophies and Tributes

Structures

Weapons, Armor, and Tools

Saddles

Cosmetics

Other

Explorer Notes

Artifacts

Frontier Adventure Pack

Spotlight

Notes/Trivia

Changelog

Gallery

External links

References