Check out the very first preview of user-generated content from ARK: Survival Ascended's Mod Program! Garuga123's magnificent creations will be accessible across all platforms, including consoles, for launch at the end of October 2023. Modded ARK content has always been popular with the ARK community and we're excited for our extremely talented modding community to get involved in the ASA Mod Program so that they can provide their amazing content to a much larger ARK community!



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The conclusion of the Extinction Community Creature Vote is imminent, and the level of competition has been nothing short of thrilling. The creatures that have been submitted truly stand out! You still have the weekend to vote for which creature will make a new home on Extinction for ARK: Survival Ascended!

• The second round of voting ends on Monday, September 18th at 4 PM Pacific.
• The winner* will be announced in the Crunch of Friday, September 22nd, 2023.

• Rank the creatures in order of most preferred to least preferred
• The vote is limited to 1 submission per person (duplicate entries will be discarded)

Below are the candidates that have made it into the final 10. Find out more information about the creature by clicking on the hyperlink attached to the name. Cast your vote here.

• Gorgonops
• Hatzegopteryx Kukulkan
• Sauroposeidon
• Darwinopterus Acuticornus
• Dreadnoughtus
• Ozimek
• Maevia Eureka
• Edmontonia Ignitus
• Thylacosmilus Atrox
• Aerosteon

Overview of all the finalists here.

* Note that once the winner has been determined, we'll be reading through these threads and using them as inspiration for how the creature will be designed; aspects suggested may change.




Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until the sunsetting of the servers.
All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

• Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
• Conquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon

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Creator: XxStevieLad87xX
Stevie built a brand new base on his Primal Fear server. Inspired by Aaron Longstaff, this tree house will make you wish you had one as well!
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Creator: Simulation Survivor
Follow along as Simulation Survivor discovers the intricacy and chaos of a modded ARK!
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Just some experimental stuff by @Riinartist


Untitled by @SoupAscended


ARK Yi Ling by @StudiosGoji


Opening of war by @falco_luna


ARK Adventure Diary 2 by @minimumemo_


Sunset by @WolfTek7


Blood wyvern by BonnieFoxxx




This Goat is on FIIRRRRRE by @Kittykatlapurr


Screenshot by hazard


Love the one you're with by PewPewCthulhu


Enjoy your weekend!
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