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Join the Summer Bash in ARK: Survival Evolved! Summer can officially begin with the start of the upcoming Summer Bash event! Get ready to soak in some sun and have some fun with a community-favorite ARK event. From June 30th to July 24th the annual Summer Bash event will be underway. Relax by the beach with your tribemates or go on the hunt for newly released chibi pets! However you choose to spend your summer in ARK, Summer Bash is bound to cook up a lot of entertainment. EVENT DETAILS This event is automatically activated on Official Servers, Unofficial Servers, and Single Player between June 30th, 2023 and July 24th, 2023. EVENT RATES Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus Small Tribes Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus EVENT SKINS Alpha Raptor Swim Bottom Skin Alpha Raptor Swin Top Skin Angler Hat Skin Bulbdog-Print Shirt Skin Cool Noglin-Print Shirt Skin Crab Fest Swim Bottom Skin Crab Fest Swim Top Skin Dino Uncle Sam Hat Skin Eel Swim Bottom Skin Eel Swim Top Skin Fireworks Flaregun Skin Fireworks Rocket Launcher Skin Fish Bite Swim Bottom Skim Fish Bite Swim Top Skin Floaty Swim Bottom Skin Floaty Swim Top Skin Floppy Straw Summer Hat Skin Floral Swim Bottom Skin Floral Swim Top Skin Flying Disc Skin Gasbags-Print Shirt Skin Giga Poop Swim Bottom Skin Giga Poop Swim Top Skin Grilling Spatula Skin Hoversail-Print Shirt Skin Ice Pop-Print Shirt Skin Ichthy Isles Swim Bottom Skin Ichthy Isles Swim Top Skin Inflatable Rex Costume Skin Jellyfish Swim Bottom Skin Jellyfish Swim Top Skin Retro Sunglasses Skin Sea Life-Print Shirt Skin Shadowmane Fishing-Print Shirt Skin Sunglasses Skin T-Rex Swim Bottom Skin T-Rex Swim Top Skin Torch Sparkler Skin Uncle Sam Hat Skin Water Soaker Skin EVENT ITEMS Summer Swirl Taffy EVENT EMOTES Air Drums Emote Air Guitar Emote Archer Flex Emote Backflip Emote Bicep Smooch Emote Hula Dance Emote Mosh Pit Emote EVENT CHIBIS Deal With It Dodo Straw Hat Otter WILD CREATURE COLORS Dino Dark Blue Red White Dino Light Blue Dark Red Blue Light Grey Cream Cammo Orange MediumTeal DarkBlue LemonLime Peach Coral

The time has come for us to phase out some Official Servers. The Phase Out process begins on April 18th at 10am EDT, and ends April 25th at 10am EDT. Players will have 7 days to transfer off of these servers. No new players will be able to join these servers, and all existing players will be given access to a Free Server Transfer Ticket in the in-game store. The Free Server Transfer Ticket allows for a free revival on each of your tame implants and has also been adjusted to allow your Element balance & Dungeon Keys to come with you (*You will not see the Element or Keys listed in your Server Transfer Ticket UI, but it will come with you so long as it is in your inventory when you upload the Ticket). As a reminder, when transferring off of one of these servers, please make sure that the creature implants you decide to bring with you are from tames which are personally owned. Any implants from creatures not personally owned will revive as wild and incur the standard Amber revival cost. You must revive a personally owned creature implant on the new server to avoid the revival cost and maintain its tame status. The entire Server Transfer Ticket FAQ can be found here. Servers being phased out: Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - AS) Cooking Pot (PvP - Easy - AS) Flower (PvP - Easy - AS) Writhing Swamps (PvP - Hard - AS) Redwood Forest (PvE - Easy - AS) Weathertop (PvXC - Easy - AS) Fria (PVE - Easy - AS) Revival (PVE - Medium - AS) Sickle (PVP - Easy - AS) Iguanodon (PvXC - Easy - AS) Jungle Fever (PvE - Easy - AS) Angler Bay (PvE - Medium - AS) Argentavis (PvP - Easy - AS) Cnidaria Reef (PvP - Medium - AS) Enlightenment (PvP - Medium - AS) Gravestone (PvP - Easy - AS) Tripwire (PvP - Medium - AS) Narcotic (PvP - Easy - AS) Greenhouse (PvP - Medium - AS) Trilobite (PvP - Medium - AS) Dyad - Duo (PvP - Easy - EU) Tyrannosaur (PVP - Hard - EU) Northeast Shores (PvE - Easy - EU) Flower (PvP - Easy - EU) Weathertop (PvXC - Easy - EU) Red Peak (PvP - Medium - EU) Tribute (PvP - Easy - EU) Fria (PvE - Easy - EU) Middle Chamber (PvP - Easy - EU) Crescent Island (PvXC - Easy - EU) Frozen Tooth (PvP - Medium - NA) The Reef (PvE - Hard - NA) Trike (PvXC - Medium - NA) Rockwell Manor (PvE - Easy - NA) Spyglass (PvE - Medium - NA) Longneck (PvE - Easy - NA) Gateway (PvE - Easy - NA) Gauntlet (PvE - Hard - NA) Ingot (PvE - Easy - NA) Craftsmen (PVE - Medium - NA) The Marsh (PVP - Easy - NA) Eastern Forest (PvP - Easy - NA) Nerva (PvP - Medium - NA) Hunter (PvP - Easy - NA) Honey (PvE - Easy - NA) View full record

We are vey excited to announce the first wave of content partners for ARK: Survival Evolved on Nintendo Switch. We wanted to make a post in order to introduce you to all of our new partners so that you can check out all of them. For those of you who are still wanting to apply, the form is always open, and we are checking it regularly. Now, without further ado... Here are all of our current wonderful partners! We hope that you check out their channels and enjoy the variety of ARK Switch content that they provide. Below we have links to all of their channels: NextN NeddyTheNoodle GP 神ゲー攻略(ARK攻略班) Shario Survival Bob ぼうけんのしょにばんはきえてしまいました (Boukensyo2) Swaggy YT Meepachan Darksmith NaturalCauzes LoadedCrysis O Abel Joga Medusa Geek RomoSlayer We look forward to working with our new partners and seeing the excellent content they create.

Starting today we are launching a CrowdIn page to allow our community to help us translate ARK Switch and Dino Discovery into Dutch, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian. Simply visit the link below and navigate to the ARK Switch and Dino Discovery to begin translating. http://ark.gg/t6f91ic

To people having issues with bugs in game, please fill out our Bug Report Form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdh1i8xxUs4EtRUGA9cFQeLFULj7GEXoEpr0hxKsu4pZ8FT5g/viewform

ARK: Survival Evolved for Nintendo Switch A new and returning player guide ARK: Survival Evolved will receive a patch on November 1st at 10:00am EDT for Nintendo Switch, which allows players to experience a much improved version of the game completely rebuilt in the latest version of Unreal Engine. Players will immediately notice improved visuals, improved performance, and a reduced install size. Before the patch releases, there’s some information we’d like to share with you; Development of the Switch title has been taken over by Grove Street Games. We’ve been working on this improved version of ARK: Survival Evolved all year long and are excited for players to get their hands on it. We’ll be supporting this game with content updates and necessary fixes for a long time to come. If you need help with anything, then please visit grovestreetgames.com/support where you can access our Knowledge Base and fill out a Support Ticket for assistance with a specific issue. Save Data - We have gone to great effort to ensure that all save data carries forward to the new, patched version of the game. As a precautionary step, we recommend that you do the following before downloading the patch: Remove items from Hot Bar slots 9 & 10 Do not have any in-progress tames or crafting recipes Players will keep all of their items, tames and structures. Players may experience the following issues due to the change in save data files: Foliage may re-appear inside your base You may lose any custom Options settings Any structures left ‘on’ will automatically be turned ‘off’ Fog of War will be reset on your in-game map Your Level Up & Engram Points may need to be reapplied You may need to re-discover any previously unlocked Explorer Notes Servers - Prior to launch, we are adjusting the maximum player count of all Official Servers to 40. This is to ensure a smooth multiplayer experience for all players at launch. We will be paying close attention to server performance and will consider raising the player cap post-launch. Official Servers will not be wiped. On Monday, October 31st at 5:00am EDT our Official Servers will be brought offline to begin the process of migrating them to the upgraded engine. We expect to bring them all back online to coincide with the launch of our big update on Tuesday, November 1st at 10:00am EDT. If there is a delay, announcements will come from @PlayARKSwitch on Twitter. These servers will not be wiped and time will not advance while they are down. They will start from their most recent save when they are brought back up. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this transition to a fully rebuilt game for our players. Unofficial Servers will be available for rent from Nitrado at the game’s launch. The Host/Local Menu has been renamed to Single Player, where we have refined the menus to provide a more streamlined experience to starting a Single Player game. While Single Player is fully present, please note that Local Play and Non-Dedicated Sessions are removed from the game at launch. They need a little more time in development to work out some issues, and we intend to bring them back in a post-release patch. FAQ When does the patch release? Unfortunately the environmental situation in the Pacific Northwest has delayed our planned October 25th release date. The patch will release for all players on November 1st at 10:00am EDT. Players should expect an approximate 6.5GB download. After downloading the patch, the install size on your Switch for ARK: Survival Evolved will shrink from approximately 11.7GB down to 6.5GB. How much space do I need for maps? Each map will require approximately 1 - 2GB of storage space. Please consult the eShop store listing for final file sizes before download. All maps (besides The Island) are optional downloads. When do the maps release? Scorched Earth is available on November 1st in North America as part of ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. For those who already own ARK: Survival Evolved, you can obtain Scorched Earth by purchasing the Season Pass (which also grants access to Aberration & Extinction upon release) or the Ultimate Survivor Upgrade (which grants access to all expansion maps upon release). All of the aforementioned items will be available for European players on November 8th and Australian players on November 9th. When will the remaining expansion maps release? We plan on releasing Aberration in December 2022, followed by Extinction in Q1 2023 and then Genesis Parts 1 & 2 in Q2 2023. What is ARK: Dinosaur Discovery? ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is a low-pressure, kid-friendly, dino-fact-filled adventure for players of all ages. Anyone who owns ARK: Survival Evolved, regardless of when you purchased the game, can download ARK: Dinosaur Discovery for free upon its release in the eShop on November 9th. It will be available for purchase to anyone who does not own ARK: Survival Evolved. Where can I find other Switch players to talk to? On our Discord server, of course! Join our growing community here: https://discord.gg/Q5E9F3bVfC

The time has come for us to phase out some Official Servers. The reason for this phase out is two-fold; Ease of server moderation Removing low population servers The Phase Out process begins on September 19th 10am EST, and will end on September 23rd. Players will have 5 days to transfer off of these servers. No new players will be able to join these servers, and all existing players will be given access to a Free Server Transfer Ticket in the in-game store. The Free Server Transfer Ticket allows for a free revival on each of your tame implants and has also been adjusted to allow your Element balance & Dungeon Keys to come with you (*You will not see the Element or Keys listed in your Server Transfer Ticket UI, but it will come with you so long as it is in your inventory when you upload the Ticket). We will be hosting a special Survival Surge event with 4x Harvesting on September 23rd through the 25th to help transitioning players get established on new servers. As a reminder, when transferring off of one of these servers, please make sure that the creature implants you decide to bring with you are from tames which are personally owned. Any implants from creatures not personally owned will revive as wild and incur the standard Amber revival cost. You must revive a personally owned creature implant on the new server to avoid the revival cost and maintain its tame status. The entire Server Transfer Ticket FAQ can be found here. Servers being phased out: Cave Terrors (PvX - Hard - NA) Cave Terrors (PvX - Hard - Asia) Cannon (PvP - Medium - Asia) Direbear (PvX - Hard - NA) Direbear (PvX - Hard - EU) Gulch (PvP - Easy - NA) Iron Valley (PvP - Medium - ANZ) Iron Valley (PvP - Medium - Asia) Painted Sharks (PvXc - Easy - NA) Paladin (PvX - Easy - NA) Paralyze (PvP - Medium - Asia) Paralyze (PvP - Medium - NA) Pestle (PvP - Medium - Asia) Predator (PvP - Medium - NA) Roar (PvP - Hard - NA) Roar (PvP - Hard - EU) Roar (PvP - Hard - Asia) Safe Haven (PvX - Medium - NA) Safe Haven (PvX - Medium - EU) Safe Haven (PvX - Medium - Asia) Smuggler’s Pass (PvP - Easy - NA) Smuggler’s Pass (PvP - Easy - EU) Titan (PvP - Brutal - NA) Titan (PvP - Brutal - EU) Writhing Swamps (PvP - Hard - NA) View full record

Greeting ARK Mobile players! Our Easter Eggstravaganza (get it?) will be starting on Thursday the 14th at 12:00pm EDT and ending on the 19th at the same time. This event will give all players a chance at the event-exclusive Easter Egg Hat skin as well. Official times Start: Thursday April 14th 12:00 pm EDT End : Tuesday April 19th 12:00 pm EDT Here is a list of what’s happening in this event: Egg Drops Players can find special eggs spawning all around the Island during this event. Inside these eggs will be 1 of 100+ different pieces of loot, including the Easter Egg Hat skin, Ancient Amber, Ascendant Gear, Eery Element, and other premium items. Eerie Spawns All wild creatures on current official servers will spawn as Eerie during the event. Unofficial Server owners will have the option to turn on wild Eerie spawns through their web interface during the event. Baby Boom Rates In official servers only, players will get 2x Breeding, Hatching, Maturation, and Imprinting. Special Egg Dungeon We are bringing back the Eggcellent “Quest of the Poacher” Dungeon, with loot drops including the TEK Scuba Mask, TEK Chestpiece,Ascendant Flak Helmet, and a low chance at a Journeyman Mosasaur Saddle. Store Sale All ARKetypes will be 25% off in store during the event period. Crowbar Frog Feet Iron Skillet Cutlass Eerie Pistol Cantilever Platform Aerial Symbiote Mammoth Side Saddle Racing Flag Eerie Turret View full record