Survivors,

After much deliberation, weve decided to delay the launch of ARK: Survival Ascended to later this year and ship the title on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC in October 2023.

Weve found it challenging working with Unreal Engine 5.2, but at the same time, it is incredibly exciting. Were discovering new ways each day to push the technology to the next level; combined with the work needed to support a fully cross-platform-moddable game ecosystem on consoles and PC, its clear that well need a bit more time.

Weve also decided to separate the release date of The Island and Scorched Earth. With what weve learned about remastering The Island from the ground-up, it wouldnt be feasible to complete Scorched Earth to a standard were happy with. So for now, were going to plan that Scorched Earth will be coming to ASA in December this year, Ragnarok and Aberration will follow in Q1 2024, and the rest of the maps beyond then.

Given the news:

ARK: Survival Ascended will now be launching at an Early Access price point of $44.99 with a launch-discount bringing it to $39.99.

We had initially planned to ship with more content on Day One, but that wont be happening, so were adjusting the launch price accordingly.

We know you really want to get your hands on ASA, and we appreciate that support and enthusiasm. Were going to do our best to work hard to make sure that we can deliver a tremendous next-gen ARK experience that meets both your expectations and our own.

That covers the big news; we know theres still a fair bit of time between now and the launch, so hang in there; itll be worth the wait! In the meantime, here are some answers to questions weve seen come up over the last few weeks as well as address some new points.


When will we see gameplay?

We know youre excited, curious, and skeptical; we understand. Our plan is to show gameplay close to the launch of ASA, as thatll be when its completely ready and best represent the final product, so youll have to stay tuned until then.


Is there going to be a change to the date when ARK:SEs Official Network comes offline?

Were now planning on shutting down the Official Network on September 30th, given the slight delay in the launch of the game.


When will we be able to access our save files?

Were currently working with Nitrado to make sure that the save files system works, and well be providing instructions on how you can get them when theyre available.
Our intention is to take multiple saves at different times, so you can choose which is most relevant to you.


With Scorched Earth being delayed, will there still be server transfers?

We wont be supporting Server Transfers at the launch of ARK: Survival Ascended; this feature will become enabled when Scorched Earth releases in December.


How long should we expect the title to be in Early Access?

ARK: Survival Ascended will leave Early Access in late 2024 once all the content has finished its next-generation remastering.


Are there going to be any changes to the release order of certain content?

Generally, we will keep the canonical maps released in the same order.
We may make some adjustments with some of the non-cannon maps and release them sooner, but that honestly depends more on our pipeline, so well announce them accordingly.


Will we be seeing more ASA concepts?

Yep! We intend to keep showing you guys progress on the visual changes between ARK:SE and ASA in the lead-up to the game's launch.


What about creature votes?

Theyll be continuing to run! In fact, the team has been working on the design for the Gigantoraptor from a conceptual point of view, as well as the actual gameplay mechanics, and we cant wait to show that to you in the weeks ahead!

As always, we're incredibly grateful for your ongoing support and passion for the franchise.
Thank you, Survivors

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At 3:30 PM UTC today, we took down some of our servers for maintenance. After being restored, the affected servers will no longer show as Favorites, so make sure you search the main server list and re-add these servers to your Favorites!
If you would like to see which servers were affected, check the list here.





Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Wednesday, July 5th.
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
  

When Rhyniognatha impregnates, she flies away. This makes it tricky to get multiple impregnations. But don't worry, captain fatdog solved that problem.
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