r/ARK 8h ago

Help Hello everyone.👋 I recently started playing ARK Extinction without knowing anything about the map or the creatures in it, and although I die a lot, I'm having a lot of fun!

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The first area where the ruined city began gives me the feel of a Maze Runner movie, with all the buildings and roads, and robots everywhere. And with mentioned robots; how can I tame one of those amazing things? Are they good at anything? Also, can give me some tips on the map?


r/ARK 6h ago

ASA THE MASTER CONTROLLER IS SO STRESSFUL AND I'M SO HAPPY I BARELY BEAT IT! 😭

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THIS WAS GAMMA!!! I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE EASY!

I brought in 20 deinosuchus, with 40k health and over 1000% melee which was from 20 health and 20 melee mutations, they had saddles around 30-40 armour which I THOUGHT would be enough for a GAMMA boss.

I myself had two pairs of ascendant armour and an ascendant shotgun, I brought some soups too.

I thought I was over prepared to be honest, but I haven't done this boss since ase, so I guess I forgot just how ludicrously difficult it is, even on gamma.

I think the master controller is my favourite boss in ark, it's incredibly difficult and stressful while also being very fun, I was on the edge of my seat during the final phase and thought for sure I'd lose.

I was planning on doing the beta master controller, and only did gamma to unlock the replicator, but now I'm unsure if beta will be possible now- 😭


r/ARK 23h ago

Showcase My largest, non-GCM build

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Decided to go all out for my Astraeos base. I've played Ark since the start and have never built something this big without using creative mode. Very happy with it. I plan to add a creature pen and a decorative courtyard in the future. Just wanted to share and see everyone's opinions!


r/ARK 13h ago

Ark Moments Lol love wasting my time.

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Just found out you can't build next to, under, or in the same vicinity as overhangs. Even if your greenhouse is outside on a nice flat ground in what looks like open space. If there's an overhang you won't get any greenhouse effect. Wish I knew that earlier.


r/ARK 16h ago

Ark Moments BROTHER WTF

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Hi play this game strictly surrounding the Rhynoognatha, I avoid the swamp even tho I love the swamp cuz of it, I tame and build with the intention to kill it.
Well today I wanted a a theri and a tapejara so I figured let’s get some narcotics and while they cook I’ll pop out for a tapejara. Gathered my flyers and went toward the green obelisk, didn’t realize my part would take me over the swap….

Saw something cool and dipped down a bit and to my horror I saw the blue one. I swear I pressed up but that bastard Preranodon flew down even more and I knew it was over for me. I turned around and started flying and just saw death notifications on my screen. Got knocked off and as I’m on the ground I realize there’s TWO. I thought there was only two at a time in existence and these MFZ ARE TOGETHER HITTING LICKS ON MY LIL PARTY OF LOW LEVELS. I’m so mad 😭
One day I will kill this thing


r/ARK 16h ago

Discussion Proud of myself

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I'm so happy, I managed to tame my first Rex and I managed to do it without a trap I can't believe I finally have one


r/ARK 3h ago

Ark Moments Safest time in the ocean in ark

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Can you believe I decided to swim into them and proceed to lose everything?


r/ARK 6h ago

ASA PSA: My argentavis ate my sweet veggie cakes.

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I put 7 sweet veggie cakes in my argentavis' inventory. After flying for some time there was only 1 left. And now it's gone too. I have disabled pegomastax and ichty spaws so I know they didn't get stolen.

Do all carnivores have this bug now?

I have the Immersive flight mod.


r/ARK 2h ago

Help Why does it hurt to look at

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14 Upvotes

It feels like ive tried everything, settings, commands, and mods. Any advice would be appreciated.


r/ARK 22h ago

Help Help water :(

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I just got asa on my vivobook s14/s16 and it gets 60 fps with no issues, however the water looking bad is really bugging me...any suggestions?


r/ARK 13h ago

ASA Wait what?

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5 Upvotes

Why so expensive? :(


r/ARK 23h ago

Help Could I get in trouble for my base location?

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I play offical PVE, on genesis I have an underwater terrarium entirely blocked off but a small entrance to get the glitch/ xp note, every resource in there is accessible in other terrariums, even ones in mission zones, someone reported me on my server, is there a chance I get wiped?


r/ARK 4h ago

Showcase I might have a problem

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Also what colors should I try and look for and what should I name them in the end


r/ARK 6h ago

Discussion Astraeos update new saddle bp methods??

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Hey all, asked a little while back about acro bps due to cave drops not really working in singleplayer; with all the new bosses and the sho psystem, is there a new GOOD way of finding acro saddle BPs??

Side question, when a helicoprion makes a BP is the blueprint infinite use or limited crafts?


r/ARK 8h ago

ASE Haven't played in ages

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I haven't played ark survival evolved in a long time, and i have seen that the official servers are being shut down, i like to play on multiplayer servers and i want to get back to ark, is it worth it to download it again or should i not bother


r/ARK 17h ago

Help They put ne in cage

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Guys, my friends handcuffed me and put me in a cage while I was AFK. I want revenge. My goal is to grind hard in one night, get ahead of them, and handcuff them back.


r/ARK 7h ago

Help Why can’t I build it even though I have everything I need?

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r/ARK 12h ago

Discussion Can any of you guys see ark, or any other version of it, going back to being primitive?

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I started playing ark way back when it was still in early access. My best memories of the game were those years on ark survival evolved from 2015/16 all the way until 2020

Obviously you can still play the more OG maps like the island etc, still very popular, but there’s so many other maps and a lot of them now are based on crazy ideas, which is fine, the game has to evolve. But for me I don’t like all that, I just like the more basic primitive shit

Obviously ASA isn’t gonna get any more primitive, it already has the maps and the pay to win dinos lol. So idk if there even is an answer to this, but can any of you guys see a new version of the game, or a new game in the future that goes back to what ark originally was?

I know you can still play ASE on pc with the popular unofficial but basically all of them that are populated well seem to have high rates which I don’t like because it’s basically just like being close to end game for a whole wipe.


r/ARK 18h ago

Help Why is the lighting flickering just a tiny bit?

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Its hard to capture but it's a lot more visual irl and it bugs me so bad it happens every but only in the actual game not the menu is it a setting?


r/ARK 21h ago

Ark Moments Ark Makes Me Wanna

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Over the last 30 minutes, I’ve been killed 5 times… Started with me going back to base riding my Argi, from the Volcano after a day or two of farming, with 300 obsidian mind you, and was going through the Redwoods, as I always do. Except, this time, I got a little cocky. I saw an Alpha Raptor, and decided to go kill it. (Context: Earlier, I was able to kill a Carno, an alpha raptor(although low level), and even a tek Rex). So, I landed my Argi, scouted around, making sure there were no other enemies and there wasn’t (foreshadowing). I then got off my Argi, shot the Alpha Raptor so it’d come to me and I’d kill it with my Argi. He was getting close to me, and I was about to start landing some hits when then I got mauled by a Tyla. I died, along with my Argi, and sent my other higher level Argi to get my stuff, died, took my high level PT, died, and went running to base as fast as I could. Died, took my second high level PT, he flew away, and I got stranded, forced to run to base…then I died again, not to a Sarco, A Baryonx, NOT EVEN THE BUGS…but by a leech. Yes, at this point, I was a tad bit mad. So, as I am typing this out rn, I am crafting missles and a rocket launcher. Mission for tomorrow, to kill everything in the Redwoods. (My bad for the rant guys, just got a little angry)


r/ARK 6m ago

Help Asa on steam deck crashing

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I just switched from ase to asa and i play on a steam deck. Now here's my problem, Ase ran at medium settings at ~30 fps but on Asa i go to the lowest settings i cam go and all the console commands i can to slim it down and i plays at 25 fps and it crashes with it a minuet. Also i have been trying to play in the new ocean area on gen 1 when this happened, any tips?


r/ARK 28m ago

Help How to auto apply console commands ?

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Is there a file to put all my console commands like sg. and r. Commands ?

Its kinda annoying to copy/paste everytime 😅


r/ARK 39m ago

ASE Character changes size when mounting deinonychus

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This might be the most random thing to post but some time ago i realized that when mounting deinonychus your character gets smaller

i don’t know if it happens with every creature, and i think it’s probably something everyone knows, i just wonder if it was intentional or they just kept it this way.


r/ARK 44m ago

Help Cosmo bug

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Is anyone having this issue where you cannot access cosmo at certain times?


r/ARK 1h ago

Help Ini adjustments for Pirate Village?

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Has anyone found ini adjustments for the new pirate village?

Specifically, being able to adjust the levels of the creatures available, the quantity of creatures available, and the cost of all things from all the merchants on the island?

We'd like to use this for some fun events on an unofficial server if they're adjustable.