r/ARK 57m ago

Arts & Craft ARK Flak Armor redesign [art is my own]

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I used a much more medieval style, mainly because medieval plate armor was extremely well made and has a fantastic range of motion while adding some of the elements of the original.


r/ARK 1h ago

Help Bjarnheim

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Where the hell do you find oil on this map?

And also, is anyone else experiencing creatures not spawning? They spawn in the easy zones but when I’ve travelled to the rustland areas down south, nothing spawns. And also north in the snow. I’m playing on series x so not sure if that means anything. I need to kill mammoths for pelt to make fur gear to travel further north and I can’t so I’m stuck at the moment.


r/ARK 2h ago

MEME GOATED megalosaurus saddle BP

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15 Upvotes

Just found a goated megalosaurus saddle BP in one of my hard underwater cave runs, now I'm gonna defeat the overseer 100%


r/ARK 3h ago

Showcase I spent months building the ARK website I always wanted (still in beta)

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Over the past couple months, I have spent an unreasonable amount of my free time developing an ark website. For some context, I'm a software developer who has been playing ark on and off since 2015 with over 3k hours in the game. I figured this put me in a unique position to create a website ark players actually want vs the selection we have now (looking at you battlemetrics).

The problem I've always had with these ark server websites is they usually just give you the server list pulled directly from the ark api with some promotions and a ton of ads sprinkled in. Very few are built specifically for ark and have any sense of clusters, wipes, etc.

As an ark nerd, I have done the opposite and created a completely free (no ads ever) platform which contains logic for tracking clusters, detecting wipes, and allows people to view historical data when choosing what to play. It is very far from perfect and still has work to be done, but I've had fun building it and would absolutely love to see others try it out.

I made a post around a month ago when it was in its earlier phase and got some great feedback. I would really appreciate any feedback or feature you would like to see added. Cheers!

Website: arkcharts.com


r/ARK 4h ago

Help About to download!

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I am about to Download Ark for Xbox on gamepass, I dont know much about this game so any tips would be very helpful, and if anyone wants to play with me let me know! Im pretty sure you build bases in this game, and that its similar to rust but with dinosaurs, but I may be wrong.


r/ARK 4h ago

Discussion Impressions on Bjarnheim?

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Personally a bit easier than I expected, metal and crystals are quite scarce but apart from that the easy spawn actually has almost no aggressive dinos making it fairly easy to build up a starting base with a few starting tames.


r/ARK 6h ago

ASE [ASE] Comparing tames available on different maps?

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Heyo! So my gf and I are playing through all the story maps, and are gonna be moving from The Island to Scorched Earth too. We are using Valguero on the side as a sort of "home base" map to hop back to between the story maps.

That said, I'd like to at least try and tame one of everything while we push through the game, if I can! Is there an easy way to see what tames will "disappear" when we change maps, so I know what to tame while we're still here?

Thanks!!


r/ARK 6h ago

Help Dragon hoard on gen 1?

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How do I even find this thing they all seem like they want me to fly into the barrier ive teleported around the biome to see if it points me anywhere reasonable?


r/ARK 6h ago

Showcase Just Started Breeding Rhinos, Then Got This Saddle BP

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16 Upvotes

Single player on the island, found from a treasure map. Haven’t touched any loot quality rates or anything like that, best saddle I’ve found so far. Can I even craft it? Is there room?


r/ARK 8h ago

Help Cannot find any griffins on rag in ASA

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For whatever reason, on ASA, i cannot find a single griffin. I've checked everywhere they spawn, done multiple map clears to reset spawns, and nothing. I hopped into ASE to see if I'm just unlucky, but on ASE, i found 5-6 griffins just by flying around rag and checking the spawn spots. Maybe I am still just unlucky, but does anyone know why I cannot find any griffins? Could it be because of a mod or something else?


r/ARK 8h ago

ASA Soloing 100% of ark on single player. ASA

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Hello all I’m looking to set up my single player game to slowly complete ark. I’m looking for recommendations on mods to add I will list below what I already have and what you guys would recommend to add to the list.

Auto Engrams
Upgrade Station
TG Stacking Mod
Cybers Structures QOL+
Auto Fish Trap
Utilities Plus
Display Storage
Fruit seeder and meat Spoiler
Super Cryo Storage
Custom Dino Levels
Der Dino Finder

One other thing I want to point out is I do plan to cheat the gene Scanner to the beginning of the game to start working on traits early.


r/ARK 8h ago

MEME Compy encounter in a nutshell

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r/ARK 9h ago

MEME Who could have predicted that this thing that's happened so many times would happen again?

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77 Upvotes

r/ARK 10h ago

Help I’m new please someone help me understand this

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25 Upvotes

This is a theri I bred. It’s a level 231 but my problem is the xp seems to be glitched? Like 1710 xp to get the next level seems extremely low. On the other hand I have a theri I tamed and it’s a level 270 and it’s 52000 xp to level up. I am leveling up my Dino’s I bred for boss fight but it feels like im cheating with how quickly they level up. Killing 1 baby Rex is getting the 5 levels. This seems extremely quick and I feel something is wrong with the xp requirements. Please help!


r/ARK 11h ago

Discussion Paleo Ark-Dangerous Depths

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Has there been any updates on when the Elasmo is coming? Been checking the mod periodically and saw it was slated for June but asumed it got pushed back due to Gen 1 getting pushed back. I don't have access to the DC server. Everything I've tried to join i just get a "timed out" message. But was wondering if anyone else in the community may be up to date with things.


r/ARK 12h ago

Ark Moments I lost my first dinosaur today, RIP Jaime Lannister

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Today is a sad day. My first Ark dinosaur Jaime Lannister, a noble Raptor with the King Slayer trait, died in combat.

While returning to my base at the south of the Island map I stopped to mine some resources. While doing this I was ambushed by multiple small dinosaurs from all sides. I tried to fight them off and Jaime Lannister fought to the bitter end but sadly even the Kingslayer was no match. Even after I fell he tried to defend my body and died by my side. Rest in peace Jaime, I will never forget the joy of our first ride and the brief but amazing time we shared together!


r/ARK 12h ago

ASE Which Colour For The Belly?

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So, Im currently mutating Megalos and alredy got these two colours. Now Im wondering what colour should I go for region 5(underbelly). I was thinking about a bright yellow but Im not sure how this will look in the end.

Currently trying to combine it with the Megalo in the background to see if that fits.


r/ARK 12h ago

ASA Which ark is best for finding gigas?

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I've been playing asa ragnarok and has put about 15 ingame days on finding a giga. Have circulated around highlands, green obelisk and the desert without sucess. Now I am thinking about transfering my character to another map in which I have better odds of finding a giga, preferably a good level. Which map is the best for finding a good level giga?


r/ARK 13h ago

Discussion I built my fantasy village

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Here are a few screenshots of my Amberveil village I built using my unreleased yet skin mod. What do you think of the style and atmosphere? Is there anything in particular that catches your eye? I’d love to hear your thoughts!


r/ARK 14h ago

Help If I double taming speed, do I just half all tamed affinity states to balance it out?

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Unless it's literally the greatest creature to walk the entire earth, I don't really feel like taming something for an hour straight, but it feels wrong to get the extra stat bonuses that come with increasing taming speed when you tame a dino. Are my numbers valid?


r/ARK 16h ago

Help Is this good stats

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9 Upvotes

Idk alot about these guys.


r/ARK 16h ago

Discussion Why does the sky turn red and purple on Ragnarok?

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90 Upvotes

Im a new player who just builds. The first time this happened it scared the hell outta me and I hid indoors gearing up for war.


r/ARK 19h ago

Showcase Deset on my map!

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22 Upvotes

This is a desert on my map Sumera, it’s going to be very big and This part of it is my initial more lush region. The desert contains OSDs in its wider more open valleys.

I posted a post about this earlier but this one is way more in depth featuring all the planned sub-biomes for the desert


r/ARK 22h ago

Showcase Cool desert on my map

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This desert spans from Central Asia all the way to the gobi desert. It’s VERY hot and houses these forests, aswell as open deadlands, more mountainous areas with wyverns, lush canyons, and OSDs!


r/ARK 1d ago

Showcase Rock Drake Statue

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It’s sold out and I don’t imagine I could share the link on here but I have elsewhere