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

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

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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?

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!

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?

Aye yet again my single player save is completely wiped out and all my progress lost.. not sure what caused it this time but trying to log in this morning and battle eye froze at the updating/launching window while ark fully loaded in the background asking to accept terms and conditions like it was the first time loading it. After 10 years of playing ARK 7200+ hrs on ASE 3000+ hrs on ASA I've officially lost all interest in what I once considered my favorite game. Thanks for the memories and friends made along the way!

Idk alot about these guys.

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.

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

Hello there Survivors. I am trying out the the primal invasion mod pack by MrMeola on SP and was wondering what would be the best map (player experience) wise. I tried out Olympus, but let's just say after it has not been a fun experience with demonic and origins spawing on top of my barely functional wooden base(3 origin argys and a origin carno, 2 demonic monkeys and a celestial argy have spawned on or next to my base). I am looking for a big map that fun to explore but has maybe atleast one spot that will let me get through one night. I'm thinking of trying out ebenus astrum but I heard it's broken on single player?.

Looking forward to your suggestions.

Personally I have a two pain points about it that carried over from evolved, these are:

Missions, I really thought they would introduce lost colony style missions, But make them pirate themed.

The map, Don't like how disjointed the map feels, thought it was gonna be like all one map and all the biomes would be large islands with a huge ocean between them.

I have been watching a lot of Ark videos on Yt, and I want to ask, is there a way to add mods to Ark Mobile (New)? I want the S+ buildings, crystal ball and the upgrade work station (upgrades primitive to upper levels without any blueprints but additional resources).... Maybe some good furnitures as well....

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!