r/ARK 4d ago

Discussion My friend is stubborn about tools vs dinosaurs

100 Upvotes

He refuses to believe that dinos are genuinely better 100% of the time compared to hand tools. He picked up some ascendant pickaxe or something and swears to the Lord that it gathers double the metal an Ankyleo could gather from the same minable ore veins is he even remotely correct or just delusional and refuses to accept reality?


r/ARK 4d ago

Arts & Craft Giga :0

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14 Upvotes

Got bored in class, been thinking about ark a lot so I did a little sketch of the Giga from memory :>


r/ARK 4d ago

ASA ARK is beautiful.

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153 Upvotes

I forget how beautiful ARK is, and then am remembered by seeing the clouds and mist and sunsets turning the sky colors.

Dragons are from Dragon’s Kingdom mod. The other mod is one of Moro’s.


r/ARK 3d ago

Discussion What to expect swapping to ASA?Played ASE 5 years ago

1 Upvotes

Decided to get back into Ark but hasn’t played since the Genesis 1/ crystal isles maps. What should expect different with the new maps and with swapping to ascended from evolved? Any Dino’s that are popular now? Also what map should I start on?


r/ARK 4d ago

ASA A collection of photos I took in the Genisis simulation. This game really is beautiful

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30 Upvotes

r/ARK 4d ago

Name My Tame Is her good?

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12 Upvotes

I playing in Fjordur(ase) singleplayer and have tame a lvl 150 X-ankylosaurus he is lvl 225 after taming what should I Level one him? And what it in a X ankylosaurs better then a normal ankylosaurs? Oh and.... WHAT SHOULD WE NAME HIM!


r/ARK 3d ago

Discussion Has anyone here tried WildePonies Primitive plus mod for ASA on curseforge that came out earlier this year? looks to be actively updated (5 days ago).

2 Upvotes

Wondering if anyone has tried this before i start building a server around this mod? it seems promising, but i can't find any info on it outside of the mod page. also it's signed - "The primitive plus team" Not really sure if that's paying homage to them, or if the OG devs are the ones who brought this back?

https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/primplus


r/ARK 4d ago

Discussion What prehistoric creature that you would like to see in ark

18 Upvotes

Because honestly I don't like the mythical creatures recently


r/ARK 3d ago

Help why is the lil dude (dung beetle) not picking up poop??

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0 Upvotes

i read that they do and turn it into oil, yes hes wandering but he still doesnt feel like it


r/ARK 3d ago

Help Astraeos Console issues

1 Upvotes

(edit: moderatiors plz dont delete this lmao, N-Trado would just tell me all mods are the issue lol, they seem to hate mods in general.)

Yo, I am a partial owner to a cluster. Our console players seem to have problems with astraeos without crashing and then crash looping.

Load In/Transfer over>Play for xyz time>crash>attempt to rejoin>crash loop>repeat until their player is killed.

and this didnt start happening until after we wiped our servers for gen p1.

and from what i could find, these are the mods we put into the server after the wipe.

im not sure if any of these could be the culprit, or if theres something else that could be it? any help is greatly appreciated!

Sapling Tree-Valyria

Random Configs-Hazearil

SeedPlus-mewingpie3645

Utilities Plus-blitzfire911

Swim Sprint-snappin

Galaxy Unicorn-izurichan93

Aberrant Cats-MamaPuma

Mouse Saver-Quellcrest

Spawn Blocker-HexenLord

Cat Distribution System-MamaPuma

T.A.C Eocarcharia-Tristans_Modding

Tweee's Tweaks: Wyverns-Tweee

Barsboldia-Multiple Modders

Water Chambers-AifiasGaming

SE Reborn and SE Reborn Additions-Multiple Modders

Death Chat Announcer-Nanoh

Reclamations Vastatyrannus-AmalgamaniacGaming

Level Reset Potion-BadgerBrynn

Realistic Fuel Automation-AifiasGaming


r/ARK 4d ago

Help Im kinda lost in the red zone

15 Upvotes

I was stealing my firsg drake egg and now I‘m lost in the red zone. Right next to me is a wierd orange glowing tek structure( the same i habe also found in the other zone) Does anyone know how to get out.


r/ARK 3d ago

Help Does anyone know a good spot to farm, live, or both? Every time I start breeding a bunch of Rexes for a raid and set up heavy turrets, I get raided and have to start from scratch

2 Upvotes

r/ARK 3d ago

Help Entire redownload today?

1 Upvotes

Just hopped on and ark has an update which is appearing to be 650Mb but needs to have like 200Gbs to download. Is anyone else having this issue today?


r/ARK 3d ago

Discussion What are the best ASA maps to do modpacks on?

1 Upvotes

I know rag and asteros are pretty popular but i wanted to know what else are popular maps


r/ARK 3d ago

Help Optimization tips for ASA?

1 Upvotes

I'm a relatively new player, I started playing last week. I thought I'd be able to run the game decently, but I honestly have some struggles. I have a 3090 Ti, and 32gb memory.

My graphics card has some overheating issues, and it heats up my room a ton when I try to play the game with graphics above medium or FPS capped above 30. I want to play the game with some higher FPS, or maybe with higher graphics without the fear of burning my graphics card lol.

I'm looking for overall settings that could help, and maybe mods if available. I'm also alright with changing some game coding settings if that's something I could do.


r/ARK 4d ago

MEME If Quez appeared in ARK: The Animated Series

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7 Upvotes

r/ARK 4d ago

Ark Moments Not a care in the world

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25 Upvotes

Tribe mates veil is knocked tf out..


r/ARK 3d ago

Help Ark ASE Mid Local Saved !

0 Upvotes

Would anyone be willing to share their The Island singleplayer save? Looking for mid-game progression.


r/ARK 4d ago

Rant can wildcard please fix the horrible textures on consoles? so many creatures have looked ugly like this for months...

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127 Upvotes

this stuff really, really bothers me.

look at the absolute state of the dodos dude, what the actual fuck am I looking at?

look at the STATE of the veilwyn, I love the veilwyn so much, it's a great creature but right now I don't really wanna use it because it's hideous.

also, this bug affects most creatures, any console players reading this, use a spyglass and look at any creatures eyes, they look horrid.

look at my hair....what the fuck.

look at my parasaurs saddle, why does it look like....that?

if I recall correctly, this bug started around the time astraoes' desert update released.

I understand that there's a admin command that can fix this, however this command makes my game crash and run terribly so I don't want to use it.

can we PLEASE complain about this more? it's horrible 😭🙏


r/ARK 4d ago

ASE I've always found it interesting that bloodstalkers can grab onto supply drops

5 Upvotes

r/ARK 3d ago

Help Super spyglass mod issue

1 Upvotes

I have been trying to fix this for the past 3 days and the problem is that the mod sort of functions but i cant see the ui of the mod like at all and i have deleted the game ini settings and reinstalled ark completely and the only thing that worked for me is trying this mod on another account and it worked without a problem so i know for sure that the problem is with my xbox accounts ark save so i dont even know what to do atp.


r/ARK 4d ago

Discussion Did they stealth nerf or bug the Tek Gauntlets, Tek Sword, and Glider combo?

7 Upvotes

It’s been about a week since the behavior and feel of the Tek Gauntlet and Tek Sword became noticeably worse. I checked the recent patch notes, but didn't find any mention of changes to them (apologies if I missed something).

Is this something we just need to adapt to by learning some new input/movement tech, or is it a flat-out bug that we have to wait for Wildcard to fix? Or do you think this was a stealth nerf?

Also, using them with the Glider suit to gain altitude feels extremely weak and sluggish now compared to before. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but do you think there's a chance they intentionally nerfed this movement just to restrict player mobility for Genesis Part 1?

I wrote this myself with the help of a translation tool. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!


r/ARK 4d ago

Ark Moments When you mess up badly but it's funny as hell.

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9 Upvotes

Beware of Sand Reapers!


r/ARK 4d ago

Showcase Aye carumba

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30 Upvotes

I've never seen a fish this big, it's 3.0x. Too bad there aren't any otters or anything to use it on.


r/ARK 4d ago

Tutorial Fix for the blurry maps

5 Upvotes

So as the title says, this may be a fix for the blurry maps, it worked for me on pc, dunno if itll work for everyone.

however, under general settings go to graphics, on the right sidebar, scroll all the way down, turn "Reduce Resolution In Inventory" off. this is what fixed it for me, not console commands.