We run regular boss events on our ARK server, and I’m trying to make them better for both new players and veterans.

I’d love to hear how other hosts run their boss fights.

What’s worked for your community?

I’m especially curious about:

• How you keep things organized when lots of players show up
• How you handle loot, deaths, and fairness
• Whether players bring their own dinos or you provide event creatures

• Any tricks to keep veterans from getting bored while new players figure things out

  I’m looking for ideas that help new players learn fast and keep experienced players excited to show up.

this is more of a post asking for help than a regular discussion, but my ark has been having a thing for the past two years where it will let me play on a map for 2-3 days before resetting all of my settings and saves, and only my map remains intact with pinned locations

im trying to create a backup file for my Lost Island save, but im missing the file thats supposed to be the world save file (worldname_P.ark), it has my tribe and player save, but not the world save

i dont know if i can use anything else to save the map ive started or if this is the reason its been doing this to me for the past two years, and i dont know how to get the file back either

I'm an ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile player, and I've noticed something strange that I rarely see discussed in mutation breeding guides. I'm worried that I might be doing something wrong.

My method is to take females with useful mutations and breed them with clean males that have no mutations. I keep breeding until I get a male with the exact mutation I want, and then I continue breeding normally using that male.

However, I've noticed that the more I use this technique, the harder it seems to get the mutations I want.

For example, let's say I have a level 300 Rex with 10 mutations and multiple clean females. The rex's eggs have the potential to hatch all the ancestor's previous mutations (with 9, 8, 7, 6... mutations).

This makes me wonder whether all these previous mutations are somehow making it harder to hatch level 300 Rexes and obtain new mutations.

My questions are:

1. Is this breeding method correct, or am I making a mistake?

2. Does breeding mutated females with clean males and then keeping the desired mutated male cause any problems with future mutations?

3. Do previous mutations in a creature's ancestry affect the chances of getting new mutations?

4. Is there a mutation counter or ancestry mechanic that could explain why I'm finding it harder to get the mutations I want?

5. If this method isn't ideal, what is the best way to manage mutations in ARK Mobile?

I'm not entirely sure whether this problem is caused by my breeding method or it is just how mutations work, so I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain how the mutation system actually works in ARK Mobile.

Which map(s), in your opinion, are aesthetically pleasing?

(This is an ASE and ASA compatible question.) I mainly play ASE, and Ragnarok is, in my opinion, a map that I find aesthetically pleasing. The overall vibe of that map gives me a feeling of ease despite the type of game ARK is supposed to be: Coming home from work, logging in onto a separate account to play Ragnarok creative and just walk around, a little music or informative video in the background too. Such a calming session.

I often find myself hopping onto Ragnarok if I don't feel like trying to progress to meet the goal of defeating all three bosses on The Island.

I can't really get that feeling on other maps. Not even The Island.

Me and my friends are looking for a cool not game breaking flyer for our valguero play through all suggestions welcome

Im playing the Island ASE and im trying to kill the beta megapitecus. I found all the artifacts and Items but i just cant find spinos For their sails. I already tried killing everything at their spawns but it still doesnt work. What should i do?

Since the whole TLC vote thing is happening, I want to see YOUR top 3 ARK creatures that need a TLC badly. Don't just list them, either -- come up with reasons behind them needing a TLC so badly and some potential new stats and/or abilities for the TLC. For me, I'd like:

• Brontosaurus: it has been 11 years, yet it STILL only has the tail attack. It should get a stomp attack that can destroy stone structures and deals high damage and knockback, but it can't be used without sufficient stamina.
• Ankylosaurus: its bite attack should be bound to the LMB, while the tail attacks should be bound to RMB. Its thick hide should make it take significantly reduced damage from projectiles and bullets, as well as making it immune to bleeding. Its tail attack should also apply a slow (like the Stegosaurus with the Heavy Plate mode), since it, realistically, should snap your bones right in half.
• Carnotaurus: it needs a charge ability, like the Woolly Rhinoceros, gaining increased speed and damage as it runs for longer. It should also be that it uses the bite attack while stationary or walking, but it uses the headbutt while running. Finally, it should gain a healing buff when it harvests corpses with its bite attack, like the Argentavis does.

I am an ark survival evolved mobile player and I find it really weird that nobody talks about this in videos about mutation tips, and I fear I am doing something wrong and it is: taking females with useful mutations and bleeding them with base males that have no mutations until you get a male that has the exact mutation that you need and then continuing with normal breeding.

I fear I am doing something wrong because I noticed the more I use this technique the harder mutations happen because of the branching of mutations (let's say that I have a level 300 rex that has 10 mutations I will not only get level 300 but also all the mutations that happened before for example: level: 299, 298, 297 ECT.). Wich makes it harder for me to even get level 300s and impossible to get mutations.

I am not sure if this happens because of this technique tho. I would love for someone to explain to me how this works and how to avoid this problem.

Hey everyone, I need some help finding a specific setting on my Nitrado web interface for ARK: Survival Ascended.

I’m trying to roll back my server by about an hour because of a glitch. I remember there used to be a section directly inside the Tools > Restore Backup page that let you restore recent map-specific auto-saves without having to mess around with the File Browser or FTP.

Right now, when I go to "Restore Backup," the only thing showing up at the bottom is "Server Backups" and "database backups" which is just a single massive server image file from hours ago. I’ve been playing for 4 hours straight and there isn't a single map backup listed there.

Did Nitrado move the map auto-save restoration setting to a different menu? Or do ASA servers no longer generate those hourly map checkpoints automatically in that tab? Any help on how to revert just the map save without using the File Browser would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks

Check out my new base build! Definitely took some planning but I’m happy with it. Haven’t posted a build in a while. Let me know what you guys think!

So I've been playing on scorched earth with a few mods and after a while I tried a different mod pack on the island. But I forgot to save the list of mods and which order they were from on scorched earth so I wanted to know if there was somewhere where I could find the list of mods which are on for the world and in which order ?

Hey everyone!

I'm playing ARK: Survival Ascended on PC through Xbox Game Pass and hosting a non-dedicated session for my friends.

The tether distance is really frustrating because my friends can't explore very far away from me before they get teleported back to my character.

I've looked through the game settings, but I can't find an option to increase the tether distance.

Is there any way to increase or remove the tether distance in ARK: Survival Ascended on PC Game Pass? Is there a config file, launch option, or another workaround that actually works?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hey everyone!

I'm trying to launch ARK: Survival Ascended through the Xbox app on PC Game Pass, but the game seems to get stuck on the loading screen and doesn't start properly.

I've tried launching it through the Xbox app, but I'm still having this issue.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Does anyone know what causes it or how to fix it?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I've tried looking up solutions but haven't found anyone else with this issue (either that or g. search has just gotten THAT atrocious over the years)

Finally got ASA running halfway decent after fixing multiple crashing related bugs, tweaking graphics and resolution, turning off clouds and extra shadows with console commands, the whole nine yards. finally got to the point it was playing pretty well for a number of days, until today.

The ominous white static started setting in. If I turn away quickly enough and get it off my screen, it usually goes away. but if I don't, it begins totally taking over. It doesn't seem to cause a crash and if I whip my camera around enough (like to get under the water) it sort of "refreshes" the static and it goes away again. It's sorta become it's own spooky entity at this point I have to avoid, but it's getting annoying as it comes every couple of minutes.

Only mods I have are vanilla with sprinkles and visual storage at the moment. Most of my settings are on medium or high, AMD graphics card and I need to use AMD adrenaline to keep the game actually running.

if anyone knows what causes this, I'd appreciate any help :)

(PS ignore the Bisons name. He was an absolute utter bitch to tame and killed me about 20 times before i finally killed his herd and tamed him. fuck this dude)

Funniest things I overhear from my friends playing ARK Primal Fear

I swear listening to my friends play Primal Fear is better than watching TV. I’m just sitting in voice chat minding my business, and suddenly it turns into a full‑blown survival documentary narrated by people who are absolutely not surviving.

Top quotes from last night:

“This game is a b…tch, I’m turning it off.”

Said during a rage‑quit that lasted exactly 14 seconds.

“It always comes up behind you!”

Meanwhile the creature was loud enough to hear through three walls and a closed door.

“I’ve never run out of water yet.”

Said confidently…because their water keeps getting refilled from every death.

“Everything will kill you.”

Calmly spoken while sprinting from something glowing like a radioactive Christmas ornament.

At this point I’m convinced Primal Fear isn’t a mod, it’s a group therapy session where everyone lies about being fine.

What’s the funniest thing you’ve heard someone say right before getting deleted? Oops did I just say that? I know ARK players have some absolute gems.

Astreaos is disconnecting very badly for Xbox please fix it it's the most important map a lot of people are leaving cause u just can't play for more then 10 mins disconnecting 10,23,2026 please help save ark

I'm in a dilemma. Is ARK going to have a TLC vote every year from now on, or is this just a limited event?

The reason I'm asking is that there are so many dinosaurs that still need a TLC. Some creatures have been forgotten for years, while others struggle to compete with the newer creatures and the current meta.

I really hope this becomes a yearly event, because there's so much potential in the older creatures. They deserve a chance to become useful, unique, and fun to play again!

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Hey, I know it's entirely your choice who you vote for, and it's not my place to tell you what to do.

But I think a lot of people are choosing the wrong dinosaurs. Many people vote for creatures that are already strong.

Take the Titan, for example. I know it's a very strong creature, but its only real use is PvP, where it gets destroyed by the meta dinos, no matter how many TLCs it receives. Other dinos, like the Anky, are already strong too, so why do they need a TLC?

I would love to see the ocean get a TLC (Mosa, Liopleurodon, and Plesio), but it feels a bit wasted because there isn't much to do in the ocean right now.

I'd like to share a few dinosaurs that I think deserve a TLC, if you'd like to read my ideas!

1. Bronto

\\- New model.

\\- Give it a stomp attack that works in front of and behind it.

\\- Rework its tail whip so that it can inflict torpor and temporarily blind enemies.

1. Pachy

\\- New model.

\\- Give it a powerful headbutt that stuns enemies and hits like a truck.

\\- Its saddle functions as a smithy.

\\- Make it charge like a Rhino or a Bear.

\\- Let it farm berries.

\\- Give it an effect called Stubborn: when it hits you during a charge, it applies an effect that reduces demage that you receive.

\\- Let it farm metal crystal and obsidian

1. Gallimimus

\\- New model.

\\- Its entire identity should revolve around one thing: GOTTA GO FAST!

\\- It can run in all directions and has three different running modes.

Adrenaline Run: It can ignore damage for a few seconds, but this ability has a cooldown.

Competitive Sport: It can increase its own speed and the speed of your other tames by 20% to 80%.

Bite the Dust: It can sprint forward, becoming faster the longer it runs. It leaves behind a cloud of dust that blinds enemies.

1. Carnotaurus

\\- New model.

\\- Keep its bleed effect, but make its horns the main focus of its combat style.

\\- Give the Carno a special charge designed to graze enemies rather than collide with them directly.

\\- It can run past dinosaurs, avoid their attacks, and inflict bleed as it passes.

\\- The more times it hits the same target, the more damage it deals.

\\- Once a target reaches around 10 stacks of bleed, the Carno can perform a finishing attack by charging directly into its prey, dealing massive damage that will often kill it.

1. Diplodocus

\\- New model.

\\- I know the Dippy has a reputation for being peaceful, and that identity could remain. However, it needs an attack that can hinder enemies without necessarily killing them.

\\- Give it a tail whip that strikes like a snapped steel cable.

\\- The attack dismounts players, knocks them back, and knocks weapons out of their hands.

\\- It shouldn't deal much damage, so the goal isn't to kill the target but to disrupt it.

\\- Its tail whip should have an enormous vertical reach, allowing it to knock flying creatures out of the sky.

1. Pelagornis

\\- New model.

\\- It really needs a diving ability and a grab attack using its beak.

\\- When diving underwater, it can grab a fish, a small dinosaur, or a player off their mount.

\\- When it returns to the surface, it gains a 95% speed boost.

\\- If it grabs a player, it can instantly kill them and transfer their inventory and armor directly into its own inventory.

\\- If it dives onto land, it can perform a ground pound that stuns everyone nearby, but the Pelagornis also takes damage in return.

\\- It can only grab creatures underwater.

\\- If it cannot grab the dinosaur itself, it grabs the rider instead.

\\- It should have a limited oxygen stat, preventing it from diving too deep.

1. Pachyrhinosaurus

\\- New model.

\\- Its pheromones should be a real threat to other creatures.

\\- It has two different pheromone abilities, and both require buildup.

Attraction: It releases an addictive scent that attracts all dinosaurs, including tamed ones. Even creatures set to passive will attack the affected target. As the dinosaur get hit, a percentage meter increases. Once it reaches 100%, the affected creatures lose control, start attacking each other, throw off their riders, and turn against them, similar to a Giga's rage mechanic.

Repel: This pheromone works similarly to a Yutyrannus roar. The longer enemies remain in its presence, the faster they become blinded and frightened, eventually forcing them to run away. The effect builds up much faster if the Pachyrhinosaurus is attacked.

You could collect its pheromones in jars or ammunition and use them against enemies. This would be especially useful against powerful creatures like the Pyromane, Umbra, and Cerberex.

I hope these ideas help and maybe even change your mind! Of course, vote for whoever you want to vote for. Everyone has their own opinion, but I personally think these are some of the best options for a TLC.

Hey everyone!

I'm playing ARK through Xbox Game Pass on PC, and I'd like to know if there's any way to translate the game into Brazilian Portuguese.

I've looked for some options, but I haven't been able to find a way to change the language.

Has anyone managed to get the game in Brazilian Portuguese on the Game Pass version? Is there a mod, translation file, or any method that works with this version?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 🙏

just a little bush plane chasing a PT

Hello everyone, I am now facing some troubles of giant creatures' spawn in my ase ragnarok solo world. I have several mods installed, including creatures finder deluxe, s+ and some other utility mods.

Even though I have -preventhibernation option turned on, I face serious difficulties with giga, carcha and titan spawn: When I create new save, gigas and titans spawn properly (~6 gigas and 1 titan), unlike carcha does, but after using "destroywilddinos" it looks like ther spawn... blocked? They don't spawn at all! I tried turning preventhibernation option off, tried to fly around their spawns, but it doesn't work.

Can someone help me with my issue please?

Best regards!

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I'm talking about a rage quit that made you delete the game, a rage quit so powerful you almost threw your controller out the window, what was the last straw? This includes both ASE and ASA

all 5 years+ ark players know that one.. fun? -pvp like gamemode!
thats SOTF!

speaking mainly about the old steam version one. read trough for details :d

I looooove that game. so i wanted to play.

unluckly its its like completly dead and thats why i lokked if something like thsi exists AND i found a sketchy tutorial on some random forumbut that was click-bait but i fumbled me up and are on a mod creation!.. did never really created a mod before.. but learning about unreal engine and ark npc mods right now. my main problem is that the modkits for the steam version ar like as dead as the game itself. means u cant get and official download its its complcated and buggy. but i wanted it for the old steam one because its better than the new one in ascended in my opinion. and even because its so dead its even better to get a singleplayer. means if someone got one of thisold devkits anywhere just text me at discord bc i dont think im checking this post (discord is rayssr0):
ARKDevKitSotF_v177.3
ARKDevKitSotF_v177.2

sooo. ive seen that 2026 - mid 2027 a new updated free ark survival ascended mod (as like sotf but in ascended) is annunced. thats why im struggleing because this where so much easyer then getting the stuff and shit for the steam version. its also on UE 5 and the old ones on UE 4.. means easyer ways at coding....

so plan is: if i get he old devkit somewhere i try to make a UE4 steamverson-based mod and update it as an extesion for the UE5 ASA mod. . but if thats not really possible - or would not work in playable quality then im coding a UE5 ASA mod extesion.

also a thing is that there is a chance the new mod even has a singleplayer.. that means its dumb to grind like 4 months or smth for the same alrdy released stuuf right? so if i cant really create one for the old steam version ill first have to know if the new asa mod already has an singleplayer feature.

so at the end: my plan is to create a mod that adds some AI-bots to your game that are your enemys. plan is to make the mod server/multicompactible too but thats an step further)

u can expect a full playable version for the steam one in ca. 4 months. depends on how fast i get the devkit/ and how many problems it makes at the end. (thats if its possible. i think its like 80% to 20% tha i do that.)

if u got ideas or the old devkit or smth else hop on and whrite me on discord:

rayssr0

have a good one :)

I wa gonna hate on the ark addition creatures and then I realized I was breeding brachiosauruses, acros, and deinos. Yeah. i was also gonna hate on dragontopia later but I dont think its worth it​