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ARK: Survival Ascended

Map releases, new creatures, and the Community Crunch cadence tracking tames, breeding, and balance.

6 days ago

Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun

Darkness creeps once more across the ARK... Fear Ascended returns from October 28th to November 11th , , bringing with it a fresh wave of ghostly creatures and plenty of new ways to get into the Halloween spirit. From eerie coffin-inspired furnishings and pumpkin decorations to…

17 October

Community Crunch 528: Not Quite What It Seems

How well do you really know the creatures around you, Survivors? You might want to take a closer look… The Enigmasaur is no ordinary master of disguise. It doesn't simply imitate other species, it becomes them, blending in so convincingly that even their own kind may be none…

10 October

Community Crunch 527: Trial by Fury

Most Survivors know better than to pick a fight with a Giganotosaurus. With its TLC on the way, the bravest among you may have to do exactly that. We've already shared a first look at the Giga's renewed ferocity, but this week, we're unveiling its updated dossier, and it turns…

3 October

Community Crunch 526: Madness Takes Flight

A massive silhouette just crested the horizon, Survivors, and this one is difficult to mistake. Meet Xeranox, the latest dragon preparing to spread its wings in ARK: Dragontopia! With four magnificent wings casting a terrifying cross over the battlefield, Xeranox knows exactly…

30 September

Therizino TLC, Cerberax and Gargantar are out now!

TRAILER Expand your exotic menagerie with the first season of Fantastic Tames for ARK: Survival Ascended! These extraordinary oddities are forged from the ARK’s most mystical anomalies in defiance of nature. Each Fantastic Tame brings its own wondrous array of abilities to…

26 September

Community Crunch 525: An Appetite for Destruction

It turns out there are worse things than being swallowed by a dragon. When Gargantar arrives on September 30 for all ARK: Dragontopia owners, Survivors will quickly discover that its seemingly bottomless appetite is good for considerably more than clearing the landscape…

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Who is playing ARK: Survival Ascended
Playing now
23,118
Average, 7 days
19,606
Peak
30,131
Vs the period before
+2.1%
010K20K30KOct 23Oct 30
Concurrent players on Steam, sampled hourly by Guild Order. Players on other storefronts are not counted.
Coming up for ARK: Survival Ascended
  • Nov 5
    The Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade and the Giganotosaurus TLC are due for ARK: Survival Ascended; the Crunch also gives November 6 for the Giganotosaurus.
    Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun · Issue No. 14
  • Nov 11
    The Fear Ascended event in ARK: Survival Ascended ends; it began October 28.
    Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun · Issue No. 14
  • Nov 29
    Several hundred inactive official ARK: Survival Ascended servers, renamed with a SUNSET prefix, are shut down.
    Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun · Issue No. 14

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Issue No. 14 · Week of October 26, 2026
  • Studio Wildcard

    Community Crunch 529: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun

    Fear Ascended runs from October 28 to November 11, the Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade moved to November 5, and several hundred inactive official servers will be retired on November 29 after being renamed with a SUNSET prefix.

    • —The sunset list runs to several hundred servers across EU, NA, OC and Asia, PvE and PvP, on Lost Colony, Scorched Earth, Aberration, The Island, Valguero and other maps; renamed servers drop off in-game Favorites.
    • —The Giganotosaurus TLC and the Enigmasaur land with the engine upgrade; the post gives the date as November 5 in one place and November 6 in another.
    • —Private servers enable the event by adding -mods=877752 to launch arguments.
    • —Community-favourite dino colours run on the official network from November 13 to November 23 in place of boosted donation rates.

    For your guild
    Check your tribe's server against the SUNSET list now; a renamed server has a month left. Private-server hosts add the mod ID before the event starts, and anyone planning around the Giganotosaurus should treat November 5 as provisional.

Issue No. 10 · Week of September 28, 2026
  • Studio Wildcard

    Community Crunch 525: An Appetite for Destruction

    Community Crunch 525 confirms the September 30 creature drop and moves the Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade to October 28, with a public test realm first.

    • —Gargantar arrives on September 30 for ARK: Dragontopia owners, alongside Cerberax and the Therizinosaurus TLC.
    • —The UE 5.8 test client opens on Steam on October 5; the full upgrade lands on all platforms on October 28.
    • —Mod cooking servers go offline on October 5 for a recook, and modding reopens on October 28.
    • —The Power Rangers premium mods leave the store after September 30.

    For your guild
    Keep the 30th for taming, but the engine upgrade is not that day, so hold mod and server-config testing for the October 5 test realm. Guilds on modded servers should expect mods to be offline from the 5th to the 28th.

Issue No. 9 · Week of September 21, 2026
  • Studio Wildcard

    Community Crunch 524: Three of a Kind

    Community Crunch 524 previews the three-headed Cerberax, which lands September 30 for ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 owners alongside the Therizinosaurus TLC, the Gargantar, and the game's upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.8.

    • —Cerberax arrives September 30 with the Therizinosaurus TLC, the Gargantar creature, and the move to Unreal Engine 5.8.
    • —Taming a Cerberax means winning over its three heads separately: one through a fight, one with food, and one on a hunt.
    • —ARKpocalypse monthly-wipe servers were wiped this week; the next wipe is October 16.
    • —Updated fan-content guidelines now allow paid access to ARK video content through Patreon and YouTube memberships under set conditions.

    For your guild
    The engine upgrade on September 30 is the one to plan for: back up server configs and test mods before updating, since a major engine jump is where mods break. ARKpocalypse tribes have until October 16 before the next reset.

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Earlier issues
  • No. 5Gamescom week fixes four autumn dates, two of them October 15Week of August 24, 2026
  • No. 2Systems that take a crew to runWeek of August 3, 2026
  • No. 1Studios lay out what comes nextWeek of July 27, 2026

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