There's something new growing in ARK: Dragontopia, Survivors!
With its sweeping green wings, moss-covered scales, and wildflowers blooming across its body, Silvanor appears as though a piece of the forest itself has come to life. But beneath that mantle of green lies a creature with a temperament as intriguing as its appearance.
Where some of its kin are keen to strike, Silvanor seems to possess a remarkable sense of patience. Those who cross its path may find themselves met with a watchful gaze rather than an immediate attack, almost as though it's giving Survivors a chance to reconsider their next move.
Of course, there's a difference between being peaceful and being defenseless, and those who mistake one for the other may find themselves in a rather… prickly situation.
Take your first look at Silvanor, coming to ARK: Dragontopia on December 10!
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Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!
This video features:
- Cliffans Premium Outfits: The Rogue Tide by Cliffan
- Flying Carpet by EternalRuiner
- Fantasy Era Atlantis by CyberTree
- Klinger Castle Cosmetics (Premium) Mod content update by Klinger
- Guitar Decor by Txut
- S-Dino Variants by Nekatus_Modding
- Alien Creature Pack by EliteDodo
- Clay’s Carch Edit by TheClay_Art
$160,000 for the kids and counting!
The Brontosaurus becomes the first winner of a TLC!
Thank you for the generosity that’s brought us this far.
We’re raising the stakes with a bonus fifth Creature TLC , and your donations will decide who gets it. Rally your tribe, back your favourite, and let’s see how high we can push that total!
Your move, Survivors.
Year after year, Extra Life shows how much good the ARK community can do together. As we head into our twelfth year, we’ve raised over $1.2 million to help kids in need, thanks to your generosity. It’s a tradition we’re proud to share with you, and we’re ready to build on it once again in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the children and families in their care.
This year, we’re going all-in on that shared goal: raising funds to help kids get the care they need, while unlocking something special for the future of ARK: Survival Ascended along the way.
Our Dino TLC community milestones are back! For every $40,000 raised, you’ll unlock a TLC for a classic creature, up to four in total, with your votes deciding which familiar faces get some extra love. Rally behind your favorites, help spread the word, and let’s make this year’s campaign count.
All donations to Team Wildcard go directly to UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. The hospital provides expert care across more than 20 pediatric specialties and is home to the UF Health Shands Pediatric ER, the community’s first dedicated children’s emergency department.
When donating to anyone on the Studio Wildcard Extra Life Team, not just Studio Wildcard directly, include a message with your chosen creature’s full first name preceded by a hashtag, like this (we’ll do our best to identify typos, but try to spell them correctly!):
- #Giganotosaurus
- Hello #Giganotosaurus
- Please give #Giganotosaurus a TLC!
- Every $1 donated = 1 vote
- A $50 donation with #Giganotosaurus = 50 votes for Giganotosaurus
- Five $10 donations with #Giganotosaurus = 50 votes for Giganotosaurus (10 x 5)
To keep the vote balanced and consistent, eligible creatures must meet the following criteria:
- Araneo
- Argentavis
- Dire Bear
- Direwolf
- Gigantopithecus
- Giganotosaurus (release Nov. 5)
- Mammoth
- Megalosaurus (upcoming)
- Parasaur
- Procoptodon
- Quetzalcoatlus (upcoming)
- Raptor
- Therizinosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Sabertooth
- Sarcosuchus
- Spinosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Triceratops
- November 13 – First Winner
- November 20 – Second Winner
- November 27 – Third Winner
- December 4 – Final Winner
Donate now to the Wildcard Team or any other team member listed here to ensure your vote counts!
Together we’ve already passed 175k raised and still going strong. Thank you so much to everyone donating, cheering, streaming, and showing up. This is the power of gaming communities when we come together.
We want to thank all the members of our team, big and small, for their incredible effort toward raising more for the Children's Miracle Network!
Let’s keep the energy going. For the kids.
Etholdir will be doing a building stream Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM Pacific with some members of my community (Wildtimez, IAMNESSA & f4rmboy31). They'll be going to the Redwoods to build a Ewok inspired Tree Platform Village spanning multiple trees and answering any building related questions people might have!
Watch here!
Starting November 13th through November 23rd, we’ll be rolling out a selection of the community’s favorite dino colors on the official network, along with a sweet twist in place of the traditional boosted donation rates.
- Taming Cake Slice
- Breeding Cake Slice
- Imprint Cake Slice
- EXP Cake Slice
- Harvesting Cake Slice
- ID5 Cyan
- ID 94 Teal
- ID68 DeepPink
- ID36 Dino Albino
- ID96 Glacial
- ID4 Yellow
- ID6 Magenta
- ID84 Mint
- ID95 PowderBlue
- ID76 Peach
- ID57 DarkTurquoise
- ID67 LightPink
- ID58 MediumTurquoise
- ID91 Lavender
- ID2 Blue
- ID92 DarkTeal
- ID19 Dino Light Red
- ID53 Dino Medium Blue
- ID50 WyvernPurple1
- ID54 Dino Deep Blue
- ID11 Light Yellow
- ID88 LeafGreen
- ID59 TurquoiseafGreen
- ID27 Dino Dark Green
Some of ARK’s most surprising adventures begin with a modder asking, “What if?” With the Unreal Engine 5.8 update comes another opportunity to bring those ideas to life!
We’re teaming up with CurseForge for Arkathon 2: Season of the Hunt! The ARK: Survival Ascended modding contest is putting your creativity to the test with a $30,000 total prize pool across 44 winning entries, split into two main tracks:
- Gameplay ($10,000 pool): Create new mechanics, challenges, tools, and features inspired by hunting, exploration, and survival.
- Custom Cosmetics ($10,000 pool): Give Survivors, creatures, structures, equipment, and more an original look
Prize breakdown:
- Grand Prize: 20 main category winners sharing $20,000.
- Community Favorites: 4 community-voted winners sharing $8,000.
- Mid-Contest Spotlights: 20 early submission winners sharing $2,000.
Submissions open November 11, so now’s the time to gather your ideas, find your collaborators, and start planning your next creation. We can’t wait to see what you bring to the ARKs!
Visit the contest website for full entry guidelines and terms.
Hey Survivors, after careful assessment, we've opted to begin the process of sunsetting a selection of our inactive official servers. Our goal is to ensure that we're always delivering the best experience possible, and official servers exist as a way for the community to play together without having to host their own. When we launch fresh content, typically, we put up more servers than we need in the long term to match the peak in user capacity; over time, these servers become ghost towns as players have dropped off and are waiting for the next major content release.
As part of this process, the servers will be renamed with the “SUNSET” prefix, following the same approach we’ve used in the past. Please note that once renamed, these servers will be removed from the in-game Favorites list, so you’ll need to search for them manually to reconnect.
On November 29th, we'll be sunsetting these inactive Island servers.
Click here to see the updated detailed list.
We still intend to provide capacity at launches as much as possible to meet the higher need during those periods.
We’re working with our partner at Nitrado to offer these saves after the scheduled sunset through Nitrado’s interface. Please stay tuned for more details.
Conquest, introduced to ARK: Survival Ascended by Snail Games, focuses on large-scale PvP, with increased rates, and other changes listed below. The increased rates will allow tribes to set up and establish themselves quickly and enable them to rebuild after potential losses instead of being wiped completely.
The official Conquest servers are open for PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
If you need any support during the Conquest season, join the Conquest Enforcement's Discord.
Server Settings/Rules
- XP rate: 5x (Event rates: 7x)
- Harvesting rate: 5x (Event rates: 7x)
- Taming rate: 5x (Event rates: 7x)
- Imprinting rate: 5x (Event rates: 7x)
- Maturation rate: 5x
- Hatching rate: 5x (Event rates: 7x)
- Breeding rate: 5x
- Gestation rate: 5x
- Mating interval: 0.5x
- Max players per server: 75
- Rotation: 2 separate clusters.
- 1 month wipe servers
- 2 month wipe Servers
[*] Transfers: Open on launch for each cluster internally - 1 month wipe will not be able to transfer to 2 month wipe Clusters and vis versa.
Tribe and alliance rules
- Formal Alliances are not allowed.
- Maximum tribe size: By cluster
- 1 month Servers - 10 player tribe limit
- 2 month Servers - 25 player tribe limit
Building rules
- Rat-hole building is not allowed.
- No cave building.
1-month wipe servers 12 servers
- The Island: 4 servers
- Ragnarok: 3 servers
- Astraeos: 2 servers
- The Center: 3 servers
2-month wipe servers 12 servers
- The Island: 3 servers
- Ragnarok: 3 servers
- Astraeos: 3 servers
- The Center: 3 servers
ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!
What is ARKpocalypse?
- ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates.
- Next wipe: December 11th, 2026
The Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, November 16.
- PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
- Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
- ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
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Creator: Jonna-X
Jonna-X explains how to tame the Enigmasaur the easiest way possible so you can have your own master of disguise!
Creator: ClickTockClock
ClickTockClock examines all the new updates to the Giganotosaurus for Ark Survival Ascended.
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Throwback Ice Wyvern by @RunsWithPencil
Calathea Icon: She was the first Evo Giga I mutated by nezuyu
VENOMOUS by @AlajaVedma08
Maewing by @NAMCOOo
How I caught my Desmodus by takeritaketakeko
Fire Wyvern by firediamond059
Dragon costume by @falco_luna
Photo Mode by mtb0475
Big Bee Hive by tsukumono01
Who is the boss now? by hizamarukco
Goobye, my friend by 7467a
Photo Mode by catcatswagger
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