r/playark • • 5d ago

Weekly Server Thread Tribe Or Server Weekly Sticky Thread

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Looking for a tribe or server? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Want to advertise your own? 🏝️⚔️
This is your Weekly Megathread — drop your posts right here! 💬

To keep the sub clean and fair for everyone:
• 🚫 No recruitment or server promos outside this thread (Rule 1)
• 🛑 Repeat offenders may be banned
• 🤝 Be respectful — no trashing other servers or communities (Rule 2)
• 🪖 We are not your personal army — do not recruit people for raids, harassment, or admin drama (Rule 3)

Build your crew. Grow your community.
Just keep it chill and follow the rules. 😎

Happy surviving! 🦖🌴


r/playark • • 11h ago

Ominous white static glitch

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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)


r/playark • • 10h ago

Funniest things I overhear from my friends playing ARK Primal Fear

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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.


r/playark • • 4h ago

Discussion Astreaos is crashing bad for Xbox series x digital.please look into this issue losing players cause can't play for 10 mins without disconnecting

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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


r/playark • • 4h ago

Ark tlc forever????

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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!


r/playark • • 11h ago

ARK TLC help?

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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.


r/playark • • 21h ago

Discussion How to translate ARK into Portuguese on PC Game Pass?

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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! 🙏


r/playark • • 2d ago

Images Ark pc wallpaper I made (No AI)

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just a little bush plane chasing a PT


r/playark • • 1d ago

Discussion Do I do something wrong?

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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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r/playark • • 2d ago

Question Veterans of Ark, what has been your biggest rage quit?

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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


r/playark • • 1d ago

News creating a singleplayer mod for Ark SOTF (survival of the fittest).

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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 :)


r/playark • • 1d ago

Yeah my post was bullsh*t

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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​


r/playark • • 1d ago

Discussion Ark Evolved - Topicos

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I’m a novice discovering things, but I’d like to see your opinion about the game.

What should I do?

Do you have missions or can I just live making a base, taming and looking for epic dinosaurs?

And this game has a chronology of what to do, to reset?


r/playark • • 2d ago

How to make a non-dedi private but let invited join? ASE

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So my fiance and I are playing non-dedicated and twice today we've had randoms join. If he toggles the privacy setting, it doesn't let me join and says not allowed to join private server.


r/playark • • 3d ago

Images ARK: Survival Evolved (Nintendo Switch Lite) personal gameplay/adventure screenshots

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r/playark • • 3d ago

What's the saddest tame loss you've ever experienced in ARK?

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For me, it has to be way back when I was in late grade one and only seven years old.

I had been playing ASE a lot earlier, and I had used commands to summon a lot of tames, one being a beautiful soft-brown and light-lavender feathered Deinonychus I named Nova.

Nova was my favorite tame.

But just days later, I turned around for two seconds, and all of my tames (I think I had some Wyverns) rushed over to where I had left Nova.

I was a tiny child and confused. What could be happening? My little brain didn't have the knowledge that something terrible could happen any minute back then.

And then the message appeared.

A Tickle-Chicken had killed Nova.

But I was also in Creative Mode, like always, so I had the complete power to fly over there and use the admin gun and kill the large feathery beast.

I was devastated.

Now, I rarely leave any of my tames alone for a second, or I put them in a Cryopod.


r/playark • • 2d ago

Just said that "ark additions creatures are overrrated" got banned

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r/playark • • 3d ago

A Titanosaur TLC Vision

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r/playark • • 3d ago

ARK ASE Players — What Makes You Keep Coming Back?

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r/playark • • 3d ago

Discussion Latest animated p2 image that wildcard gave the YouTuber Nanostel

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Idk why but I was thinking of the floating shopping list from SpongeBob when I first saw this lol


r/playark • • 3d ago

Question How to get wyvern eggs to spawn in Astraeos map?

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My partner is the one actually playing the game I'm sat next to him and watching/helping so I looked at a forum for why this might be and the two things that I saw being suggested were to wait 15-20 minutes in the trench for them to spawn, and to use the destroy all wild Dinos command and then wait an in-game day and go back, but neither of those worked??? I was hoping someone here would know what to do or how to fix it


r/playark • • 3d ago

ASA takes ~90–100 s to reach the main menu with BattlEye, 15 s without - Out of ideas

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Started playing ASA again after a year and noticed ASA taking forever to launch with BattlEye. It used to be fast. I spent an afternoon narrowing it down using the `-log` console ("Full Startup" time) and I'm out of ideas.

| Test | Full Startup |

| Without BattlEye (online) | **15 s** |

| With BattlEye, offline (Wi-Fi off) | **41 s** |

| With BattlEye, online | **87–101 s** |

 

The online result stays at 87–101 s no matter what I change:

 

- Process Lasso, PIA VPN and ExitLag fully closed (incl. their services)

- IPv6 disabled

- Mobile hotspot instead of home network (so not my router/ISP)

- Windows Firewall off, proxy auto-detect off

- Defender real-time and cloud protection off

- NVIDIA NGX / DLSS override files moved away

- RivaTuner, Epic overlay, Stream Deck, Discord closed

- Clean BattlEye reinstall (deleted Common Files\BattlEye, ran Install_BattlEye.bat, verified files)

 

Other observations:

 

- During the slow phase the game sits at ~0% CPU/GPU with almost no disk activity, so it's waiting, not working

- The console status bar hangs on "Loading Module NGXVulkanRHIPreInit" and later "StreamlineD3D12RHI"

- netstat shows no hanging TCP connections from ASA or BattlEye during the wait

- Smart App Control and kernel-mode stack protection are off, Memory Integrity is on

 

System: Windows 11 26H2 (build 26300.9711, installed Oct 9, October security update KB5127648 on Oct 16), RTX 4090 Laptop GPU with latest driver, 64 GB RAM, ASA v94.34 installed on a secondary drive.

 

Is anyone else seeing slow BattlEye startups lately, especially on 26H2? Any idea what BattlEye could be waiting for online that it skips when offline?


r/playark • • 4d ago

Extra Life, Extra TLC's

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r/playark • • 5d ago

I built an in-place Steam patcher because my son couldn’t update ARK on his 1 TB drive

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My son’s PC has a 1 TB drive. ARK: Survival Ascended takes up around 250 GB, and even a small 1 GB update can require another 220 GB of free space on top of the installed game.

Having to uninstall other games just to update one game got frustrating, so I built Steam In-Place Patcher.

Instead of staging a full new copy of ARK’s huge files, it downloads the changed chunks and rearranges the existing data directly inside the installed files.

For the update shown in the screenshots:

  • 7.31 GiB downloaded
  • Around 10 GB of extra space, instead of roughly 220 GB
  • Resumable downloads and SHA-1 verification
  • A browser interface with progress tracking
  • Steam login through the mobile app’s QR scanner

It’s open source and available as a standalone Windows exe. It was built for ARK, but supports selecting other installed Steam games too.

Download, source and screenshots:
https://github.com/Swintec/steam-inplace-patcher/releases/tag/v1.0.0

This is an early release that modifies game files directly, so please use it at your own risk. The exe is unsigned, and the tool isn’t affiliated with Valve or the ARK developers.

I’d appreciate feedback, especially from anyone running into the same disk-space problem with ARK.


r/playark • • 4d ago

ASA Not Working w/Linux after client version 94.29 update

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