ARK Survival Evolved

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island you must learn to survive Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land and encounter other players to survive dominate and escape



TAME TRAIN BREED RIDE DINOSAURS IN A LIVING ECOSYSTEM

Over 50 creatures can be tamed using a challenging subdueprotect process Weaken a feral creature to knock it out and then nursing it to health Once tamed you can issue commands to your Pet which it may follow depending on how well youve tamed and trained it Pets continue to levelup and consume food and carry Inventory and Equipment Fly a Pteranodon over the mountains race through the jungle with a pack of Raptors or chase down prey on a TRex Experience a dynamic ecosystem with its own predator prey hierarchies Breed Pets through successive generations to generate the best traits Or put more simply breed raise Dino Babies



FOOD WATER TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER

Eat and drink to survive with different foods having different nutritional values including human meat All actions drain food and water and longdistance travel is draining Inventory weight slows you down and the daynight cycle and weather alter the environment Craft clothing build shelter and use fire to protect yourself against damage the elements



HARVEST CRAFT AND PAINT ITEMS

Harvest trees ore and more to become a master crafter Use your hands a Smithy or a Fabricator to craft increasingly complex and powerful gear Build a massive base using modular piecesranging from Thatch to Wood to Stone to Metal Customize your base by painting it and placing signs that you can actually draw on Weapons clothing armor gear can also be painted to express your own visual style



SUMMON THE ULTIMATE LIFE FORMS

Bring rare items to special Summon locations to awaken the ARKs mythical creatures who arrive ready for battle These monstrosities provide an endgame goal for the most experienced Tribes and their Pets and yield valuable items if they are defeated



RPG STATISTICS

LevelUp your survivor by gaining experience through ingame actions to learn new crafting Engrams or find higher level item Blueprints in the most dangerous parts of the ARK Customize the look of your character with a complex character creation system



HARDCORE MECHANICS

Items have durability and wear out with use if not repaired When you leave the game your character remains sleeping in the persistent world Your inventory also exists in the persistent world vulnerable to theft Death means permanent loss and you can even enslave other players for your own purposes



LARGE WORLD PERSISTENCE

On the 70 player servers your character everything you built and your pets stay ingame even when you leave Special themed events will occur in the world with corresponding limitedrun items