Community Crunch 460: The Party starts on June 2nd!

30 May 2025Developer post

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ARK’s 10th Anniversary is nearly here, and the party kicks off this Monday, June 2nd!

You can expect the update to roll out Monday late in the evening PST. Alongside the UE 5.5 Upgrade, we’ll be celebrating a decade of ARK with a fun anniversary event, new content, and more!

For more details on everything else coming on June 2nd, check out our previous post here.

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This event can be manually activated with the dedicated server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Birthday or via a drop-down menu in Host/Single Player mode.

Start: Thursday, June 5th, 2025
End: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

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

Party Dodo *new*

Armor: Birthday Suit Shirt Skin (Chestpiece) *new*
Armor: Birthday Suit Pants Skin (Leggings) *new*
Armor: Party Hat Skin (Headgear) *new*
Creature Hat: Dino Party Hat Skin *new*
Weapon: Torch Sparkler Skin (Torch)

ARK Anniversary Surprise Cake *new*
Cake Slice (Resource) *new*
Cakes (Consumable & Event Items) *new*
- Taming Cake Slice *new*
- Breeding Cake Slice *new*
- Imprint Cake Slice *new*
- EXP Cake Slice *new*
- Harvesting Cake Slice *new*
Anniversary Festive Dino Candy

DJ Party *new*
Rave Dance *new*

Party Dodo *new*
Party Rex *new*
Party Saber *new*
Party Pego *new*
Party Ankylo *new*

DinoAlbino
DarkViolet
MediumLavender
Actual Black
Cyan
LemonLime
Vermillion
PowderBlue
Mint
WyvernPurple1
Turquoise
DeepPink
WyvernPurple0
Red
Blue
Dino Dark Purple
LightYellow
WyvernBlue

We’re making a key adjustment to OSD’s on Astraeos to address a bug. Starting July 15th, when an OSD lands, it will now destroy any nearby player-built structures within its impact radius. This will be the same radius used for OSDs on Extinction.

If you’ve built near potential OSD drop zones, we strongly recommend relocating your base before the patch goes live.

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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!

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