Community Crunch 388: Mods Spotlight, Extra Life and Turkey Trial news and more!

25 Nov 2023Developer post

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It's been a busy week, but a lot is coming up! Find out more about our annual ExtraLife event, CurseForge's ARKathon: Modding Contest that starts on December 5th, and a quick tease for ARK: Survival Ascended's bite-sized Turkey Trial!

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Introducing the first set of ARK: Survival Ascended Cross-Platform Mods!

Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser 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 ever across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we release more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

Exciting news! We're thrilled to share that we've given the green light to over 120 fantastic new mods for cross-platform play — what a leap from the ten approved just a couple of days ago! And guess what? There's more to come in the next few days!

Here is the current list of approved cross-platform mods:

Additions Ascended: Archelon
Additions Ascended: Brachiosaurus
Additions Ascended: Ceratosaurus
Additions Ascended: Deinosuchus
Additions Ascended: Deinotherium
Additions Ascended: Helicoprion
Additions Ascended: Xiphactinus
Alfa Oceanic Plataforms
Any Colour Sets
AP: Death Recovery
Ark Primal Chaos
Arkitect Structures Remastered
ArkNav
ArkWarfare Community Mod
Ascended Server Tracker
AutoDoors
Automated Ark
Autorunner
Bangin Tranqs
basilisks
Better Chat
Better Elevators
Better Feeding Troughs
Better Forges
Better Oviraptor
Better Refrigerator
Chaos Creator
Cheat Death (Homing Pigeon reloaded)
Classic Glider Ascended
Cliffans Vanilla Weapon Skins
CliffPlatforms
Configurable Stack Mod
CrunkQoL
Death Inventory Keeper
Death Recovery Item Tool
Dino Auto Attack
Dino Kill Potion
Dino+ (Nanny, Hatchey)
DinoCloud (a Dino Storage Solution)
DKA Mod
Draconic Chronicles (ALPHA) (Wyverns and more)
Dwarven Builders Mod
Easy Pumps
Eclectic-Ascended
Element Harvesting
Empire Gaming Community Mod
EnglarkMod
Ez Engram Unlocker
Ez Grapple Crossbow
Ez Guns on Dinos
Ez Resource Vouchers
EZ Stacks
Flyer Seatbelts (Cross Platform)
Gaia: Elixirs
Gaia: No Fall Damage
Gaia: Spawn Shield
Gaia: Starter Pack
Glyph Transformations
Gnome's Early Tek Binoculars
Gnome's Enhanced Fridge
GoA_Mod
griffins
Gryphons
Improved Industrial Cooker
Industrial Dehydrator
Infused ARK Community Mod
Irradiator
Itens Alfa
Just Be Reasonable! (rhynio craving change)
KJ's Ark
Klinger Additional Boats
Klinger Additional Structures
Legacy Meat Spoiler
LoyaltyARK Community Mod
maewings
Managarmrs
Marvelous Spyglass
More Rideables
MuchStuffPack
Mystic Isles Community Mod
Nanite Owls Structures
Nanoh's Reusables
No Untameables
Pelayori's Cryo Storage
PhoenixARK Mod
Pirate Chests
Project Zodiac
Radical Storage
Rockwell's Smithy
RR-FantasyGliderWings
RR-Homedeco and more! Beta
RR-Potions
S-dino Variants
ScrappedAssets
Silent Structures
Simple Flat Map
Sinomacrops
Sodium Den Community Mod
Solo Farm Mod
Super Spyglass Plus
Super Spyglass/Super Binoculars
Surprise Machines
Survival Ambience
Svartalfheim
Svartalfheim Armory
TC's Odin
TC's Storage Box
tekbows
TG Stacking Mod
TG Stacking Mod 1000-50
TG Stacking Mod 1000-90
The Working Class
TPC Pike
Ultimate Tranqs
Unknown's test 3
Upgrade Station
Utilities Plus

To browse all the mods, visit this page!

We eliminated 95% of join errors for the official network on PC this week. If you historically encountered an error with 'unet' in the title and a slew of server information, rest assured that’s now solved!

The client-server list is currently not always updating server population. What does this mean for you? You may be attempting to join a full server that displays at, say, 64/70, to no avail. We're working on addressing it as soon as possible.

Some players have misunderstood the new Auto Join feature as a Queue system. To clarify, it is not a queue but rather a tool that allows you to automatically attempt reconnection to a server, particularly useful when the server you're on is full. It operates similarly to manually joining but aims to streamline the process and save you clicks. However, you can still opt to join manually if you prefer.

As far as requests for more Official servers go, we plan to roll out some more new servers on our Official Network as we assess stability, capacity, and demand. And, of course, we will add more fresh console servers with boosted rates to help players catch up when PlayStation drops!

We’ll continue to iterate on performance, crashes, bugs, exploits, etc, as we navigate early post-launch LiveOps and stay informed about our ongoing progress via patch notes.

Happy Thanksgiving from the holiday skeleton team!

We are excited to be going live from our Seattle office Saturday December 2nd at 10AM Pacific for 24 hours of entertainment, amazing giveaways, plushies, and much more!

If you are interested in donating or joining the team to raise donations, click on the button below! All donations go to the Extra Life organization and contribute to raising the Official Network rates for 24 hours!

DONATE

We will announce the giveaways and sponsors, along with all the final details in the Crunch next week. Stop by and hang out out in our Twitch stream or Discord for an opportunity to win a cool giveaway from one of our amazing sponsors!

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As the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts fills the air, we're excited to share an update to our Event plans; Turkey Trial will be making a 2023 resurgence in abbreviated form!

Although we won’t be celebrating in true Turkey Trial fashion, we’re cooking up something planned to begin after Thanksgiving. As we want to be fully prepared, Turkey Trial will now commence on Friday, December 1st.

Bonnet Hat Skin
Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin
Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin
Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin
Dodorex Swim Top Skin
Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin
Meat Swim Bottom Skin
Meat Swim Top Skin
Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin
Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin
Pilgrim Hat Skin
Pitchfork Skin
Turkey Hat Skin
Turkey Leg Skin
Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
Turkey Swim Top Skin
Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin
Ugly Trike Sweater Skin
Turkey Costume Skin
Pumpkin Pie Hat *new*
Full-head Cooked Turkey Hat *new*
Wreath-like Forest Crown Hat *new*
Cornucopia-inspired Feeding Trough *new*
Turkey Deep Fryer Cooking Pot *new*

Belly Rub Emote
Food Coma Emote
Hungry Emote
Touchdown *new*
Friends Gesture *new*

Orange
Medium Autumn
Light Autumn
Burnt Sienna
Brown
Light Brown
Dark Magenta
Dark Violet
Vermillion
Red
Dark Red
Dino Dark Red
Midnight Blue
Black Sands
Dark Blue
Near Black
Black
Dino Darker Grey
Dino Albino

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CurseForge is calling all ARK modders and game studios!

ARKathon is a massive ARK: Survival Ascended modding contest. Create and publish your best ARK: Survival Ascended mods for a chance to win big with $350,000 in rewards across two uniques tracks:

Modders Track:

Unleash your creativity to create new maps, skins, dinos, weapons and more.
Publish your mods cross-platform instantly
$50,000 worth of prizes

Studios Track:

It's time to dream big and aim high.
Curseforge is calling all studios to bring their own content and IP to ARK in the form of DLC-level premium mods
3 studios will win a $100,000 development grant each

Submissions start on December 5!

For more info, visit this page!