Community Crunch 396: Gigantoraptor Spotlight, Love Evolved, and More!

We are thrilled to see the excitement around the new Custom Cosmetic System and Simple Framework. If you missed it, you can read about it in our first Community Bite. Remember Love Evolved - our Valentine's Day event starting on February 13th! Also, if you missed Garuga's Let's Build Stream, you can catch up on Session 1 now! Download in full resolution Behold the queen of helicopter parenting, Gigantoraptor, soon to grace the prehistoric landscape of The Center! With a love larger than life, this majestic creature fiercely guards its brood while exuding elegance and danger with its colorful plumage and razor-sharp claws. Get ready to witness the awe-inspiring presence of Gigantoraptor with the release of The Center later this month. Here is the dossier again, in case you missed it. Download in full resolution 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 across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week! This video features: Cliffans Saddles by Clifffan RR-Medieval Structures by Naneya Mythical Armory by Auriel Deimos Variants: Tek Dino Pack by SurviveDeimos ARK of the Fallen Chibi Mod by CyrusCreates Krazy Cosmetics by StudioWildcardMods Download in full resolution Can you feel the love in the air? Love Evolved is set to sweep ARK survivors off their feet with an array of enchanting new treats and delights. This love-filled event, celebrating Valentine's Day, kicks off on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, and will continue to spread joy and affection until Tuesday, February 20, 2024, on Official Servers. Starts on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 10:00am PST Ends on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10:00am PST Love Bugs *new* Vday Coel Valentine’s Fishing Rod *new* Love Bug Hearts *new* Festive Dino Candy Box o' Chocolates (Now also reduce mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining) Bear Hug Swimsuit Odd Couple Swimsuit Sauropod Heart Swimsuit Cupid Couture Bottom Skin Cupid Couture Top Skin Halo Headband Skin Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin Heart Spring Hat Cuddle Rex Sweater Bow & Eros Skin Heart-shaped Shield Skin Teddy Bear Grenade Skin Love Shackles Skin Heart Spring Hat *new* Cuddle Rex Sweater *new* Love-Bed *new* Flirty Emote Heart Emote Self Hug Emote Jade PineGreen SpruceGreen LeafGreen Dino Light Blue WyvernBlue0 PowderBlue Glacial DarkViolet DarkLavender MediumLavender Lavender Dino Light Red Dino Light Purple LightPink Magenta DeepPink Red Dark Red DragonFire Dark Magenta Dino Albino NearWhite Cream Thanks to everyone who participated in Garuga123's Let's Build Stream. If you missed it, you can watch the recorded video posted above to learn more about the visual aspects of modding. Be sure to check the schedule below so you don't miss the next livestream! Session 2 February 17th, 10 AM - 12 PM Pacific Blueprinting - setting up the actual character BPs Session 3 March 2nd, 10 AM - 12 PM Pacific Going Live - getting the mod prepped, testing issues, uploading, etc. Watch on Garuga or on SurvivetheArk's Twitch channels! This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, February 12th. PVP/PVE: 3x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding Small Tribes: 5.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 5x Breeding ARKpocalypse: 6x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKFanart on social media! Creator: Game_Changer Game Changer have gone full on Medieval Roleplay in their first ever modded base on Svartalfheim! Creator: Sanyxs Sanyxs plays ARK's newest mod: Super Steamboat Willie! Ark Wyvern-Gray Art by GrayshadowArt Slow and steady: aberrant by BettleKettle Fantasy Spinosaurus by Rebecca "DarkEdgeTV" Dodo Dave by Cadan R. Dale Allosaurus by Brón Ilves Model painting and Custom base Commission! by dar-k-stuff Welcome to ASA by @falco_luna Got inspiration from Skyrim's Solitude to build this, I've called it Frosthold by u/JackKerwood Magna Gecko is probably one of if not the cutest mod creature by u/-Swank- Argy mutations by flamekeeper2224 Photo Mode by @J0K3R_GaNg Love Photomode by viirella Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark Official Wiki: ark.wiki.gg