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Revision as of 00:29, 4 June 2023
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Studio Wildcard | |
ARK: Aberration | Instinct Games[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Efecto Studios[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Virtual Basement[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Abstraction Games[1] |
Publishers | |
Studio Wildcard | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 29, 2017[3] |
macOS (OS X) | August 29, 2017[3] |
Linux | August 29, 2017[3] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
OpenCritic | 61 |
IGDB | 69 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Persistent |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival, MMORPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | ARK |
ARK | |
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ARK: Survival Evolved | 2017 |
ARK: Survival of the Fittest | 2017 |
ARK Park | 2018 |
PixARK | 2019 |
ARK: Survival Ascended | EA |
ARK II | 2024 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
ARK: Survival Evolved is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person survival and MMORPG game in the ARK series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -EpicPortal command line argument.[4] |
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Microsoft Store | Xbox Play Anywhere. Base game. Ultimate Survivor Edition included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
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Steam | Ultimate Survivor Edition also available. Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -EpicPortal command line argument.[5] |
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GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The Explorer's Edition contains the base game and the standard Season Pass.
- The Ultimate Survivor Edition Contains the base game, the standard Season Pass, the Genesis Season Pass and 4 soundtracks.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Expansion maps contain new worlds to play on. "Total Conversion" add-on significantly alters gameplay. |
Expansion pack | Expansion packs contain major additions to the game. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Includes the three paid expansion packs: Aberration, Extinction and Scorched Earth. | |
Genesis Season Pass | Includes Genesis Part 1 and Genesis Part 2 expansion packs. Included in the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. |
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Aberration | Expansion Pack. Available only as part of the Season Pass. |
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Extinction | Expansion Pack. Available only as part of the Season Pass. |
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Scorched Earth | Expansion Pack. Available only as part of the Season Pass. |
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Crystal Isles | Free Expansion Map. | |
Ragnarok | Free Expansion Map. | |
The Center | Free Expansion Map. | |
Primitive+ | Free "Total Conversion" add-on. | |
Valguero | Free Expansion Map. | |
ARK: Survival Evolved Original Soundtrack | Available only as part of the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. | |
ARK: Expansion Packs Original Soundtrack | Available only as part of the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. | |
ARK: Genesis Part 1 Soundtrack | Available only as part of the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. | |
ARK: Genesis Part 2 Original Soundtrack | Available only as part of the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | No microtransactions are present in the game. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\[Note 2] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal\[Note 2] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | <path-to-game>/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor |
- In single-player mode, Ark will perform an automatic save if it detects an attempt to shut down the application (such as by Alt+F4, or via the task manager or Windows taskbar), in order to prevent players from "dashboarding out" in an attempt to avoid a sudden unfavorable situation in-game.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | Approx. 10 MB available. | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Image is Vert-. Switch to horizontal FOV scaling (See Field of view (FOV)). | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Image is Vert-. Adjust FOV to compensate or switch to horizontal FOV scaling (See Field of view (FOV)). | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 80-110°.[6] In-game option is a non-numerical slider. For higher values see Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Low, Medium, High and Epic | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Open the console and type in r.vsync 1 to enable vsync. |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Open the console and type in t.maxfps # to cap the frame rate. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR was removed in a patch, see this thread. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Instructions |
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High frame rate
Instructions |
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Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV multiplier[7][8] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Delete and End do not function properly when bound to commands. The Numpad keys are permanently bound to hotkeying Taming Groups, although they can also be bound to other commands as well. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | The game doesn't disable the mouse cursor when playing with a controller, the mouse cursor will always snap to the centre of the screen when opening any UI screen; the only real issue this causes is making the tooltips to not display properly as it will always show the tooltip for what the mouse cursor is highlighting, not what the controller currently has selected. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | The look sensitive option also effects the controller's camera sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | No option to disable. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | Official Steam Controller bindings only. | |
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Thai | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op.[9] |
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LAN play | Co-op, Versus You need a better hardware to host a non-dedicated session |
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Online play | Co-op, Versus Microsoft Store version supports crossplay with Xbox One version |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | [10] | |
Self-hosting | [10] | |
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Ark: Survival Evolved. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | Patch ShooterGame.exe with Revive Compatibility Layer.[11] |
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Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | Patch ShooterGame.exe with Revive Compatibility Layer.[11] |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Tweaks to raise the frame rate
- The following tweaks can help improve the game's infamously poor performance even on high-end systems.
Frame rate tweaks[12] |
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Linux graphical corruption on AMD GPU |
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Issues unresolved
Stuck in Server Browser After Selecting "My Survivors" Filter
Change the server filter type in the config files[14] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 10, 11 | Direct3D 12 coming when UE4 support is stable.[15] |
Metal support | Metal support shipping at launch | |
Shader Model support | 4, 5 | Shader Model 4 support requires launching the game with the -sm4 command line argument. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Vorbis | |
Interface | Qt | |
Multiplayer | Epic Online Services | |
Anti-cheat | BattlEye, Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) | [16] |
Console commands
Console commands are available.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1, 8.1 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2400 AMD FX-8320 |
Intel Core i5 4670K AMD Ryzen R5 1500X |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 GB | 400 GB with all DLC |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible |
- A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.9 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz 64-bit | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.5.1.0[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ark: Survival Evolved going underground in Aberration - Rock, Paper, Shotgun - last accessed on 2017-12-20
- ↑ Verified by User:Evpointmaster on 2022-07-11
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Community Crunch 98: Gold Master Edition - ARK News - ARK - Official Community Forums
- ↑ Verified by User:Future-proof on 2020-06-12
- ↑ Verified by User:Future-proof on 2022-08-03
- ↑ The ARK Digest - Page 1 - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: ARK: Survival Evolved - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ More FOV? :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ FoV scaling is Vert-, needs to be changed to Hor+ :: ARK: Survival Evolved Bug Reports & Exploits - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ ARK Xbox One v731: Split-screen, Dimetrodon, Dung Beetle, Gallimimus & more! - ARK - Official Community Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Frequently Asked Questions :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Revive Ark: Survival Evolved Partially Working
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541252702
- ↑ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102955
- ↑ Help Getting stuck on server browser :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ -Patch Notes- Current (v236.5) & Upcoming :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard
Categories:
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- Windows
- OS X
- Linux
- One-time game purchase
- DLC
- Expansion pack
- Subscription gaming service
- No microtransactions
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Persistent
- First-person
- Direct control
- Survival
- MMO
- RPG
- MMORPG
- Realistic
- Sci-fi
- Games
- Local multiplayer games
- Self-hosting
- VR games