ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is available now worldwide on the Nintendo eShop, and free for owners of ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition. Join HLN-A as she guides you through this family-friendly, dino fact-filled adventure!
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last month? Here's our footage of Scorched Earth running for the first time ever on Nintendo Switch, coming in ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition later this year! Stay tuned for additional updates in the weeks ahead
A new free content update for ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is out now!
🦖New Map
🦖Teleport Ability
🦖Whistle Ability
🦖Dino Movement Improvements
🦖Additional Language Support
🦖Numerous Bug Fixes
The Eggcellent Adventure event will be live on the 3rd of April and run through April 17th
🥚Event Dinos
🥚Increased rates (3x EXP, harvesting, taming and breeding. 0.5x mating interval)
🥚Event skins, items, and colors
🥚Event Chibis
We're incredibly thrilled that players in North America can now experience all the hard work we've put into ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition for Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately we are not launching multiplayer servers today...
ARK: Survival Evolved and both the Season & Genesis passes are now 50% off through 10/31!
Stranded on a mysterious island, you must use your skills to dominate the creatures roaming the land & escape!
Play now & jump into the fun when our Fear Evolved event starts on 10/26🎃👻
Our first wave of ARK Switch partners have been accepted, and we wanted to give them a small introduction. We look forward to the amazing content they will make in the future. Head to the link below to see a full list of our new partners:
We're excited to share news on the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition update for Nintendo Switch!
➡️Base Game Patch: Worldwide release on Nov 1st, 10 AM Eastern
➡️Scorched Earth: NA release on Nov 1st at 10am, EU to release on Nov 8th
➡️Dino Discovery: Worldwide release on Nov 9th
ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is 75% off now through August 13th!
Join in on a family-friendly adventure through the epochs where you can learn about the fascinating prehistoric creatures that inspired ARK: Survival Evolved.
Get it on the Nintendo eShop now!
ARK: Survival Evolved is 50% off now through 9/10!
ARK: Survival Evolved is now updated to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4 with improved visuals, increased performance and tons of new content! 🏝️
Get it on the Nintendo eShop now!
ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is 75% off now through October 15th! 🦕🏝️
Join in on this family-friendly adventure where you can learn about the fascinating prehistoric creatures that inspired ARK: Survival Evolved. Explore The Island across land, sea and air, discover dinos, and more!
We are proud to announce our second wave of ARK Switch partners! We are very happy to have some more creators join us, and we look forward to their content in the future.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀 3x XP
🚀 3x Harvesting
🚀 3x Breeding
🚀 0.5x Mating Interval
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 3:00pm EST to prepare for Patch v2.0.5. At that time you may download the new patch on your Nintendo Switch.
Patch notes:
Here is an early look at some of the creatures you will be able to tame and encounter for the first time on Switch in the Scorched Earth expansion map, available on October 25th
From November 23rd through December 7th jump into a large-scale scavenger hunt and carve up rare “Super-Turkeys” that have been unleashed across the ARK for Turkey Trials! 🦃
For full event details, check out our post here:
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition and Upgrade are now 40% off! 🦖
Experience everything that the ARK franchise has to offer in this definitive collection, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 4 with improved visuals and performance!
*Sale ends 10/1 in NA and 10/8 in EU
Gather your tribes for boosted rates, event-themed skins, and spook-tacular adventures when the Fear Evolved event goes live on the Nintendo Switch on October 26th! 👻🎃
See our post here for full event details:
Today we are opening applications for our official ARK Switch partner program. If you are a content creator and would like to apply, please visit the form below. There is no requirement beyond being 18+ and having a passion for ARK
Jump into the festivities with our Holiday Sale 🎄🎁
Players can pick up ARK: Survival Evolved, ARK: Season Pass, and ARK: Genesis Pass for 50% off each on the Nintendo eShop!
*Sale ends on Dec. 31st in EU and Jan. 3rd for NA
In preparation for launch, we are adjusting the player cap of all Official Servers to 40 to ensure smooth performance. This change will go into effect later today.
A patch is already in submission with Nintendo to remedy this and we will have it in your hands as soon as possible. We will host multiple boosted rate weekends when this patch is live to make up for lost time. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this transition
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀2x Breeding
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
The ARK: Aberration Expansion releases for Nintendo Switch on December 26th!
⚠️ Test the limits of survival with an elaborate underground biome system
⚠️ Face exotic new challenges unlike anything before
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Wednesday, December 7th at 4pm EST!
🚀 3x XP
🚀 3x Harvesting
🚀 3x Breeding
🚀 0.5x Mating Interval
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀2x Breeding
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
Winter Wonderland is now live in all game modes!
🎅 RaptorClaus dropping presents from the sky
🎅 Trade with GachaClaus for Gacha Crystals
🎅 Festive Dino colors
🎅 Plenty of Holiday skins
A special ARK Anniversary EVO Event is now live through Thursday, June 15th featuring 3x boosted rates
(official servers)
3x XP
3x Harvesting
3x Breeding
0.5x Mating Interval
3x Taming
Our March Update is now available for all Nintendo Switch players. This update introduces the Carcharodontosaurus to The Island & Ragnarok alongside a bunch of updated features and bug fixes.
Full patch notes can be found here:
An optional update is now available for all players who own DLC. Please navigate to the ARK: Survival Evolved icon on your Nintendo Switch home screen and press the + button, then select Software Update.
Extinction is out today and Official Servers are now live in NA, EU and OC.
At this time please check for a software update on the game to install the DLC map and/or ensure that you have the most recent version of the DLC map installed.
Explore The Island across land, sea, and air with HLN-A in this kid-friendly, dino-fact-filled adventure called ARK: Dinosaur Discovery.
Now 75% off in the Nintendo eShop through August 13th!
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 11:00am EST to prepare for Patch v2.0.2. At this time, please download this patch on your Nintendo Switch system.
Complete Patch Notes can be found here:
From February 9th through February 16th, love will fill the air as we celebrate Valentine's Day with Love Evolved. Go fishing for love and gain a chance at new skins, items, and Chibi pets to collect!
💘For full event details, see our forum post here:
The Extra Life charity charity stream is this weekend. Rates in ARK: Survival Evolved for Switch will increase throughout the weekend as money raised goes up. Head here to watch and contribute:
An optional update is now available for the Ragnarok DLC to fix the wrong map being present on the respawn screen. This update is solely cosmetic and is not required to play online.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀 3x XP
🚀 3x Harvesting
🚀 3x Breeding
🚀 0.5x Mating Interval
We are aware of two critical issues introduced in our latest patch which our team is working to fix now:
- Carcharodontosaurus Saddle cannot be crafted
- Console Command UI cannot be accessed by Unofficial Server admins
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 4:00pm EST so that we may implement fixes for a few different server crashes. Expected downtime is just 10 minutes.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀2x Breeding
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
2x XP
2x Harvesting
2x Breeding
0.5x Mating Interval
2x Taming
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 11:00am EST to prepare for Patch v2.0.3. At this time, please download this patch on your Nintendo Switch system.
Patch notes:
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 2:00pm EST to fix a recent crash and issues with wild dino spawns. We hope to launch the remaining Legacy Servers before the end of the day, please stay tuned for another announcement.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday (10/2) at 4pm EDT!
🦕2x XP
🦕2x Harvesting
🦕2x Breeding
🦕0.5x Mating Interval
🦕2x Taming
🦕1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 1:00pm EST to prepare for Patch v2.0.4. At this time, please download this patch on your Nintendo Switch system. Full patch notes here:
➡️All ARK Switch content is intended to release in South America in later November, and in Japan in January
Prepare yourselves for a completely overhauled and updated ARK experience for Nintendo Switch!!!
Dont forget to come join us at PAX West today to try out Scorched Earth running on the Switch for the first time ever and meet HLN-A! We will be at booth
#325
on the main floor (level 4) from Sept. 2nd to Sept. 5th.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Tuesday (9/5) at 4pm EDT!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀2x Breeding
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
🚀1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
On Monday, October 31st at 5:00am EDT our Official Servers will be brought offline to begin the process of migrating them to the upgraded engine. We expect to bring them all back online to coincide with the launch of our big update on Tuesday, November 1st at 10:00am EDT
Come join us at PAX West to try out Scorched Earth running on the Switch for the first time ever and meet HLN-A! We will be at booth
#325
on the main floor (level 4) from Sept. 2nd to Sept. 5th.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday (9/18) at 4pm EDT!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
🚀1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday (10/23) at 4pm EDT!
🦖2x XP
🦖2x Harvesting
🦖2x Breeding
🦖0.5x Mating Interval
🦖2x Taming
🦖1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday (8/21) at 4pm EDT!
🦖2x XP
🦖2x Harvesting
🦖2x Breeding
🦖0.5x Mating Interval
🦖2x Taming
🦖1.5x Hexagons (Genesis 1)
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🦖2x XP
🦖2x Harvesting
🦖2x Breeding
🦖0.5x Mating Interval
🦖2x Taming
Jump into the fun with 50% off ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition and Upgrade now through December 3rd!
From primordial island jungles to the futuristic gardens of an interstellar starship, every sprawling environment is here for you to conquer.
We are excited to announce the server list and launch date for Small Tribes servers on Nintendo Switch! The mode will be launching on May 24th at 12pm EDT.
Official servers will be coming down at 10 am EDT to prepare for the release of the new patch. Patch will be available to download once maintenance is complete 🛠️
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EDT!
🦖2x XP
🦕2x Harvesting
🦖0.5x Mating Interval
🦕2x Taming
🦖1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EST!
🚀2x XP
🚀2x Harvesting
🚀2x Breeding
🚀0.5x Mating Interval
🚀2x Taming
Patch 10 (v2.0.7) is now available for download.
Patch Notes:
- Fixed Carcharodontosaurus Saddle being craftable in remote inventories
- Fixed console command access for Unofficial Server admins
- Restored Cryo Sickness functionality on PvP servers
Thanks everyone for coming down to PAX West and trying out Ultimate Survivor Edition. We got a lot of great feedback and gave out some awesome merch!
#PAXWest2022
Starting today we are launching a CrowdIn page to allow our community to help us translate ARK Switch and Dino Discovery into Dutch, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian.
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 4pm EST to push a back-end fix for frozen wild creatures. Expected downtime is just a few minutes.
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 11:00 AM EST to fix the issues with grappling hooks and being kicked from your tribe on transfer.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to share an updated release schedule with our players.
APRIL - Extinction (April 11th), Eggcellent Adventure event
MAY - Small Tribes servers
JUNE - Genesis Part 1
JULY - Summer Bash event
FALL - Genesis Part 2
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 12:30pm EDT. After maintenance, the Gacha will not consume items from it's inventory while in stasis. This functionality will be restored in our next client patch.
Official Servers in all regions will be coming down for maintenance at 12:00pm EDT. At that time, please download patch v2.0.9 (NA, EU & OC) / patch v1.0.4 (Japan).
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 12:00pm EST. Expected downtime is just 5 minutes. After Maintenance, the tree sap tap should be working normally again.
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 10:30am EDT to fix an exploit. Expected downtime is just a few minutes. The Cloning Chamber will cease to work until it's functionality is restored in an upcoming game patch.
Official Servers are coming down for brief maintenance at 3:00pm EST so that we may implement a fix for the tame starvation issue that some players have experienced. Legacy Servers will also be rolled back at this time.
An ARK: EVO Event is now active on Nintendo Switch Official Servers until Monday at 4pm EDT!
🦖2x XP
🦖2x Harvesting
🦖2x Breeding
🦖0.5x Mating Interval
🦖2x Taming
🦖1.5x Hexagons (Gen1)
Make sure to try and visit us at booth 325 on floor 4 in case you've missed us for your last chance to try out Ultimate Survivor Edition and get a picture with HLN-A (there might be some other free stuff here as well)
#PAXWest2022