Community Crunch 494: Shell Yeah!

The ocean doesn’t belong to the fastest. It belongs to the last one standing.

With the Astraeos expansion arriving

February 25th

, the

Grand Tortugar

emerges as a mobile stronghold built for endurance. Beneath its massive armored shell lies something more than protection. Open its carapace and it becomes a living command post, allowing multiple riders to shelter within while defending from behind natural plating. Close it, and the Tortugar transforms into a near-impenetrable bastion with your crew breathing freely inside.

It moves with steady purpose across both land and seabed, capable of walking the ocean floor and harvesting valuable resources. And when the waters crackle with danger, the Tortugar remains… shockingly unimpressed.

Whether you’re exploring the scorching sands of Pyranthos or staging an amphibious assault, the Tortugar is ready to carry your crew and hold the line.

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Moving day is near!

Official Lost Colony transfers will fully open on

February 20th

, allowing players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction! Please pack your dodos in bubble wrap.

Expire servers are temporary servers across the network that will eventually be removed, and you can find them by searching for

"Expire"

in the session filter.

These servers will be online until 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 2nd. We're preemptively using our allocation for future maps to host some additional sessions that players can travel onto to farm, tame, and experience the newest content Gameplay. The same transfer restrictions apply in that you are only able to download your character, but you can freely take anything off. This is to help reduce load off some of the other servers, or provide players an option for those who just want to jump onto a new map temporarily.

Please note that

these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 2nd

, so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.

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!

This video features:

• TRIBAL ROMAN: Premium structure Set by J26arkitecto

• Stylized Structure Skin by Snowytrain

• Vampire Knights by Jams_uWu

• Deluxe Dreamhouse by Fernandess, Dani_fm

• The Three Tribes: Structure Skins (Content update) by Happybara

• Modern Concrete Structure Skin by Happybara

• Happybara Basic Environment Structure Skin by Happybara

• CosmeticFurniture Catalogue/Modern & Deluxe Furniture Cosmetics by Dani_FM

• Isle of Myths: Suchomimus by BlueSucho

• Piggle’s Adasaurus by SenorPiggles

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Can you feel the love in the air? Love Ascended 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

Thursday, February 12, 2026

, and will continue to spread joy and affection until

Thursday, February 19, 2026

, on Official Servers.

• Starts on Wednesday, February 11, 2026

• Ends on Wednesday, February 18, 2026

• 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

• Lovebirds

• Love Bugs

• Vday Coel

• Chibi-Lovebird

• Chibi Pair-o-Saurs

• Valentine’s Fishing Rod

• Love Bug Hearts

• Festive Dino Candy

• Box o' Chocolates (Now also reduce mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining)

• Succubus Whip

  *new*

• Bouquet Club (Club)

  *new*

• Devil Horns (Helm)

  *new*

• Devil Tail (Accessory)

  *new*

• Dashing Rogue Shirt (Chestpiece)

  *new*

• Heart-Balloon (Parachute)

  *new*

• Lovely Lamp (Omnilamp)

  *new*

• Lovely Footrest (SmallStorageBox)

  *new*

• Lovely Armoire (LargeStorageBox)

  *new*

• Lovely Table (Table)

  *new*

• Lovely Rug (Rug)

  *new*

• Lovely Lounger (Bench)

  *new*

• Lovely Mirror (Mirror)

  *new*

• Rosebush (PlantSpeciesX)

  *new*

• Lovely Pillow

  *new*

• Lovely Balloon

  *new*

• Lovely Petals

  *new*

• Lovely Bouquet

  *new*

• Lovely Chandelier

  *new*

• Pillow-Club Skin

• Loveseat

• Ottoman

• Love-Chair

• Pajama Top

• Pajama Bottoms

• SleepingHat

• PomPom Slippers

• Friendship Bracelets

• 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

• Cuddle Rex Sweater

• Love-Bed

• Check Yourself

  *new*

• Proposal Emote

• Lasso Emote

• Flirty Emote

• Heart Emote

• Self Hug Emote

• Dino Light Blue

• WyvernBlue0

• PowderBlue

• Glacial

• DarkLavender

• MediumLavender

• Lavender

• DarkViolet

• Dino Light Purple

• LightPink

• Magenta

• DeepPink

• Red

• DarkMagenta

• Dino Albino

• Cream

• Jade

• LeafGreen

The Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Thursday, February 19.

• 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

Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

Creator

: Raasclark Everything you need to know about the on-going Love Ascended event!

Creator

: Phlinger Phoo Phlinger explains all you need to know about the Basilosaurus uses!

An unexpected ally by @TekARK_01

Ark Values Webcomic Ep.1 Pt.2 by Ermerus

Snow Owl by @thr0wawaybulbasaur

Carcharodontosaurus by @leadbody

Cuddle Buddies by greenroc

little chubby parasaur by @ashamazingg

Ark gigantoraptor by @art-of-heretics

Mimic-shaped Building by tsukumono01

Love is in the air by bubu_0815

Photo Mode by the.handyman.builds

Photo Mode by eeylops

Photo Mode by zeevina

Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard

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