ARK Basics

ARK Basics are the base knowledge, every ARK player should acquire at some point. Everything you need to know to start out can be found here.

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How To Add Your Official Server Save File to Your Singleplayer Game STEAM/EPIC

The official ARK servers are set to close at the end of September to make way for the upcoming ARK Survival Ascended servers. Many players on the official servers have been concerned about saving their progress from the past few years. Fortunately, Wildcard recently made the save files for all official PC servers available just a few days ago.

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The 10 Most Valuable Resources in ARK

In ARK Survival Evolved no matter if you play PvE or PvP, resources are what makes or breaks your progress. Not farming enough can be a bottleneck that prevents you from getting better tools, armor, or saddles. It basically gate-keeps the endgame for your – or rather the access to the endgame. But what are […]

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The 6 Types of ARK Players: Which One Are You?

ARK Survival Evolved has been popular with players for 7 years now. Because ARK offers so much freedom on how to play the game, there are a few player types that have been evolved (hah!) over the time. I have looked into the typical stereotypes of players in ARK and found 6 different types that […]

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9 Beginner Tips to Help You Get Better at Ark

If you’re new to ARK: Survival Evolved, then this article is for you. In it, we’ll go over some basics of the game and offer some tips to help you get started. In this game, you’ll need to gather resources, craft items, and tame dinosaurs in order to survive in a deadly environment. While it may seem frustrating at first, don’t worry—we’re here to help you get started with some beginner tips.

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ARK Turkey Trials 6 Guide
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Turkey Trial 6: The Last Thanksgiving Event

Turkey Trial is an annual event during the American thanksgiving time in which you have to kill powerful turkeys to be able to craft skins, items, and summon the DodoRex. Turkey Trial 6 starts on November 22nd and ends December 7th 2022. How to enable Turkey Trials 6 To enable Turkey Trials 6 you need […]

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Outgoing Reliable Buffer Overflow – How to fix it, what causes it

The network error “Outgoing Reliable Buffer Overflow” is one of the more common error messages in ARK when transferring between two servers in a cluster or joining a server. It means that you character file contains too much data and you time out when trying to load the player data during a loading process. There […]

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Mutagel and Mutagen
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The BIG Mutagen and Mutagel Guide

Mutagen and Mutagel are two new resources that came with Genesis Part 2. These affect, among other things, two topics close to all ARK players hearts—taming and breeding. Mutagen and Mutagel both have several uses, which I will explain to you. First, however, you probably want to know how to get Mutagen and Mutagel. How […]

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IS ARK CROSSPLAY?
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Is Crossplay Possible in ARK Survival Evolved in 2022?

Crossplay is the ability to play together with your friends, who play the same game on a different platform. Crossplay is connecting players regardless of their device choice and prevents you as the player from having to rebuy the game in order to play with your friends. Crossplay in ARK Survival Evolved is possible, but […]

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Things ARK players wished they knew when they started playing

In ARK, it doesn’t matter for how long you play the game, you learn something new every day and there will always be things you wished you had known before you started even playing. I have asked people on my YouTube channels what things they wished to have known before they started playing ARK and […]

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ARK Basics Breeding

5 mistakes that slow down your mutation breeding

When breeding for mutations and practising mutation stacking, you can run into the problem of progressing way too slow. Sometimes this is just bad luck, other times you have influence over the speed of the mutation happening. I will tell you the 5 most common reasons why your mutation stacking is progressing way too slow. […]

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