ARK: Survival Ascended

Studio Wildcard rebuilt ARK from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5, and the rebuild is what the feature list is now about. Lumen global illumination, Nanite geometry, dynamic water, and foliage that reacts to everything moving through it. The loop underneath is the one ARK always had — form a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of creatures, watch food, water, temperature and weather, and expand a base outward. A public server holds seventy players, a private session eight, a split screen two. The maps arrive over time: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration and The Center are out, with the rest added at no extra cost.