Ark: Survival Evolved Roadmap 2023 – Conquer Season 5 – Mods, Ascended and SoTF Update
Ark: Survival Ascended is set for release on PC, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 by August 2023. It features The Island, Survival of the Fittest and non-canon DLC maps which will be added over time.
PC and Xbox Series S/X users will only be able to purchase the remaster through the ARK Respawned bundle, priced at $49.99 or your regional equivalent and including both Ark: Survival Ascended and Ark 2, its highly anticipated sequel.
PS5 users can purchase ARK: Survival Ascended as a standalone product when it launches in August 2023 for $39.99 or your regional equivalent.
Ark: Survival Ascended’s expansion packs will be sold separately across all platforms, marking the next steps on Ark: Survival Evolved’s 2023 roadmap.
The Explorer’s Pass costs $19.99 or your regional equivalent and includes access to Scorched Earth, Aberration (Q4 2023), and Extinction (Q1 2024).
The Genesis Pass offers the same price as its individual components – Genesis Part 1 (Q1 2024) and Genesis Part 2 (Q2 2024).
In Q4 2023, ARK: Survival Ascended is getting a canonical story DLC pack that adds four new creatures.
In collaboration with Overwolf, cross-platform modding is also planned for the remaster; this includes support for vetted premium mods whose optional price is set by their authors.
Survival of the Fittest will also be featured on Ark: Survival Evolved’s 2023 roadmap, where it will be integrated as a distinct and fully supported game mode within the remaster.
“Titanium will have its own dedicated team that will continue to strive for further gameplay improvements, mechanical perfections, quality of life enhancements, maps, and balance adjustments,” according to a company statement.
This newly updated version will transition to Unreal Engine 5, offer a matchmaking queue, local lobbies, numerous bug fixes and more.
On June 8th, ARK: Survival Evolved will receive its final content update – officially marking the game’s 8th anniversary. After this year-long milestone is passed, official servers, Primitive+, Split Screen and Procedurally Generated Maps will no longer be supported for the original game when Survival Ascended launches in August.
Before then, Conquest Season 5 will commence on April 25th with classic PvP servers being wiped on that date. Here are all of the specific details regarding this season.
- Experience gains, taming and gathering rates have been tripled compared to our standard Official Servers.
- Breeding, hatching and raising rates also saw an increase of three times the standard rate .
- No tribe limit
- Tribe alliances are disabled though informal ones can still form; servers have a maximum player count of 100 with no aberration map enabled.
- All other maps (excluding Gen1&2 and Extinction) will be accessible.
- For more information about Ark: Survival Evolved’s 2023 roadmap, you can read its dedicated Steam post.
In other Ark-related news, the second game in the series experienced a considerable delay, pushing its release date back to 2023.
