ARK: Survival Ascended
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| Developers | |
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| Studio Wildcard | |
| Grove Street Games LLC | |
| Publishers | |
| Studio Wildcard | |
| Snail Games | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Persistent |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Survival, MMORPG |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | ARK |
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| ARK | |
|---|---|
| ARK: Survival Evolved | 2017 |
| ARK: Survival of the Fittest | 2017 |
| ARK Park | 2018 |
| PixARK | 2019 |
| ARK: Survival Ascended | EA |
| ARK II | 2024 |
ARK: Survival Ascended is a singleplayer and multiplayer survival and MMORPG game in the ARK series.
The game entered early access on October 26, 2023.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere | |
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2399830/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2399830/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | 0 - 100 Slider | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.5, FSR |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-cheat | BattlEye |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10, 11 | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Intel Core i7-6800K |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Intel Core i5-10600K |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 70 GB (SSD required) | |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 compatible | AMD Radeon RX 6800 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2399830/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2399830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.