ARK: Survival Ascended is an Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original ARK: Survival Evolved game. It was announced on March 31, 2023. Currently planned to be released in the end of October, 2023 as an early access title. with DLC content released over time.
GAMEPLAY
improved third-person
New third-person camera (with the option to opt out)
ping system
Ping Map to better communicate with tribe mates.
improved character creation
Overhauled the Character Creation system for ASA so that characters look less survival-jank.
overhauled building system
New third-person camera (with the option to opt out)
No move speed
Disabled leveling of movement speed on creatures and players on Official Network (Unofficials can change this via config, of course)
DINO MANAGER
New Dino-Manager system (view the real-time status and track-locations of all your creatures at will through one unified menu)
Rafts, Cryopods and TEK
Rafts will be available on Day One and the Rhyniognatha on The Island; however, TEK creature variants and Cryopods will not be available. TEK will come with its respective maps / bosses.
CAVES
They have done a pass on caves with some balance adjustments to choke points and improved the caves’ internal appearance. They were hesitant to make dramatic changes to cave balance as we didn’t feel a complete overhaul was wise.
improved inventory
Chibi and Skin Slots added to inventory.
More!
Cross-platform multiplayer
Cross-platform modding
Snap Point Improvements
Improved Breeding
Queueing System
Directional Sprinting and Walking
Cross-Platform Anti-Cheat
Gamepad Cursor
Wild Babies
New content, QOL improvements, balance, and gameplay changes
technical
Unreal engine performance
Unreal Engine 5 performance gains: instanced rendering (higher performance when drawing large bases), threaded server networking, and UE’s custom physics engine
Updated Minimap
Unreal Engine 5 overhaul with Nanite, Lumen, and NVIDIA’s RTXDI
increased stasis range
Increased the stasis-replication range for structures (significantly) and dinos, by about +70%. This means you’ll be able to see them from further away before they “de-render”.
full crossplay
Soon.
interactive foliage
Grass will move and sway around characters and dinos
dynamic navigation
Dynamic navigation mesh and creature path-finding overhaul
more!
Dynamic Water
Opening Cut-Scenes
Nvidia DLSS Support
Total UI Revamp
Photo Mode
New camera systems for players and dinos, with the option to revert to the old systems.
new Dinosaurs
Each DLC will be brought back with a brand new, community-chosen creature to be found and tamed in the landscape:
extinction
The center
more!
Over time they’ll be releasing 11 Brand-new creatures (More than any previous DLC expansions)
