[ASA News] Community Crunch 444: Love Ascended, Mods Spotlight, and more!

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, Love Ascended is returning to ARK next week, bringing a wave of romantic and delightful rewards in honor of the world's biggest mate boosting holiday! But that’s not all, we’re also gearing up for the launch of Astraeos, the first-ever Official Partner DLC, landing on February 12th!

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Can you feel the love in the air? Love Ascended is set to sweep ARK survivors off their feet with an array of enchanting new treats and delights. This love-filled event, celebrating Valentine's Day, kicks off on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, and will continue to spread joy and affection until Wednesday, February 19, 2025, on Official Servers.

Starts on Wednesday, February 12, 2025at 10:00 am PST
Ends on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:00 am PST

PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

Lovebirds *new*
Love Bugs
Vday Coel

Chibi-Lovebird *new*
Chibi Pair-o-Saurs *new*

Valentine’s Fishing Rod
Love Bug Hearts
Festive Dino Candy
Box o' Chocolates (Now also reduce mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining)

Pillow-Club Skin *new*
Loveseat *new*
Ottoman *new*
Love-Chair *new*
Pajama Top *new*
Pajama Bottoms *new*
SleepingHat *new*
PomPom Slippers *new*
Friendship Bracelets *new*
Bear Hug Swimsuit
Odd Couple Swimsuit
Sauropod Heart Swimsuit
Cupid Couture Bottom Skin
Cupid Couture Top Skin
Halo Headband Skin
Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin
Heart Spring Hat
Cuddle Rex Sweater
Bow & Eros Skin
Heart-shaped Shield Skin
Teddy Bear Grenade Skin
Love Shackles Skin
Heart Spring Hat
Cuddle Rex Sweater
Love-Bed

Proposal Emote *new*
Lasso Emote *new*
Flirty Emote
Heart Emote
Self Hug Emote

Dino Light Blue
WyvernBlue0
PowderBlue
Glacial
DarkLavender
MediumLavender
Lavender
DarkViolet
Dino Light Purple
LightPink
Magenta
DeepPink
Red
DarkMagenta
Dino Albino
Cream
Jade
LeafGreen

From the Main Menu, select the mod tab.
Search for Love Ascended in the ARK Mod list and Install it. Mod ID: 927084
After it's installed, go back to your game setup screen and select 'Mod Settings'
You will see Love Ascended and any other mods you've downloaded in 'Available Mods'
Select Love Ascended and activate it.

If you would like to enable Love Ascended on your private servers, please add the mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments (-mods=927084). No other changes should be necessary to activate the event.

The next winner of our Community Creature Vote will be featured on Valguero. Get your endlessly creative submissions ready, and you might see your creature making its debut with the release of the Valguero map in ARK: Survival Ascended!

Please note that this creature will be released for Valguero, so ensure your real-world submissions align with that map's theme!

Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process, and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life!

The entry period will end at 1pm Pacific on February 20th.
The voting will begin at 1pm PST on February 21st and end on February 28th at 1pm Pacific.
The winner will be announced in the Crunch of February 28th.

Make sure to check our Twitter on February 21st for the RankedVote link!

*Note that the proposed features for the creatures from the submission entry are meant to inspire their design, but certain aspects may still be modified.

MODSPOLIGHTLINK

Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

This video features:

Shins Cosmetics: Statue Pack by Shinygati
Custom KT Character by Horrgamer
Rhyniognatha Dragonfly Costume by Lhannan
Simple Chibi Display by Kokou_kohiro
Astraeos Structures by Nekatus_Modding
Heroes of the ARK by Jams_uWu
Big Al’s Meraxes TLC - Tek Meraxes update by BigAl_Swagbob
Aussie Additions: Muttaburrasaurus by Nickbs2
Mechanical Apostle by Boqi111111
Reinforced Storage Box by RHBallistic
FlameBearMOD by TeamMIROKU

Get the Power Rangers’ Premium Cosmetic Pack Wave 2 now

It’s Morphin’ time! Get ready to suit up and unleash your inner hero—or villain—with the 'ARK x Power Rangers' Wave 2 Cosmetic Pack!

Suit up and morph into legends with the iconic looks of the Green Ranger and White Ranger, or embrace your dark side as the nefarious Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, and more. But the power doesn’t stop there—your dinos are getting an epic upgrade with Dinozord skins, turning them into fearsome, battle-ready beasts. Equip yourself with Power Weapon skins worthy of a true Ranger, and with unique emotes that let you strike poses bold enough to feel the power surge! And, once you're worthy, show off your zordplay by conquering the King Titan as a towering Megazord!

Thanks to ASA’s dynamic cosmetic system, even if you don’t own the pack, you’ll still witness these dinomighty skins in action during online play.

It’s time to choose your side, Survivors. Will you be a hero or a villain?

Features:

POWER RANGERS — 7 unique skins for the Green Ranger, White Ranger, Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, Goldar, Alpha 5 and Putty
POWER EMOTES — 7 unique emotes for each character skin: Green Ranger, White Ranger, Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, Goldar, Alpha 5 and Putty
POWER WEAPONS — 6 unique weapon skins; transform supported weapons into a Green Dagger, Green Sword, White Saba Sword, Rita Staff, Zedd Staff, or Goldar Sword
DINOZORDS — 4 unique dinosaur emotes; transform supported dinosaurs into the Thylacoleo White Tigerzord, Bronto Titanus, Giganotosaurus Green Dragonzord, or MegaMEK/MEK Megazord.