ARK: Survival Ascended's Galleon sets sail; Genesis Part 1 transfers Sept. 4

The Galleon has officially set sail in ARK: Survival Ascended. Headlining Community Crunch 521, the ship offers a massive new open-water canvas for fortress-style base building and a formidable battery of cannons ready to turn a passing disagreement into a full broadside. With new water physics bringing rolling waves and shifting seas, and Astraeos now reaching its completed form, there are more reasons than ever to leave the shoreline behind—whether charting across Astraeos or braving Genesis waters. Full-resolution Galleon imagery is available here.

Transfers on Genesis Ascended Part 1 Official servers open September 4, allowing unrestricted movement of items, creatures, and characters onto the map. The opening is aligned with the Genesis Part 1 Expires servers, which give players a couple of weeks to move everything over before closing on September 18.

Structure decay stays disabled until September 4 while the team finishes resolving a small number of lingering tribe issues from last week's OC server outage; it re-enables that Friday alongside the transfer opening.

The Official Network bonus rates are active through Monday, August 31:

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

Snail Games' large-scale PvP Conquest servers are open on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Season 8 features 18 maps, all Genesis Part 1:

• Cluster A: 12 servers that had transfers enabled with Classic before they shut down
• Cluster B: 6 servers with transfers only enabled between those servers for two weeks
• Transfers between Cluster A and Cluster B will open on July 17 at 10 AM PT
• 5x rates
• Tek enabled except Tek Grenade, Tapejara/Megalodon/Rock Drake/Mosasur Tek Saddles, and Tek Railgun

Join the Conquest Enforcement's Discord if you need support during the Conquest season.

Dododex's improved stat calculator is on the way, coming first to the web version. It will support tamed and bred creatures, customizable stat grading, and name suggestions from the Dododex community; a launch date will be announced soon. Use Dododex here.

Creators also shared new taming guides this week: ClickTockClock covers Concavenator taming and abilities, and Raasclark demonstrates the Boaratos' taming process and flaming-hot abilities.