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Cerberax arrives in ARK: Survival Ascended with UE5.8 on September 30

Cerberax, the three-headed canid coming to ARK: Survival Ascended, won't be a simple knockout-and-feed tame. Taming it means winning over every head, and getting its full combat power means riding it with a team of three. It arrives September 30 alongside the Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade, the Therizinosaurus TLC, and ARK: Dragontopia’s Gargantar.

Cerberax fights as a team, and so do its riders

Cerberax tricipitis is a huge, aggressive carnivore that can take on even a Rex or Ossidon in a fair fight. Anything short of a Giga or Carcha should expect trouble. Its size lets it absorb punishment, so make it bleed if you plan to fight one.

The three heads use different tactics:

  • The right head applies fire to subdue prey and consumes venom to cripple it.
  • The left head applies venom to weaken prey and consumes fire to heal.
  • The central head coordinates the other two, increasing the side heads’ damage and spreading their venom and flames to nearby targets.

Taming is where Cerberax gets strange. When narcotics subdue it, all of its adrenaline surges to a single head. Mount that head quickly and placate it until its energy runs out; another head wakes, so repeat that process until all three collapse and you can feed it. Convincing all three heads to follow you can be as dangerous as fighting the beast.

Once tamed, Cerberax is best ridden by three Survivors: one controls the body and main head, while the other two control the left and right heads.

Watch the Cerberax reveal video · Download the full-resolution dossier art

Expire servers and bonus rates

Temporary Expire servers are available until 10am PST / 1pm EST on September 18. Search “Expire” in the session filter to find them. Only your character can be downloaded onto these servers, but anything you take off them can leave freely. Items, creatures, and characters left on Expire servers after that deadline will not be saved.

Official Network bonus rates are active until Tuesday, September 8:

  • PvP/PvE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding
  • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, plus 4x Breeding
  • ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding

Conquest Season 8 is open

Conquest Season 8 is available on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. It runs across 18 Genesis Part 1 maps: Cluster A is 12 servers that had transfers enabled with Classic before those servers shut down, and Cluster B is 6 servers with transfers restricted to those six for two weeks. Transfers between Cluster A and Cluster B open on July 17 at 10am PT. Rates are 5x.

Tek is enabled except for the Tek Grenade, Tapejara/Megalodon/Rock Drake/Mosasaurus Tek Saddles, and the Tek Railgun. Season support is available through the Conquest Enforcement Discord.

Cross-platform mod highlights

Survivors can browse cross-platform player-made maps, creatures, items, and game modes through the dedicated in-game mod browser. Featured mods:

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