ARK: Survival Evolved lives on with exciting events and updates – now including the annual "Eggcellent Adventure" egg hunt event. According to Ark's community wiki, "Eggcellent Adventure is now live!", giving the ARK island an Easter feel with new cosmetic items. For hardcore players, the official patch notes posted on the ARK forums are the best place to keep up with the latest fixes and content updates. Here you can read about the latest LiveOps updates and bug fixes, for example. 

At present, ARK: Survival Evolved is primarily in maintenance mode – the game's official server network is gradually being shut down on consoles as the focus shifts to ARK: Survival Ascended. But even though the major content patches are mostly over, the fun events and performance improvements continue. In short: ARK is still alive with new Easter eggs (literally!) and various minor fixes, so the doors are open to any dinosaur hunter.

Why choose PineRiver for your ARK server?

When it comes to hosting, PineRiver is at the forefront. PineRiver's ARK servers run on powerful Ryzen CPUs with up to 5.6 GHz, so even huge bases and flocks of dinosaurs are handled without lag or delays. The advanced hardware setup and network guarantee low latency and "unmatched performance" across data centers. You get 99.9% uptime, automatic DDoS protection, and 24/7 support—in short, everything you need to make your ARK world fast, stable, and secure (and awesome bases are harder to destroy). PineRiver also supports full mod and plugin installation with one click, so it's easy to customize the server exactly how you want it without messing with the command line.

And the price? Super friendly! ARK servers start at just ~$3.80 per month for a basic package with 4 cores. Even an 8-core server—plenty for a large survival tribe—costs less than $10. For cheap gaming hosting, you won't get any closer to a stable ARK experience! At the same time, you get backup, FTP access, and other smart features included—just as you would expect from professional hosting.