We founded Ark Aegis with a vision: to provide a place where the thrill of survival and exploration could be enjoyed without feeling like a chore. With ARK: Survival Ascended's release, we knew it was time to create a home for players who value balance and know you can't just boost everything up to 11 and expect it to still feel rewarding.
Progression with Purpose: Our servers follow ARK's narrative progression, offering players a chance to experience the story at a pace that respects their time. We plan on growing, and eventually offering all non-premium maps. Adding maps is something we do not take lightly, as when a map goes up - we aren't taking it down until every last person wants it taken down. Mod maps are great, but many are incomplete and are just cash-grabs. We do not want to pressure our users into buying them.
Boosted, but Balanced Rates: We've adjusted rates to strike a balance between rewarding effort and avoiding burnout. You’ll enjoy enhanced progress without feeling like everything is handed to you. You won't lose the event rates that official servers get, because we've tied our dynamic systems into them as well! You can enjoy even higher rates on most weekends so you don't feel left behind. Breeding is boosted to a degree, with tools to help management so if you want to practice mutating your tames, it can be done in a timeframe less than years.
Thoughtful Mod Selection: Our carefully curated mods enhance the gameplay experience with quality-of-life improvements, avoiding over-the-top changes that distract from ARK's core appeal. Most mods serve only as assistive tools for onboarding, recovery, or connectivity. Others such as Super Cryo Storage can assist with the tedium of managing babies and generally do not have any game balance breaking features enabled.
Long Term Support: At Ark Aegis, our goal is to foster a long-lasting community built on mutual respect, shared experiences, and genuine friendships. Those cannot be built up if the team behind it all lose interest. The Ark Aegis team has been hosting servers for over 3 years, and constantly strive to achieve greater data-integrity through vigorous backup methods, research, and tool-creation. Multiple systems have been created from scratch to dynamically adjust rates, update info panels, back up player data, and do it all automatically without human intervention. However, our admins are responsive and do also play the game themselves. Admin commands are logged, and are posted to an admin channel so that integrity of the game is maintained. Too many servers exist where admins have a different set of rules than the rest of the players. We will not tolerate that here.
Join us as we embark on this incredible journey through ARK’s stunning landscapes, face its challenges together, and build a lasting legacy. Whether you're a veteran survivor or a fresh-faced adventurer, you'll find a place at Ark Aegis. Welcome to the Aegis. Your adventure starts here.
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