The desert’s biomes are filled with fantastical new creatures, many of which can be tamed.Carry temporary shelter with you using tents, employ whips, boomerangs and flamethrowers for ‘defense,’ wind turbines to generate clean power, and water wells and oil refineries to harvest scarce resources, among many new mechanics! Discover new outfits and structures to protect from the heat, and new tools to help survive in the harsh environment.Scorched Earth is an entirely new map, composed of seven unique, desert themed biomes – dunes, high desert, mountains, canyons, badlands, oasis and the ever-dangerous dragon trench – each with their own aesthetics, resources and ecosystems, and littered with ruins, geysers, and intricate ancient cave systems.Players must re-learn what it means to survive and thrive in a harsh desert environment depleted of water resources.The Xbox One version was also given an update, which gave it a resolution boost, as well as new dinosaurs and a mod. "Players who survive the harsh arid conditions can travel back and forth from the Scorched Earth map to the ARK: Survival Evolved main game, taking with them newly collected tools, weapons, and their new tamed creatures to impress their friends and dazzle their combatants."ĪRK: Survival Evolved and the Scorched Earth DLC also include support for NVIDIA Ansel, which lets fans capture images from any position, before adding post-process filters and sharing them online or via smartphones and virtual reality headsets. "Stranded naked, dehydrated and starving on a fiery, drought-ridden desert world, players must immediately seek water, hunt for food, harvest new flora, craft new items, and build shelter from the extreme heat," reads a Studio Wildcard blog post.
Described by developer Studio Wildcard as the biggest update in the game's 14-month history, Ark Survival Evolved fans can now check out the Scorched Earth expansion through Steam Early Access and Xbox One Game Preview.