

When starting the game you’ll notice you are able to craft only a couple items, to get new craftables you need to gain engram points which can be used to unlock different item recipes. Cosmetics can be unlocked through completing achievements, you can get a variety of cosmetics from item skins to new hair styles. There are other customization options while in game with armor and weapon cosmetics. When starting the game you can choose to play as male or female and have the ability to customize your character’s physical features such as hair, skin, and body. Caves are difficult but contain rewards like new armor or weapons, and at the end of each cave is an artifact that is required for summoning the main bosses of the game. There are multiple caves, different creatures in different regions, and different resources around the map. There are a few different maps the game has all having discoveries to be made while exploring. Taming creatures can be essential to your survival with each of them having their own unique features when tamed such as help you gather resources/food, hunt by your side, or travel the map on their back.


A majority of the creatures can be tamed to fight by your side and help you in survival. The creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved are one of the defining features to the game, there are a lot of different creatures like dinosaurs, prehistoric species, and fantasy creatures.
