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Player vs. Environment (PvE) is a mode where players are unable to directly damage another player. Players also can't damage other tribe's dinos or structures. ARK:SurvivalEvolvedWiki Explore MainPage AllPages Navigation CommunityPortal RecentChanges Wikirules Styleguide AdminNoticeboard Projects WikiDiscord Usefulpages Gettingstarted Armor Creatures Datamaps Taming Weapons Mods Technicallists Consolecommands CreatureIDs ItemIDs Basecreaturestatistics Serverconfiguration Games ARK:SurvivalEvolved ARK2 ARKMobile ARKPark PixARK FANDOM Games Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Register Don'thaveanaccount? SignIn Advertisement in: Gameplaymechanics English Español Français 日本語 Polski GameModes Edit Editsource History Talk(0) GameModesaredifferentwaystoplayArk:SurvivalEvolved. ThecurrentArkgamemodecanonlybechangedbytheserveradmin.Thecommandstochangethegamemodeonyourserverareavailablehere. Contents 1AvailableGameModes 1.1PlayervsPlayer 1.2PlayervsEnvironment 1.3PvX(Mobile) 1.4PvXClock(Mobile) 1.5KingoftheHill(Mobile) 1.6AscendantPvP(Mobile) 1.7Hardcore 1.8ARKpocalypse(PC) 1.9SpecialtyServers 1.9.1SmallTribes 1.9.2Conquest 1.9.3ClassicPvP 1.10Primitive 1.11SurvivaloftheFittest 1.12SinglePlayer 2References AvailableGameModes[] PlayervsPlayer[] Playervs.Player(alsoknownasPvPorPvPvE)isamodewhereplayersareabletodealdamagetoorkilleachother.InPvPplayerscanalsodamageordestroyanothertribe'sbuildingsorkilltheirdinos. InARK:SurvivalEvolvedMobile, IndustrialGrindersaredisabled. Bydefault,PvPisenabled. PlayervsEnvironment[] Playervs.Environment(PvE)isamodewhereplayersareunabletodirectlydamageanotherplayer.Playersalsocan'tdamageothertribe'sdinosorstructures.However,thereisaPvEdemolishtimerthatallowsdestructionofothertribe'sstructuresifnomemberofthetribehasloggedinforaspecificamountoftime. Ontheseservers,thereisonlyoneortwothreatstosurvival.ThefirstthreatistheenvironmentandifyousohappentobeonanunofficialserverthenthesecondthreattosurvivalcouldbeAdmin(s) PvEisavailableasaServerParameteratstartupandbydefaultissettofalse.Tochangethisparameter,theserverhastoberestarted. PvX(Mobile)[] ThissectionisaboutafeatureexclusivelyavailableonMobile PvXisagamemodeexclusivetoARK:SurvivalEvolvedMobile.InPvX,theaspectsofPvPandPvEarecombinedintoonemap. RulesforPvX Agiantborderwallispresentinthegame,markingthePvPzone ThecenteroftheIsland,allcaves,andCarnoIslandareallPvPzones NobuildingisallowednearthecentralPvPborderfor100 ft.oneitherside StandardPvEstructurepreventionrulesareinplaceontheentireIsland(ie.nocavebuilding,noobeliskbuilding) AdditionalstructurepreventionrulesareappliedtoCarnoIslandandtheVolcano(exceptfortheverytopoftheVolcano) ThefollowingbuffsareactiveinthePvPzones:+50%Stamina,+10%MeleeDamage,+10%MovementSpeed,+50%XPGains,+50%StructureHealth,and+50%ImprintEffectiveness ThefollowingbuffsareactiveinthePvEzone:-50%XPGains Resourcerespawnratesarereduced3xinthePvEzone Resourcerespawnratesareincreased2xinPvPzones Tribesizeislimitedto6Survivors SupplyBeaconshavebeenaddedtothePvPzones AmberDepositsonlyspawninthePvPzones RevivalPlatformscannotbeplacedinthePvEzone SurvivorscannotbedraggedorcarriedfromPvPtothePvEzone UponleavingaPvPzone,thereisa20secondcooldowntimerbeforePvErulestakeeffect Thefollowing4creaturesareincrediblyraretofindinthePvEzone:TyrannosaurusRex,Giganotosaurus,QuetzalandArgentavis CraftingStationsarenotavailableforpurchasefromthein-gamestore IndustrialGrindersaredisabled. KnownIssues Approximately10%ofSupplyBeaconsarelandingunderground PvXClock(Mobile)[] PvXClockisaversionofPvXwithasmallercentralPvPzonebutasmallsegmentofthePvPzonethatreachestheshoresofTheIslandrotateshourly.ThesamerulesinPvXapplyinPvXClock. KingoftheHill(Mobile)[] KingoftheHillisagamemodeexclusivetoARK:SurvivalEvolvedMobile.InKingoftheHill,tribescompetetogaincontroloftheVolcano.Aftera2weekperiod,thetribewhohasconqueredtheVolcanowillberewardedwithaTekblueprint,100 ×  EeryElement,andafreeserverrental.Thenallstructuresandtameswillbewiped. Tribeswillbeabletoallywitheachother,butonlyonetribeisabletowin. KingoftheHillserversfollowtherulesofPvPHard. Survivorswillbeabletotransferinandoutoftheservers. AscendantPvP(Mobile)[] Thissectionisaboutcontentthatisannouncedbutnotyetreleased.Toseethefeaturesthatarereleasedsoon,seethePatchNotes. AscendantPvPisagamemodeexclusivetoARK:SurvivalEvolvedMobile.Survivorswhoarelevel100canpurchasean AscendantTransferTicketfromtheIn-GameStore,allowingthemtotransfertheirdataandpremiumitemstoanAscendantPvPserver.Allsurvivorsstartfromlevel1upondownloadingtheircharacter. Spotlight Hardcore[] AllgamemodescanbeplayedinHardcoremode.WhenaplayerdiesintheHardcore,theylosealmostalllevelsandrespawnonlywith9levelsgoup. ARKpocalypse(PC)[] BothPvPandPvEgamemodescanbeplayedinARKpocalypsemode.OnARKpocalypseservers,theserverresetsautomaticallyafteramonth,withanin-gamecountdownanddramaticmeteorimpact. Bydefault,ARKpocalypseisdisabled. Thisgamemodetakesplaceatafasterpace,asithasmultipliesallrates(harvesting,tamingetc.)x3.Thismodeisverygoodfornewplayersorpeoplelookingtoplayforashortperiodoftime. SpecialtyServers[] Specialityserversarealternategamemodesthatlastforalimitedamountoftime.Eachnewthemewillbringonanewsetofchallenges differentfromthatofserverscurrentlyavailable.[1] SmallTribes[] SmallTribesserversareatypeofspecialtyserverthatlimitthetribesizeto6playersandalliancesarenotallowed.Serverratesare2.5x(harvest,taming,experience)andarenotbeaffectedbyEvolutionEvents.Theyalsohave2xmaturation,2xegghatching,2xgestationand50%reducedmatinginterval.[2] Conquest[] ThissectionisaboutafeatureexclusivelyavailableonSteam ConquestPvPserversareatypeofspecialtyserverthatfocusonbigtribesandbigbattles.Theseservershave2xrates(unaffectedbyEvolutionEvents)andhaveaplayercapof100.Tribesarelimitedto25playersmax,alliancesaredisabled,and36serverswillexistwithintheConquestcluster.[3][4] ClassicPvP[] ThissectionisaboutafeatureexclusivelyavailableonSteam ClassicPvPisanewcompetitiveplayerexperienceforPCplayerswhichfocusesonthePvPexperiencefromthedaysofold.Theseserversinclude: Experiencegain,taming,gathering,breeding,hatching,andraisingrateshavebeendoubledcomparedtoourstandardOfficialServers(2x) Tribesaresetto25playersmax Tribealliancesaredisabled,thoughinformalalliancesareallowed Servershaveamaximumplayercountof100 Therewillbe4serversoneachcluster,foratotalof>25Classicclusters EachclusterwillconsistofTheIsland,ScorchedEarth,Ragnarok,andTheCenter Servertransfersareonlyenabledbetweenthe4serversoneachcluster ClassicPvPserversareunaffectedbyEvolutionEvents Tekdinos(TekParasaur,TekQuetzal,TekRex,TekRaptor,TekStego),Giga,Paracer,Quetzal,Tapejara,andtheTitanosaurarenotavailableonClassicPvP AllAberrationandExtinctioncontentisunavailableonClassicPvP Scalingofweapondamagehasbeenreduced[5] WiththebeginningofClassicPvPSeason2existingserverswerewipedandthefollowingchangeswereintroduced:[6] Cryopodsarenowcraftableinobeliskterminals Cavebuildingisdisabled Primitive[] Mainarticle: PrimitiveServerSettings BothPvPandPvEgamemodescanbeplayedinPrimitivemode.WhenPrimitiveisenabled,theengramskilltreeismissingeverythingfromtheadvanced/moderntierexceptforsaddles. Hightiergearandstructuresaredisabled. Thisincludesfabricateditems,allrangedweapons(excludingcrossbows,Bows,andslingshots). Bydefault,Primitiveisdisabled. SurvivaloftheFittest[] Mainarticle: SurvivaloftheFittest SurvivaloftheFittestwasaspecialgamemodethatwasintroducedtoArkinPatch200.0andisnowastandalonegame.Itsgameplayheavilydiffersfromnormalgameplay.Thegoalofthegamemodeistobecomethelastmanstandingbykillingallothercompetitorsontheisland.InSurvivaloftheFittest,thegamesettingsaremodifiedtofitafasterpacedstyleofgameplay. SurvivaloftheFittesttakesplaceonspecialservers. SinglePlayer[] Mainarticle: SinglePlayer SinglePlayerisamodethatallowssurvivorstoplayARKofflineassingleplayer.OntheXboxOneandPS4youcanusethesplitscreenfunctiontoplaywithafriend. 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