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Why add version 2 of maps when the main maps won’t be full. People asked for those before and were told we haven’t hit cap on the version 1. I understand they are paid for so why not keep them as highrate or something else until extinction. Or let them go away so two maps that aren’t being used aren’t eating up more money than can go towards the longevity of the servers/community. I am just not seeing why there needs to be a version 2 of any map at our current state. All this is gonna do is add more area for people to basically be solo like and less people on the other maps. We don’t have enough in each map as is.

I will start doing a weekly raffle for gear or blueprints these will be from drops I find in the desert on ragnarok. These will be gear of varying quality depending on what I find. If this becomes popular, I might do them more frequently, the blueprints that I have may not be as much use to me as I am now basically a solo player. This weeks raffle Items include: Blueprint: Journeyman Pump-action shotgun (192.0 damage, 677 durability) [328 Cementing Paste, 219 Metal Ingots, 401 Polymer] Blueprint: Ramshackle giganotasaurus saddle (52.7 armour) [959 fiber, 1863 hide, 328 Metal ingots] Pre-built: Ascendant Scuba Tank (202 durability) To join the raffle for free, comment below! The raffle will be drawn some time this friday (6/04/2018) using the website here http://wheeldecide.com/ The winner will be messaged in Discord. Hope you enjoy, Good Luck!

Health has been reverted back to what is was (More health). Turret damage against dinos is now 3.0 in preparation for the upcoming turret changes, was 1.5. 3.0 was the same settings as our OG Xbox servers. Stegos now take 40% increased damage (until Wildcard fixes them). Brontos, Diplos, Turtles, and Paracers now take 25% increased damage. Griffins now take 10% increased damage and now deal 20% less damage. Mating interval is now 0.2, was 0.5 with OG being 0.05.

Hey King, I don’t really appreciate you spreading false/misleading information about my tribe. Cause that my friend is defamation. I’ve created a set of rules for my tribe to follow. Rules like no bullying, no stealing, no excluding and of course to put dinos back in their pens when you’re not using them. Some of the rules have warnings issued with them. And if you can’t follow these rules you get kicked from the tribe. I’ve only ever had to remove one person from Anarchy and I told him that when things calmed down (cause he had annoyed quite a few of my members) he was welcome to come back. Everyone that we recruit reads and accepts these rules and I’ve never come across a problem before. Maybe instead of passing on a false chinese whispers you’ll maybe do some research before posting on a public forum Cheers Mate

(At bottom there's a TL:DR) Yeah, yeah I know what you all think and nope, not joking. Dodos are overpriced. Kuma I know what you're thinking too, "they're such an easy tame to get" which is the same argument you/other admins have for easy to get tools that are expensive. But c'mon 1k for dodos? They're easy to get but also a fun tame, Dodo fighting for example, people need to get a lot of dodos to breed monster ones, why waste their time and the resources needed when they could buy them?...Oh wait I know they cost 1k, why not make them just a bit cheaper, maybe 500ish. TL:DR Dodos are a tame that although easy to get, are a nuisance to get in mass cause it's wasteful of time and resources, maybe lower their price to like 500. And call me lazy idc lol

How would everyone feel about new players joining the cluster receiving something along the lines of a 2 week grace period for building up that they are unable to get hit during by putting up white flags or something along those lines. As one of the larger tribes on the cluster we here at Doodle are sick of seeing all these blown into tiny ass bases because all the middle rate tribes think they are tough shit blowing into them. Let’s be honest if you’re a new player and get wiped within the first week it really drives you not to play on our cluster. I feel our population would take a turn for the better if this occurred and help to cull some of the trolls who do this shit if they’re afraid of being admin wiped for doing so. Any thoughts/comments are welcome.

I've find my own way to enjoy the great outdoor experience on ark more than ever but was wondering how people would feel about fishing getting turned up just a bit if not all good just wondering thanks yall

In my opinion I feel like the Imprinting timer should be lowered. Some dinos you are not able to imprint fully or imprint at all, turning it to at least one hour to Imprint should probably make it so people can imprint their dinos to 100%.

Even if you do get kicked from Anarchy you get to keep your paid dinos and it takes a real asshole to get kicked from Anarchy.

Please dont believe everything you hear. I understand it may be a friend of yours, but throwing wild accusations around is never a good thing to do. Please dont label me or the rest of the members in Anarchy as thieves because a friend of yours said so.

Just joined yesterday. Looking forward to playing with everyone. Really liking this server and its setup SavageNTZ

This list might see expansion in the future, however, here are the ways to receive COTA Credits currently. COTA Credits are used for items in the Member Shop. Store - Purchase COTA Credits by visiting the Store. Ascendant Status Pass - by having an Ascendant Status pass, you will be rewarded COTA Credits. For exact amounts, see the passes in the Store. Daily Log-in bonus of 100 COTA Credits and Weekly Log-in bonus of 500. Events - each event will be different in it's rewards based on the event type. Details and rewards will be listed in the corresponding event post. Events will typically reward anywhere from 5,000 to 100,000 COTA Credits, however, this can vary depending on the event. See the Event Class System. Depositing your COTA Credits into the Bank will earn you interest on your credits! Ascending - By Ascending in-game, you will receive 20,000 COTA Credits for Gamma, 35,000 for Beta, and 50,000 for Alpha Ascension. This is per character/user, per ascension (Island, Aberration, etc.), per season. You will only receive credit for one ascension difficulty. Please provide proof of your Implant to @Kuma via a message either here or on the Discord. Luca's Ad Event - For every advertisement you post on xbox, reddit, facebook, etc. that advertises COTA that you send to @Bring Me the Verizon on discord, you will receive 10,000 COTA Credits (Some Restrictions Apply). Referral Point System - Visit Account Settings and go to the Invitations section where you can email your referral code or have a user refer you when registering. Through referrals, you can earn over 1,000 COTA Credits per referral! Have suggestions for more ways to earn COTA Credits? Let us know!

Nah why wipe it that makes no sense by wiping it just kills the people who play it now. By wiping it won't make more people join. If your the only one on and rag is a bit dead gives you time to build up as the is no comparison. Most the time the only reason people want to wipe a server is because there small tribe and see a big tribe so they fell they won't be able to build up. Tbh if the server wiped any time soon that would be me leaving and looking for a new server that don't wipe often

What is the community’s thoughts on ridding the cluster of some of the current V2/v3 maps? If an admin could make a poll i’m not 100% sure how but i feel like it would help the server in the long run with keeping players more involved and bringing new ones into the cluster.

After years of filling orders and unsquabbling the squabbled, something happened to the COTA Admins. The owner began roleplaying as a pirate 24/7. A few members of the admin staff somehow adopted weird, almost alien like, accents. These accents seem to have negatively impacted their spelling and grammatical abilities. That guy Luca seems to be normal though... He seems to just be following along with the others for the ride. The only current theory for what caused their strange transformations is a newly discovered variation of element, known as DANKonium. Conveniently, exposure to DANKonium is cured by destroying their home. SOOOOOOOOOOOO, that's just what you panzies are going to have to do. Team up to save your beloved admins and Tom, or don't team up and just let it all be a cluster fuck. Who am I to tell you assholes what to do with your pixels. All players who RSVP and participate in the raid will receive 20k COTA credits upon success. We wish you numbskulls the best of luck, and may God have mercy upon your fragile souls. ☠️☠️☠️ Changes -Admins who previously used Tek will now use either weaker tea armor, riot, or flak armor. IMPLANT PRICES -Luca=20k -Kuma=50k -Kenna=25k -Aqua=15k (Permitting he actually gets on with us) -Tom-20k ONE LUCKY TRIBE WHO TAKES THE TEK ATV INSIDE THE ADMIN COMPOUND GETS 150K COTA Any attempt to raid before the start of the event will lead to disqualification and further punishment

If we change dino stats to vanilla, Its would not only make surviving while being solo More difficult, Its would make it impossible for tribes with few players to do boss fights

We are proud to announce the addition of 3 new servers! The Kushti Co community has been kind enough to transfer over their servers to us to create a massive 8 server cluster. These servers will be The Island V2, The Center V2, and Ragnarok V2. Although they are reduced in slot spaces, they will have the same settings as our current servers and they can be found just like any of our other servers by searching !CULT in the server browser. We will be adding them to the COTA cluster on May 1st, but for now they will remain their own separate cluster to allow the previous players a chance to build back up with COTA settings since they were wiped, but all members of our community are free to build up on them at any time if they so choose to. They have been fully wiped and reset to ensure cluster integrity and Kushti Co members no longer have administrative access/control of these servers, as they have fully surrendered administrative controls to Cult of the ARK Staff. To put it in simple terms, they will not have access to server settings or Admin commands/powers. We hope you enjoy this extra space to conquer, and as always if you have any questions or concerns, be sure to contact a Cult of the ARK Staff member.

I also forgot to add, i'm including 1000 COTA credits to the winner

For those that don't know already, we have annual server resets on September 14th (our anniversary) to keep the maps fresh. Along with this reset, all players receive 50% of their lifetime total spend COTA Credits back after the reset. This is for every reset. However, we've been noticing some "staleness" occurring where tribes are well set up already which can cause some to get bored. This also is hard on new players as there are less and less good spots to build up on. What would everyone's thoughts be on having a semi-annual wipe schedule? One on March 14th, and one on September 14th? Preceding each reset date, we'd have the week before the date (7 days prior) be a total slaughterhouse with 10x structure damage to allow everyone to get their anger out and exhaust as much of their resources as they want. To clarify, all users will receive 50% of their lifetime spent COTA Credits back each reset. So for example, say you have 50,000 lifetime COTA Credits spent now, you'd get 25,000 back after the reset in March if it happens. You will also, get another 50% back of your total lifetime spent in September, so say you then had 100,000 lifetime spent COTA Credits, you'd then get 50,000 back in September. Let me know your thoughts on this whether you're for, or against it, and be sure to cast your vote in the poll attached to this post. I'd love to hear your thoughts whether you're for or against it and as to why.

None... as in leave it alone please

Pretty much @DittoGoBoom

I gotta be honest i agree with luca, yes 100 is too little but 300 may be too much Because the heavy turrets are gonna be broken😭 but wt the same time i agree with atone because the way most bases are layed out 15000 or 20000 units is too much for tgem to be properly defended, i say we should do 200 every 10000 units

Some of us were just talking about how 200 turrets within the same 10k units would be alright, I really wouldn't want to extend the range of the limitation area tbh

I can dig it but still allow the weekend dino transfers?

Like honestly I don't know where you are trying to get with this, it sure as hell isn't about bosses, rag bosses give tons more element than island bosses, you can still go over on the weekends to unlock unavailable tek items which on rag is pretty much only tek structures and a couple of pieces of the armour. If you bring rexes and yuts over pull them out at obby and go do the boss straight away, you just have to make sure you get the artifacts and trophies ready, which you can just hide a vault somewhere nearby the obby you bring your dinos in, you're trying to make it sound difficult but I'm starting to think you just want to be able to transfer dinos anyday so you can harass people any day of the week on a different server. Also due to stat increases for dinos the bosses are even easier to do on this server than official... You also don't need to continuously grind bosses not on your server. People are not allowed to block obelisks so they can't stop you doing it unless they sit and camp there which unless they control every obelisk and dropzone would be pretty pointless. Nothing you said is a viable reason to make make it 24/7 transfers

Yo man, If you're at the stage where you're able to kill bosses, then getting tek shouldn't be an issue. If you're struggling to keep the stuff running, maybe you should cut down on all the stuff you have.

If you have an issue with anyone at any time, ever. We need hard evidence. We can't be going off of "he said" "she said" stuff. Hard evidence includes pictures of game chat, pictures of tribe logs, screenshots, and recording. Any physical visual evidence will help everyone involved to ensure justice is being delivered properly. Our goal is to have our servers continually grow, and ensure everyone's having the most fair and fun time as possible.

Is there anyway we can either lower the Imprinting timer or mature speed so we can Imprint on pteras? idk if I just got a bad timer but it was the matter of like 10 mins before I could Imprint.

Kuma wondering if you had thought about adding dino coloring to the store, not painting but an actual code change to the dinos color region .. I think it is something that many people would and ddosnt effect peoples ability to "win or lose".

Doesnt mean we cant dream

S+ for sure. Anything that adds variety to building!

Trades performed within the marketplace or in-game are not verified or insured by the Cult of the ARK. User-to-user trades performed through this marketplace, or associated in-game trades between users who are not Cult of the ARK staff, are solely between the two parties involved in the trade. Cult of the ARK takes no responsibility for these trades, as well as any damages to include lost items or COTA Credits involved in a user-to-user trade. Use common sense, and if you are cheated out of a trade, be sure to report the user and/or their post. We will not compensate you, however we will be sure to take Administrative action against the reported user with provided valid proof of their fraud.

A couple off the top of my head - Jousting (players have to joust, first to 3 falls loses, could be tournament style) -Capture the artifact (admins could slap together a small arena style area with an artifact either side, tribe vs tribe, max 5 per team. Teams have to defend whilst trying to take artifact to their artifact) alternative play mode attack and defend where 2 teams either defend or attack 1 artifact - shooting range ( players have to use ranged weaponry to hit dino targets to score points with limited ammunition, dino could wander or high drop weapons and range modifications to tweak difficulty) -Infection (one player or admin starts off infected with swamp fever in an inclosed space. once infected, goal is to spread infection, last player uninfected or last to be wins)

Server Rules #1 Introduction The server rules are subject to change without notification, though we will do our best to ensure that changes are communicated clearly to those on our servers. Failure to abide by our server rules can result in the removal of your structures, creatures, items or banning of your account from Cult of the ARK servers. Cult of the ARK reserves the right to immediately ban or suspend player accounts as deemed fit. Action taken is at the sole and absolute discretion of Cult of the ARK staff. This list is not exhaustive but represents clear guidelines for players to adhere to when playing on our servers. For something you’re unsure of, please use your best judgement. When in doubt, reach out to us via our Discord or through our website. Ensure you’re acting with some semblance of decency when conducting yourself on our servers. Cheating and Exploiting #2 Cheating and Exploiting Although we are an Xbox based community, due to our cross-platform capabilities with Windows 10 and the nature of ARK, cheating or exploiting game mechanics to gain an unfair advantage over other players is not tolerated. > Cheating - examples are not limited to but can include using third-party programs such as in-game automated bots, ESP, Aimbots, and Game Engine Modifications. > Exploiting - examples are not limited to but can include: Attacking from, travelling through, or building in unintended game-zones (under the mesh or above the map) Duplication of tames, items, or characters Unintended building mechanics (such as floating structures, using the world barrier as a snap point) Building a box on a platform saddled dino to completely prevent it from taking damage Modifying your game files to remove key graphical components (water, fog, etc) Attacking or blocking players through the terrain with dinosaurs Intentionally crashing users or servers (through DDoS or otherwise) Placing excessive quantities of C4 to prevent hostile C4 from being placed Stacking multiple creatures inside each other's models via raising babies close together, teleporting them near each other, downloading them, etc (ex: multiple brontos in a 1x1 foundation area) Using cliff platforms to prevent tribes from building in their own bases Floating structures or structures that extend past normal building limits on platform saddles or rafts for PVP purposes Do not build bases in exploitative spots that cannot be touched except for by an admin or inside world geometry. It will be destroyed. No building in rat holes. #3 Cheating/Exploiting within Tribes, Alliances, and Teaming When playing on our servers, players must ensure that they are not taking advantage of cheating exploits and unfair play. Do not under any circumstances allow cheaters to join your tribe, alliance, or party up alongside you within the game. It is your responsibility to remove them or yourself from the tribe. If you witness someone breaking the rules through the use of a game exploit, or a third party program (such as ESP or Aimbot) ensure that you isolate yourself from those users and are not playing with or alongside them to avoid breaching our server rules. Griefing #4 Structures Since we provide clustered servers, there will be no blocking/denying access to Obelisks. This will allow players to transfer from server to server freely. Building structures to aid in protecting your base is acceptable, as well as setting up turrets to protect yourself upon exiting a boss fight. This rule is voided if turrets are left up beyond finishing said boss fight. Cave building is allowed. #5 Insiding Cult of the ARK views insiding as a valid tactic within ARK. It is your responsibility to manage and ensure the safety of your tribe. #6 Trolling Actions such as repeatedly attacking a tribe or player over and over within a short span of time, having your tribe name or character name insinuate griefing behavior, or other excessive actions that are deemed detrimental to a player's experience on our servers will not be tolerated. We are here to provide a fun and wholesome ARK experience, not a server where you come to grief in your spare time. #7 Spawn Blocking Spawn Blocking occurs when tribes intentionally block multiple spawn points for the purpose of not allowing any new players to play on the server (including cross server players). In the event your base inadvertently or accidentally resides on a spawn point Cult of the ARK staff will attempt to contact you for relocation before action is taken. Please report any instances of infractions to Cult of the ARK staff. Here are some examples of what spawn blocking can consist of, but is not limited to: Using structures that players spawn into and can not get out of Using spikes/spike walls at player spawn locations Turrets located on or near spawn points Dino gates, or any type of structure/cage that is meant to trap or instantly kill a player and prevent them from spawning on the map Aggressive tames placed near spawn points in order to instantly kill players that spawn in. Misconduct #8 Admins If you suspect an Admin is utilizing an alt account on our servers or breaking any of the rules that apply to our Admins, please contact the community founder ( @Kuma ) directly. #9 Behavior, Chat, and Interaction With Others Interactions with other players or Cult of the ARK staff through text chat, voice chat, and signs or paintings must adhere to the rules below and you cannot use an alternative spelling to circumvent restrictions. Ensure that you do not: > Offend - this includes but is not limited to language which is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, sexually explicit, or racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive. > Post Personal Information - belonging to someone else in the game, or any Official websites or forums related to the game. > Harass, Stalk, Threaten - such as sending repeated unsolicited or unwelcome messages to specific users/tribes and can include but not limited to those sexual in nature or messages that would cause discomfort. > Disrupt the game - such as intentionally causing the chat screen to scroll faster than other users are able to read, or setting up macros with large amounts of text that, when used, have a disruptive effect on the normal flow of Chat. > Promote - do not send messages which are advertisements for inappropriate topics. > Capturing Players - do not keep players in a cage or captured for more than 72 hours. #10 Player and Tribe Names When choosing your name, or tribe name you must adhere to general decency and abide by the following rules. If Cult of the ARK staff determines your name to be improper, we may change the name and or terminate your use of our servers. You should not use an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed below. You should ensure that your name does not: > Offend - names may not contain vulgar, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, including any usernames which are sexual in nature. > Impersonate - pretending to be someone else, this includes but is not limited to other tribes, players, and staff. This includes any names that are similar to an already existing tribe. #11 False Reports When reporting others, please ensure that you are genuine. Reports made to harass other players or for restricting their gameplay when no rules have been broken are deemed punishable by Cult of the ARK staff. You can increase the effectiveness of your reports by including as much information as possible, as well as video or picture evidence. We never take our decisions and actions regarding potential malicious player behavior lightly. Suspensions, server wipes, and/or bans are only issued after careful review of all internal and external evidence. Server Raiding Rules

Tribe Tier 7 - Challenge of the Cult Don't know what Tier 7 is? Be sure to read the Tribe Tiers. Tribes that attain Tier 7 status will be challenged by us, the Admins of the servers. You will be contacted by a Server Admin here on the the forums or Discord, most likely will be me, and like all challenges, the tribe may either Accept or Decline. What happens if you Accept the Challenge? Well let me explain. Objective: - Our objective will be to retrieve an item that we will give to you, and have you place it somewhere within the main structure of your base. The object may vary depending on the style of your base. - Your objective will be to halt our progress at all costs. Procedure: - For Tier 7 tribes that accept the Challenge of the Cult, we will first agree upon a reasonable date for us Admins to being our siege on your base. Now I'm sure you're asking yourself, "Well how is it fair going up against an Admin?" Let me explain that, we (the Admins) will spawn in a total of 100 Dinos to use in our siege. All Dinos will not exceed level 1500 (it will depend on the stats). These Dinos will NOT be in God mode or Infinite statted (so they can be killed). - We, our personal characters will be in God mode and Infinite statted however. "Well that's not fair!" You're right, it's not, but, we will be only using Tek Armor, and since it runs on Element, we will only be allowed to use 300 Element total per Admin for any use during the extent of the siege (Tek Saddles, etc). We will only be allowed 500 Rockets per person and yes we can spawn in extra rocket launchers to use the all of the Rockets. We will get 500 C4 each. No other explosives will be used (except for the Tek Rifle which uses Element). We will have full access to any other weaponry we desire. Once we completely run out of our 300 Element (each), 500 C4 (each), and 500 Rockets (each), to include all of our 100 Dinos (Tribe total) violently murdered, and we have not succeeded in acquiring our objective item, you will have succeeded in completing the Challenge of the Cult. Congrats. - If you have multiple bases, we will start with the smallest base then move accordingly to the largest base, with each base containing an item as depicted in the Objectives. Rewards: - So you're probably wondering what you get for overcoming seemingly impossible odds? Well, you (your tribe) will get a collective 250,000.00 COTA Credits. These can be either all given to one person, or split among each tribe member. Remember you can transfer COTA Credits to others on the Forum. - Regardless of whether or not you Accept or Decline, Complete or Fail the challenge, you will receive the Tier 7 award.

Thank you for unbanning me I would appreciate a chance to become a part of the discord community again. Although being banned might seem bad it is reassuring to know admins still care for the server and pay attention to details like that. Thanks again.

I think we should lower the timer on imprinting enough to make pteras imprintable If it is possible

Reasons that the store has to be re evaluated in terms of pricing 15 fiber, 5 sand, 3 wood (prim boomerang)=1,750 credits? 50 fiber, 15 wood (prim bow) = 1750 credits? 15 fiber, 4 wood(prim club)=1750 credits? Prices like this are too high on a server with these rates, I understand that changing the quality in the store changes its price, but there should be a base for all saddles based from the materials it takes to make them. also, why does the primitive armour have the same cost? surely no one in their right mind would buy a prim cloth helmet (750 creds) over a prim flak or riot helmet(750 creds), I see that the cost of varying quality changes the price more, however the primitive cost should also be different. A primitive giga saddle has the same cost as a primitive phiomia saddle, why? A giga saddle(prim) costs 120 metal ing, 350 fiber and 680 hide. A (prim) phiomia saddle costs 15 fiber, 20 hide and 5 wood. On top of this, you're telling me that a titanosaur saddle costs 1000 credits!? you know that a saddle like this to craft costs:1600 cementing paste, 2000 fiber, 4000 hide, 4000 metal ingots! This has the same cost as every other primitive platform saddle! So, anyways overall, you've done a better job at the balancing in the shop, but more needs to be done.

As I'm sure most of you have experienced, in the past couple of weeks the servers have been crashing quite frequently and having save rollbacks. At first we thought this might just have been Nitrado along with the recent updates, however, unfortunately I can safely say this is not the case. After reviewing the crashstack logs for the servers along with current duplication methods, we can confirm that these rollbacks are being caused by duplication exploits. We will be temporarily disabling Uploads/Downloads on all servers to temporarily fix this issue. As much as we don't want to be doing this, it will ensure sever stability for the time being. We will keep this temporary fix in place until those who are causing this are dealt with, and/or Wildcard comes out with a patch to fix it. Myself and the other Admins will continue our efforts to find those that are doing this, however we urge your assistance so we can expedite the process so we can re-enable Uploads/Downloads. If you have any information on who might be doing this, please DM myself or another Admin via Discord. We're sorry for this inconvenience, but it is currently the only viable option available to ensure a stable server experience.

No

Situations like these will be taken care of on a per-situation basis. Whether its Dinos/items you got via COTA Credits, or in game, stealing them from someone is a dirty thing to do. If this happens to you or anyone you know, please message me immediately and I'll do my best to rectify the issue.

Aimbot isn't a thing on Xbox One. Modding is in its infancy for Xbox One. We only have limited game save capabilities. Which ark isn't even one of the games to mod. Any clips of someone under the map while being raided?