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Archipelago

A multi-island map in development for ARK: Survival Ascended. Begin the journey on Palmreach, its tropical island.

Archipelago project artwork
Illustrated survivor journal cover based on work-in-progress screenshots.

Archipelago is the wider ARK: Survival Ascended map project: a collection of islands with distinct environments, built as one world. Development is starting with Palmreach, a tropical island where the coastline, rock formations and points of interest are taking shape. Future islands and biomes remain plans, not completed or released features.

One map · Distinct islands

The islands of Archipelago

Island · In development

Palmreach

Palmreach is the tropical island currently taking shape within Archipelago, TeaBagBrit’s multi-island ARK: Survival Ascended map.

Explore this island →

Gallery

Pale coastal rock formations being arranged on Palmreach in the ARK DevKit
Work in progress · Testing rock shapes and placement on Palmreach.
An orange wireframe view of a cliff mesh in Blender
Behind the journal · Preparing and inspecting a cliff mesh in Blender.
Collision geometry displayed around a rock mesh in the ARK DevKit
Behind the journal · Reviewing collision geometry in the DevKit.
First-person in-game view of pale fractured rocks on a sandy Palmreach test area
Work in progress · A first-person look at the formations in the test area.
The plan · Subject to change

What’s on the drawing board

  • Multiple islands within one connected map
  • Distinct environments and island identities
  • Palmreach as the first tropical island in development

Compatibility

Development project for ARK: Survival Ascended. No public download is available yet.

Project roadmap

later

Archipelago: grow beyond Palmreach

Use the first island’s terrain and exploration tests to guide the wider multi-island map.

Follow the journey

Development journal

Project journal →