ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF is Live – Server News

ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF – Introduction

In ARK: Survival Ascended server hosting, you’ll face countless challenges with your friends that bring a lot of fun to the game. One of those challenges that we’re excited to announce has arrived to the game is an action-packed 60-person battle called Survival of the Fittest. ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF is comparable to battle royals, pushing players toward an ultimate showdown for one player to be crowned the winner. With this mode available for you and your friends to try right now, let’s dive into the excitement that awaits!

About ARK Survival of the Fittest

Beginning of Survival of the Fittest

What exactly is this action filled gamemode? To explain that, lets start at the beginning of ARK: Survival of the Fittest. Originally when SOTF first released in 2016, this gamemode was featured as a total conversion mod that players could easily add to their server. This brought with it special settings for a server to add in a battle royal style arena, where players could rush to gather resources, build tamed dino armies, and fight to see who was the best survivor. Not to mention, this new mode also featured four unique gamemodes for Free for All, 2 player tribes, 4 player tribes, and 5 player tribes on unofficial servers. Eventually, this mode would be brought alive as a standalone game in 2016 for players to enjoy. Unfortunately, only a short six months later, development would cease and the gamemode would experience its final patch at the end of 2016. Still, for years players continued to enjoy this to the fullest. That wasn’t the end for this mighty action packed gamemode though!

Second Arrival of SOTF

For many players, it had seemed that Survival of the Fittest had finally come to a completion with the focus going back to ARK: Survival Evolved. Or so we thought. Nearly six years later in 2022, the excitement would pick back up as Studio Wildcard would announce the resurgence of SOTF as ARK: The Survival of the Fittest. Then in December 2022, it happened. ARK TSOTF was released as an update to the standalone game featuring a re-designed gamemode from the ground up. Some of the many changes included even faster gameplay and intense combat with large-scale battles, totaling 88 dinosaurs & creatures to bring into the fights. Similarly to the first interaction of this gamemode, players could jump into solo and tribe based games, loot, tame, and command as they enter all out apocalyptic war! To this day, you can still jump into ARK TSOTF on Steam with full crossplay for consoles and play with your friends. Get your own ARK: The Survival of the Fittest server to customize and start epic dinosaur battle royals!

ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF Release

That brings us to today, the brand new release of ARK: Survival Ascended Survival of the Fittest! Having released today, December 21st, you and your friends will be able to experience full crossplay on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Like before, players can expect the same fast-paced action and epic dinosaur battles they love, but in the beautifully designed Unreal Engine 5 graphics of ASA. ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF is being re-evolved with the release today, offering a way to have powerful showdowns with your friends. Whether you’re planning to dive into solos, queue up with your friends, or create your own Survival of the Fittest arena battle, you’ll now be able to when you try Survival of the Fittest on your own ARK: Survival Ascended game server!

Mods:
Survival of the Fittest | Mod ID: 938876
Survival of the Fittest (The Island Map) | Mod ID: 938879

A Look at Survival of the Fittest

After reading the details about what you can expect in ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF, it’s time to get a first hand view. Here is the latest available trailer showcasing the Survival of the Fittest gamemode in action!

Experience the New SOTF on Your ASA Server

Are you ready to jump into the intense combat? Being pitted against other survivors, you’ll need to use your best skills to survive. From looting to taming, and building the ultimate dinosaur army to claim victory. See if you and your friends have what it takes when you experience ARK: Survival Ascended SOTF on your own server today!

Other Useful Guides

How to Install ARK: Survival Ascended Mods
ARK: Survival Ascended Admin Commands Guide
How to Enable ARK: Survival Ascended Console

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