ARK: Survival Evolved Aberration Guide – Radiation & Mutation

INTRODUCTION TO ARK ABERRATION

Welcome adventurer! ARK is a daring place full of many amazing worlds featuring corruption, massive volcanos, deep oceans, and forests as far as the eye can see. Of those many worlds, the next in our exploration is an abandoned ARK known as Aberration that promises an insightful and exciting journey ahead.

Damaged and no longer having an atmosphere, harsh conditions and intense radiation surrounds this ARK with deep and lush underground worlds that our team is ready to explore to find the secrets of how Aberration became in this state. Join us in our mission to experience Aberration, learn of its regions and creatures, and how you can experience your own Aberration adventure on an ARK server!

ARK ABERRATION MAP DISCOVERIES

OVERVIEW

Reviewing the map of Aberration, we noticed many of the regions were deep underground with all surface areas being plagued with radiation. The radiation was quite harmful and so for a majority of our exploration, we remained in the cave regions to protect our team. Each area we observed appeared to be of specific regions, including fertile regions of mushrooms, bright areas lit up with bio-luminescence, areas of molten elements flowing in rivers and down waterfalls, and the deadly surface region polluted in radiation. To learn more about each of these regions, we did an in-depth analysis and discovered a lot of useful information!

ROCKWELL TERMINAL

The Rockwell Arena was a vicious area and we had to be prepared with our best gear and Aberration tames immune to radiation to prepare for the fight ahead. Encompassed in an invisible dome that prevented us from exiting the arena, we were put face to face with the final boss of ARK Aberration. Through sheer will and firepower, our research team managed to pull off the impossible defeating the foe and uncovering the final secrets of ARK Aberration.

MEETING THE CREATURES OF ARK ABERRATION

In the land of ARK Aberration, as we explored we came across many creatures of all varieties where some were helpful, and some were downright terrifying instantly attacking our team on sight. With a lot of time and effort, our research team managed to gather notes regarding each of our encounters with the creatures of Aberration. Below, you can read our notes about these encounters and the experiences we had running into these creatures!

ABERRANT CREATURES

One of the first types of creatures we faced was known as Aberrant creatures. These creatures appeared in every region we had explored and included everything from an Aberrant Dodo, Aberrant Piranha, and even an Aberrant Araneo! Ah, I’m terrified of spiders! Fighting against these powerful variants, we learned Aberrant creatures all had 4% less health but dealt 6% more damage and glowed in the dark.

ROCKWELL – MAIN BOSS OF ABERRATION

Upon entering the final arena through the Rockwell Terminal, that was when our research team uncovered the biggest threat on the ARK Aberration. Emerging from the dangerous molten element with large glowing tentacles, Rockwell appeared. A former explorer that became a monstrous humanoid due to element experimentation gone wrong, we were to battle Rockwell and take back the ARK. Repeatedly attacking his tentacles, with each tentacle destroyed this stunned Rockwell allowing us to deal damage to him. Doing this enough times, and with powerful mounts by our side to protect us, we managed to take down Rockwell!

EARTHQUAKES SHAKE ABERRATION UNDERGROUND

Throughout all of the underground regions that we had explored, a quite scary experience kept occurring. Earthquakes would begin shaking the caves we were inside quite violently, knocking our members around and throwing them from cliffs they were climbing. Several of our members were injured due to this but the earthquakes did help by providing us with rare drops that would fall as they occurred. We were quick to collect the drops before continuing our adventure.

TRAILER FOR ARK ABERRATION

HOW TO INSTALL ARK ABERRATION TO ARK SERVERS

1. Open your ARK server control panel and to the left, under “SETTINGS” select “General”.

1. In your ARK:SE settings under “Base settings”, locate the “Mapname” setting and use the dropdown to select “Aberration”.

1. Afterward, press “Save changes” and then restart your ARK server.
2. Upon startup, your server will now be running the Aberration DLC!

FIGHT THROUGH THE RADIATION WITH FRIENDS

During our discoveries in Aberration, we learned of the many dangers and magnificent creatures that deal with the constant radiation that surrounds this ARK. Going through the Molten Element regions and Bio Luminescent lands, difficult foes, and helpful charge light pets appeared, teaching us about the biodiversity that manages to thrive despite the harsh conditions.

With our research complete, we invite you to experience your own research adventure to uncover the many secrets still waiting to be discovered on ARK Aberration. Invite your friends and bring them along for the journey when you try the ARK Aberration DLC on your own ARK game server!

For more information on the Aberration map, including interactive resource maps, explorer notes, and creature spawn data, check out our Ark Survival Ascended Wiki.