Where to start for newbies

[Evilsnail]

I've owned this game for a while but I have recently tried to get into the game and I can't seem to start without dying or fiding a place to build anything due to all the easy areas blocked off. Can someone give some advice or help?

[Sicksadpanda]

First of all, official servers are toxic and terrible. Both PvP and PvE. You should probably stick to unofficial servers, or single player even.

With that out of the way, youtube is a great source to learn the game.

[Evilsnail]

Thank you Panda. I really am wanting to like the game but I can't enjoy it when I die everytime I join a game. I have 7 hours of playtime and all of it is trying to survive the first 15 minutes.

[KitsuneShiro]

I suggest watching Phlinger Phoo's soloing the ark series on YT. It's a bit dated going back to the Island playthrough. Argys can now carry anky and doedi.

This series (multiple seasons) taught so many of us to play.

Island, Center and Ragnarok are all good beginner maps.

[Venom]

Venoms Den PVE 104.192.227.42:27036 map is Ragnarok with Abberation Dinos as well

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Venom:

Venoms Den PVE 104.192.227.42:27036 map is Ragnarok with Abberation Dinos as well

That is terrible for beginners.

[-BritishEcho-]

I highly recommend singleplayer to get you started. You can go at your own pace, change the settings to fit around you and explore without the concern of other players getting in the way.
After that, once you get your bearings, you can move to unofficial if you need some actual player company.

Don't ever go official... Ever...

[Zera_Fox]

Originally posted by Evilsnail:

I've owned this game for a while but I have recently tried to get into the game and I can't seem to start without dying or fiding a place to build anything due to all the easy areas blocked off. Can someone give some advice or help?

You are welcome to come and join my UnOfficial Server.
While it is a rather challenging Mod Map with a couple of additional Mods added to the game, there's nothing like diving right into something to test your meddle in some regard. Right? Heh.

Despite the real challenge our map and mods may give you, we are a very small group of players at this time who are more than happy to answer questions, provide tips and assist you along your journey in truly trying the game and learning how to best survive in your own unique way.
There really is no "best way" in a survival as it's truly about playstyle and preferences.

[Venom]

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

Originally posted by Venom:

Venoms Den PVE 104.192.227.42:27036 map is Ragnarok with Abberation Dinos as well

That is terrible for beginners.

Terrible ????? PVE is best for beginners Start at Viking bay 1 2 or 3

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Venom:

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

That is terrible for beginners.

Terrible ????? PVE is best for beginners Start at Viking bay 1 2 or 3

No, Ragnarok plus Aberration dinos for beginners. Beginners need to start with the basics.

[Bones]

unoffciail is garbage stay away from it. All the servers are either dead, get randomly shutdown, admin abuse, or stupid mods that ruin the game. Play small tribes faster rates but still official

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Knight From The North:

unoffciail is garbage stay away from it. All the servers are either dead, get randomly shutdown, admin abuse, or stupid mods that ruin the game. Play small tribes faster rates but still official

Over generalization. This isn't always true, there are some excellent private servers out there.

[Scrapper-Lock]

Originally posted by Big Chicken:

Add me. I love newbies. On the Island map, try landing at South Zone 3. Build a storage box as soon as possible, or a mortar, and start gathering fiber, wood and hide for the raft. Then go over to the little island at 84/84 and build your base. Nothing on that island will attack you unless you attack it first. You can build up to where you feel like exploring the rest of the world. I suggest trying it on single player first if you cannot find a private server that has that island free. I was very afraid of everything when I first started playing this game. Good luck!

That is Herbivore Island, as it is called, and it is a great place but, a couple of things to watch out for.

First, you have to cross deep water in the raft to get there, and unless your server has disabled or in some way modded it, the Leedsichthys likes to hang out in that area and it will attack and quite possibly destroy rafts, which is a big deal to a newbie who may have everything he owns on that raft (and his body). So be careful with this and be aware it can happen.

Second, if it is not a private server, Herbi Island is a popular base site and someone else will probably already own it.

Third, if it is solo or a private server, be careful where you build stuff. There are some of the few metal nodes on the top of the plateau there, which you can get to as a newbie and not die regularly, and if you build foundations too close to them they will not respawn again, ever. Also if you are soloing, never, ever mine out a node and then immediately exit the game -- the node will be bugged and might not regenerate. Make sure if you mine it out to stay online, in game, on that island, until long enough goes by that the nodes have reappeared first, and THEN exit.

I do agree with the singleplayer advice -- SP is all I play, and it's great fun, and I have learned a lot about the game at my own pace. Plus SP means I can build whatever I want wherever I want, and the only thing I have to worry aboud is wild dinos coming after it. Which is not too hard to defend against.

Also I ditto the Phlinger Phoo recommendation, "Soloing the Ark" series. Yes it is a little dated but in the ways it is, there is no big deal. 90% of it is the same and he gives you a really good explanation of how to tame things, how to build things, where to build safely, how to set up a starter base, and when and where to look into moving to a good "perma base" after you are established.

[Bones]

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

Originally posted by Knight From The North:

unoffciail is garbage stay away from it. All the servers are either dead, get randomly shutdown, admin abuse, or stupid mods that ruin the game. Play small tribes faster rates but still official

Over generalization. This isn't always true, there are some excellent private servers out there.

your right, except the thousands of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones, not exaggerating literally thousands just ruin unofficial. Small tribes is boosted and easy enough, and great for noobies

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Knight From The North:

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

Over generalization. This isn't always true, there are some excellent private servers out there.

your right, except the thousands of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ones, not exaggerating literally thousands just ruin unofficial. Small tribes is boosted and easy enough, and great for noobies

Except for all the meshing and aimbotting.

[Bones]

thats ark in a nutshell, if somebody cant get used to that they cant get used to ark. 1600 hours of official and never got meshed or aimbotted, people overexaggerate it alot