Best/easiest map currently for solo?

[Part-Time Jesus]

What's currently the easiest solo map for ARK?

I know, bit of a vague question but I'm kinda casual.

What do you guys think?

[Dj DNA]

Ragnarok or The Island

[Veeshan]

It's not really about which map, each map has "starter zones" where the dinos are mostly herbivores, easy to get started. Some don't though, I think the Genesis maps are pretty brutal everywhere?

PS - here are some new player tips that are essential but aren't about gameplay itself, more about how to play... safely.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527492534

[Part-Time Jesus]

Originally posted by Veeshan:

It's not really about which map, each map has "starter zones" where the dinos are mostly herbivores, easy to get started. Some don't though, I think the Genesis maps are pretty brutal everywhere?

PS - here are some new player tips that are essential but aren't about gameplay itself, more about how to play... safely.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527492534

It is more about which map in the sense of which one has the easiest, as if that's a thing, bosses to solo, or, a singular boss making that map "beatable", is what I'm looking for.

I guess I wondered if one map was a bit more concise than the Island and maybe had one major boss instead of 3 and was possibly more suited to a solo experience that has some kind of "end" or final boss.

The three final bosses in the Island are quite hard to consider beating solo for me :/

thanks for the info

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Jojo:

What's currently the easiest solo map for ARK?

I know, bit of a vague question but I'm kinda casual.

What do you guys think?

If you're new, haven't done any ascension/boss fights, and are playing on single player, then the island is recommended because it has less species of dinos, begins teaching you the basics in regards to survival challenges with different biomes and dinos and resource limitations etc. It also has the story lore and ascension system as the devs intended.

Ragnarok is another alternative map for similar but it is not a story canon map and has different ascension methods. It is a very large map and has more species of creatures (including wyvern and griffin) but whether that would be easier or more of a challenge for you depends. Ragnarok is a "build your base here" map with tons of places intentionally created on the map for bases. Only survival challenge other wise to be aware of is it has areas with intentional temperatures that can and will kill you very quickly if unprepared.

[Dj DNA]

Originally posted by Jojo:

Originally posted by Veeshan:

It's not really about which map, each map has "starter zones" where the dinos are mostly herbivores, easy to get started. Some don't though, I think the Genesis maps are pretty brutal everywhere?

PS - here are some new player tips that are essential but aren't about gameplay itself, more about how to play... safely.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527492534

It is more about which map in the sense of which one has the easiest, as if that's a thing, bosses to solo, or, a singular boss making that map "beatable", is what I'm looking for.

I guess I wondered if one map was a bit more concise than the Island and maybe had one major boss instead of 3 and was possibly more suited to a solo experience that has some kind of "end" or final boss.

The three final bosses in the Island are quite hard to consider beating solo for me :/

thanks for the info

well technically the island has a fourth final boss. But all bosses in this game are doable solo. Altho gen 1's final boss is a huge pain solo so definitely stay away from that one.

[Not Rawr]

I hear scorched earth is very easy when it comes to the boss. Very difficult everywhere else though lol.

The centre has 1 fight where you battle the 2 island bosses together, monkey and broodmother. Its similar to the Island with very easy caves imo. Non canon tho I believe

Id have to go with Island tho, the 3 bosses really arent so bad since you can just use the same group of rexes to rush them. The higher difficulty of dragon can be scary though and I have no experience with the tek cave

[StabbyU2]

A map that is harder all around but only has 1 final boss is Abberation which has Rockwell for a final boss but abberation is a nightmare of a map if you are starting out.

[OmniSuscat]

Originally posted by Jojo:

What's currently the easiest solo map for ARK?

I know, bit of a vague question but I'm kinda casual.

What do you guys think?

genesis 2 is easiest by far but I suggest you start off with the island

[guig]

lorewise : The Island> Scorched Earth> Aberration> Extinction> Gen1> Gen2

[OmniSuscat]

Originally posted by guig:

lorewise : The Island> Scorched Earth> Aberration> Extinction> Gen1> Gen2

That's what I did, it was fun af