The Actual Size Of ARK

[simpel]

they say it's a huge game and seeing the trailer there's no doubting that but i want to know, how big in km2 how big ark actually is.

[Tech]

I heard a dev say how large it was in the interview with Lirik think it was around 40 - 49km.

[PaX]

How large is the Ark?

Regarding the size of the ARK, it's currently approximately 36 square kilometers of walk-able land mass. There's also about 12 square kilometers of ocean, and of course that's just 2 dimensional measurement. There are very tall mountains that rise above the cloud layer, and oceans are quite deep with major underwater reefs, and there's a massive underground cave system that adds about 50% more traversable area to the ARK. The caves themselves are akin to dungeons in many ways, so while they can be inhabited by players, they are not easy places to survive long-term...

As for other ARKs, currently they are just copies of the same ARK with different statistical variation of resources and creatures to make it easier or more difficult. But as we proceed past Early Access, we intend both to introduce new ARK physical layouts and also add the procedurally-generated world feature. And of course there will be player-created Steam Workshop ARKs :)

[kadraws]

Excellent. Speculations says currently around twice as big as theHunter: Primal offers. Sounds wonderful. =)

[PaX]

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/3/30984/1366065-xju7q.jpg use this for comparison. If you ever plaied Just cause 2 then you know that map and its 20KM and 1/2 that is water

[PaX]

some day another game will match Daggerfall in size!!

[Caudrea]

Originally posted by DonderDeer:

Excellent. Speculations says up to twice as big as theHunter: Primal offers. Sounds wonderful. =)

With well over 6 times the species roaming around. Makes it 100000x better. :P

[PaX]

and thats only its 2D world
it also has mountines and caves!!

[Jeremy Drake Stieglitz]

There are typically about 15,000 to 20,000 NPC's living on the ARK at any one time :)

[PaX]

to give you some scale. Manhattan NY is right at 55KM2

[Caudrea]

Originally posted by Drake:

There are typically about 15,000 to 20,000 NPC's living on the ARK at any one time :)

We'll come come across one ARK named "REX-ARK"... 20,000 Tyrannosaurs roaming it. Haha-ouch.

[PaX]

get google earth Cayman Brac is 36KMs

[CosmicTony]

Just as a note, for JP buffs, that Island (Isla Nublar) is likely only about 57km^2

[kadraws]

Originally posted by Drake:

There are typically about 15,000 to 20,000 NPC's living on the ARK at any one time :)

I can't handle my excitement. This just gets better and better.

Will the population size and type of user-made ARKs be able to be customized by the creator?

[PaX]

per the infromation already released all the islands will be the same. But i dont see anythign stopping people from adding ilands except the time and ephort to make one

[JasonB]

Originally posted by Drake:

There are typically about 15,000 to 20,000 NPC's living on the ARK at any one time :)

Holy hell, well that is probably the reason ARK has a performance issue lol. I take it they only spawn near players though.