Ark: Survival Beginner's Guide 2024

[@last9up]

I started watching your videos when I first started Ark about 1000 hours ago. Seen all of your ABC videos and a ton of your series. Started so many characters I can't even count them. Still learn something new when watching your videos. I work full time and have to take care of family but I'm here when I can be. Thanks for everything Phlinger :) On to the next series and the next beginner guide.

[@DubMeStatic]

Phlinger ur the reason I started playing Ark in the first place so thx for being a great influence

[@JPBrooksLive]

New players, also consider LOWERING the xp you get. I found myself unlocking things with a new level, then I would spend time trying to get what I need to craft the new thing I unlocked, but would get 5 more levels doing that, so I kept unlocking things that I didn't have the basic resources built up to realistically craft, so it's easy for your levels to run away from where you actually are in your game... If that makes sense.

[@sketchman1981]

Been wanting to play ark again, though on the road and no PC....watching videos brings back memories though looking forward to getting back to my pc

[@Andy.Smurphy]

First game loaded in and immediately upon waking was face to face with one of those green spitting things ... i turned green, ran ... he followed, spat green at me again and i died ... Welcome to Ark i thought ...

[@RidleyFox1]

Thanks for the videos. You are my go to when I need information on ARK.

[@TheOneWhoMotivates223]

Ive been playing since 5 years and still here

[@mi55abby]

To the man who fuelled my complete addiction to this game, taught me unmeasurable essential and interesting things, has made me laugh until I cried, encouraged my tendancy to talk to my tames without feeling like a wierdo....all that. Thank you, sir. You make ARK better. You have made me a better player.

[@mostlymonkey1979]

You know... after my own 5k hours, I still enjoy watching your beginner's guides. It's just quality content!😎

[@JPBrooksLive]

If you're asking "what should I play on?" The answer is PC. (I'm a PS4 player). The interface is unquestionably set up for PC and the item transference and menu navigation is kind of cumbersome and I ENVY how quickly I see PC players move inventory around. Lack of Hot-Keys makes things harder too: having to pull up action wheels to perform actions that PC players have a dedicated key for. And, I imagine, it's a more stable platform, where you will encounter less of the dreaded blue screen. Whatever you do, it's an incredible game, and you'll have fun!!

[@sinlos2484]

atm I watch season 4 again ~ episode 156 or so, We Beat the Alpha Bosses Yesterday first time ever and now we are prep for the Overseer.

[@Pulpos999]

"If you are trapped in somewhere, just eat your poop" This sentence without context LOL

[@tomylincks2190]

You help me as a new player. Respect

[@donnawilson6489]

always love your guides Phlinger always helpful thank you. :)

[@JPBrooksLive]

Hundreds of hours in and I'm still here to watch lol

[@Ant_0922]

fun fact the thing that looks like a raptor is actually closer to what a raptor really looked like compared with to movies ect

[@ashleybadtothebone]

Just so yall know. If u click ctafting skill it doesnt just make better items. 😂 it also gives u like 50 engram points. 😊 so u can craft more stuff

[@BaffledRich]

just downloaded this for the first time...i just wanna play a game lol theres no simple option to just start playing the game..whats all this host/local servers stuff????!!! everytime i click join ark nothing happens..no next page prompts or anything....all i can do is click tsof or whatever but on that page it says NO SERVERS....is there a campaign mode or something? i just wanna play the game 😔

[@mckaylafoster9592]

u deserve sm more hype

[@Maltebyte2]

whats that list or config you said will make things easier and quicker to reach in a few hours instead of days?

[@PK-se2jh]

thankyou :))

[@emma_panda28]

1:11 You forgot Mobile - ios or android it's on there as well

[@thomasslone1964]

ewe that's not ark

[@farmageddon2978]

So what are the first few tames I should get and should i get a shelter going right when able and if so where is a good spot that would be safe?

[@jakeheape8349]

So I shot a trike with 15 trank arrows and it still didn't sleep realy like this game but I just don't understand it at all 😂

[@patchinthebox]

Ok I did all this. Is there like a story I should be doing? Is this it? I've gotta be missing something.

[@DraconisSmith]

No story mode, it's a sandbox with an in-game story supported by subtle things.

[@Anthonysan86]

The dinosaurs that want to eat you are fast and PERSISTENT the main reason I uninstalled this game twice lol as soon as I finish a decent 2 story thatch house, boom infected raptors and alphas spawn in down the road and will constantly follow me

[@bmx.big.cheese7338]

Dawg I died to fall damage and I have to fuckin restart from the very beginning?

[@CUZZJAMA1CAN]

Q. I have two kids and we all have our own consoles can we play together or do I still have to rent our own servers??

[@thomasslone1964]

yes

[@Jcewazhere]

I name half my characters some form of Yuman, or huuuman, like Quark says it in DS9. Al Gore's rhythm the for comment.

[@mrflam3089]

Hu-man

[@MrZrbrownie]

Darn it Phlinger, I'm trying to play Baldurs Gate III, why do you do this to me?

[@1975adam]

I just got no man's sky wensday I know the feeling but dude makes me lmao allmoast every video I have seen of his

[@ЦвитанИлиев]

sound like u are a KID soo is FUN wen u sey (the best game made in many many years )

[@tylerbrown8323]

Casually leaves out official servers

[@thomasslone1964]

no one like official servers besides narcissists

[@glitchti9948]

ark

[@northgeorgia7357]

Why can't they just make Ark 1 better and support it again. No one wants Ark 2 and it'll probably never get released and it will suck BAD I'm sure.

[@katzabar]

Profit, let’s be real.

[@TOUGHESTNUT]

There was a sarcosuchus chasing me and I made it stuck to my campfire allowing it to take huge damage,after that I keep circling around it and killed it with my pickaxe Moral of the story:skill>power

[@TOUGHESTNUT]

Also I got prime meat

[@ramusvinicini]

9 minutes of useless information in the beginning...

[@nodnarbekalb929]

Over 3k hours and still here to support and maybe pick up something new.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Cheers

[@ronohl7473]

Thank you Phlinger for your community service. You provide an enormous amount of information for the beginner to the advanced. Much appreciated.

[@craigkniffin4948]

Phlinger is like that one store that always has everything you want

[@aircobraman1375]

Or, he just doesnt realize its dead.

[@jasoncarter3182]

Crazy to think that I've followed ark since 2016, while never getting to experience it until 2020 saw the game slowly become what it is. I remember when the swamp and tundra were added to the island followed by the volcano being completely reworked. For the flaws that ark has, I'll always come back and play more of it

[@clefsan]

I, too, have very fond memories of my journey through early access-ARK. The pre-sickle era, for example, when fiber was used as currency on the server I played on, because it was so damn tedious to gather the stuff in large amounts. The introduction of the breeding mechanic and how obsessed some of the players became with it (there was one dude who set up his base in the snow biome and was focusing a ton of time on breeding nothing but Dire Wolves). Or the issues one could have when landing and dismounting fliers - before the ability to land the flier before dismounting it was a thing. Or when I stepped out of my cozy wooden house the day after the Spino was put into the game and found one of them wandering around almost on my doorstep (the surprise lasted only for a brief moment, of course, because of a sudden case of death, but it must have looked funny from the outside). Also some more annoying moments, like the "chinese invasion", but the good far outweighs the bad with this game for me.

[@jasoncarter3182]

@@clefsan I nearly forgot about the flier dismounting before they added the ability to land. It was always fun taking bets on how far they shoot off

[@clefsan]

@@jasoncarter3182My very first time trying to get obsidian from the volcano to take back to my base near the central southern coast: I flew there on a Ptera, dismounted near an obsidian rock, and the ptera flew halfway down the slope before landing right between 2 T-Rexes. Lets just say it was not a successful Obsidian run. lol Having to cross half the island on foot with nearly no equipment was an exciting adventure, though. Running with Raptors. Cavorting with Carnos. Sightseeing with Scorpions. All the good stuff...😇

[@310smoker]

more crazy that I just started 😂

[@luckie13gaming7]

Thank you Professor Phlinger for a refresher course for Ark 🥰 Hope your Monday is an awesome one 🥰

[@tracyherr624]

I sure wish I had found your help videos when I first started playing. I figured out without any help, how to make a fire. What I couldn't figure out was how did I get it lit. It looked like it was made with wood so what did I do to make it burn. While I was trying to figure this out, night fell and I got killed by what I now know was an ichthy (stealy bird) ornis. The next problem that made me put up the game for a few years was really bad lag. Then my Techno brother moved in and built me a better computer. My how time flies. LOL

[@AnthonyDunlap-e2w]

I love the way this survival guide. Can you do survival guides for other maps I.e abboration. Just saying, I find surviving other maps easier than abor. And idk how to even get started

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Evolved is better than Acended ☝️ And the og

[@Agent-ur9tp]

Just re-installed.

[@sajuente8235]

At this point you could try to make video how to LEAVE this game after few years being addicted to it :) Beginner guide when game is comming to an end?

[@jipjap7720]

Lol this game deffo addictive

[@josuelugo4506]

great video, my player location arrow on the map isn't visible and i don't see an option to turn it on in the settings, any ideas what's wrong? My version is 962.5 Thanks

[@ShePlaysIt]

“This is a really safe spot!” Someone seems to have forgotten about the occasional giga around there :p (rare, but it happened to me). Unless Rag changed that spawn? I had that experience before the desert update

[@Chief_Spook]

Why wouldn’t I just select Join Ark if I want to play with other players? Why rent a server myself?

[@dylansearcy3966]

4:49 it's overly feathery but in relation to the raptor which is under feathered

[@puleaze2833]

It never gets old learning how to play ARK from Phlinger!❤

[@JC-ht4ro]

Very helpful. I just played this game and version for the first time.

[@tothlacko8290]

Lol I just got started... And didn't have stone hatchet😂😂 wtf..

[@ThommyofThenn]

Wow! You really like this game. Makes me feel better about the 3k hours I have in a game 🤓

[@WesterlyBear]

24:52 alright now dild-, i mean dodo are.😊

[@YinTbh]

known about ark for years yet im coming here bc i actually dont know hyow to start

[@RikkuEcRud]

IIRC, Crafting Skill isn't just the quality of gear you make from blueprints, it's also the quality of the Custom Consumables you can design.

[@charlyromero96]

This is a comment 3 minutes into the video, but honestly already explained a good amount, very excited for the rest as I have played only once and didn't know a thing and ready to change that.

[@cheryldahl9192]

What's the difference between Ark: Survival Evolved, and Ark: Survival Ascended? Because the price difference is huge.

[@Phlinger]

Ark: SE is a 9 year old Complete Featured Game made in the Unreal Engine 4, Ark:SA is an Early Access title and not feature complete remade with more stuff in the Unreal Engine 5.

[@xxdemonicxxxxdemonxx4091]

Someone should make an unofficial server with official settings lol

[@TheSquishyOne]

Thanks for the Beginner guide, i've been playing for a few months a while ago, forgot everything came here and learned new things haha

[@levijones1886]

I’ve made it to a point in my single player where idk what to do this helped a lot appreciate it

[@1975adam]

I got it 6 months ago still haven't got to BM so this 1 we'll be perfect for me ( switch user ) ....I we'll be drinking as I watch these so mebe watching it a few times over

[@last9up]

I have played 1000 hours and haven't even entered a single underwater cave 😂 Go at your own pace and have fun :)

[@Mortum_Rex]

Finally! A guide for idiots like me. Thank you!

[@JeremyDeere]

This game is punishing!!! Stressful to get started but fun. I thought I ready for Ark after dipping my feet in survival games like Subnautica, Valheim, NMS, Enshrouded but I was NOT ready. Lol. I got a tiny shack built, some tools & weapons, and a camp fire but I keep dying of starvation. Lol

[@phaelax]

Ark "could be" one of the best games ever. However, it gets only a 6/10 from me due to the incredibly high number of bugs that still exist after years. From simple minor annoyances to major glitches that flatout stop gameplay such as getting stuck in floors. I won't even touch on how poorly the servers run.

[@dylansearcy3966]

0:58 that's minecraft for you

[@Nathanaelelliott]

I love the survival part but I'll never understand dinosaurs. I've never wanted to ride or own one. Idk if you can kick them but that would be nice.

[@maximumkhaos2479]

ARK is a survival game because of the threat dinosaurs have. Maybe try other survival games? I think there's some wildlife ones that may suit you better.

[@Nathanaelelliott]

@maximumkhaos2479 I play a ton of survival games I am aware what the dinosaurs are there for. Just think they gay.

[@banananineohnine8433]

“Welcome to the definitive guide for true first time hardly ever played ever before people! First up here’s a mod, here’s the versions that can have mods, here exclusive creatures to DLC quests, here’s another cool creature, oh this creature is cool too by the way I’ve played 10,000 hours and I think this game is awesome…” Dude I just want harvesting, building, and combat tips, wtf??? 5 minutes in and none of this info is of any use to me!

[@ernestreinhardt7558]

I'm currently download in survival with the thing with 3 other Spaniards to wear off. But I wouldn't want me to get into creating a count or in things. I already hope you actually. Do the step by step for san an email account up okay

[@tomfred1972]

Too bad official goes away in three weeks!

[@parkvincent9]

thanks for such an amazing guide! Watching only a video of yours was enough for me to start playing. And I did a very good job for a first time thanks to you!

[@lilfear]

not sure why I am dying SOOOO fast...i see a tooth bottom right and now a bone...I can't find any information on how to fix either of these...I finally got some food in me but i still only live a minute or less...not being eaten by animals...just dying

[@Pahpajack]

About to try for the first time, letsgoooo

[@KamleshMallick]

Superb guide! Thank you for the wonderful guide! |I'm an ARK noob starting off in 2023. Not sure which to buy - Evolved or Ascended? Any tips?

[@DraconisSmith]

Evolved servers are being shut down for ascended, lol. I'm also a beginner.

[@KamleshMallick]

@@DraconisSmith You can play in non official servers? Or single player? But I agree. Ascended will be supported for a long time.

[@DraconisSmith]

@KamleshMallick I believe it's only official servers being shut down as per word-of-mouth and if course singleplayer will be untouched. I'm quite excited for the arrival of the new game.

[@Dghostz]

Welcome to.... UNDERDOGS VOL 2!

[@400heavy]

My opening screen is nothing like yours! I can only join a server. Where is the General page where I can change and pick my character?

[@sarahb.2993]

“It’s completely randomly generated.” (Less then 5 minutes later) “these are your map.”😂😂

[@NotKagura]

i was the 171st like on the video

[@chloek4024]

How do i get rid of the glitch on the game i cant see in the game sometimes on the Xbox? I love your videos BTW ❤

[@Erizzlesizzle]

Anybody wanna start a server with me ? I’ll set everything up would just be cool to beat the game with some people

[@ABRIGGY]

So whenever I add too many mods to my single player I get a fatal error when trying to log back onto the single player and validating files doesn’t help so I have to completely restart all my progress and it’s very frustrating, so I’m asking how many mods do you recommend I use so that I can beat a map for once with out a complete reset

[@Lerch1210]

I will miss it wen they shut severs down in 2 weeks time. I defo moving my base to single player. Just so I can carry on playing it

[@Ironshultz]

So hard to play on console. Everything looks like it’s so smooth on pc. The menu on console is super hard to navigate

[@lpdb1995]

I decided to get some combat friends first. 3 dilo 3 trikes basic battle team formed. NOW I can go get the pony

[@emo-monkey-mood617]

Thank you so much. I just got the game last night on my switch. And need a guide. And this is perfect guide. I am subbing thank you

[@treycox33]

I was gifted this game and hated it. I subbed to your channel to give it the old college try.

[@robbblair6289]

I really thought I was loosing it & was the only one getting lost & eating up my entire winter season working & rushing home to play Ark. seems everyone has a addiction. Mines playing Ark. best game I’ve played. Thank you for a great video I finally ran across could’ve used this years ago lol. Look forward to watch anymore.

[@keithcass257]

Been playing for 6 years and I just now learned that oxygen also increases swimming speed

[@dylansearcy3966]

4:00 those are mammals

[@scottblade9320]

Thank you Phlinger for your help and insight. Your help guides have made me a better Ark player.

[@soldier4christsoldier4chri90]

So the only way to do multi player is to pay for a server?

[@PRDXale]

Sorta

[@Joshtp]

1.4x playback speed literally turns you into Ben Shapiro xD

[@JPBrooksLive]

Quick note on the Weight stat: it's easy to over -level your weight, but then when you tame a dino, it doesn't have anywhere close to your weight stats, so you'll weigh them down without giving THEM a bunch of points in weight first. Especially early game when you're riding raptors and other smaller mounts.

[@86huMAN23]

Theres never anyone playing when i sign in on pc. All servers are either 0 or 1 player

[@lyca4397]

Good morning Phlinger and Phamily!

[@bcalkins01]

That was an amazing video and it helped me a lot (btw how was day the entire time for me it turned four times for me)

[@Aperson-o9e]

I watched all of this to realise that it's removed from the play store😂

[@MostClipped]

Bro talked for 20 mins without saying anything..

[@dylansearcy3966]

4:20 also a mammal