In the Dino game ARK: Survival Evolved, players celebrate the festive season in their own unique way. During the “Winter Wonderland 2019” event, Raptor Claus rewards good large animal holders and even gives away cute mini-versions of some dinos this year.
What is happening on the ARK islands? The popular open-world survival game with dinos, ARK: Survival Evolved, celebrates Christmas again in 2019 with the Winter Wonderland event.
The event not only blankets the beaches and jungles of the islands in snow, but even a lonely raptor flies across the game world at midnight and cheerfully distributes gifts to attentive survivors: the Raptor Claus.
This year he has something special with him and gifts you cute mini-dinos that even serve a purpose.
Holiday event of ARK brings many gifts
What gifts can players expect this year? Besides the gifts that Raptor Claus distributes every night over the islands, ARK offers 2x bonuses on almost all actions on the event servers.
Winter Wonderland 4 – 2019
- Duration of the event
- Started on December 18
- The event runs until January 7
- 2x bonus
- Taming takes only half the time
- There are double experience points
- Double the amount when farming items
- All breeding steps take only half the time
- Raptor Claus
- Flies over the map in a sleigh when it is midnight in-game
- Drops gifts that slowly fall to the ground and can be collected
- Can gift skins, holiday items, or recently also chibis
- Gacha Claus
- A Christmas gacha that can appear at Parasaurus spawns
- Can be bribed with coal and mistletoe, which can be found in the Raptor gifts
- The wild gacha turns it into crystals containing Christmas items
- Christmas ARK Islands
- Snow falls everywhere and even the beaches are white. However, this does not affect the temperature in this area
- Wild dinos can spawn in Christmas colors
- The cooking pot offers festive recipes
- Chibi-Dinos
- Completely new to the game are small, non-fighting mini-versions of 50 different dinos
- You get these “stuffed animals” from the gifts of Raptor Claus
- The little companions can increase your max level by 5 levels
Why is it worthwhile to jump back in right now? Whether you want to build a new character or visit a familiar server again, the yield from the double bonuses makes it particularly fun to take a turn in ARK: Survival Evolved at the moment.
The familiar places look different due to the snow and the festively colored dinos bring Christmas spirit to every corner.
In addition, there are gifts from Raptor Claus and the new chibi-dinos are not only cute, they even serve a purpose.
50 new Chibi-Dinos in the game
What are these cuddly dinos? The definitive highlight is the new pets. The YouTube channel “Scorpion Gaming” has introduced some of the cute little ones:
What can the Chibis do? Your new plush toys can be obtained from the gift boxes of Raptor Claus and will be equipped via the sidebar of your char. While the chibis cannot fight, they will now follow you everywhere.
The little creatures are not just for petting. If you have equipped one of the cute plush toys and then take down Alpha predators, the companions will gain experience points and give you a new level when you level up. Altogether, you could unlock 5 levels, gaining new engram points and stats.
ARK – The dinosaur playground remains popular
Although the dino simulator ARK is slowly aging, the game is still enjoying a large fan community and had a really strong year in 2019.
The developers are keeping at it and continuously present players with new content and events. This year they even released a new official map that previously only existed as a mod.
Besides the Winter Wonderland, ARK also hosts other seasonal events and treated players in summer with a Baywatch collection.
Have you also been nice to your dinos this year? Which chibi do you wish for from Raptor Claus?
