A New Creature Will Appear in ARK: Survival Ascended
The devs of ARK: Survival Ascended say a previously unseen creature is coming with the Genesis Part 1 expansion, due later this year. The choice came from a community vote; players asked for something that behaves smarter than typical fauna, and the result is meant to push the underwater biomes toward more unpredictable encounters.
Beneath the waves the mood can flip without warning. One minute the water holds its breath, the next a furious splash—ink and raw force—rips through the calm. Sometimes the seafloor goes strangely still: coral sprouts into several “branches,” and what looked like a harmless outcrop turns out to be something else entirely (e.g., a lump that suddenly moves).
Don’t take the silence at face value. Disturb this creature at the wrong moment and survivors will learn, fast — its eight tentacles are functional, not ornamental, and will remind you what “danger below” actually means.