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Lightning storms are impressive.

I finally braved the trench solo and promptly lost the ptero I'd just bred and raised (though I did snag another 120 fire egg >.>). Took Cellica back, got my stuff and found a female lightning near one of the public traps. It took a bit but I finally got it into the trap, tranqed it, and got the milk. \o/

Ember continued to be best wyvern, after I gave her the milk she was currently asking for she wanted nothing but pets and walks. Thunder was an absolute pain and ate all the rest of the milk. I was actually afraid I would need more, but he only needed one imprint after it was all gone, and he gave me a break and asked for pets. XD

We'll need more milk for Kel's babies, I'm gonna bring these guys along so they can chomp the sleeping wyverns for xp. Gonna finish raising the N&A wyverns next, since they only need one imprint over there we shouldn't need any milk at all so they'll be easy. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #will be using them for more egg runs too #though i want them super-leveled first >.> #got a level 70 egg with the 120 that has event colors! #so we'll hatch that one too just because \o/ #spent the time between imprints to chase drops and got a ton of stuff #nothing real special but we have an apprentice pump shotgun bp now \o/

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Finally got some pics of Forglar. The base spot I found is Pteranodon Central, he's getting quite a collection. Also I found a pack of monolophosaurs(sp?) that had THREE babies so I murdered the adults and claimed them all. >.>

Working on a protective wall but I haven't done much for his base yet, kinda waiting for inspiration to strike.

On N&A we hatched some eggs, then went back to the trench and found some better fire eggs! My black lightning and Kel's fire are both 150, the rest are 125. And we have a pair of 150 poison eggs we'll hatch next time (along with a ton more 125s). \o/

Also had a puppy wander up to the base, so Kel killed the parent so I could grab her. So now we have a Chili Bean and she will be our house dog once she's grown up. :D

And I went out to look for jerboas and found a pair of 150 procoptodons, who had a mutated baby with them! Kel was still at base so she brought mushrooms over and we got all 3. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark forglar #i like the map but it still needs a lot of work #tried going to the snow only to find it's blocked off :( #so yea i'm not doing much here right now >.> #but he'll have some really nice bred tames once it opens up more \o/ #ark n&a cluster #haven't hatched eggs like this in /ages/ there's like 18-20 torches there XD #babies are gorgeous i love them #and they should grow up without milk no problem #ivy's doing great in the trench he can just barely outrun the wyverns \o/ #i do want to breed another bird now that we have our final breeders #and jack up that one's speed /even more/ just because i can XD #found a 150 jerb near the roos so now we have a girl \o/ #and got a 717% damage sniper out of a red crate so now i'm REALLY having fun XD

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Went to go tame an argy.

Came back home with 3. XD

I have a rough idea of where I want my perma-base and I think he's finally ready to go start on it. Got too late to do it tonight, but that'll be first on the list next time. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark scorched earth #i found where all the high levels spawn apparently >.> #found a 140 right away and while she was taming i thought i'd look around #and immediately found another 140 and a 145 XD #there's ANOTHER 140 that i'm going back for at some point #ran out of tranqs or he would've gotten all 4 >.> #anyway he's ready to finally leave his little ledge \o/ #also made some cryopods and found/tamed a 140 roo before i quit so \o/

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I really like my fire's colors.

My babies are Thunder and Ember. I popped them out to grow and got one imprint on Thunder, then he wanted wyvern milk so he's back in a pod. Ember was a very good girl and is almost halfway grown, with I think 4 more imprints done. We'll go back to Scorched and get some milk before we get them out again, just to try and make it easier. >.<

We brought the moths home for breeding and we have one good egg, once we have a couple more and get them raised I wanna try them just for kiting the wyverns. Hoping they'll make milk runs a little easier.

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #also got a ptero baby and raised her #if the moths don't work so well we'll give the pteros a whirl #i put thunder away before i remembered screenshots >.< #but he's a typical light purple so #i was totally ready to stay up late til ember was grown >.> #but then she finally wanted milk too so that was it for tonight

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We have wyverns!!

Someone had a 155 lightning egg hatch triplets and we got to go get one of the extras. Then we hit the trench again, there were a TON of low-level eggs but we finally headed home with a 125 lightning and 150 fire. \o/

We had to expand the hatchery a bit. >.>

So we got them hatched along with the 120 fire from the first trip and a 65 poison that Kel wanted. It was really late by then so they're safely podded and we'll raise them next time.

This was especially nice since we were on N&A first and found a 150 carchar, only to have someone come kill it while we were trying to trap it. Because they "needed hearts." >.<

We're back on the Island for now for safer baby-raising, though we might hop back to SE just for some wyvern milk if needed. Tried to get some before we left the trench, but our birds were getting beat up by then and then we both died getting a fire into the trap. By the time we got back to them the wyvern had despawned and Kass was nearly dead so we called it quits. >.<

#we are going to be bitter about that carchar for awhile i think >.> #ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #but whatever we have WYVERNS now \o/ #gonna get some on n&a soon too which should be easier tbh #thinking i will bring cellica back instead of kass for next time #she has much better stats and is my current battle bird so #best part is we have m/f pairs of both the fires and lightnings \o/ #stats are meh but it's a start!

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Base stuff!

Did a few improvements on N&A, the crops growing through the ceiling were kinda disturbing so we moved them outside and put our beds up on the balcony and now it feels a bit roomier inside. Also did the pen expansion we'd been planning, it's not a whole lot larger but the rexes fit out there now so breeding is a bit easier. \o/

Speaking of rexes, I found a new male that ended up with 47health/45melee so they got a massive upgrade. Whoo.

Aras SE base is finished! More or less, at least, we both kinda want a roof overhang but might take a bit to actually do it. >.>

I went out to find an oil vein since we got a pump out of a drop but all the ones nearby were taken, however, whoever claimed them unlocked all their pumps so we should be good. Thank you whoever did that. \o/

No more wyvern trips yet, I don't want to go by myself because of the risk of dying and Kel hasn't felt like playing. We're going back to the trench for sure next time we're both on, though, and then we'll probably hop back to the Island and get all our decent eggs hatched and raised.

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #found the rex when i went looking for diplos #and i got a good female so carchar prep is officially underway! \o/ #need to try out the frogs soon we'll need paste for the trap #ark aras cluster #no new tames at all yet #though i did pop back and bring trixx and the thylas over #so we have an anky and meat-gatherers now #realized while looking for oil veins that we built /right next/ to the thyla triangle #so we'll be farming that as often as we can \o/ #even had one come “visit” right after i logged in XD

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Got chased off both servers last night by updates but we were looking for gigas on N&A and found this silly girl who really wanted that kentro. XD

Started on single-player after that and here's my amazing first base. Also I've died at least ten times so everything is going really great so far. XD

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #giga was 125 so we weren't going to tame her anyway #but she had a carchar with her so now we're gonna work on carchar prep XD #ark scorched earth #most deaths were due to the heat >.< #but he did find some nasties who wanted him for a snack #the walls are keeping him safe so far #also the direwolves were at the base of the plateau so i made a dino gate and got them trapped when they aggroed #barely had enough tranqs for both but he got them \o/ #will probably be back here today while kel's at work #then back to one of the servers later \o/

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Scorched Earth! We started on Aras because they have all transfer stuff enabled, N&A is characters only so we want to be more prepared (and also have more time) before going.

We've had some crazy luck with levels! First thing Kel found was a 145 jerboa, and we got a 125 thorny dragon and 140 doedic shortly after finding our base spot, and Kel went out after drops and found a 140 moth that she grabbed. \o/

My jerboa was only 90 but she's one of the prettiest I've seen. <3

It got late enough I needed to log before we finished building, but Kel finished up and I will get final pics tomorrow. And we went after wyvern eggs before quitting, the trench was kinda empty but we eventually got a 120 fire egg! Gonna hatch that and a 65 poison egg we also found once we're back to the Island.

And possibly the best thing is in one of the drops we found saddle blueprints for rex and yuti! Someone else beat us to the drop but they were nice enough to let us have them, said they already had several. So now we have a couple of our boss saddles! \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #the wyverns are exciting again! #we each got killed from fire breath so that was fun XD #gonna raise and level those wyverns and use them for the next trip \o/ #this house is gonna be an a-frame when we're done with it :D #which is apparently popular because we saw several already built XD #we're keeping it fairly simple but should still be nice & comfy

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Built the water pen! I might change it a little, kinda want it bigger but also we don't want to block the river off in case anyone needs to get by.

Also sharks! The pink is our only girl, all the stats are on the two right-side males so we can actually use the others. Not sure when I'll start breeding them, but Soon(tm).

Went out tonight and got some new rexes, the black one is our first male and the greens are the new ones. Stats are so-so, I'm gonna keep looking for better ones but for now we can start working on these. \o/

And frogs! We don't have snails yet so I figured we could use some CP-getters. We're sticking with just the pair, their stats are just as ridiculous as our Aras frogs and I'm really happy with them. :D

Tried doing a baryonix hunt on Aras but I couldn't find anything over 55. And Aras doesn't wipe regularly, so gonna try to just do a run every week or so. Our boy Brass is doing great for us, but he wasn't the best level and I want imprinted ones anyway so I really want a breeding pair here. >.<

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #really happy that scorched is coming soon(tm) but we probably won't be heading there right away >.> #just wanna finish up a couple things on each cluster first #but we want wyverns like mad so we won't wait too long XD

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Got our female baryonix breeder and she has the most amazing colors ever. XD

I am constructing the pieces for our water pen, once I think I have enough gonna do the actual building. It's just going to be a simple box pen, I just want to make sure it's big enough. >.>

The argies are being absolute fails but at least they've stopped giving us nothing but males. Last 2 eggs were both girls, they're growing up now and then I'll add them to the breeding pile. Someday we will get our stats combined. >.<

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #i love the pink spikes on her hopefully the male will have them too XD #finished raising some of our rexes on aras too \o/ #gonna work on the rest + theri babies #just letting them sit out a bit at a time while i do chores but it's working so #and i wanted to get back on amissa tonight but now it's too late :P #so hopefully tomorrow

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N&A added the dino tracker mod I've been using in single-player, and I did a little search just to see what was there and found a 150 giga up! Kel wasn't even on but she logged on while I was making stuff, and once we had a trap and enough tranqs we headed after her.

We forgot the bear traps so getting her trapped was a little tricky, but after that her tame went perfectly. She's not green enough to be a Gaia, so we've named her Terra. :D

Gonna look for a male eventually, we're not in a huge hurry atm. Also it'll be a lot easier to find a female rex for our boss army now. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #we also nabbed a pair of horses on the way home XD #no pics of them yet but i'll get some eventually #been tinkering on single-player too lately #got a new map itch so i've downloaded both forglar and amissa \o/ #only just started on both but made some good progress already

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Got some new big babies!

We went out after rexes and found the spino along the way. He had some decent stats so we stopped to tame him just to see how he turned out, and he's pretty nice. \o/

Took us a while to find the rex, most of the ones up were lower-levels. But this guy was a 150 with 30 points in his melee! He did get accidentally chomped a bit so only 80-something% effectiveness, but he'll still work well as a breeder and we can always keep looking for better.

We're planning on how we want to expand the dino pen, then we're gonna get our kibble layers out so we can get cracking on that. Only ones we have right now are the yutis, though that means we have plenty of eggs now. We just want some of the lower tiers so we don't have to depend on them for everything.

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #both servers were down for a couple days when wc broke things >.> #but they're up now and everyone was fine \o/ #also got our male thyla breeder #so we'll just have him and our shiny since the only stat difference is a little bit of health #there was a shiny rex that popped while we were on but someone beat us to it #which is what prompted today's hunt XD #still need a girl (hopefully with high health) and we'll be set

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Thyla pack!

Went out to get more honey and I found a 125 male! Grabbed him and brought him home, one of our first girls actually has higher health than our Shiny so I bred him to both, the Shiny's baby was a dud but we got the health on a male baby so new boy has served his purpose already. XD

Got another girl yuti from the last batch of eggs so we're gonna keep her for more eggs. Everything else is still giving us duds. Ugh.

Going to raise babies next time, plus more honey-gathering and I might build the water pen? Haven't decided yet. And sometime soon we're gonna take the big chickens out to find a girl for them. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #we've just been podding the babies we've kept so we have quite a few now >.> #so. time to raise them all! #want to do some farming too we're starting to get low on metal #and we're gonna do another mosa trip on aras sometime soonish

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Got our first Shiny on the server! She's a Chalcedony, which is honestly one of my faves, and her stats are ridiculous. Now if we could just find a male we'd be all set. >.<

We did try looking after we got her, but the search resulted in both of us dying (at different times at least) and we lost Kel's argy to another thyla's bleed. We have spare birds but still, ouch.

Also finished the building expansion, next we'll make the pen bigger to match and then work out a breeding setup. We did finally start getting some honey (no way we were taming a Shiny on lamb chops >.>) so we should hopefully get our beehive soon, and setting up sap taps will be easy. And at some point I want to make an actual water pen, because we also tamed a bunch of sharks and once we get their stats combined they will be monsters. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #ALL the high-level thylas have been female this is getting ridiculous #we did learn that carrying shinies is disabled so will have to keep that in mind in the future #the redwoods are also full of lovebugs which is a massive pain #we are both so tired of this event now >.< #the sharks' stats are all in the mid/high 40s to 50s \o/ #and not a shiny among them we just got stupidly lucky with stat rolls #all the good stats are on males so i tamed a random female to breed with just because she's pink XD #so we should have very colorful monster sharks XD

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Gigantoraptors, N&A edition!

These guys were a paaain and we are out of fertilized yuti eggs now so there goes all our breeding again. But at least we can use these boys to find more once they're finished growing.

I've claimed the dusty-looking one and Kel has the orange. They've gotten their imprints and will be grown up tomorrow (they were nearly halfway when we logged for the night). \o/

Also to clarify, the babies were fine. It was keeping the parents occupied/away from the nest that was a pain. Thanks a bunch, Wildcard. -_-

We're also gonna expand the base, this was fine as a temp base but with no idea when The Center will be released we need something more permanent. Kel's already got a good chunk of it built, then we'll expand the dino pen and get our kibble farm going. \o/

I've tried looking for gigantoraptors on single-player but couldn't find any (even with my dino tracker mod). Might have to dino wipe repeatedly for a while until I find some. >.<

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #poor kel messed up on both babies so we lost a couple levels but it's fine #they both ended up with really nice stats anyway \o/ #my boy is goliath and kel's is apollo #ark the island #i did a dino wipe already and then remembered the blue ob giga #so yea that's gone now oops >.< #i think the ceratos might be taking up some of the spawns #idk gonna keep trying until i get some

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Naked & Afraid was slacking but Aras added the mod almost as soon as it released. We were distracted yesterday but today we went out to find some giant chickens!

Our boy was only 55 wild but the girl was 90, and we're gonna keep looking for higher levels. We trapped the boy's mom too far away at first but once we got her re-trapped closer to the nest he tamed with no trouble, and the girl was even easier since we knew what we were doing better. \o/

They got full imprints too! My boy is Rusty and the girl is Storm, we're not gonna breed any until we have better levels but we can play with these guys for now. :D

N&A does have the mod now so we're gonna look for some there too, though not sure when yet. Depending on how work goes over the weekend it might be Monday.

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #we found several more but the highest of those was 15 >.< #thought about killing them to clear spawns but we ended up leaving them just in case anyone wanted them #just ran around killing a few things tonight but i wanna play with their abilities too sometime #they are fast and surprisingly strong and we love them XD

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Lighting's not the greatest but I finally remembered SP base pics. \o/

I wanted a bungalow type thing and I think it turned out really nice. The biggest building is the workshop, smaller one with all the windows is his bedroom/shoulder pet house.

I like how jungly his greenhouse looks. XD

The water pen is huge and gets really deep at the back. Once he gets mosas/tusos there should be plenty of room for them. \o/

Also I love his little snail house. That's my favorite part tbh. XD

Did a little farming while I was on, he needed oil and metal pretty bad. I decided to teleport to blue ob to start, which is how I discovered there is a 130 giga on blue ob. Almost lost Bash the anky because there were also several wolves/daedons and I couldn't pick him up at first, but we got away. Yeesh. >.<

#ark survival ascended #ark the island #there is SO MUCH SPACE hopefully the pictures do it justice #snail house is next to the kibble farm #and there's a secret bonus water pen under the workshop for frog breeding XD #i am totally going back for that giga later >.> #it's another male but idc #but yea bash had <300 health left when i got him away #one more chomp probably would have killed him >.< #it turned out okay but lesson definitely learned