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Challenge Mode

Ark Ascended ASA

Two optional ways to raise the stakes on our ASA cluster — pick one, pick both, or just enjoy the vanilla cluster.

Progression Mode

Start at The Island, work through the story maps in order, unlocking each by defeating the Alpha Ascension Boss. You can carry items and dinos forward once a map is unlocked.

Chapter 1

  • Stage 1 — The Island (Story) + The Center (DLC)
  • Stage 2 — Scorched Earth (Story) + Ragnarok (DLC)
  • Stage 3 — Aberration (Story) + Valguero (DLC)
  • Stage 4 — Extinction (Story) + Astraeos (DLC)

Chapter 1 rewards

  • Custom role name / icon / colour, shown both in-game and in Discord.
  • A Hall of Fame entry and role.
  • 10 MG Tokens.
  • One shiny essence of your choice for a dino of your choice.
  • More coming soon.

Chapter 2

  • Stage 5 — Lost Colony (Story)
  • Further stages added as the maps release.

Hardcore Mode

For players who want the story-map challenge without the strict order. Tick off story maps one by one in any order; DLC maps are played freely.

  • No item / dino transfers into a story map until its Alpha Ascension Boss is down.
  • Naked survivors can transfer into any map.
  • Once an Alpha Ascension Boss goes down, that map unlocks full transfers both ways.
  • DLC maps are always available — but you can’t ship anything from DLC into an unbeaten story map.

Rewards (per map completed)

  • Custom role name / icon / colour in game and Discord.
  • 2 MG Tokens.
  • 1 random shiny essence for a dino of your choice.

eXtreme Suffering (Ark Addicts)

Enter both Progression and Hardcore at the same time — you’ll carry the restrictions of both.

  • Beat the Alpha Ascension Boss of each story map to unlock the next tier.
  • No transfers into a story map until that map’s boss is defeated (including from DLC maps in the same tier).
  • Within a tier, you can ship from Story to its paired DLC map (Scorched → Ragnarok is fine).
  • Order: Island → SE + Rag → Ab + Valg → Ext + Ast → LC.

Rewards: both Progression and Hardcore rewards.

How to join

  1. Link your ASA account to Discord in #asa-server-info.
  2. Open a ticket in #make-a-ticket. We’ll check your profile fits the mode’s requirements and, if it doesn’t, wipe you.

Requirements (and what gets wiped)

Progression

  • No travel yet to any map except The Island.
  • Low-level survivor (rough guideline: max level 30; case-by-case flexibility).
  • Don’t fit? Everything on your profile gets wiped.

Hardcore

  • No travel to any story map, or you’ve only been on one story map and no DLC maps.
  • Don’t fit? Only story-map data gets wiped. DLC progress stays.

Rules for Progression & Hardcore

Tribing

  • Prog + Prog is fine.
  • HC + HC is fine.
  • A Prog+HC player can tribe with an HC-only player.

Trading

  • Trading across modes is allowed but must respect both players’ restrictions.
  • Example: a player on HC Extinction can’t receive a dino that’s not on Extinction while they’re there.
  • Trading must also be fair — a 2-hour-old survivor shouldn’t walk away with a rex or giga.

Any cheating, exploit or work-around can get you removed. These modes exist for the fun of the challenge — if you don’t want the restrictions, just don’t opt in.

Known issues

  • A few minor UI hiccups from our Prog/HC plugin — we’re working on replacing the generic errors with clearer custom messages.
  • “Connection failed” while transferring usually means you’re trying to move into a map the mode doesn’t yet allow. Switch to an allowed map.
  • Ark Inventory refreshing indefinitely when downloading in HC usually means the current map doesn’t allow the download. Do it on an allowed (DLC) map instead.