ARK Love Ascended 2025 event guide

ARK is all set to bring back the ARK Love Ascended event for the upcoming Valentine’s Day 2025 celebrations. The servers will introduce a variety of new rewards, creatures, and skins during this event. Additionally, the game is gearing up for the release of Astraeos, the first-ever Official Partner DLC, scheduled to launch on February 12, 2025.

In this guide, we have shared everything you need to know about the upcoming ARK Love Ascended 2025 event.

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What to expect from ARK Love Ascended 2025

Official gameplay screenshot of ARK Survival Ascended (Image via Studio Wildcard)

Event duration

• Start Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 10:00 am PST
• End Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 10:00 am PST

Boosted rates

During ARK Love Ascended 2025, players will experience enhanced rates across different server types:

• PvP/PvE Servers: 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding
• Small Tribes Servers: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
• ARKpocalypse Servers: 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding

Exclusive event creatures

The event will introduce a fresh roster of themed creatures, including:

• Lovebirds (New)
• Love Bugs
• Vday Coel

Special chibi pets

• Chibi-Lovebird (New)
• Chibi Pair-o-Saurs (New)

Unique event items

Survivors can collect and use exclusive event items, such as:

• Valentine’s Fishing Rod
• Love Bug Hearts
• Festive Dino Candy
• Box o' Chocolates (Now reduces mating cooldown by 20% of the remaining time)

Official gameplay art of ARK Survival Ascended (Image via Studio Wildcard)

Limited-time skins

A variety of themed skins will be available, including both new and returning favorites:

New skins:

• Pillow-Club Skin
• Loveseat
• Ottoman
• Love-Chair
• Pajama Top
• Pajama Bottoms
• Sleeping Hat
• PomPom Slippers
• Friendship Bracelets

Returning skins:

• Bear Hug Swimsuit
• Odd Couple Swimsuit
• Sauropod Heart Swimsuit
• Cupid Couture Bottom Skin
• Cupid Couture Top Skin
• Halo Headband Skin
• Heart-shaped Sunglasses Skin
• Heart Spring Hat
• Cuddle Rex Sweater
• Bow & Eros Skin
• Heart-shaped Shield Skin
• Teddy Bear Grenade Skin
• Love Shackles Skin
• Love-Bed

Event emotes

Survivors can express themselves with special event emotes:

• Proposal Emote (New)
• Lasso Emote (New)
• Flirty Emote
• Heart Emote
• Self Hug Emote

Themed creature colors

Wild creatures will spawn in event-exclusive colors, including:

• Dino Light Blue
• WyvernBlue0
• PowderBlue
• Glacial
• DarkLavender
• MediumLavender
• Lavender
• DarkViolet
• Dino Light Purple
• LightPink
• Magenta
• DeepPink
• Red
• DarkMagenta
• Dino Albino
• Cream
• Jade
• LeafGreen

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How to activate ARK Love Ascended event

For single-player and non-dedicated servers:

1. Open the Main Menu and navigate to the Mod tab.
2. Search for Love Ascended in the ARK mod list and install it. (Mod ID: 927084)
3. Once installed, return to your game setup screen and select Mod Settings.
4. Locate Love Ascended in the Available Mods list and activate it.

For unofficial and private servers:

Add the following command-line argument

• -mods=927084

No additional modifications are required to enable the event.

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With themed creatures, collectible items, and special skins, the event ensures a lively and festive experience for all survivors. Be sure to participate before the event concludes on February 19, 2025.