ARK: Survival Ascended — Progression Guides

Each map is its own playthrough with its own bosses, artifacts and ending, so each gets its own route. Progress is tracked separately per map — ticking off The Island does not touch anything else.

The Island147 stepsARK's first canonical map. Spawn on the beach, industrialise, collect all ten Artifacts, beat the three Guardians, clear the Tek Cave and Ascend.Open the route →Scorched Earth125 stepsThe desert map. Survive the heat and the water scarcity, raise a Wyvern, take the three Artifacts, and beat the Manticore at all three difficulties.Open the route →Aberration171 stepsARK’s underground map. Survive the Fertile Region, master vertical traversal, craft a Hazard Suit, steal a Rock Drake egg, take the Surface and beat Rockwell.Open the route →