Community Crunch 439: Winter Wonderland Is Nigh!

The night sky sparkles gifts falling from the sky, and the faint jingle of bells echoes across the ARK—it can only mean one thing: RaptorClaus is back! Sailing through the midnight sky in his festive sleigh, he’s dropping gifts packed with high-end loot, Mistletoe for the nice, and Coal for the naughty. Keep your eyes on the skies, Survivors—the holiday magic is about to begin!

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Winter Wonderland returns with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The epic winter-themed holiday event begins on December 23, 2024, and will be live until January 9, 2025, on Official Servers.

December 23rd to January 9th

**PVP/PVE: **2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
**Small Tribes: **4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

RaptorClaus
Santa's Big Helper Yeti - Drops Coal and Mistletoe.
Abominable Snowman - Drops Coal and Mistletoe.
Pegomastax Grouch- Drops Coal and Mistletoe. Steals Gift Boxes in return for a special reward.
Wild Rideable Reindeer - Drops Coal and Mistletoe. Can be fed Rockarrot and ridden for additional drop amounts.
Gacha Claus NEW

*Event-specific recipes are now on the Smithy instead of the Cooking Pot

RaptorClaus
Hyaenadeer
Chibi-Festive Bulbdog (Green) NEW
Chibi-Festive Bulbdog (Red) NEW
Chibi-Festive Featherlight (Green) NEW
Chibi-Festive Featherlight (Red) NEW
Chibi-Festive Glowtail (Green) NEW
Chibi-Festive Glowtail (Red) NEW
Chibi-Festive Shinehorn (Green) NEW
Chibi-Festive Shinehorn (Red) NEW
Chibi-Gacha Claus NEW
Chibi-Reindeer NEW
White-Collar Kairuku Chibi NEW

Happy Clap Emote
Nutcracker Dance Emote
Shiver Emote
Snow Angel Emote
Jolly Jump Emote NEW
Caroling Emote NEW

Blue-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
Candy Cane Club Skin
Christmas Bola Skin
Dino Ornament Swimsuit Skins
Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin
Gray-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
Green-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
HLN-A Winter Beanie Skin
Jerboa Wreath Swimsuit Skins
Megaloceros Reindeer Costume
Noglin Regift Winter Beanie Skin
Noglin Swimsuit Skins
Nutcracker Slingshot Skin
Purple-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
Purple-Ball Winter Beanie Skin (Winter Wonderland 5)
Raptor Sleighing Winter Beanie Skin
Red-Ball Winter Beanie Skin
Santa Costume Skin
Santa Hat Skin
Snowy Winter Beanie Skin
Ugly Carno Sweater Skin
Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin
Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin
Ugly Bulbdog Sweater Skin
Ugly Caroling Sweater Skin
Ugly Noglin Regift Sweater Skin
Ugly Raptor Claws Sweater Skin
Ugly Rockwell Sweater Skin
Ugly T-Rex Sweater Skin
Yeti Swimsuit Skins
Full-body Krampus Costume Player Character Skin/Cosmetic
Santa’s Workshop Smithy Structure Skin
Festive Forge Structure Skin
Gingerbread Person Costume NEW
Snowman Hat NEW
Winter Gloves NEW
Candycane Pike Skin NEW
Candycane Spike Wall NEW

Coal
Festive Dino Candy
Gift Box
Holiday Lights
Holiday Stocking
Holiday Tree
Mistletoe
Snowman
Wreath

ActualBlack
Cyan
DeepPink
Dino Dark Purple
Mint
Lavender
Dino Light Purple
Dino Light Blue
DragonGreen0
Jade
PineGreen
SpruceGreen
DarkMagenta
Glacial
PowderBlue
Teal
DarkViolet
Red
Green
Light Grey
Light Red
Dark Red
Dino Light Red
Dino Light Green
Dino Medium Green
Dino Albino
NearWhite
Yellow

From the Main Menu, select the mod tab.
Search for Winter Wonderland in the ARK Mod list and Install it. Mod ID: 927090
After it's installed, go back to your game setup screen and select 'Mod Settings'
You will see Winter Wonderland and any other mods you've downloaded in 'Available Mods'
Select Winter Wonderland and activate it.

If you would like to enable Winter Wonderland on your private servers, please add the mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments (-mods=modID). No other changes should be necessary to activate the event. Mod ID: 927090.

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