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Also while I'm thinking about it, shoutout to the Aras admins because we nearly lost one of the jerboas at the trench.

It started while we tried to kill a higher-level male fire who ended up killing me, Kel got it while I got my stuff back, then another fire came out of nowhere and killed her, and we had a mad scramble trying to get our wyverns and Cellica back without losing any of them. Kel died a second time before I could kill it, then it finally calmed down enough that we could sort out death bags and mounts and stuff. And that was when I realized I'd lost track of my jerboa.

Had to find her on the tame list and track her and I found her at the bottom of the trench - inside the wall. I got her to follow me but she couldn't get out of the wall, so I asked if there was an admin online. One of them responded right away, teleported to me and ghosted in to grab her. \o/

We called the milk run off after that because we were both stressed and Cellica was nearly dead (and she would have been a HUGE loss >.<). Next milk run I think we'll be leaving the jerbs behind and take our chances with the weather. >.>

#ark aras cluster #i love this cluster so much >.>

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I keep forgetting screenshots but we have new kitties! They are a pair, female was 154 and the male was 148. Event high levels are messing with everything. XD

Been farming the trench now that I can fight/run away from everything, and we have FOUR!!! high level poison eggs!! 170-198, they've been incubated down and we're hatching them hopefully tomorrow. \o/

Gotten a few new fires/lightnings, but nothing above 132. It's getting frustrating, we're both actually getting tired of seeing poison eggs now. >.>

Found a 165 holiday jerboa and grabbed her, plus a holiday equus that wasn't anywhere near max but still higher than our current ones. Will see if I remember pics next time.

We've been farming on N&A too but the way they have levels set there means wyverns don't go over 150, and the majority of our eggs are all 125 so finding good stats has been frustrating. It's a little more fun over on Aras right now so we'll probably be focusing here mostly at least until the Center releases.

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #will try to get a group shot of the new wyverns once they're hatched too #kel is finally raising hers and i forgot how pretty they are \o/ #though getting the milk was an adventure to put it mildly #pretty sure we'll be sticking with farming lightnings for milk now >.< #everything else hurts a bit too much :P

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Randomly went out into the dunes and tamed myself a vulture flock. I will probably breed these guys someday just to see if I can kill wyverns with them. >:)

Had a very pretty thyla wander by our base and I was considering taming him just for colors but then I realized he had a baby so. Only 33, but we'll keep her safe until we have some super-good-stat breeders. \o/

Had a terror bird start a kerfluffle in the yard and ended up having to whistle everyone to attack, which made a mess of the house. But sorting everyone gave us the chance to properly group up the jerbs so I got a group shot. XD

Took Pyrrha into the trench hoping for some easy levels. We did kill several wyverns and she's looking pretty good now, but I also made off with so many eggs. Most are only for colors but we FINALLY got a good pair of poisons, a male 170 and female 176. Gonna hatch them and a bunch of the lower-levels really soon, probably Monday if not tomorrow. \o/

#ark survival ascended #ark aras cluster #i meant to get in sp after a base check but then all this happened XD #gonna be crying over a 176 lightning i found in the trench #who was a GORGEOUS solid blue near the same shade as the thyla #but i /combed/ over the trench and never found his egg so bleh #so happy about the poisons the previous highest we had was 65 \o/ #and definitely going back for more once we've raised some of our current eggs

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Took our N&A wyverns back to the Island for a bit and raised our nearly-forgotten female gigantoraptor. She and the boys will have the prettiest babies ever. \o/

Took my Aras babies back to the trench and they did great, I got a bunch of low-level eggs we might still hatch for colors, plus a 140 lightning with holiday colors! Got him and the two fires from before hatched and got more milk, they're fully imprinted now but I needed to log off so they'll finish their last bit of growing tomorrow.

Aras started our higher-max-level event and a 161 mutated hyenadon puppy promptly wandered by, I found and dispatched the parent so I could adopt her. So now we have an Aras Chili Bean, and I'm gonna make a trap soon so we can actually tame some more.

Also expanded the jerboa pack, got a 140 male last night and tonight I added a 154 female and 88 male.

I was flying around shortly after arriving back on SE and ran into a 135 phoenix! I chased it around for a bit until the superheat ended, then built up a trap in preparation. Then the entire time I was fetching wyvern milk and imprinting these guys we had everything but another superheat - including 3 sandstorms in a row. Finally got one right before I was gonna log, but the phoenix popped up outside the trap and flew off. >.<

I still chased it for a while, got it up to 18% tamed, but then the superheat ended again and I couldn't wait for the next. Maybe it'll still be there after work tomorrow. >.>

#ark survival ascended #ark n&a cluster #did a bunch of breeding too so we have better wolves and kel started on the equus #going back to scorched next time we get on to hatch more wyverns \o/ #ark aras cluster #new babies are spice and pyrrha #so i have 2 male lightnings and 2 female fires now XD #kel has opposite genders at least so we can breed them once hers are grown #i want to look for a phoenix on n&a now >.< #dino tracker + higher rates mean we might actually be able to tame it >.> #first one i've ever seen too i got so excited #will need to look at the trap video again to see what i did wrong >.<

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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