Gather around the campfire, Survivors! Everyone has a tale about the first Bob they met on ARK… Now, the legendary veteran Bob, voiced by Karl Urban, is finally ready to share his incredibly true adventures with you! Nothing can prepare you for the wonder, humor, and blatant double-dealing action in the expansion Bob's Tall Tales!

Piece together the incredible saga of ARK's Bob by restoring his animated explorer notes to unlock additional levels! You'll feel like you've been with Bob since the beginning as he recounts his absolutely crucial, undeniably central role in the story of young Mika, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho.

Experience the thrilling wonder and breathtaking spectacle of Bob’s incredibly true adventures on the Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction!

Each part of Tall Tales features unique and useful creatures, companions, and vehicles, such as the monolithic Oasisaur and trains on Scorched Earth, the marvelous Cosmo, the ever-helpful SIR-5rM8 (voiced by Alan Tudyk), and airships on Aberration—and more to come in Extinction!

BOB'S TALL TALES - STEAMPUNK ASCENT (AVAILABLE NOW!)

Put on your goggles and prepare for an unparalleled journey into the dark heart of Aberration! Challenge this deadly underground world alongside your loyal mechanical companion! Dive into the depths on an airship or swing from glowing spider silk with your new tame, Cosmo! Stick enemies with gooey projectiles and dodge attacks using magical clocks that allow you to slip back to safety! Learn to identify, extract, and transfer beneficial DNA traits between creatures! Harness the forces of nature and throw down the gauntlet of super-science in the face of death itself!

2 NEW CREATURES/COMPANIONS

• Cosmo: A web-slinging pet known for pulling survivors out of trouble with its threat sense, organic grappling abilities, and shooting skills.

• SIR-5rM8: A reliable robot, voiced by Alan Tudyk, capable of automating tasks such as organizing items, repairing structures, and gathering resources.

1 NEW VEHICLE

• Zeppelin: A large airship featuring a platform for creating mobile aerial bases.

3 NEW WEAPONS AND TOOLS

• Gene Scanner: A versatile item for players, capable of detecting specific creatures, interacting with the gene infusion system, extracting traits, applying infusions to offspring, and collecting embryos from pregnant creatures.

• Goo Gun: Fires incapacitating, bouncing drops of organic slime.

• Timer: A portable time teleportation device.

11 NEW STRUCTURES

• Clock: Large clocks that accelerate the construction of nearby buildings.

• Embryo Incubator: An incubator designed specifically for embryos, compatible with the gene scanner for extracting embryos from non-egg-laying creatures.

• Gene Storage: A structure for storing and applying traits to tamed creatures, allowing players to enhance their creatures with up to five abilities gained from wild counterparts.

• Industrial Canning Storage: A larger upgrade of the canning container with a gasoline engine designed to improve production efficiency.

• Library Storage: A structure for storing blueprints and notes, allowing all adjacent inventories within a certain radius to access saved blueprints and use them.

• Lighting and Lamps: A series of Victorian-style directional lamps with electric drive for versatile placement, including a desktop plasma globe lamp for added aesthetic flair.

• Linked Storage Box: A storage box with shared inventory across connected storage boxes.

• Steam Forge: A tech-level forge powered by elemental resources.

• Searchlight: A spotlight with adjustable focus and paintable front surface for custom designs, allowing players to create personalized signals and direct them in any direction.

• Tesla Coil: A defensive structure that shoots electric currents, delivering successive strikes to nearby enemies with multiple arc settings.

• Tinkering Desk: A structure for combining existing item blueprints to create higher-quality versions or downgrade them.

2 NEW COSMETIC STRUCTURE SETS

• Steampunk Tile Set Skins: A set of cosmetic skins in steampunk style for furniture constructions, including tables, chairs, and benches.

• Steampunk Structure Skins: A set of steampunk-themed structure tiles, including various components like ceilings, doors, walls, floors, and more, all designed in a steampunk aesthetic.

15 NEW COSMETICS FOR PLAYER CHARACTERS

• Formal Outfit Set: Includes a hat, shirt, pants, gloves, and boots.

• Engineer Gear Set: Features a hat, shirt, pants, gloves, and boots.

• Beret Hat

• Boater Hat

• Bicycle Helmet Skin

• Steampunk Hat and Goggles

• Steampunk Goggles Skin

1 NEW CREATURE SADDLE COSMETIC

• Steampunk Rock Drake Saddle Skin: A steampunk-themed saddle for the Rock Drake, complete with goggles, functioning like a regular saddle.

BOB'S TALL TALES - FRONTIER RAID (AVAILABLE NOW!)

Saddle up and claim your rights to Scorched Earth! Build new Western-style structures like your own saloon, then tickle the ivories on your own piano for an authentic frontier experience. Hunt for buried treasures with your trusty shovel, tame new hardy creatures to pull your customizable wagon, and even hop aboard a puffing steam train to explore the harsh barren lands!

CREATURES

• Oasisaur: A floating oasis and pacifist, this creature embodies the "spirit" of the Earth. Perfect for mobile bases, crop growing, and resurrecting fallen friends!

CREATURE SETTINGS

• Wagons: A creature attachment resembling a saddle platform.

VEHICLES

• Trains: A transportation system for players, allies, creatures, and more across ARK.

• Rail Tracks: Easily connectable, providing a foundation for trains!

• Carriage: Travels along rail tracks with speed variations and weather resistance.

• Engine Car: Controls the movement of all attached carriages.

• Platform Car: A platform where players can build, functioning as a saddle platform.

WEAPONS AND TOOLS

• Shovel: Allows players to bury items, dig up plants, and find hidden treasures!

STRUCTURES

• Windmill: Generates energy and assists nearby generators.

• Barrel Storage: A chest for storage that can be sealed to slow the decay of perishables.

• Water Tank: A large cylindrical barrel for storing water.

• Town Bell: A loud bell to alert your tribe of incoming raiders!

• Saloon Piano: A piano that allows players to perform songs.

• Plant Pot: Perfect for indoor greenery of various sizes.

• Treasure Chest: An unusual storage box that can be buried with a shovel to hide treasures.

• Target Practice Bottles: Glass bottles that disappear when damaged and then reappear.

• Drawing Paper: A simple sheet of paper, ideal for sketching.

DECORATIVE STRUCTURES

• Prison Doors: A variant of doors with bars, providing visibility when stopped.

• Prison Windows: A variant of windows with bars, ensuring visibility when stopped.

• Gas Street Lamp: A tall light source placed on the ground.

• Hanging Sign: A paintable sign that hangs from other structures.

• Gas Lamp: A small light source that can be placed on the ground or any flat surface.

• Chandelier: A hanging light source.

• Coffin: A stackable coffin that acts as a bed, with players sleeping like vampires!

• Swivel Chair: A simple chair that allows players to rotate 360°.

SKINS

• Structural Skins: A set of cosmetic skins themed around the frontier for furniture constructions, including tables, chairs, and stools.

• Frontier Structure Tile Set: A set of structure tiles, each crafted in a Wild West aesthetic, including various details such as ceilings, doors, walls, floors, and more.

• Player Character Armor Skins: New armor skin sets (criminal and drifter outfits) along with a variety of headgear, including ranch owner hats.

• Dynamite Weapon Paint: C4 can now look like a bundle of dynamite in frontier style!

COMING SOON - BOB'S TALL TALES - WAR OF THE WASTELANDS (Q1 2025)

Fuel up your battle vehicles and fight for dominance over the desolate wastelands of Extinction. Prepare for thrilling vehicular combat against rival tribes while trying to survive in this post-apocalyptic wasteland!