‘ARK’ Final Expansion Pack ‘Genesis Part 2’ Now Available

June 5, 2021

Six years ago, ARK: Survival Evolved charged its way onto Steam early access – now the final chapter of the eon-spanning story concludes with the release of ARK: Genesis Part 2. In Genesis Part 2, Survivors will explore a vast new world teeming with strange biomes and exotic creatures, while engaging in story-oriented missions that test their mettle, ingenuity, and survival skills. This final confrontation between the sprightly HLN-A and the deranged Sir Edmund Rockwell takes place on a gigantic colony ship traveling through deep space, and players will need to use all their ARK experience to survive,

The ARK: Genesis Part 2 expansion pack is a narrative bridge between the current game and its recently announced sequel, ARK II. Genesis Part 2 also introduces new voiceover talent to the ARK universe with David Tennant playing the villainous Sir Edmund Rockwell, and Madeleine Madden taking on the in-game robotic AI companion HLN-A/Helena Walker.

The expansion pack is now available to download as part of the ARK: Genesis Season Pass ($29.99 USD) for Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. In addition to Genesis Part 1 and Part 2, the season pass includes a ‘Noglin’ Chibi cosmetic, a ‘Shadowmane’ Chibi cosmetic, a new cosmetic armor set, and an in-game, artificially intelligent companion called ‘HLN-A’ who can scan additional hidden Explorer Notes found throughout the other ARKs.

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition, priced at $59.99, is packed with everything the franchise has to offer, including the ARK: Survival Evolved base game, and all expansion packs: Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Part 1 & Part 2.

ARK: Genesis Part 2 gameplay features:

NEW STORY-ORIENTED MISSIONS – A holographic guide, HLN-A, offers a wide array of engaging new story-oriented missions at varying difficulty levels, as Survivors build up strength for a final battle with Rockwell. Complete missions to earn map-wide bonuses and Hexagons, which can be spent for extra resources, Engram Points, TEK items, travel between environments, and more. Discover Explorer Notes and environmental cues along the way to learn even more about the ARK saga history.
EXPANSIVE WORLDS TO CONQUER – Emerge from the Genesis Part I simulation into a gargantuan starship filled with unique biomes, including beautiful elysian fields, an exotic twilight realm of highly evolved lifeforms, the depths of outer-space, and even the innards of the ever-expanding Rockwell himself. Whether it’s sentient alien plants, Rockwell’s digestive fluids, or asteroids warping in from intergalactic space travel, each biome presents unique hazards, but also opportunities to acquire new resources and creatures — including the powerful new ‘Mutagen’ that enables you to further evolve your existing tames.
STRANGE NEW CREATURES – The vast expanses of Genesis Part 2’s world is filled with brain-controlling Noglins, elegant high-tech Stryders, the cuddly mobile-nursery Maewing, and even the laser-shooting, bomb-blasting, barrel-rolling Astrodelphis starfighter — among other fantastical new creatures and evolved R-Variants of old favorites.
POWERFUL NEW GEAR – As you brave the many dangers of this new world, you’ll gain access to powerful new tools to aid you. You’ll learn how to place remote cameras, pull off tricks with a floating skateboard-like Hoversail, take care of your eggs with the high-tech Incubator, shoot arrows made of pure energy with the Tek Bow, even engage in a Real Time Strategy command mode within the new Exo-Mek, and more .

ARK: Survival Evolved is available now on Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and is optimized for Xbox Series X/S.