The first time players learned of this expansion was after the release of ASA Extinction. The canon timeline of ARK went straight from Extinction into Genesis Part 1 in the original game.

At the Game Developers Conference 2025, Studio Wildcard revealed a two-minute anime-style trailer for ARK Lost Colony, the first all-original ARK: Survival Ascended expansion pack. The expansion will ...

The Corrupted Earth Map (Extinction ... even though its assets shipped with Ark Survival Ascended: Scorched Earth. The following are the new creatures in ASA which are DLC-locked: ...

Plus, Xbox Game Pass holders, you’re in for a treat, ’cause ASA just hit your library ... in the post-apocalyptic wastelands of Extinction. ARK’s world just got bigger and wilder, folks.