Season 8

The wait is almost over. Season 8 will be starting this weekend!. Season 8 introduces some significant changes.

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In summary, here are some of the main changes for Season 8:

• ORP:
  • No ORP day will stay as is; it will alternate between Saturday & Sunday.
  • S8 will start with an ORP time of 30 mins. However, it will change to 1 hour after 4 weeks.
• Raid Resistance is being removed, meaning it will be 24/7 PvP.
• Tribe member limit is staying as is at 6.
  • There will not be a Duos server in S8. However, there will be a new Trios server hosted on the map Ragnarok.
• Friendly Fire will be enabled!
• The new starter server will start from week 3 and wipe every 2 weeks. A new tribe can use the 2 weeks to build up + 1 week of White Flag to transition into the cluster. The starter server will be hosted on Ragnarok.
• Flyers will not be enabled on Aberration. I will monitor this and see how it goes.
• Auto engrams won’t be a thing at the start. However, it may be enabled once the Tek engrams for the new DLC Genesis are available.
• Day/Night Cycle speed tripled for all maps expect Ab/SE.
• Player stats multipliers changes:
  • Oxygen will be increased from x3 to x5.
  • Food will be increased from x3.5 to x7.5
  • Water will be increased from x3.5 to x7.5
  • Weight will be increased from x7.5 to x10
  • Movement Speed will be increased from x1 to x1.15
• Imprinting changes:
  • Previously, due to how Ark works, players voted to have the ability to imprint 100% on small dinos on The Island, whereas all the other maps, would be ideal for larger maps. This meant that it was possible to imprint larger dinos to 100% with fewer imprints on maps other than The Island. In Season 8, this is being standardised so that all maps will have the same imprint settings. Therefore, you will be able to imprint small dino to 100% on all maps. However, this is at a trade-off against more imprints needed for larger dinos. Gigas will now need 10-12 imprints whereas previously it was only 5.
• After week 4, Titans will be slightly stronger than they were at the start to help with late game.
• Boss drop + loot drops have been modified, more items and variations possible.
• RTACoins economy system. RTACoins have been reworked to build an economy in S8.
  • Learn how to earn coins here: https://www.ruletheark.com/tokens/#rta-coins
  • Spend your RTACoins on rewards: https://www.ruletheark.com/rta-games/
• Bush Berry Seeds found in red loot drops including deep-sea drops as well as boss drops can now be traded in for RTACoins to redeem rewards, items/dinos etc. Trades will take place every 2 weeks, the player which hands them over earns the RTACoins.
  • During Evolution Event, there is a chance for up to 3x element drop and an opportunity for up to 2x currency drops, so make the most of it.
• An alpha per map will be decided at the end of the season. So build and fight for your place on your favourite map!
• Tribe stats tracking will not display scores anymore. They will show only tribe ranks. Tribes will not know how close they are to each tribe; everyone will have to PvP more, try to beat each other and fight until the very end.
• Sponsored Events: Your donations mean a lot to RTA, and our shop system is our way of saying thanks for your generous donations. In Season 8, you will be able to donate and sponsor events for your chosen map and benefit everyone on it. There will range from events such as Easter Events, Winter Wonderland, Drop parties etc.

There are other changes planned; these will be announced in our discord server closer to revealing.

Please make sure you are up to date with our rules. Failing to read/not understanding the rules is not exzcusable. So better safe than sorry.

The brand new DLC Genesis will be available on the RuleTheArk cluster soon as it is released, so stay tuned!

Have a fun Season 8!.