ARK Valentine's Event 2025: Start Time, Love Ascended Rewards, and More

Love is in the air again, and ARK: Survival Ascended is bringing back the good vibes with its annual Love Ascended Valentine’s Day event. As always, players can look forward to plenty of exciting content, new gear to experiment with, and a festive Valentine’s theme tying it all together. Let’s dive into the details and break down everything you need about this year’s Love Ascended event.

Love Ascended 2025 Event Start and End Times

Studio Wildcard has confirmed that the Love Ascended event for 2025 will begin on Wednesday, February 12, and will bring a wave of romantic and exciting rewards until Wednesday, February 19, on Official Servers.

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— ARK: Survival Ascended (@survivetheark) February 8, 2025

Additionally, the developers are gearing up for the launch of Astraeos, the first-ever Official Partner DLC, which is set to release on the same day, February 12.

Here’s a quick reminder of the official event schedule:

• Start: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM PST
• End: Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM PST

What to Expect During the ARK Love Ascended Event?

The official ARK: Survival Ascended blog post has outlined everything coming to this year’s Love Ascended event. Players can look forward to new creatures, items, skins, and more. Here’s a full breakdown of what’s included:

Event Rates

• PvP/PvE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding
• Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience | 4x Breeding
• ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding

Event Creatures

• Lovebirds (New!)
• Love Bugs
• V-Day Coel

Event Chibis

• Chibi-Lovebird (New!)
• Chibi Pair-o-Saurs (New!)

Event Items

• Valentine’s Fishing Rod
• Love Bug Hearts
• Festive Dino Candy
• Box o' Chocolates (Now reduces mating cooldown by 20% of the remaining time)

Event Skins

• Pillow-Club Skin (New!)
• Loveseat (New!)
• Ottoman (New!)
• Love-Chair (New!)
• Pajama Top (New!)
• Pajama Bottoms (New!)
• Sleeping Hat (New!)
• PomPom Slippers (New!)
• Friendship Bracelets (New!)
• Bear Hug Swimsuit
• Odd Couple Swimsuit
• Sauropod Heart Swimsuit
• Cupid Couture Bottom Skin
• Cupid Couture Top Skin
• Halo Headband Skin
• Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Skin
• Heart Spring Hat
• Cuddle Rex Sweater
• Bow & Eros Skin
• Heart-Shaped Shield Skin
• Teddy Bear Grenade Skin
• Love Shackles Skin
• Love-Bed

Event Emotes

• Proposal Emote (New!)
• Lasso Emote (New!)
• Flirty Emote
• Heart Emote
• Self-Hug Emote

Wild Event Creature Colors

• Dino Light Blue
• WyvernBlue0
• Powder Blue
• Glacial
• Dark Lavender
• Medium Lavender
• Lavender
• Dark Violet
• Dino Light Purple
• Light Pink
• Magenta
• Deep Pink
• Red
• Dark Magenta
• Dino Albino
• Cream
• Jade
• Leaf Green

How to Start Love Ascended (Single Player / Non-Dedicated Servers)

1. From the Main Menu, select the Mods tab.
2. Search for Love Ascended in the ARK Mod List and install it. (Mod ID: 927084)
3. Once installed, return to your game setup screen and select Mod Settings.
4. Under Available Mods, select Love Ascended and activate it.

How to Start Love Ascended (Unofficial Servers)

To enable Love Ascended on your private server:

• Add the Mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments:
• ini
• CopyEdit
• -mods=927084  
• No additional changes should be necessary to activate the event.

This year’s Love Ascended event is packed with new content, boosted rates, and festive rewards, making it a great time to jump into ARK: Survival Ascended!