ARK: Winter Wonderland

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Start date

December 22, 2015

End date

January 5th, 2016

ARK: Winter Wonderland was an ARK: Survival Evolved Christmas event. It was added in version 228.0. Its successors are ARK: Winter Wonderland 2, added in version 253.0, ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 (288.113), ARK: Winter Wonderland 4 (304.1), and ARK: Winter Wonderland 5 (320.18). It featured several craftable decorative Christmas themed items and at night, Raptor Claus flew over certain areas of The Island, dropping presents containing Mistletoe, Coal, and various blueprints for high-quality equipment. Also, the whole map was covered in snow during Winter Wonderland.

Items[]

The event added the following decorative items, all of which could be crafted at the Smithy.

All Event Items required Mistletoe to craft.

The event also added Coal, which could be used in a Cooking Pot to summon the DodoRex.

After the event ended, only the following skin items remained in the game:

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Happy New Year!	January 1st, 2021	January 1st, 2021
ARK: Love Evolved 2	February 11th, 2021	February 18th, 2021
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 6	March 31st, 2021	April 14th, 2021
ARK: Summer Bash 2021	June 30th, 2021	July 21st, 2021
ARK: Fear Evolved 5	October 26th, 2021	November 9th, 2021

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Love Evolved	February 11th, 2020	February 18th, 2020
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 5	April 7th, 2020	April 21st, 2020
ARK: 5th Anniversary	June 11th, 2020	June 24th, 2020
ARK: Summer Bash 2020	June 25th, 2020	July 21st, 2020
ARK: Fear Evolved 4	October 22nd, 2020	November 6th, 2020
Genesis 2 Chronicles	November 7th, 2020	March 2021
ARK: Turkey Trial 4	November 24th, 2020	December 8th, 2020
ARK: Winter Wonderland 5	December 17th, 2020	January 7th, 2021

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Valentine's Day 4	February 12th, 2019	February 18th, 2019
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 4	April 16th, 2019	April 30th, 2019
ARK: Summer Bash 2019	July 2nd, 2019	July 19th, 2019
Genesis Chronicles	October 10th, 2019	February 25th, 2020
ARK: Fear Evolved 3	October 22nd, 2019	November 5th, 2019
ARK: Turkey Trial 3	November 19th, 2019	December 6th, 2019
ARK: Winter Wonderland 4	December 18th, 2019	January 7th, 2020

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Valentine's Day 3	February 13th, 2018	February 16th, 2018
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 3	March 29th, 2018	April 10th, 2018
ARK: ARKaeology	June 15th, 2018	July 17th, 2018
Extinction Chronicles	June 19th, 2018	November 6th, 2018
ARK: Winter Wonderland 3	December 18th, 2018	January 7th, 2019

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Valentine's Day 2	February 12th, 2017	February 20th, 2017
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 2	April 15th, 2017 for PC April 26th, 2017 for Xbox & PS4	April 22nd, 2017 for PC March 3rd, 2017 for Xbox & PS4
ARKs Two Year Anniversary	June 2nd, 2017	June 5th, 2017
The Witches Curse	October 30th, 2017	November 1st, 2017
Holiday Event	December 23rd, 2017	January 1st, 2018

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Valentine's Day	February 14th, 2016	February 22nd, 2016
ARK: Eggcellent Adventure	March 25th, 2016	March 31st, 2016
ARK: Survival Devolved	April 1st, 2016	April 2nd, 2016
ARK: Awesome Anniversary	June 2nd, 2016	June 13th, 2016
ARKdependence Day	July 3rd, 2016	?
ARK: Fear Evolved 2	October 28th, 2016	November 6th, 2016
ARK: Turkey Trial 2	November 15th, 2016 for Xbox November 24th, 2016 for PC	December 1st, 2016
ARK: Winter Wonderland 2	December 23th, 2016	December 30th, 2016
New Year's on ARK	December 31st, 2016	January 1st, 2017

Event	Start Date	End Date
ARK: Fear Evolved	October 28th, 2015	November 5th, 2015
ARK: Turkey Trial	November 25th, 2015	December 1st, 2015
ARK: Winter Wonderland	December 22, 2015	January 5th, 2016
ARK: Happy First (Half) Year!	December 31st, 2015	January 1st, 2016