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ARK: Winter Wonderland 3
Ark Winter Wonderland
Raptor Claus is sailing across the night sky in his sleigh, air-dropping presents filled with high-end loot as well as Mistletoe, and Coal for those naughty Survivors. He is joined by Gacha Claus who will be roaming all maps in a dashing Santa Hat and sporting holiday-themed colours to help out the very busy Raptor Claus.
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Start date
December 18th, 2018
End date
January 7th, 2019

ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 was an ARK: Survival Evolved Christmas event. During the Event, Raptor Claus Raptor Claus flies between 0 and 2 o'clock (12midnight-2am) in-game time in a straight line over all maps, dropping presents containing Mistletoe Mistletoe, Coal Coal, and various resources, loot and blueprints for high-quality equipment.

GachaClaus GachaClaus roams around the maps in Winter Wonderland 3 wherever Parasaur Parasaurs can be found. When fed 10 × Coal Coal or 10 × Mistletoe Mistletoe they produce Gacha Crystal (Extinction) Gacha Crystals containing high-quality equipment (Armor and Weapons) and Winter Wonderland Event items, see below.

Server settings[]

To activate the event on a private server, the code line -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland can be added to the command line or in the configuration files.

Gameplay Changes[]

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Calendar[]

Image Event Start Date End Date
Happy New Year ARK: Happy New Year! January 1st, 2022 January 1st, 2022
ARK Love Evolved 3 ARK: Love Evolved 3 February 9th, 2022 February 16th, 2022
Eggcellent Adventure 7 ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 7 April 11th, 2022 April 25th, 2022

Image Event Start Date End Date
Happy New Year ARK: Happy New Year! January 1st, 2021 January 1st, 2021
ARK Love Evolved 2 ARK: Love Evolved 2 February 11th, 2021 February 18th, 2021
Eggcellent Adventure 6 ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 6 March 31st, 2021 April 14th, 2021
Summer Bash 2021 ARK: Summer Bash 2021 June 30th, 2021 July 21st, 2021
Fear Evolved 5 ARK: Fear Evolved 5 October 26th, 2021 November 9th, 2021
Extra Life 2021 ARK: Extra Life 2021 November 6th, 2021 November 7th, 2021
Turkey Trial 5 ARK: Turkey Trial 5 November 23rd, 2021 December 7th, 2021
ARK WinterWonderland 6 ARK: Winter Wonderland 6 December 14th, 2021 January 6th, 2022

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

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

Image Event Start Date End Date
Valentine 2 ARK: Valentine's Day 3 February 13th, 2018 February 16th, 2018
Eggcellent 3 ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 3 March 29th, 2018 April 10th, 2018
ARKaeology ARK: ARKaeology June 15th, 2018 July 17th, 2018
Extinction Chronicles Extinction Chronicles June 19th, 2018 November 6th, 2018
Ark Winter Wonderland ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 December 18th, 2018 January 7th, 2019

Image Event Start Date End Date
Valentine 2 ARK: Valentine's Day 2 February 12th, 2017 February 20th, 2017
Eggcellent 2 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
AwesomeAnniversary ARKBirthdaySuit ARKs Two Year Anniversary June 2nd, 2017 June 5th, 2017
The Witches Curse The Witches Curse October 30th, 2017 November 1st, 2017
Holiday Event Holiday Event December 23rd, 2017 January 1st, 2018

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

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

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Notes[]

  • Unlike its predecessors, ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 does not feature the DodoRex DodoRex.
  • Unlike its predecessors, ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 does not change the maps into snowy terrain.
  • Unlike its predecessors, in ARK: Winter Wonderland 3 crafting the event items is not possible in the Cooking Pot Cooking Pot or Smithy Smithy, it solely works with GachaClaus GachaClaus.
  • RaptorClaus flies just below or above the top of the map. When it flies above the map boundary, sometimes presents are not dropping.
  • The event isn't available for Total Conversions Mods/DLCs like Primitive Plus.
  • The hours during which Raptor Claus flies can vary from what is posted above. This has only been confirmed for Single Player on The Island where Night Time duration is sped up and Raptor Claus flies until near dawn.
  • Christmas Gacha may also grant crystals with one Mistletoe or Coal from RaptorClaus gift boxes
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