Content Type
Release Dates
June 11th, 2020
August 25th, 2020
August 25th, 2020
Unavailable
June 11th, 2020
September 1st, 2021
Spotlight
The map Crystal Isles, formerly known as ISO: Crystal Isles, is a free, official, non-canonical DLC expansion map for ARK: Survival Evolved. It was originally developed by Isolde Gaming, Lillian, and iSPEZZ.
The Crystalline Map[]
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| Regions of Crystal Isles |
- Overview
- New Resources
- New Features
- New Creatures
Every new creature in Crystal Isles holds a surprise, from the explosive 
Tropeognathus to the glowing 
Crystal Wyvern. Furthermore, Crystal Isles adds a new boss called the 
Crystal Wyvern Queen. The Crystal Wyvern Queen spawns minions called the Crystal Wyvern Heir.
Unique Environmental Features[]
- Large Crystals coating the map giving it its namesake.
- An island constantly engulfed in darkness and thunder known as Eldritch Isle with floating water bubbles and an abundance of rare resources.
- A massive cluster of floating islands known as Apotheosis.
- An enormous bee hive in the form of a cave filled with honey and home to
Giant Worker Bees and Dire Bears. - Bogs filled with rotting corpses that inflict a Torpor-inducing debuff.
- A cave within the desert that acts as a hive for Crystal Wyverns.
Regions[]
Approximate Spawn Locations[]
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Spawn Locations
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Data Maps[]
Creatures[]
Unique Creatures[]
- Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern
- Crystal Wyvern
- Crystal Wyvern Heir
- Crystal Wyvern Queen
- Giant Worker Bee
- Tropeognathus
Other Spawns[]
- Aberrant Anglerfish
- Aberrant Arthropluera
- Aberrant Baryonyx
- Aberrant Beelzebufo
- Aberrant Cnidaria
- Aberrant Coelacanth
- Aberrant Dimetrodon
- Aberrant Diplocaulus
- Aberrant Dung Beetle
- Aberrant Electrophorus
- Aberrant Manta
- Aberrant Megalosaurus
- Aberrant Otter
- Aberrant Piranha
- Aberrant Pulmonoscorpius
- Aberrant Purlovia
- Aberrant Salmon
- Aberrant Sarco
- Aberrant Spino
- Aberrant Trilobite
- Achatina
- Allosaurus
- Alpha Carnotaurus
- Alpha Leedsichthys
- Alpha Megalodon
- Alpha Mosasaur
- Alpha Raptor
- Alpha T-Rex
- Alpha Tusoteuthis
- Ammonite
- Anglerfish
- Ankylosaurus
- Araneo
- Archaeopteryx
- Argentavis
- Arthropluera
- Baryonyx
- Basilisk
- Basilosaurus
- Beelzebufo
- Brontosaurus
- Carbonemys
- Carnotaurus
- Castoroides
- Chalicotherium
- Cnidaria
- Coelacanth
- Compy
- Daeodon
- Dilophosaur
- Dimetrodon
- Dimorphodon
- Diplocaulus
- Diplodocus
- Dire Bear
- Direwolf
- Dodo
- Doedicurus
- Dung Beetle
- Dunkleosteus
- Electrophorus
- Equus
- Eurypterid
- Featherlight
- Gallimimus
- Giant Bee
- Giganotosaurus
- Gigantopithecus
- Glowbug
- Glowtail
- Griffin
- Hesperornis
- Hyaenodon
- Ichthyornis
- Ichthyosaurus
- Iguanodon
- Jerboa
- Jug Bug
- Kairuku
- Kaprosuchus
- Karkinos
- Kentrosaurus
- Lamprey
- Leech
- Leedsichthys
- Liopleurodon
- Lymantria
- Lystrosaurus
- Mammoth
- Manta
- Mantis
- Megalania
- Megaloceros
- Megalodon
- Megalosaurus
- Meganeura
- Megatherium
- Mesopithecus
- Microraptor
- Morellatops
- Mosasaurus
- Moschops
- Onyc
- Otter
- Oviraptor
- Ovis
- Pachy
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Paraceratherium
- Parasaur
- Pegomastax
- Pelagornis
- Phiomia
- Piranha
- Plesiosaur
- Polar Bear
- Polar Purlovia
- Procoptodon
- Pteranodon
- Pulmonoscorpius
- Purlovia
- Quetzal
- Raptor
- Ravager
- Rex
- Rock Elemental
- Sabertooth
- Sabertooth Salmon
- Sarco
- Seeker
- Spino
- Stegosaurus
- Tapejara
- Tek Parasaur
- Tek Quetzal
- Tek Raptor
- Tek Rex
- Tek Stegosaurus
- Terror Bird
- Therizinosaur
- Thorny Dragon
- Thylacoleo
- Titanoboa
- Titanomyrma
- Titanosaur
- Triceratops
- Trilobite
- Troodon
- Tusoteuthis
- Unicorn
- Vulture
- Woolly Rhino
- Yeti
- Yutyrannus
Event Creatures[]
- Basilisk Ghost
- Direwolf Ghost
- Mantis Ghost
- Party Dodo
- Rex Ghost
- Skeletal Bronto
- Skeletal Carnotaurus
- Skeletal Giganotosaurus
- Skeletal Jerboa
- Skeletal Quetzal
- Skeletal Raptor
- Skeletal Rex
- Skeletal Stego
- Skeletal Trike
Items[]
All Items from the base game, and most items from Scorched Earth and Aberration are available on Crystal Isles.
Resources[]
Consumables[]
Trophies and Tributes[]
Structures[]
Artifacts[]
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Brute -
Clever -
Crag -
Cunning -
Depths -
Destroyer -
Devious -
Devourer -
Gatekeeper -
Hunter -
Immune -
Lost -
Massive -
Pack -
Skylord -
Shadows -
Stalker -
Strong
Spotlight[]
Notes[]
- This is the 4th Free DLC Map originated from the mods, others being The Center, Ragnarok and Valguero.
- This is the 3rd Free DLC Map to introduce a unique exclusive dino inside the map, others being Ragnarok (with Griffin) and Valguero (with Deinonychus)
- This is also the 3rd free DLC map to introduce a unique tamable variant of an existing DLC dino ( Crystal Wyvern), others being Ragnarok ( Ice Wyvern and Dire Polar Bear) and Valguero (with Chalk Golem and Ice Golem)
- This is the 1st Free DLC Map to have an original boss as opposed to reusing old bosses, the Crystal Wyvern Queen.
- This is also the 3rd free DLC map to introduce a unique tamable variant of an existing DLC dino (
- Crystal Isles, at 150 square km, is nearly the same size as The Island, Scorched Earth, and The Center put together. (Added up they are 154 square km) and larger than Ragnarok (144 square km), although Ragnarok likely has more land mass (unconfirmed)
- Lost Island has the same size but it's more of an underwater adventure and Crystal Isles has more land mass due to the floating islands.
- Crystal Isles is the second mod map to bring a new Artifact. The first is The Center
- There were originally Liquid, Crystal, Phantom, Zombie and Grand creatures on this map when it was still a mod.
Gallery[]
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References[]
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