Fjordur

This article is about the official DLC. For the original Fjordur mod on the Steam Workshop, see Mod:Fjordur.

DLC for ARK with a new map and new creatures.

DLC

Content Type

Expansion Map

Release Dates

June 12th 2022

Unavailable

June 12th 2022

Fjordur is a free, official, non-canonical DLC expansion map for ARK: Survival Evolved.

Fjordur was released on June 12, 2022 for the PC, Mac, Linux and consoles.

Overview

Unique Environmental Features

The Map contains an area that includes 3 portals to 3 different realms.
Jotunheim is an Icy Realm with extreme freezing temperatures.
Vanaheim is a luscious forest based realm.
Asgard is a realm of large vibrant fields and abandoned buildings.
Unique Obelisks in the form of massive floating runestones.
Unique supply drops that look like totem poles
Various ruins around the map including things such as-
Moria / Khazad-dûm - an attempted construction of the Lord of the Rings Dwarven city, contains Balin’s tomb and the infamous bridge where Gandalf (Ian McKellen) says ‘you shall not pass’
Helm’s deep - another construction of the infamous Lord of the Rings fortress of Rohan, contains a complete Hornsburg wall; statues and a cave accessed by the central citadel (Glittering caves)
There are several fortresses scattered around the map, located in each biome
Several deserted wooden houses are strewn about the map, some with wooden palisade walls, some of these houses are accessible whilst others remain bolted shut.
Can you find the infamous Poglin Statue?
New species of dinos, including the Blood hungry Desmodus; the almighty Andrewsarchus; the keen eyed Fjordhawk, the fearsome Fenrir and the odd-filed Aberrant Megalania.
Giant Beaver Dens containing large amounts of resources
An Elemental region inspired cave with radioactive rivers and lakes
200 Runes (serve the same function as explorer notes; each 100 found grant the survivor 5 additional levels) you can find all over the map and the 3 realms
All realms contain a wyvern trench being one of two maps with all the wyvern types except the void wyvern, Jotunheim contains ice wyverns, Asgard contains lightning wyverns and Vanaheim contains poison wyvern
On Asgard there's also a Rockdrake trench located on 45 50. The area is radioactive so remember to bring the hazard suit
Ambient Microraptor and Itchyornis calls in Asgard

Size

The Fjordur map officially spans an area over 140 square kilometers, 3.5 times that of The Island, which has an area of roughly 40 sq kilometers. The map is smaller than Ragnarok. However it contains nearly 50 cave systems, some of them very large. Additionally, there are 3 sub-maps accessible via portals. These sub maps are each similar in size to the domes in Extinction, or the biomes in Genesis Pt. 1 and do not appear on any maps. All together these additional areas, while difficult to confirm exact numbers, could nearly double the map’s actual area compared to the official size.

Creatures

Unique Creatures

Other Spawns

Items

Cosmetics

Mjolnir Sword Skin

Notes

Fjordur was originally designed as a mod map (modded Fjordur), which is still available under an agreement between Wildcard and the development team. While the two versions are similar, there are differences between them
Fjordur contains over 140 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and rewarding discoveries!
Fjordur is the first free DLC to get a menu picture and custom in game theme song
- Right now it's bugged and is the only menu picture/song

The Original Creator Team

Nekatus - Project owner.