Valguero

DLC for ARK with a new map and a new creature

DLC

Content Type

valguero

Release Dates

June 18th, 2019

July 19th, 2019

Unavailable

June 11th, 2020

September 1st, 2021

Spotlight

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

The Grand Map[]


Regions of Valguero File:Valguero_Topographic_Map.jpg

Overview[]

Survivors, come explore a vast and diverse 63 km² map with a multitude of new terrains to build on! Observe familiar ARK creatures in a vast environment and meet Deinonychus, the newest ARK feathered theropod found only in Valguero.

Explore new heights and hidden depths; whether it's creating your foundations in the White Cliffs or discovering the secrets of the pit of Aberration, Valguero offers a new experience of the ARK universe. With new biomes, a formidable dungeon boss and mysterious ruins to discover, there is always something exciting - and dangerous - in Valguero. Among its more than 60 square kilometers, you'll find everything from lush jungles to environmental hazards, from snowfields to lava flows, to savannas and hot springs.

Enter a brand new ARK experience where ARK's classic gameplay merges with a new adventure - Valguero!

New Resources[]

New Features[]

New Creatures[]

Valguero features a new creature, the Deinonychus. The deinonychus lays its nests throughout the map and stealing one of these Eggs is the only way to tame a Deinonychus aside from breeding one. They are very strong and hard to kill in packs.

There are also two variations of the Rock Elemental, the Chalk Golem (in The White Cliffs) and the Ice Golem (in the snow desert). These two variants are identical to the Rock Elemental in every way except for their appearance.

Unique Environmental Features[]

Rainbows across the map.
Occasional auroras at night.
Shooting stars at night.
Freezing air in the snow desert.
An underground ocean called The Abyss.
Ichthyosaurus and Carbonemys corpses scattered along the lake.
There is also an underground biome called the aberration trench cave.
Mushrooms on the emerald forest that can be harvested for Flowers, Rare Mushrooms and Bio Toxin.
Radiation area called the Unknown.
Deinonychus nests on the The Paradise, Chalk Hills.
An Underground Volcanic Wyvern Trench, to get Fire Wyvern Eggs.
Wild Broodmothers

Regions[]

Beaver Lake
Boreal Forest
Skeleton Gorge
The Dam
The Farm
The Outpost
The Valley
Weather Top

Green Canyon
Hidden Lake
Jungle
Jungle Cliff Ridge
The Lost Temple
Urwald Swamp

Highmountain
The Dam
The Falls
The Island
The Lair
The Moore
The Redwoods
The Stronghold
The Twin Peaks

Felsblock Pass
Felsblock Plateau
Glacier Narrows
Glacier Throughway
Grand Glacier
Icewall Plateau
Schwarzwald
Snow Desert
Snow Mountains
The Great Trench

Beaver Moore
Bergfestung
Claw Valley
Tundra
Tundra Crossing

Forgotten City
The Maul
The Paradise
The Pillar
The Skyguard
The White Cliffs

Forsaken Oasis
The Abyss
The Emerald Forest
The Lake
The Unknown

Approximate Spawn Locations[]

Spawn Locations

	Small Islands
	Beach Zone 1
	Beach Zone 2
	Beach Zone 3
	Boreal Forest Zone 1
	Boreal Forest Zone 2
	Boreal Forest Zone 3
	Chalk Hills Zone 1
	Chalk Hills Zone 2
	Chalk Hills Zone 3
	Jungle Zone 1
	Jungle Zone 2
	Jungle Zone 3
	Redwood Zone 1
	Redwood Zone 2
	Redwood Zone 3
	Tundra Zone 1
	Tundra Zone 2
	Tundra Zone 3
	Snow Zone 1
	Snow Zone 2
	Snow Zone 3

Data Maps[]

Strategic Resources
Exploring the map
Creature Spawns

Creatures[]

Unique Creatures[]

Other Spawns[]

Aberrant Creatures[]

Event Creatures[]

Items[]

All items from the base game, and most items from Scorched Earth and Aberration are available on Valguero.

Artifacts[]

Brute
Crag
Cunning
Destroyer
Devourer
Gatekeeper
Immune
Pack
Skylord
Strong

Notes[]

The original map was intended to contain a Rock Drake nest in the depth of the Aberration Biome. The rock drakes were however removed in the free DLC as mentioned in an official livestream with the developers.
Beached icthyosauruses are harvestable for Organic Polymer and Hide, as well as dead carboneyms for Spoiled Meat, hide, and Keratin, similar to how beached basilosauruses on Ragnarok are harvestable for Oil.
Valguero is the first official free DLC to have Aberration content on it without the need to purchase the DLC. However it doesn't include a bio-luminescent region within the Aberration Trench. Also, the entire Aberration area is considered a cave and therefore, flyers cannot be ridden inside and managarmr's cannot use their dive ability.
Valguero has a Wyvern Trench, like that of Scorched Earth and Ragnarok. However, only 2 types of wyvern exist in this trench, that being the fire wyvern and the ice wyverns. The ice wyverns live above ground, while the fire wyverns live in the underground section of the trench.
Although Griffins were shown in the trailer for Valguero, they do not spawn on the map.
Valguero is unique in having all the ocean creatures but no ocean surrounding the map. Instead, a large lake is present. Valguero is also the first map to have an underground ocean, known as The Abyss, in addition to its lake, where the ceiling is rock, you can't swim to the surface for Oxygen, and dangerous creatures such as tusoteuthis spawn here.
Valguero is the first expansion map with a roaming boss, the Broodmother.
Valguero is the only expansion map to not have the Artifact of the Devious.