What is Ark Survival Evolved

Ark Survival Evolved is a multiplayer, or a single player survival game. depending on where you chose to spawn you may be in a mountain, or low flats. You will also notice you’ll have a somewhat triangular shaped object embedded in your hand. This thing helps you access your inventory and your levels. Throughout the game you will come across many challenges such as caves. Caves are a deadly place where you find artifacts, you need them to fight bosses. And this isn’t a normal survival game, it is a survival game with dinosaurs of all sizes and shapes.

What is Scorched Earth?

Scorched Earth is one of the many dlcs there is to the game. Scorched earth consists of a barren wasteland with very limited water. This dlc adds to the lore and game play of the game. Throughout the game special events may happen, a thunderstorm, a dust cloud, or maybe a heat wave will hit your land. The thunderstorms will fill the morellatops water and your water too. However, the bad effect is your electrical equipment like ac or refrigerators, will no longer work until it’s over. The sandstorm will reduce your water, and stamina quickly. The heatwave will give you heatstroke if you’re in the open, and your water and health will go down if you don’t act fast.

The Terrain.

The terrain has many different areas. For example, a dunes, wasteland, oasis, badlands, canyon, and more. Most of the map is made of very high mountains with rare dinosaurs like the giganotosaurus. Some land is sticking straight up in the air. Other places are low and lead to a cave but if you take a wrong turn you’ll be in the canyon forever. Or at least until you find a way out. Most of the map is made of two areas nicknamed: the inner, and the outer. The nicknames just push most biomes into one making it easier to locate things. In the outer you’ll find only sand and the occasional ruins and oasis, sometimes a water vein. In the inner, you’ll find mainly high mountains and much more water than the outer. Around the inner you can find plenty of oil, and metal which will be vital for just about everything. Most caves, ⅔ lie in the inner part of the map.

The Boss

The boss in scorched earth is the Manticore. The Manticore in the ark has the head of a lion, and body, the tail is a scorpion, and the wings are from a griffin. This boss is easier than the brood-mother on the island. It has less health however it balances out with it doing more damage than the brood-mother. It also has the power to make your dinosaurs pass out, don’t worry about it, they’ll wake up in 5 – 15 minutes. The Manticore also possesses the ability to breath fire however that is very unlikely to happen.

What Would I Rate it?

I would personally rate scorched earth a ⅘ since it has very beautiful terrain from Wyvern trenches to the boss and good challenges to get the artifacts. I even love the new creatures that are special to that map or make a return from the island. Overall I would recommend buying this dlc to ark survival evolved if you would want to.