How Long Is An Ark Day

Various Environmental factors in ARK: Survival Evolved can affect the way the game is played. These events can be beneficial or detrimental to the survivor.

Temperature [ ]

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(Come across bottom of this section for Condition Furnishings on Temperature)

Overview [ ]

Temperature is one of the core survival mechanics players have to contend with in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is arguably one of the more than challenging mechanics, due to the vast number of ecology factors that brand it difficult to accurately track. In addition, the Condition Effects that affect the player in extremes Temperatures are subtle enough that the dangers of them are oftentimes unapparent until they've already put the histrion in significant danger.

In essence, the goal to this mechanic is for the role player to maintain an optimal Temperature, or otherwise prepare for the side effects when unable. Maintaining a working knowledge of the many factors that affect Temperature is necessary to be successful.

Environmental Factors [ ]

There are many different environmental changes and player deportment that can affect the Temperature of a player(due south).

Current Air Temperature [ ]

This is the global stat that affects any and all players on an ARK Server. It tin be viewed at whatsoever time on a thespian's Inventory Screen in the 'Grapheme Stats' on the right side, under °(C), or pressing and holding H . This stat volition constantly fluctuate during game play, and volition sometimes enhance/lower to extremes on its own, forcing players to constantly arrange and change strategies to avert death.

• Currently, extreme temperatures are seen at the bottom of the screen as a graphic, and the character will audio like panting or shivering. Another style a thespian can tell is by acquiring Status Effects or stopping to check the Inventory Screen. Additional to the sounds and graphics, your vision blurs, and either a purple or blood-red haze surrounds the screen. The developers are currently working on additional cues to alert players to oncoming hot or common cold spikes.

• The Air Temperature is dissimilar from region to region, so prepare for some desperate changes, for instance the south is hottest, the north is coldest, but the due east/west fluctuate between both hottest and coldest.

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  Grapheme stats with the current air temperature circled.

Natural Elements [ ]

• Water- Continuing/swimming in water lowers a actor's temperature. Ocean waters are colder than inland rivers/lakes, and volition lower a player's temperature more than. Some mounts help with the cold in some situations. Deeper water is colder than shallow h2o. In some cases the h2o temperature is higher than the normal temperature.

• Lava- Lava creates pockets of hot air (typically in a higher place & near the lava) that will raise the player's Temperature dramatically, and decrease hydration faster.

Burn down [ ]

Anything that uses some sort of flame such as a  Campfire or  Torch will requite off Heat nearby, raising the Temperature of any players near it. This includes:

Burn Source	Hypothermal insulation	Hyperthermal insulation	Range*
Torch	50	-25	500
Continuing Torch	100	-50	800
Bivouac	100	-50	800
Cooking Pot	100	-l	800
Refining Forge	100	-50	800
Industrial Grill	210	-140	900
Rock Fireplace	300	-100	800
Industrial Forge	150	-220	1400

* The range is given in the in-game units. 800 units is about 2 and a half foundations. The closer you are to a fire source, the more insulation you become (given insulation numbers tin exist met when standing closely to the fire source).

The effects from multiple heat sources can stack. Consider the (dis)advantages when placing Heat-generating structures close together.

Tip: The  Campfire and  Standing Torch give the aforementioned hypo and hyperthermal insulation, and then it is ameliorate to use  Continuing Torches when you decide to warm upwards in common cold areas because they are cheaper to craft and consume less  fuel.

Shelter [ ]

Standing under a ceiling, or within an enclosed structure, provides Temperature mitigation (lowers Temperature when hot, raises Temperature when cold).
Adobe structures give more insulation. Tents also work.

It volition likewise negate the furnishings of inclement conditions. (+112 hypo and +56 hyperthermic insulation)

Article of clothing [ ]

Whatever Habiliment or Armor that a actor equips has the potential to improve (or worsen!) their Temperature under the right conditions. This is represented by the "Hypothermal/Hyperthermal Insulation" stats listed on a Habiliment's particular description.

• If the thespian has positive Hypo/Hyperthermal Insulation, the effects of an extreme Temperature are lessened.

• If the histrion has negative Hypo/Hyperthermal Insulation, the effects of an extreme Temperature are worsened.

Each type of Article of clothing/Armor has different impacts on a actor's Insulation levels. The Armor page details each prepare's insulation against heat and cold.

Fortitude [ ]

A player'southward Fortitude stat grants an corporeality of passive Temperature mitigation (lowers Temperature when hot, raises Temperature when cold). The higher the stat value, the more mitigation information technology will provide.

Status Effects [ ]

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Severe weather can have an adverse effect on members of your tribe.

In add-on, please notation that in both extremes, the player will experience direct health loss in addition to other effects. Combined with the increased rate of  Water/ Food depletion in severe weather, this can plough a regular situation deadly very apace.

Conditions [ ]

Currently, extreme temperatures/weather affects the players' water and nutrient meters, every bit well as visibility and other factors. On rare occasions, different weather types tin happen simultaneously so long as they do not directly contradict each other (combination fog and rain are a common example of this).

Here are several easily recognizable weather events:

Rain & Thunderstorms [ ]

Rain [ ]

Rain irrigates crops, refills h2o consumption, and allows the thespian to fill up water containers similar  Waterskins from anywhere outside. Rain besides slightly decreases the temperature of the island, merely only by 3-5 °C / 5-10 °F. Note: you cannot avoid rain past flying to a higher place the clouds.

Thunderstorms [ ]

Thunderstorms human activity like regular rain storms just with the the added outcome of lightning and thunder. Lightning can light up the night while thunder tin disguise the sound of footsteps.

Snow [ ]

Snow, only present in snowy biomes, drops the temperature even further, reducing visibility and, like real snow, slightly dampens sound. It can also be accompanied by high, loud winds and blizzard effects. It is the snow biome equivalent to pelting, and will happen simultaneously with pelting storms in other sections of the map. You can fill up your water containers with falling snow, similar to pelting, and strangely you practice not accept to melt it first. Note: you cannot avoid snowfall by flying to a higher place the clouds.

Fog [ ]

Fog seems to do null aside from reducing player vision immensely, though this is plenty dangerous on its own in certain circumstances. Fog besides makes clouds lower and thicker, and so flying at higher altitudes is more than difficult due to obstructed vision.

Heatwave & Cold Snap Events [ ]

Modest Heatwave events drastically increase the temperature of the whole map past between 16-28 °C / 30-50 °F, resulting in faster dehydration, and health impairment at or above roughly 50 °C, but can also make areas that are otherwise too cold to hands survive in hospitable for a curt fourth dimension. During the event, cloud cover diminishes and the sky can turn an orange or ruby-red color.

Cold snap events are the exact opposite, drastically decreasing the temperature of the whole map by 16-28 °C / 30-50 °F, causing college food consumption, and health damage at sub-freezing temperatures (careful in those mountains). Over again as the opposite rut events, these can make areas ordinarily also hot to venture into a more friendly environment for a brief amount of fourth dimension. During these events the sky becomes clouded and drops a haze over distant areas, too equally an odd pale yellow/orange color to the sky.

Extreme Heatwave [ ]

Extreme heatwaves are establish on Scorched Earth and in Emberfalls on Crystal Isles, and result in extremely high temperatures, more often than not in backlog of 55 °C / 130 °F. This is virtually guaranteed to cause wellness harm and the Heat Stroke effect if the player is caught out in the open up. Effects include the full disappearance of cloud embrace, a strange whining noise, red skies and sparks flying around the ground. This effect also causes the Phoenix to spawn for the duration of the issue, the only time Ark'southward most elusive animal can exist establish.

Electrical Storm [ ]

Electrical storms, but found on Scorched Earth, conciliate electronics (such as cryopods) and prevent some avant-garde weapons from firing. Tek generators are not affected. There is no rain in this blazon of tempest, only very night clouds, high winds and some dust and debris (and of course, lightning). Dissimilar nearly every other weather condition issue, electrical storms do not directly affect the entire map, but instead hover over a random area (which is all the same adequately large) and repeatedly bombard it with lightning.

Sandstorm & Windstorm [ ]

Sandstorm [ ]

Sandstorms, only present on Scorched Globe, severely limit visibility, while too draining stamina and adding sand to the role player'southward inventory.

Windstorm [ ]

Windstorms, which only are active on Ragnarok, limit visibility much like sandstorms, but not equally severely. Windstorms also increase the wind speed, which can assist players who apply Wind Turbines, as the storms tin raise the air current speed past 100%.

Aurora Borealis & Rainbows

Unique to the Valguero map, these beautiful atmospheric effects practise very little other than add to the aesthetics, although the Aurora does brighten the nighttime a small-scale amount.

Eclipse

Unique to Extinction, eclipses temporarily darken the entire map, something very rare for extinction due to nearly of the map being permanently in sunlight.

Natural Disasters [ ]

The following could be classified as weather events and operate nether like mechanics, but can too bargain direct impairment to players and buildings rather than through status furnishings or visibility bug.

Earthquakes [ ]

If playing on Abnormality DLC, normal atmospheric condition events do not occur. (The simply possible exception to this is the extreme daytime firestorms on the surface which could classify as a very regular atmospheric condition event) Instead, there are periodic Earthquakes, which cause a random assortment of resources (based on the region) to drop from above. Earthquakes besides prevent the usage of  Climbing Pick, and causing those already using them to driblet off the wall, potentially to their death. -Spoiler-In lore, these earthquakes are probably non a function of the original Ark's (station) design but are more likely the continuation of the incident which destroyed the map's surface and ripped open the Abnormality cavern.

Volcanic Eruption [ ]

Establish only in the volcanic biome of Genesis: Function 1 and in a very specific area of Ragnarok. Annotation that while many maps have volcanic areas with continuously erupting volcanoes and lava present, this list is for volcanoes that have eruptive cycles.

Genesis: The main volcano in the lava biome erupts periodically. To anyone caught inside while trying to steal an egg, it means instant death without a magmasaur, and can cause damage to surrounding areas via lava and explosions. Eruptions are often preceded past an earthquake, but not ever, meaning there's a small take a chance that fifty-fifty the most well prepared players can be defenseless off guard and killed without their unfortunate character ever knowing what hit them. This on top of the already incredibly dangerous animals inside helps to brand Magmasaur egg stealing one of the most unsafe feats in the entire game.

Ragnarok: On rare occasion, Ragnarok'south northern volcano volition erupt, sending lava downwards its normally blank slopes and hurling behemothic, deadly boulders into the sky, which can burst apart in mid air or slam into the ground; creating a spectacular brandish that destroys everything in its path; including plants, animals and unfortunately placed bases. There also seems to exist two split types of eruptions, ane more destructive than the other. For those brave plenty however, at that place is a relatively safe spot most the summit to view the event. Warnings of an imminent Ragnarok Volcano eruption include a low rumbling noise that tin can be heard across a vast area of the map, an ash plumage rising from the summit, and the nearby hot springs (which give useless Relax buff) transform into geysers and launch water loftier upwards in the sky. The temperature of hot springs themselves will ascent slowly, reaching something more than 120℃, and slowly cooldown subsequently the eruption.

Meteors [ ]

Unique to Extintion and Genesis Pt 1's lunar biome, meteors are giant rocks that slam into the map at high speed, killing fifty-fifty the strongest tames instantly. (The meteors spawned during the Rex Titan boss fight do not instantly kill tames or players).

On Extinction, the heaven will turn blood-red every bit a meteor shower starts, raining flaming boulders across the entire map. Only the Sanctuary, Snowfall Dome, Desert Dome, and Sunken forest are rubber from them.

On Genesis: Part 1, the meteors volition spawn in the lunar biome and come from whatever direction. They have gigantic boom radii and are visible from beyond the biome. Avert meteors at all costs, no thing what you're doing.

• To read more than on different status effects caused past weather, go to the Status Furnishings page.
• If playing on the Scorched World, Ragnarok or Valguero DLC, or willing to summon dinosaurs, the  Jerboa tin can make a groovy companion that volition predict certain upcoming weather patterns through torso movement and sounds.

Seasons [ ]

This section is about content exclusive to the DLC: Aberration

The Abnormality DLC strays from the standard day/night wheel by introducing a form of seasons to the game. Instead of daytime and nighttime having consequent lengths on each day, the lengths of daytime and nighttime vary over fourth dimension.

Overview [ ]

There are 3 seasons in Aberration that combined brand up i "yr," or bicycle through all of the seasons, that lasts 10 days. These "years" start on days that are a multiple of 10 (day 0, 10, 20, etc.).

The Seasons [ ]

Concord H in game and look at the meridian left of your screen to run across the current day and flavor.

Abnormality DLC Seasons
Flavor	Start Twenty-four hour period*	Length	Daytime Minute Length (WIP)	Nighttime Minute Length (WIP)
50% Day / 50% Dark	0	4 Days	two.5 Seconds	2.v Seconds
90% Day / 10% Night	4	3 Days	4.5 Seconds	0.5 Seconds
ten% Day / 90% Night	vii	3 Days	0.5 Seconds	iv.5 Seconds

*Days that stop in this number. Instance: Day 0 means day ten, 20, xxx, etc. and Twenty-four hour period iv means day 4, 14, 24, etc. A new server or unmarried thespian relieve get-go at Day 1.

*New day starts at 0:00, means l% Dark on Day 3 is connected with 10% Night on Day iv, and x% Nighttime on Day 6 is continued with 90% Dark on Day 7, etc.

How Time is Affected [ ]

It is important to note that these seasons practise not change the in-game time of when night and 24-hour interval kickoff. Day always starts at 05:30 and dark always starts at 17:30. What changes is the length of the minutes between these times. This ways that during the "x% Day / 90% Night" season the minutes between 05:thirty and 17:30 will pass very quickly and the minutes betwixt 17:30 and 5:30 will pass very slowly. Conversely, during the "xc% Day / ten% Dark" season the daytime minutes will pass slowly while the nighttime minutes laissez passer faster. Finally during the "50% Day / 50% Night" season the minutes during the twenty-four hours and during the night volition pass at relatively the aforementioned speed.

Ecology Hazards [ ]

• Toxic Air: Swamp Cave, The Lair
• Lava: Wyvern Trench (Scorched Earth), Lava Biome (The Center, Ragnarok), Volcano (Genesis)
• Molten Element: Molten Element Sleeping accommodation (Aberration)
• Pitch Black: Trench, Carnivore Cave, dark
• Spores: Within Aberration
  • Fertile Spores: Fertile Chamber (Aberration)
  • Freezing Spores: Bio-Luminescent Bedchamber (Aberration)
  • Dizzy Spores: Molten Chemical element Sleeping accommodation (Aberration)
• Radiation: Molten Element Chamber (Aberration), The Unknown (Valguero) (See  Radiations)
• Extreme Sunlight: The Surface (Aberration)
• Outdoor Radiation: Lunar (Genesis)
• Sulfur Pools: Sulfur Fields (Extinction)
• Geysers: Desert Dome (Extinction)
• Whirlpools: Ocean (Genesis)
• Depression Gravity: Lunar (Genesis)
• Green Vents: Lunar (Genesis)
• Scissure: Lunar (Genesis)

Environmental Events [ ]

• Eclipse: Within Extinction
• Meteor Showers: Wasteland Biomes (Extinction)
• Orbital Supply Drop Crash: Wasteland Biomes (Extinction)
• Element Node Emerging: Wasteland Biomes (Extinction)
• Volcano Eruption: Volcano (Genesis)
• Snowstorm: Arctic (Genesis)
• Greenish Pelting: Bog (Genesis)
• Meteor Shower (Large): Lunar (Genesis)
• Rainbow: Within Valguero

Notes & Trivia [ ]

• A very comprehensive enquiry on how insulation and temperature piece of work was done by u/Vindicer on this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/3zossq/data_temperature_insulation/
• There is currently a bug where if you swim in the snowfall biome and you lot're not swimming in "the frozen body of water" region, your temperature volition raise considerably.
• Because of the fashion the farthermost temperatures piece of work on the Surface Biomes in Abnormality, information technology can be beneficial to schedule your surface exploration during the xc% Nighttime seasons (days vii,viii, and 9 of each "year"). On a xc% nighttime you lot will get 54 (existent life minutes) (60*12*4.5 seconds = 54 minutes) to explore the surface before sun comes comes upwardly (17:30 - 5:30), at 10% night this is merely 6 existent life minutes. Still, due to server lag and such make sure you lot leave the surface on time.
  • Considering seasons alter at midnight your dark may stop much faster or slower than it began. This potentially unexpected behavior tin can be dangerous when exploring the Surface.

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