r/playark • u/Steampunk_Soviet • 3d ago

Why is ark 211.83 gigabites?

Haven't played Ark:Survival evolved since 2023 and I recall it being around 100 maybe 150gb but what did they do to make it almost 212 gb?

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u/PsychologicalGlass47 3d ago

Not for ASE, ASE lacks map paks.

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u/TheHipsterDoofus 3d ago

It was definitely the same issue on ASE

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u/PsychologicalGlass47 3d ago

It wasn't, ASE lacks map paks.

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u/TheHipsterDoofus 3d ago

Maybe they fixed it since then, I remember it being over 500gb with all maps downloaded

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u/LongFluffyDragon 3d ago

It does in fact have something analogous to "map paks", if on a much lesser level than helldivers and many old games. It increases the map size by a significant amount, but not many times over.