ARK: Fear Evolved is the game's Halloween event that started in October 2015. This event lasted eight days, changing some gameplay aspects to fit the spooky season. But will the ARK Halloween Event: Fear Evolved be returning in 2024? We’ll answer this concern (and more) as you continue reading.

Will the ARK: Fear Evolved Halloween Event Return in 2024?

The final ARK: Fear Evolved event occurred in 2022. It started on October 19 and ended on November 2 of that year. Although ARK: Fear Evolved won't return in 2024, its successor, ARK: Fear Ascended, pushed on in ARK: Survival Ascended. The announcement of this event came from Community Crunch 429, wherein the developers mentioned that they’re “heads down on Fear Ascended event content.” This means that the ARK: Survival Ascended players will soon enjoy the event’s many offerings, albeit no official release date has been disclosed at the time of writing. Nonetheless, we can speculate that this event has the same running time as its predecessor in ARK: Survival Evolved. With that, players should expect the ARK: Fear Ascended event to start sometime during the last week of October 2024 and will end in the first week of November 2024. Aside from the Halloween Event, other ARK: Survival Evolved holiday events have also moved to Survival Ascended. These events include Love Ascended, Easter EVO, and Summer Bash.

ARK Halloween Event 2024 Content and Features

Although no announcement about the Halloween Event for Survival Ascended has been made, we can speculate that various fan-favorite elements will return. For instance, the Basilisk Ghost and skeleton-themed dinosaurs. Additionally, players can look forward to new Halloween-inspired creature colors, spooky structures, and creepy Chibi pets. The event may also introduce additional skins and emotes to shake things up. Finally, increased server XP rates are also a hallmark of the event. That means survivors should be able to get more XP from completing various tasks, such as harvesting, taming, and breeding dinos!