ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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Kalorian 8 Feb, 2017 @ 10:32am
Sheep Island
I haven't been on since the map update yesterday but some of my players are reporting the new island with the sheep has 21 sheep on it right now. With mutton being equivalent to kibble in effectiveness but actually faster, I think this has some pretty serious implications for taming of high level carnivores. Having to tame scorpions to get eggs to tame Rexes, which in turn help you get Quetzals and then those eggs being used to tame the Giga is a core part of ARKs progression gating.

I realize it is an ARK base game design choice to add the mutton but having plentiful sheep all herded together in a consistent spawn on this map will just make this more glaring. It seems crazy that you can just swing by and quickly tame a handful of sheep and take them with you to slaughter and get a max level Rex (or whatever) so easily.
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Groham 10 Feb, 2017 @ 6:20am 
Dont forget : all it takes is a male and female to start breeding, then a trip to that sheepisland is no longer needed. They are rare on official servers but all it takes is a bit of searching or cooperation between tribes to setup a breeding farm for sheep. Just breed a baby sheep , slaugher it for even more meat and tame that high level Rex :)

It also helps people with the lag since large eggfarms are no longer needed.

(PS. the meat doesnt work for all the dinos)
Iron Zerg 27 Feb, 2017 @ 2:30pm 
I'm still looking for this island with no luck. Can anyone share an approximate location?
Groham 28 Feb, 2017 @ 12:57am 
West of the map.
you can see it from the coast so its not that far out in the sea.
(more or less lat 30 lon 10 if you at this map)
Iron Zerg 28 Feb, 2017 @ 4:39am 
I've been up and down that area. I see one island that looks like land, but when you try to land, it glitches to water. The other "island" near 30, 10 is just a big rock. Either one of those? Or am I still looking the wrong place?
Kalorian 28 Feb, 2017 @ 8:20pm 
You really can't miss it. If you travel up the west coast heading north you will run into it. The sheep are in the center and lots of dire wolves around the shores of the island.
Groham 1 Mar, 2017 @ 12:04am 
i think you are not using the correct version of the map then
Eightball 3 Mar, 2017 @ 10:57am 
I think its right near the West 2 spawn. I am totally unfamiliar with this map but thats definitely one island I've come across (although I only saw dire wolves on it, no sheep). I did find a few sheep on the mainland right near west 2 though.
Last edited by Eightball; 7 Mar, 2017 @ 1:38pm
Groham 4 Mar, 2017 @ 1:53am 
yes that is the island with the wolves - go to the middle for the sheep
It's at 40/10
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