ARK: Survival Evolved
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50 free ARK: Survival Evolved trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
ARK: Survival Evolved drops you on a beach with nothing and asks you to work your way up from punching trees to riding dinosaurs into battle. Since its early access debut in 2015 it has grown into one of the biggest survival titles around, with expansions that swap the starting island for deserts, caverns and stranger places still. This quiz covers the whole experience: which creature does what, how taming, breeding and base building work, the bosses and the story hidden behind them, and the developers, voice actors and spin-offs around the franchise. Dinosaur questions make up the largest share, from beginner mounts to late-game monsters. Casual players should find plenty they can answer from a few evenings on a server, while the harder questions are aimed at survivors who have hatched, raised and lost more tames than they can count. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01ARK: Survival Evolved entered early access in June 2015 to catch the dino fever around which blockbuster film?
Jurassic World
Jurassic World reached cinemas later that same month, and creative director Jesse Rapczak said the launch was scheduled to take advantage of the excitement.
Q 02Which beach bird, an easy first tame in ARK: Survival Evolved, is farmed for its fast-laid eggs?
Dodo
The Dodo is so docile and lays eggs so quickly that survivors keep flocks of them as a steady food supply. Wild ones are eaten by almost every carnivore on the beaches.
Q 03What does ARK: Survival Evolved call player groups whose members usually share tamed dinosaurs and buildings?
Tribes
Tribes can appoint several admins and set their own rules for who owns each tame and structure, and on PvE servers two of them must both agree before a war can start.
Q 04Which Fast & Furious star joined the makers of ARK: Survival Evolved as president of creative convergence?
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel took the role, in effect an executive producer, to oversee the sequel he was announced as starring in at The Game Awards 2020.
Q 05Which Doctor Who star voices the mutated villain Sir Edmund Rockwell in ARK: Survival Evolved's Genesis Part 2?
David Tennant
David Tennant plays Rockwell opposite Madeleine Madden's HLN-A, the AI companion who helps the player stop him seizing a colony ship.
Q 06Which streaming service premiered ARK: The Animated Series, whose voice cast includes Michelle Yeoh and Russell Crowe?
Paramount+
Paramount+ premiered the first part on March 21, 2024, more than three years after the show was announced at The Game Awards 2020.
Q 07Which flying mount in ARK: Survival Evolved must be hatched from a stolen egg and fed milk as a baby?
Wyvern
Wyvern adults are too resilient to tame, so survivors raid nests guarded by furious mothers, then knock out a female to collect the milk that keeps the hatchling alive.
Q 08Which mythical animal appears in ARK: Survival Evolved as a rare white Equus, with only one wild at a time?
Unicorn
The Unicorn bolts whenever a human comes near, and because only one can exist in the wild at once it is among the hardest tames to track down.
Q 09Which planet, overrun by corrupted creatures, is the setting of ARK: Survival Evolved's Extinction expansion?
Earth
Earth appears as a dystopian future wasteland, where survivors defend supply drops that fall from orbit while infected wildlife attacks on sight.
Q 10Which console missed ARK: Survival Evolved's early access launch because its maker had no early access program?
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 owners waited until December 2016, almost a year after Xbox players joined through Microsoft's Game Preview scheme, because Sony had no equivalent.
Q 11Which Seattle-area developer made ARK: Survival Evolved as its debut game, with help from Egypt's Instinct Games?
Studio Wildcard
Studio Wildcard was founded in October 2014, the same month that preliminary work on its dinosaur survival game began.
Q 12Which flimsy material forms the first building tier in ARK: Survival Evolved, before wood, stone, metal and tek?
Thatch
Thatch is where every base starts, and each later tier offers more protection but costs more resources to craft.
Q 13Which berry in ARK: Survival Evolved raises torpor, keeping a knocked-out creature unconscious while it is tamed?
Narcoberry
Narcoberry can also be ground with spoiled meat in a mortar and pestle to make Narcotic, which tamers often prefer because it never spoils.
Q 21Which feathered predator from ARK: Survival Evolved's Aberration map climbs walls, glides and can turn invisible?
Rock Drake
The Rock Drake cloaks its saddle and rider along with itself, so enemies never see either of them coming.
Q 22Which Alien-like Aberration monster in ARK: Survival Evolved is obtained only after its queen impregnates a survivor?
Reaper
The Reaper offspring bursts from its host's chest, a nod to the xenomorph life cycle, and can only be claimed by the survivor who carried it.
Q 23Which sail-backed creature do ARK: Survival Evolved breeders keep beside eggs as a living air conditioner?
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon insulates everything near its sail against both heat and cold, so eggs can incubate without any machinery.
Q 14Which armoured dinosaur do ARK: Survival Evolved players use to mine metal, carrying it at greatly reduced weight?
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus smashes ore rocks with its tail, and survivors often have a large flyer airlift one from deposit to deposit.
Q 15Which huge theropod in ARK: Survival Evolved can fly into a rage when hurt and throw off its own rider?
Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus builds rage with every hit it takes, biting harder as it angers, and even a tamed one can briefly turn on its own side.
Q 16Which giant flyer in ARK: Survival Evolved can carry a platform saddle, making it a mobile airborne base?
Quetzal
The Quetzal is the airborne answer to platform carriers like the Brontosaurus and Mosasaur, letting survivors build structures on its back.
Q 17What are the three giant floating towers in ARK: Survival Evolved, coloured red, green and blue, called?
Obelisks
Obelisks have terminals at their base where survivors hand in tribute to summon a map's bosses.
Q 18What does ARK: Survival Evolved call the permanent crafting recipes unlocked with points earned at each level?
Engrams
Engrams survive a character's death and cannot be looted, unlike blueprints, which are items that other players can carry off.
Q 19Which colossal sauropod in ARK: Survival Evolved refuses to eat once tamed, so it eventually starves to death?
Titanosaur
The Titanosaur towers over even the Brontosaurus and can carry a whole fortified base on its back for as long as it lasts.
Q 20Which crafted food in ARK: Survival Evolved, cooked from creature eggs, tames animals faster and with better stats?
Kibble
Kibble comes in six quality grades, from Basic to Extraordinary, each matched to the size of the egg that goes into the cooking pot.
Q 24Which small dinosaur in ARK: Survival Evolved makes nearby mated creatures lay eggs more often?
Oviraptor
The Oviraptor gives off a pheromone that works as an aphrodisiac, and it will quietly steal eggs from wild nests on its owner's behalf.
Q 25Which feathered tyrannosaur in ARK: Survival Evolved terrifies enemies with its roar and gives allies a courage boost?
Yutyrannus
Yutyrannus also hunts alongside wild Carnotaurus, a rare alliance between two predator species, and can call them to its aid in battle.
Q 26Which Ice Age predator in ARK: Survival Evolved needs no saddle at all before a survivor can ride it?
Direwolf
The Direwolf is weak alone, but in the snow biome a pack can bring down creatures usually seen as the kings of the map.
Q 27Which marsupial predator ambushes ARK: Survival Evolved players by pouncing from high in the redwood trees?
Thylacoleo
Thylacoleo pins its victim under its weight and can knock a rider clean off a mount, which makes flying low through the redwoods risky.
Q 28Which gentle Extinction giant in ARK: Survival Evolved eats almost anything and grows loot crystals on its back?
Gacha
The Gacha sheds its crystals instead of dung, and because they cover its back its rider sits in a basket slung from its neck.
Q 29Which tiny Genesis creature in ARK: Survival Evolved turns into a giant, aggressive beast when fed Element?
Ferox
The Ferox is tamed by feeding it Element again and again, with the tamer fleeing each rampage until it shrinks back to its small self.
Q 30Which shoulder pet in ARK: Survival Evolved keeps its owner insulated and harvests silica pearls from fish?
Otter
The Otter rides around its owner's neck like a living scarf, and the fish it catches can occasionally yield rare black pearls too.