Finish your journey through the worlds of ARK in ‘Extinction’, where the story began and ends: on Earth itself! An Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic & technological, Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation. As a veteran Survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, your ultimate challenge awaits: can you defeat the gigantic roaming Titans which dominate the planet, and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth's future?
ExtinctionThis map, set on Ravaged Earth rather than an ARK up in space, forces players to survive an Earth unfamiliar to us: one of strange features and stranger creatures. In the center of the map lies an abandoned city, usually referred to as the Great City or Sanctuary.
Unique Features:
Eclipses that temporarily dim the light.
Geysers that launch survivors and Creatures into the air.
Meteor showers where meteors rain down upon the land and destroy structures and kill Creatures.
Orbital Supply Drops and Element Nodes.
New Creature Variant: Corrupted
Unique Creature: Forest Wyvern, Desert Titan, Forest Titan, Ice Titan
Story
The story is primarily told through notebooks and journals hidden all over the island, and through cutscenes that play after defeating all the bosses on each map. The Explorer Notes are either a Dossier or a piece of narrative from actual survivors.Helena, Li Mei-Yin, and Santiago arrive on Earth to find an Element decimated wasteland of perpetual day. Santiago gets to work building robots and mechs for the groups trip. Helena theorizes the ARK space stations may form a magnetic barrier to repair the atmosphere on Earth. She believes the ARKs are bio-spheres, built to preserve and cultivate life in all forms - safely separated from the planet's poisoned surface. A "Reseed Protocol" was meant to transfer life from the ARKs to Earth, but could not be initiated until the planet was safe again. A place called "Arat Prime" may hold the key to clearing the Titans preventing the protocol.
Events continue in the Genesis: Part 1 DLC.