The Center is an official, free DLC expansion map that has a default difficulty level of 5.0 which means wild dinos up to level 150 and better loot quality from supply drops. Prior to January 2017, Giganotosaurus had an extremely rare chance to spawn anywhere on the map; now Giganotosaurus will only spawn in a few areas such as the Lava Biome and Northern Snowy Mountain. It was added to ARK: Survival Evolved as free DLC in PC patch 241.0 and Xbox One update 734.0. It underwent a "mega-update" that added the Redwood Forests in PC patch 245.0 and was released on Xbox One and PS4. It was originally developed by Ben “EvilMrFrank” Burkart.
Unique Features:
A hollow center inspired by Journey to the Center of the Earth.
A Skull island and various ape statues.
A floating island called The Center.
Fireflies come out at night.