Ark’s Halloween event is back for another year with Fear Evolved 6. As with previous Ark: Survival Evolved Halloween events, we can expect some spooky tricks (and treats) starting on October 19th through November 2nd, 2022.
When Is Fear Evolved 6?

Ark Halloween 2022 starts on October 19th on official Ark servers and will end on November 2nd. Unofficial servers can also activate the event by adding the following server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=FearEvolved
This is the 6th Halloween event in Ark, and may possibly be the last if Ark 2 releases in 2023.
Ark Halloween 2022 Event Rates

When Ark releases a new event throughout the year, there are adjusted event rates to go with it. That’s still the case for this year’s Fear Evolved 6, based on official Ark servers and maps:
- Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Spooky Encounters

During the Ark Halloween 2022 event, you’ll encounter new variants of creatures. Some of these will drop items required for event Chibis and event ghost skins, so keep your eyes peeled.
- DodoRex (Untamable Boss)
- DodoWyvern (Untamable Boss)
- Zomdodo
- Zombie Fire Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
- Zombie Lightning Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
- Zombie Poison Wyvern (claimable & persist after Fear Evolved)
- Skeletal Giganotosaurus
- Skeletal Quetzal
- Skeletal Jerboa
- Bone Fire Wyvern
- Skeletal Bronto
- Skeletal Stego
- Skeletal Trike
- Skeletal Raptor
- Skeletal Rex
- Skeletal Carnotaurus
- Ghost Reaper (Surface reapers)
- Ghost Bulbdog
- Ghost Rex
- Ghost Basilisk
- Ghost Snow Owl
- Ghost Mantis
- Ghost Direwolf
While many of these creatures will disappear after Fear Evolved 6 has ended, the Zombie Fire Wyvern, Zombie Lightning Wyvern, and Zombie Poison Wyvern can be claimed and will persist after the event. So, if you fancy yourself some Zombie creatures in Ark, now is the time to get them!
Fear Evolved 6 Event Chibis
You can acquire these Ark Halloween 2022 Chibis by either killing a Dodowyvern or Dodorex, or a cooking pot recipe.
Note: All of the event Chibis in Fear Evolved 6 are new to Ark.
- Desmodus
- Vulture
- Anglerfish
- Araneo
- Spooky Bulbdog
Fear Evolved 6 Event Ghost Skins & Skins

To claim the following ghost skins in Ark, you’ll need to kill any of the ghost creatures during the event. This includes Ghost Reaper (Surface reapers), Ghost Bulbdog, Ghost Rex, Ghost Basilisk, Ghost Snow Owl, Ghost Mantis, or Ghost Direwolf.
- Reaper
- Bulbdog
- Rex
- Basilisk
- Snow Owl
- Mantis
- Direwolf
However, if you don’t want to kill ghost creatures during the Halloween event, you can obtain the following event skins via cooking pot recipes. Skins are always a popular item during any of Ark’s past events, and rightly so. They look absolutely awesome!
- Strawman costume
- Skeleton costume
- Skelly Print Shirt
- Tentacle Print Shirt
- ZombDodo Print Shirt
- Zombie Wyvern Print Shirt
- Reaper Swimsuit Skin
- Jack-O-Lantern Swimsuit Skin
- Pumpkin Helmet Skin
- Headless Costume Skin
- Hockey Mask Skin
- Araneo Swimsuit Skins
- Onyc Swimsuit Skins
- Vampire Dodo Swimsuit Skins
Ark Halloween 2022 New Items & Emotes
During the Ark Halloween event, you’ll be able to obtain new items. These include:
- Pumpkin
- Stolen Headstone
- Scarecrow
- Dinosaur Bone
- Dino Candy Corn
Similarly, you can also acquire the following new event emotes via cooking pot recipes:
- Scare Emote
- Knock Emote
- Zombie Emote
- Dance Emote
- Panic Emote
What better way to enjoy Halloween 2022 than with a zombie emote and a pumpkin?
New Wild Creature Colors
To top off Ark’s Halloween 2022 event, there are some new (and old) wild creature colors to enjoy. Expect waves of purple, orange, gray, yellow, and blue underneath you while you fly around the maps of Ark: Survival Evolved this Halloween!
- DarkViolet *NEW*
- DarkBlue *NEW*
- DragonFire *NEW*
- Cream *NEW*
- Vermillion *NEW*
- BigFoot0 *NEW*
- BlackSands *NEW*
- LightAutumn *NEW*
- Dino Dark Purple *NEW*
- Dino Darker Grey
- Dino Light Blue
- Dino Dark Yellow
- DragonBase1
- Light Brown
- Light Grey
- Dino Light Brown
- Dino Dark Brown
- DragonFire
- ActualBlack
- MidnightBlue
- MediumAutumn
- DarkWarmGray
- Orange
- DarkLavender
- Jade