The Ark Turkey Trial, 2021 is Ark’s Thanksgiving event. This year, it’s the fifth Turkey Trial event and it starts today on November 23, 2021.
Ark: Survival Evolved players will have until December 7, 2021, to enjoy Thanksgiving’s increased rates, new Chibi’s, and some awesome skins.
What Is The Turkey Trial?
The Ark Turkey Trial is a voluntary event, so you don’t have to take part if you don’t want to. However, if you want to get yourself some cool rewards, it’s worth getting involved.
During Turkey Trial 5, players will be part of a wide-scale scavenger hunt for Super-Turkeys. You can harvest Super Turkey Wishbones to craft a Turkey Costume, Ugly Sweater skins, or summon a DodoRex.
Be careful though, depending on what creatures are near you when you’re chasing a Super Turkey, you’ll need to fight them off too.
Turkey Trial Server Rates
During Ark’s Turkey Trial event, server rates are increased. These rates are bonuses multiplicative of the standard 1x rates.
- Official Servers
- 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Small Tribe Servers
- 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- ARKPocalypse
- 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Conquest
- 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Are There New Wild Creature Colors?
Yes! With most Ark: Survival Evolved events, you’ll find there are new color schemes applied to wild dinos. For Turkey Trial 5, colors include orange, medium/light Autumn, dark violet, dark red, midnight blue, and many more.
Turkey Trial 5 Event Items
During the event, you’ll be able to obtain two exclusive Turkey Trial items:
- Wishbones (obtained from killing Super Turkeys)
- Thanksgiving Dino Candy
By collecting Wishbones, you’ll be able to acquire event Chibis, including:
- Deinonychus Chibi
- Kaprosuchus Chibi
- Onyc Chibi
- Tek Raptor Chibi
- Gigantopithecus Chieftain Chibi
Exclusive Event Skins
Skins are one of the main reasons players enjoy taking part in Ark seasonal events. This Thanksgiving, you can obtain the following event skins during The Turkey Trial:
- Turkey Costume
- 3 Ugly Sweater Skins
- Bonnet Hat Skin
- Chieftan Hat Skin
- Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin
- Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin
- Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin
- Dodorex Swim Top Skin
- Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin
- Meat Swim Bottom Skin
- Meat Swim Top Skin
- Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
- Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin
- Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin
- Pilgrim Hat Skin
- Pitchfork Skin
- Turkey Hat Skin
- Turkey Leg Skin
- Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
- Turkey Swim Top Skin
- Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin
- Ugly Trike Sweater Skin
How Do You Activate The Turkey Trial Event In Ark?
While all official Ark servers will already have the event activated, if you own a server, you can activate the event yourself.
To manually activate it, use the following server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=TurkeyTrial
3 comments
After the update me and my friend are both having trouble finding unofficial pc sessions on xbox one for ark
It could be a timing issue. Depending on the OS and where the servers are hosted, they could be behind and therefore not showing. I would give it 24 hours in total just to be sure. It’s a real pain though!
How do you not take part on rented server