Prologue - ARK Lore Explained

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Element zero sounds Tiberium from Command And Conquer Zed alert

Humans vs lizard ppl.... always has been

genesis part 1 is the worst map to ever exist.

....element sounds a WHOOOOOOOLE lot like tiberium...just sayin

This is very detailed which I love since I always knew the storyline but not the steps along the way. I just knew earth got destroyed and the arks where made than Rockwell got infected with element and took over the arks and mothership

The element is the flood

Awesome, this is exactly what I've been searching for all afternoon. Thanks!!

Sick video man!

I originally put it on to fall asleep but I’m sitting here at 8pm watching the series

This video was great! :)

but now im wondering why we have tek weapons and structures in the game. if they leave traces behind of corruption then why allow them on the island or scorched earth?

G G G G G G G G G Gportal 😁

This is very critically underrated, hope this series blows up

I remember someone complaining when the tek tier came in that it was becoming a scifi game from it's primitive roots. Even back then I knew ARK was scifi, but watching this video just makes it even more painfully obvious that ARK is and has always been fundamentally scifi.

i though this was about dinosaurs...

The plan to continue training and evolving lifeforms to prepare them to survive in their new home when the ship eventually finds it makes no sense. Because populations adapt to environmental pressures and evolve to fit into ecological niches. How would that be possible if they aren't even present in their final environment? And they're bringing element with them, won't they just seed the new world with the stuff and lose that planet too?

so, element is tiberium?

Good to see Santiago is from Brazil. It is awesome to ser brazilians doing things like that on ark

The Waffle House found its new host

So... Element is essentially Tiberium.... Got it

I always wanted to get into the deep lore for the Ark universe

Your a trained colonist in cryostasis.

ARK is fundementally flawed. Humans destroyed the Earth, made technology that can create life at a snap, commodify and exploit animals as living weapons and tools, the ARKs themselves encourage conquest and purge weak humans, then the humans repopulate the Earth but with the possibility of destroying it again with their newfound power.

Gotta say, when my wife first started playing Ark, I saw very little to interest me. It looked like an advanced version of Minecraft, just with dinosaurs. Ie: an open world game with no goals except what you set for yourself.

And it was okay. I've got bad eyesight, and we play on Console, so it was more of a chore to play rather than being fun to play. I enjoyed watching my wife play, and watching online antics like the Monarky, but the game didn't grab my attention.

And then I saw your Lore videos, and now the game has a new meaning. Hopefully the single player game keeps working long enough for me to play through the story maps!

This is so great! I can't wait for the next ones!

i have over 2000hrs in ARK and I never have bothered to go get all the explorer notes. There's just always so much to do.

Nice 👍🙂👍

Wait if anything that runs on element helps spread it, aren’t the ARKs and tek gear that survivors use spreaders of corruption?

Great video series can’t wait to watch more ! I slapped the bell too

Element sounds similar to Tiberium from Command and Conquer Tiberium Wars, very cool type of semi-sentient compound.

How are you not hired by Wild Card?!?!?! Are they asleep?

So ark call of duty

So element is just the flood but easier to handle

This is great man keep doing what you do and God Bless

Definitely subbing, I need to see the rest of this series! Explained to my friend that ark has an in depth story and he didn't believe me, now I can prove it!

This is cool. LOL except you should do a story of the development xD LOL

Can't wait for Ep.2! I've always wanted an in-depth and easy to follow explanation of the Ark story and this is a great start.

neddy referenced halo, I love it =)

When is the next vid coming

Hey, I was wondering if you could do a video showing the layout and locations of the buildings you use in your Ark lore videos. I would very much like to recreate some of them.

When all kids are waiting for an owl with letter to Hogwarts...
NeddyTheNoodle: - I want to respawn... again!

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very informative, thanks

I subbed cuz of this video! Please continue this "ark!"

So why dinosaurs? Assuming they. could’ve picked nonexctinct animals, why’d they choose the dinos? did the element in the earth revive the fossils of them. Even then, wouldn’t other nonextinct animals still exist?

I truly believe if the proper people were involved and the proper budget was approved ark would be actually better than the original Star Wars.. a trilogy based on the 3 Santiagos lol

I love ARK lore. It is the best piece of lore ever for me. I knew a lot about it already, but I am glad there is even more to know about. Plus getting everything put in the right sequence is enlightening. Thanks Ned, your channel is really the ultimate ARK lore channel. Keep up the awesome work. I intend to stay with you through the future ARK projects.

is there a part 2 of ARK: The Survival Stories - Aberration can i have link if so

I see your Halo reference and raise you “The Monolith Monsters” reference. It’s an old film from the black and white era about a meteor containing strange crystals coming from space and crashing on earth. These crystals, when exposed to water start to grow into gargantuan crystals.