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ARK: Survival Ascended FAQ

1. Collectibles & Totals

The Bosses checklist covers 12 entries. You can tick them off one by one on the Bosses tracker, and the page keeps a running count as you go.

The Dinos Tamed checklist covers 30 entries. You can tick them off one by one on the Dinos Tamed tracker, and the page keeps a running count as you go.

The Explorer Notes checklist covers 1194 entries. You can tick them off one by one on the Explorer Notes tracker, and the page keeps a running count as you go.

The Artifact Caves checklist covers 29 entries. You can tick them off one by one on the Artifact Caves tracker, and the page keeps a running count as you go.

2. About This Guide

31 pages in total: 5 walkthrough chapters, 19 reference and collectible pages, 6 interactive tools. Everything starts from the guide hub.

Yes. 4 separate checklists cover 1,265 entries between them — Bosses, Dinos Tamed, Explorer Notes, Artifact Caves — and each one shows its own progress bar.

3. Progress & Game Memory

No. Everything you tick is stored in your browser straight away, with no account and no sign-up. Creating a free account adds one thing: your progress follows you to another device or browser.

Game Memory gathers every checklist you have touched, across every guide on the site, into a single page with a bar per game. It is under your profile once you are logged in.

Without an account, yes — the checkmarks live in that browser only. With an account they are stored server-side and come back when you log in again.

4. Using GuideVault

Yes, all of it. Every page, checklist and tool is free to use, with no paywall and no locked chapters. Patreon supporters get cosmetic extras and a few convenience features, never content.

Yes. The spoiler toggle in the bottom-left corner hides marked passages across the whole site, so you can use the collectible pages without reading past where you are.

Yes — the controller button in the bottom-right corner switches the visual effects off, and the choice is remembered. The site also respects your system's reduced-motion setting automatically.

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