Specs
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Updated: March 13, 2026
ARK 2 PC System Requirements: Vin Diesel Prehistoric Dinosaurs & Nanite Meshes
Studio Wildcard builds ARK 2 from scratch in Unreal Engine 5. Real-world analysis of third-person melee combat, dinosaur scale physics, and 16GB VRAM needs.
Lab Hardware Spec Snapshot
Minimum Baseline
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: 16 GB RAM
Recommended 60+ FPS
CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB) / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
RAM: 32 GB DDR5
Next-Generation Primeval Wilderness: Nanite Dinosaurs and Physics
ARK: Survival Evolved was infamous for unoptimized code. With ARK 2, Studio Wildcard leverages Nanite geometry to eliminate high-poly pop-in, but demands modern hardware to sustain 60 FPS.
Dr. Keith Vance
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