How Big Is Ark: Survival Ascended Aberration's Map Compared To DLCs & The Island?

Measuring the actual size of an map like is more difficult than it seems. Although rough scale maps for the base location (The Island) and 's many DLC maps do exist, they don't account for all the peculiarities possible. For example, some maps are more vertically situated than others, cramming more terrain into a technically smaller area. Others may contain large swathes of inaccessible or disused terrain, like thick cave walls or long stretches of open ocean.

is the third main DLC map to come to, following and. It's a subterranean map set on a broken, irradiated ARK, and as such, features multiple layers of winding passages through treacherous caves. Despite the many differences betwen and , its ground-up remaster, DLC maps remain largely the same when carried over from one game to the other. As a result, players familiar with the original can expect to find much the same in the revamped version. Comparing it to other DLCs and the original Island map, though, is a different story.

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has been called the largest map ever to be released for, but the truth of that is actually much more complicated. In a Reddit post, player Py64estimates the size of 's map at 64 square kilometers(25 square miles), almost exactly equivalent to the area of The Island. They used the in-game GPS to calculate these areas, which reflects the in-game measurements of distance. These may not directly translate to real-world measurements, but are useful for comparative purposes.

But just looking at the two of them side by side, it seems about right. Like most maps, both The Island and occupy 90 latitude by 90 longitude square grids. They take up roughly the same amount of space on their respective pieces of aged parchment; the outer area of The Island's map is covered in uninterrupted ocean, while 's is shrouded in impenetrable rock. Since these areas