Winter Wonderland 6 Event Start Time and Release Date
Mia Phillips
Updated on April 02, 2026
It’s a big week for fans of Ark: Survival Evolved as both the Lost Island DLC and Winter Wonderland 6 Event release for all supported platforms this week.
The upcoming winter-themed event for Ark: Survival Evolved will include special event skins, emotes, creatures, and more. Whilst the new Lost Island DLC will introduce a brand new map and three new creatures to the game. Check out the link below for details on Lost Island, or keep reading for everything you need to know about Winter Wonderland 6.
- READ MORE: Ark: Lost Island DLC Release Time, Date, and How To Download
What Is Ark: Winter Wonderland 6?
Winter Wonderland 6 is a limited-time event for Ark: Survival Evolved. The event will be available to everyone who owns the base game and will run for a little over three weeks.
Players are able to manually activate the event by entering the following server text, ‘-ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland’. Once activated players can find the following new pieces of content:
New Event Emotes
- Santa Laugh Emote
New Event Skins
- Full-body Santa Costume
- Animated TV Show Parasaur Skin
- 3 New Male & Female Christmas-themed Sweater Skins
- 4 New Christmas-themed Beanie Skins
New Event Chibis
- Animated TV Show Raptor Chibi
- Sinomacrops Chibi
- Dinopithecus Chibi
- Amargasaurus Chibi
- Festive Noglin Chibi
The event will also include returning items, skins, emotes, and more from previous Winter Wonderland events. For more details check out the most recent Community Crunch post.
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Ark: Winter Wonderland 6 Event Start Time and Release Date
The official release date for the Ark Winter Wonderland 6 Event is Tuesday, December 14th, 2021. The event will run for a little over 3 weeks before coming to an end on Thursday, January 6th, 2022.
Unfortunately, an official start time for the Ark Winter Wonderland 6 Event hasn’t been announced just yet. But based on the release time of previous Ark events, we expect Winter Wonderland 6 to start at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT.
Should a more specific start time for Winter Wonderland 6 be announced, we will update this article.
