ARK: Survival Evolved’s annual Valentine’s Day event has begun. The event started on February 11th and will run through the 18th. Throughout the event players can play around with some returning limited time items from last year’s event, as well as some new ones. On top of new items and skins, players can take advantage of increased breeding and harvesting rates, as well as increased XP gain.

Check out the trailer above, and full details about the event can be found below.

Full event details:

• Six New Chibi-Pets

• Six new Valentine skins:

  • "Cupid Couture Bottom" (Pants Skin)

  • "Cupid Couture Top" (Shirt Skin)

  • "Halo Headband" (Hat Skin)

  • "Teddy Bear Grenades" (Grenade Skin)

  • "Bow & Eros" (Bow skin)

  • "Love Shackles" (Handcuffs Skin)

• Fishing for Love: For the duration of the event, reel in the amorous Coelacanth fish and be showered in candies, some chocolates, and even Chibi-pets!

• Valentine Chocolates: Chocolates can be used to heal your tames or provide a big boost in acquiring new tames!

• Valentine Candies: Candies can be used to give a tamed dinosaur a random coloring!

• New Emote: Flirt Emote

• Wild Event Creature Colors: Red, Magenta, Light Red, and White

• Mate Boosted: Increased breeding rates to 3x (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)

• Increased player XP rates to 2x

• Increased harvesting rates to 2x

The event ends just next Tuesday (18th), so be sure to hop in and spread some dino-love. Shortly following the end of the event, part one of ARK: Genisis will be released on the 25th; introducing a brand new chapter of ARK: Survival Evolved.