The chat in Ark lets you write messages to other players and read their messages.
Channels
Ark has 3 chat "channels":
Commands (Does Not Apply To Console)
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| \ | Toggle Auto-Hide Chatbox |
| ↵ Enter | Start typing in Global chat |
| Insert | Start typing in Local chat |
| / | Start typing in Tribe chat |
| Home | Start typing in Alliance chat |
| Pgup | Scroll up Chatbox |
| Pgdown | Scroll down Chatbox |
| Tab ↹ | (While Chat Input is active)
Switch through the different chat types |
Colors
The name of the player who wrote a message is colored dependant their relationship to you.
| Relationship | Color |
|---|---|
| In your Tribe | Green |
| You | Grey |
| Other | Yellow/Red/Maroon |
| Alliance | Blue |
Chat Emoji Icons
Typing certain characters will replace the text with an emoji in the chat for others to view. The following is a list of known in-game emojis:
| Text | Description | Preview |
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| :) | Happy face with eyes closed. | 
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| ;) | winky face with a sincere smile. | 
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| :D | Excited face with mouth and eyes open. | 
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| :( | Sad face with one tear. | 
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| >:) | Purple devil cheeky face. | 
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| :| | Straight face with beady eyes. | 
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| :o | (Letter O not zero) Surprised face with big eyes and raised eyebrows. | 
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| :P | Eyes closed with tongue out. | 
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