Fixes & Improvements
- Further improved server & clients CPU performance by approximately 5%
- Fixed issue where turrets wouldn’t target someone who had C4’s stuck all over their body. Now, Boom. Requires server update.
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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 242.3
Unversioned Hotfix: Fixed issue with Leech Blood not being storable in Icebox/Preserving Bins. Requires Server Update.
Changes
- Changed Rhino Horn requirement to Narcotic on Lesser Antidote. Made Lesser Antidote Disease Immunity last 3 minutes.
- Leech Blood now spoils after 3 hours (Stackable in Quantities of 50), can be stored in Fridge. Made leech blood more common to harvest.
- Made Swamp Fever increase movement speed by 20% and decrease rate of food, water, and oxygen consumption by 50%.
- Bug Repellent now repels Leeches and bug repellent now works when applied to your Tamed Dinos
Fixes & Improvements
- Performance improvements to server yielding 20-25% perf increase. Also improves Client CPU utilization.
- Among current non-human creatures, now only Tamed Dodos can be infected with Swamp Fever. (as intended). Any existing infected dinos are cleared on sever launch.
- Attached Leech no longer drains Stamina.
- Made Swamp Fever not able to be transmitted through collisions/walls.
- Reduced rate by about 70% of Diseased Leeches in Swamps, as intended.
- Water/Amphibious creatures are no longer targeted by Leeches. (swamp native 😉
- Dinos will not play the eat animation so often when autonomously eating
- Fixed another value that was increasing rate of Quetz food consumption, is now fully back to original values.
- Fixed appearance of “blue fog” on the Cave-water material.
Server related Stuff
- New Server Options
- ?NonPermanentDiseases=true
This will make Diseases not permanent (you will then lose them if you respawn).
?PreventDiseases=true
This will completely disable Diseases on the server. (thus far just ‘Swamp Fever’).
- ?NonPermanentDiseases=true
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 242.1
Fixes
- Fixed Supply Crates being destroyed when there was one remaining removable item left
- Fixed too-high Quetz Food consumption rate
- Fixed Plant Species X turrets firing when previously built on prevented Dino Platforms. (they’re not supposed to unless overriden)
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 242.0
New
- ‘ARK’s Awesome Anniversary’ 1-week Event: Get Ready to Make some Birthday Wishes for Limited Run Items!
- New Creature: Diplodocus!
- New Creature: Leech!
- New Structure: Training Dummy. You can attack this dummy without fear of destroying it, and it will display floating Damage Per Second values so you can see how strong your Dino Army really is.
- New Mechanic: Permanent Diseases & Cures (Player-Contagious Swamp Fever!!!!)
- Tribe Groups Phase 2: Support for Limited Non-Admin Invites & Promotions/Demotions per Group! Also “Prevent Dino Unclaiming” checkbox, and other new per-Rank options.
- Dragon Arena
- Added option for PvE Servers to disable building around critical resource node regions
- Added server option to override per-Item Crafting costs
- Added server option to override the loot tables for each kind of supply crate
- Added server option to limit number of members in Tribes. Default: no limit.
- Added ‘Follow Range’ ( Low/Medium/Far) Setting Per Tamed Dino
- Multi-Seat Saddles (Galli, Diplodocus, etc) Dinos now have an option to Enable Public Seating. Dino Taxi service, ahoy!!!
- Added Alpha Mosasaurus (contains lots of Black Pearls)
- Breeding Mechanics Phase 2: Interactive Baby Raising
Changes
- Alpha creatures XP reduced by 45%
- Auto-Turrets can no longer be built on Quetz/Sauro/Mosa/Plesi/Paracer platforms (Plant turrets can’t be grown on them). Any existing turrets on such platforms will no longer fire. This is a server option of “?OverrideStructurePlatformPrevention=true”. Otherwise they’re now only allowed on Rafts and non-moving Bases.
- Plant Turrets now consume Fertilizer per shot, and also will not shoot if no water is in the crop plot.
- Approximate +100% increase to Saurupod (Brontosaurus etc) and Paraceratherium respective Weight stats.
Server related Stuff & Fixes
- Servers can now optionally enable an “offline raiding prevention” mode which will make Dinos/Structures invincible if no owner is logged-in (indicated via the head whether the owner player/tribe is logged-in or not). Recommend that server owners utilize this with care, as it may have undesired side effects in a competitive environment. (e.g.: ?PreventOfflinePvP=true?PreventOfflinePvPInterval=60.0?PvPDinoDecay=true?PvPStructureDecay=true)
- Optional RPG Stat Mode: Displays Floating In-World Damage Numbers for all Player-Related Damage Events.
- Fixed issue where Quetz platform could create floating structures
- New server commands for 242 can you find here : Server Command Lines for ARK
Dragons in ARK: Survival Evolved with Patch 242.0!
Exciting news Survivors! The Dragon makes its debut in ARK: Survival Evolved on it’s Birthday Week as players can now face off the mighty beast and it’s fearsome flyer minions in their epic treacherous volcanic lair!
Patch 242 also introduces additional tribe member settings, a training dummy, diseases and cures, interactive baby raising, two new creatures, the Dilplodocus, the Leech and so much more!
ARK One Year Anniversary!
On Thursday, the 2nd of June, ARK: Survival Evolved will officially turn One Year Old! Exciting right?! Already a year has gone by and we’d like to celebrate that with you by running a special one-week “ARK Birthday Event” where players can find Candles from Supply crates to craft ARK Birthday Cakes! When each candle is blown out, a special message to the players occur and exclusive items are gifted, including: Player and Dino Party Hats, Fun “Birthday Suits” (censor-pixelization of course ;)), and finally, as everyone knows there’s no party without a cake – a giant ARK Anniversary Birthday Cake which can be consumed for a major XP Buff!
We hope you have a fantastic time with the update and enjoy the special event, we are so grateful for all the support you show us and hopefully we’ll be able to celebrate many more special occasions together, in our Birthday Suits!
Dino Dossier: Pelagornis
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Xbox ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 736.0
New
- Added Dodo, Kairuku, & Dung Beetle pickup & toss
- Added Arthropluera Turret AI mode
Changes
- Reduced Bola timer on humans by 50%, since humans are dexterous enough to get out of a bola more quickly. Also made Bola take a little Hide to craft.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed singleplayer/non-dedi saving on TheCenter (this will not wipe player dedicateds again!)
- Fixed some out-of-control TheCenter spawners, and added resources to Skull Island on TheCenter. (For the time being recommend that Player Dedis run ‘cheat destroywilddinos’ command to avoid the out of control spawners)
- Automatically Fixed Player Dedi saves that could become too large due to out of control spawners
- Fixed another case of audio clipping
Red Biome Update and others!
Some very large biome changes to The Island are taking place. Part of this change would be introducing a new zone, known as the Redwood Forest and also slightly expanding the size of the Snow Biome.
This is a map you can use to help identify the areas where The Island will receive some changes and it’s makeover.
The blue area represents the new size of the Snow Biome. The orange area represents the location of the new Redwood Biome and the green-area represents part of the Swamp that is also being turned into Redwood.
The in-game environment will be added with 3D Markers to help indicate areas that will be undergoing change. These markers will be brought into the game on Wednesday and here’s what you can expect them to look like!
That’ll give you an idea of whether you need to make any plans to move your bases or not 🙂
ARK: Survival Evolved Modding Contest Winners – Mods
MODs
1. Advanced Architecture Mod
Taking the top vote in the category, the Advanced Architecture mod is one of the most popular builder based mods in the workshop. We had a blast building castles and experiencing a royal setting while reviewing it!
2. NPC Bush Peoples
This was, hands down, one of our favorite mods to review. NPC Bush Peoples allows you to spawn a collection of humans to enhance your current ARK experience. We were impressed with the level of talent that it takes to pull this off and are looking forward to the exciting future of this mod.
3. Annunaki Genesis
There are enough balance changes and additions in this mod to make you think it were a Total Conversion. The support from the community is undeniable and after reviewing this mod we understand why. There aren’t really words to describe the experience this mod gives so we suggest you go check it out for yourself!
4.Dino Racing: Evolved
I think all of us at one point thought of reliving our Mario Kart racing adventures. Dino Racing: Evolved, is a completely customizable way of creating a race track that’s perfect for server events. This entry definitely lets us know that someone knows there way around the development kit.
5. MRRadTools.INC Content Pack
With a lot of competition in the structure/building types of mods, it’s hard to stand out in the crowd. Well, MRRadTools.INC Content Pack is clearly one of the standouts! Each asset displays his amazing artistry and level of detail he takes in his work. It blends very well with the current game and deserves a place in the winner’s circle.
Honorable Mention: Ark Futurism
ARK Futurism explores the advanced and futuristic side of survival on the island. With tons of unique and beautifully made assets, we had to make sure that the work of this modder did not go unnoticed.
