Author: Krim

ARK: Biome Changes

Blue area == Changes occurring in this area are to highlight the new Snow Biome. The previous biome will receive a touch-up / some alterations and adjustments which may effect your base. So there are some slight landscape/terrain changes made throughout the biome.

Orange area == This is the new Redwood biome. It will be replacing the previous existing
Jungle/Mountain area that was here before.

Green area == This is the swamp biome that will turn into Redwood.


 

The Old Snow Biome has received some changes, the extent of which is difficulty to quantify, it is closer to a touch-up as opposed to a re-do. There is a chance this could effect bases in that location.
The other highlighted areas, are areas of change. The swamp isn’t being made into a tiny small piece, it is still rather large – it’s just a far majority of it will be unaffected by this map change, which is why it is not highlighted on the map – however the areas that are highlighted, will change.

Here’s a little sneak-preview of what’s to come 🙂

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Dino Dossier: Purlovia

Common Name Purlovia
Species Purlovia maxima
Time Late Permian
Diet Carnivore
Temperament Patient
Domestication
Tameable Yes
Rideable No

 

  • Wild: Purlovia Maxima perfectly embodies the element of surprise. Though Nanictidopids such as Purlovia were once thought to be herbivores, I discovered that this creature is, in fact, a patient hunter of the most clever sort.

  • Domesticated: Though Purlovia is ill-suited to the life of a mount, its usefulness in staging an ambush or as a village guardian cannot be understated. With a tamed pack of Purlovia, one could assemble a literal minefield of deadly claws and teeth. However, any ambushes using Purlovia must be planned well in advance, as it will refuse to hibernate if it senses any threat nearby.

  • Known Information: After burrowing beneath the jungle floor, Purlovia enters a state of hibernation, and can go extended periods without any food. When some unfortunate create eventually wanders by, Purlovia dramatically bursts forth from the ground, tearing into its prey with its large canines before the victim can react.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Raw Prime Meat
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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 240.5 & 240.6

240.5

Requires Server Update:

  • Added a 10 second grace period after being released from a Bola in which you can not be Bola’ed again. (with visual feedback of a broken bola hit)
  • Giganotosaurus attack knocks down trees now
  • Rexes (and anything up to 550 Drag Weight) can now be brought into Boss Arenas

240.6

Requires Server Update:

  • Fixed the Teleport max Drag Weight to allow Rexes, for real.
  • Fixed an issue where unconscious wild passive tames were unable to take damage on PvE.
  • Fixed an issue where “meat” would not cook on certain Mods.

ARK Survival Evolved Patch 240.3 & 240.4

240.3

  • Reduced about 150MB more of shader memory, also improving loading speed
    Requires Server Update:
  • Fixed long-term server timing issue (previously, servers at greater than 2 weeks uptime would start getting whacky)
  • Fixed Fish Meat taming Dinos at 2x speed, now is about the same rate as regular meat (even though it provides half as much food)
  • Fished issue with Gorilla Teleporters potentially getting overlapped
  • Made Boss Arenas reset immediately if there are no remaining live players within them

240.4

  • Fixed performance issue with Arthropluera physics. Recommend server update for better performance!
  • Reduced another 50MB of unused Render Target memory

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 240.2

Fixes & Improvements

  • Reduced megapithecus shake
  • Fixed Arthropluera offset when riding on elevators
  • Fixed crash with unsupported “simple dynamic lighting” render pipeline (that pipeline is fully disabled now, it didn’t appear to gain any performance)
    Fixes require Server Update:
  • Fish should no longer get knocked back so much when dying
  • You can no longer pet dead/unconscious/baby lystros
  • Arthropluera can be ridden when swimming, has reduced damage knockback

Megapithecus Boss Arena

The Megapithecus makes their debut in ARK: Survival Evolved as players can now face off the mighty beast and it’s army of giant apes and monkey minions in their epic snowy-mountain lair!

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 240.0 & 240.1

240.0

New

  • New Creature: Lystrosaurus!
  • New Creature: Arthropluera!
  • New Creature: Sabertooth Salmon, with Fish Meat!
  • New Weapon: Primitive Bolas!
  • Megapithecus Arena
  • Added Option to Disable Melee Camera Swings (including ‘Harvesting Head Wobble’)
  • Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges

240.1

Fixes & Improvements

Fixes require Server Update!

  • Fixed Bola damaging you on Spike Walls
  • Fixed Bola FPV mesh
  • Fixed fish meats not cooking in pre-240 campfires and grills
  • Fixed harvesting Salmon with Sickle (yields high quantity of Prime Meat)
  • Fixed Arthropluera not being able to fit thru Caves/Gates (reduced collision size)

PC Extinction Servers Wiped!

Hey Survivors!

The first month of our Extinction servers on PC has come to a close, ending with a giant meteor crashing down upon the Island and wiping everything out of existence. These Extinction servers are now wiped, and ready to go for another month.

If you like the idea of higher rates (harvesting, taming, etc) and starting fresh on a new server without alpha tribes, give these servers a try! You can find them in the Official servers list by searching for “extinction”.

 

 

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Unravelling the Mysteries of the ARK: The Dragon Arena!

Hello Survivors!

Today we thought we’d give you a sneak-peek at the upcoming Dragon Arena! The teams still hard at work on the beast and it’s lair to ensure you guys have a enjoyable, but challenging raid ahead of you!

 

 

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Xbox ARK Survival Evolved Patch 733.3

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed case where Dinos could stop spawning on player-hosted unofficial servers (until the patch, you can use the Reset Host Options to force a fix)
  • Fixed crash with Dye UI
  • Fixed new Caves rendering splitscreen
  • Fixed Beaver Dam Spawning in Singleplayer/Unofficials
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