Dino Dossier: Terror Bird

Common Name: Terror Bird
Species: Phorusrhacidae Rapidesultor
Time: Late Paleocene
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Aggressive
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Yes
  • Wild: Ranging from eight to twelve feet tall, Phorusrhacidae Rapidesultor is a highly aggressive avian that is just barely capable of very brief "flight". Instead, it uses its wings primarily for balance during its high-speed sprints. Phorusrhacidae flight is actually closer to an impressive sustained leap or glide that is assisted and lengthened by flapping its wings.
  • Domesticated: Phorusrhacidae is an excellent combat mount, particularly for harassing and scouting. Riders of Phorusrhacidae gain most of the benefits of a fast, mobile ground-based theropod, while also gaining some of the freedom of movement from a flyer... Assuming the rider can coax Phorusrhacidae into staying in the air over a long leap.
  • Known Information: Phorusrhacidae shows interesting traits related to theropods such as Utharaptor, Carnotaurus, and Tyrannosaurus. It has many similar traits, such as general shape and predation patterns, but its attacks tend towards lightning dashes and leaping slashes.

 

Drops

  • Raw Meat

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 202 – Updated #2

New Content

  • New Creature: Doedicurus! See Dossier
  • New Item: Primitive Organic Automated Turret
  • New Item: Automatic Spray-Paint ‘Gun’

Server

  • Servers can now edit a multiplier for player and dino level-upgrade amounts per-stat (and also different numbers in the case of wild dinos).
  • Added server option to disable “Friendly Fire” (among tribesmates) on PvE

Bugfixes

  • Shooting arrows/projectiles at unconscious tiny dinos now actually hits them properly
  • Fixed aiming of character weapon shooting when carried by a Flyer (previously was very difficult to hit stuff due to a bug)
  • Whistles and other attached sounds now play properly when riding dinos
  • Emotes now work properly when riding dinos
  • Fixed another exploit involving players getting under the terrain, and if you do get under the terrain somehow you will be teleported back above it.
  • Fixed an exploit where filled water containers could be used forever in recipes that require a filled water container
  • Fixed an exploit where you could fill water canteens/jars up fully at a watertank even if you did not have enough water to do so (essentially allowing you to infinitely generate water).
  • Fixed issues where you could erroneously create floating structures using fence foundations + pillars

Changes

  • You can now attach electric generators to electric cables after placing cables, they will snap accordingly
  • Radio Engram exists again
  • The destruction time of eggs on the ground is now the same for all eggs, 30 min

 

Dino Dossier: Hesperornis

Common Name: Hesperornis
Species: Hesperornis Avenatantes
Time: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Piscivorous
Temperament: Flippant
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Unknown
  • Wild: Appearing as something of a half-duck-half-dinosaur, Hesperornis is a medium-sized fish-eating bird, common in the rivers and lakes os the island. It would be about two-thirds the height of a human, if it stood tall, but it rarely does. Hesperornis spends most of its time gliding along the surface of the water, where it is much more maneuverable. Hesperornis is barely a threat to any land-dwelling creature, as its legs are too short for it to move around effectively, but it is a surprisingly fast on the water. it can easily hunt down fish and other small water-dwelling creatures.
  • Domesticated: Not particularly useful for hunting, and not being affectionate, Hesperornis is primarily kept for the specialized eggs it produces. When rendered correctly, the eggs separate into two distinct substances: One is a protein substance high in calories, and the other is an oily liquid that is effectively the same as the oil found in the ocean!

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Raw Prime Meat
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Dino Dossier: Lystrosaurus

Common Name: Lystrosaurus
Species: Lystrosaurus Amicifidelis
Time: Late Permian - Early Triassic
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Loyal
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Unknown
  • Wild: Lystrosaurus Aicifidelis is a small herbivore, common to much of the island. Only about two feet long, it is not high on the food chain, and eats small plant life. The poisonous insects of the island seem to have little effect on Lystrosaurus.
  • Domesticated: Not surprisingly, Lystrosaurus is an extremly loyal pet once tamed. It's a very fast learner, so it gains experience much more quickly than most other creatures. Additionally, its presence nearby appears to inspire allies, making them learn and gain experience more rapidly as well. Thusly, Lystrosaurus is an excellent addition to any tribe's hunting party.
  • Known Information: Despite being among the Island's tinier herbivores, Lystrosaurus is an incredibly resilient survivor. It recovers its torpor and health much faster than most creatures, which makes rendering a Lystrosaurus unconscious a rather difficult affair.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 201.3 & 201.4

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 201.3, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a Server Crash
  • You can no longer escape a bear trap by climbing a ladder
  • You can no longer paint/deface another team’s structures in PvE
  • AutoTurrets will now shoot at Prone players
  • Gigantopithecus properly gains food when fed during Tame (this was likely making Taming much more difficult as if he drops below 40% Food he’ll rapidly lose Tame Affinity)
  • Dolphins can be tamed again

New Cheats

  • cheat GiveAllStructure: gives every structure that’s connected to the current chain to you.
  • cheat SetTargetPlayerBodyVal int (0-30), float (0-1): changes a character’s body scaling for that region
  • cheat SetTargetPlayerColorVal int (0-2), float (0-1): changes a character’s body color for that region

 

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (201.2)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 201.2

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 201.2, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Game Changes

  • Cut taming time on Gigantopithecus by about 25% and he won’t stay aggro’d forever now either.
  • IED’s don’t use demolition explosion type anymore, as they were not intended to. (effectively cuts their damage against structures by about 60%). They are anti-personnel/defensive.
  • Scuba tank now slowly recovers your stamina if you are not moving in water.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed issue with ‘Survival of the Fittest’ server player counts being incorrect after match reset.

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (201.1)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 201.1

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 201.1, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Creature Changes

  • Reduced Gigantopithecus natural aggro range by 20%, and it’ll no longer target wild animals — only nosy humans/tamed animals. Also, its aggro will no longer reset its waking tame. Note that ANY damage resets the progress of a non-violent tame!

Bugfixes

  • Fixed SCUBA Goggles scaling/offset not matching heads
  • Made multiplayer session list instantly cancel the join if you are not able to join for some reason, rather than making you wait for the time-out.
  • Fixed interpolation of character when mounting/dismounting dino

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (201.0)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 201– Patchnotes

Bugfixes

  • THE TRIBE BUG IS FIXED! No more randomly messed-up Tribes!!!!
  • New option to use toggle-talk instead of push-to-talk
  • Being Kicked from a session during connection (including Bans) no longer results in you getting stuck a loading screen. Now you’ll actually get back to the main menu with correct message.
  • Fixed a SpawnEgg() load crash some people were getting
  • e chat spam interval
  • Fixed an issue with destroying wires causing destroying of attached objects
  • Fixed a color modifier brightness exploit
  • Made Omni Lamp brighter
  • Fixed issue with not getting more Jerky created from Preserving Bin if you already have Jerky+Meat in it

Items

  • New Items: SCUBA Gear set

Server

  • We now support global, dynamic Official Server bans. So please please don’t use hacks, or we’ll have to find out, and then we will have to ban. Also, player run servers will have the option of using our global ban list, or pointing to any online ban list that they want.
  • ARK Server Manager now works remotely and can install/manage Mods/Maps/TC’s remotely
  • Added a server-configurab

New Animal

  • New Dino: Gigantopithecus: Your autonomous Fiber-gathering, helmet-wearing, human-tossing buddy-for-life! – Link to dossier

Gigantopithecus

 

 

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