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Also be sure to check out our cheatsheets for Taming Times and Engrams.
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Patch 183.0 added a new chat-variant. Called “Local-Chat” it allows you to chat with everyone in the proximity, but excludes the rest of the server. That could for example be useful for people who end up having to ask for help, but don’t want to advertise their precarious situation to everyone on the server.
You can access it with the “Insert”-key. That will change the “Global”-Label left of the chat input to “Local”. Local Chat is distinguished by the suffix “(LOCAL)” in the chat-window.
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 183.1, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (183.0)
Since Patch 183.0 you can gesticulate as much as you want thanks to the new emote menu. You can reach it by pressing the “T”-key (the key assigned to the Dino-Whistle). In that menu, you’ll now find the option “Play Emote” at eleven hours.
There are also two new hotkey options in the option menu: “Emote-Key 1” and “Emote-Key 2”.
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 183.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (182.1)
We’ve updated the item and npc lists right now. Now everyone can play around with the newest items and monsters of the last recent updates. But never forget: cheating will massively reduce the fun of the game. 😉
Thanks to Madman, who has sent us the new IDs in our forum.
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 182.1, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (182.0)
Patch 182.0 introduced the possibility of taming dinosaurs without knocking them out. This is interesting even for those with an inclination to violence, because it allows you to get better dinos. Specifically, it has a higher taming effectiveness. So the base level and stats of your dino will be improved compared to the current method. Note that this currently only works for the Ichthyosaurus.
The idea behind it is simple enough: Feed a Dino when he’s hungry, and he’ll be your loyal friend. In practice it’s a bit more difficult though. First of all, you’ll need to put meat into Slot 0 (it’s important to use the correct slot) in your Inventory. That’s the rightmost slot in your hotbar.
You can then feed the Dino by interacting with him or her (clicking “E”). You’ll have to do that every time it’s hungry in order to succeed at your enterprise. If you’re unsure whether the taming started successfully, you simply need to hover over the animal and see whether the taming bar is present in the info-text.
As soon as you’ve started the taming process the dino will conveniently approach you when it’s hungry. Rinse and repeat until the taming bar is full.
