Patch Notes: Client 300.0 - Server: 300.0
Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: 300.0
Current Client Version: v300.0 - 10/22/19
Initiation of Fear Evolved 3:
Can be manually activated with server console parameter: -activeevent=FearEvolved
- Increased rates to 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
- Increased rates to 2X Player XP
- Increased rates to 2X Harvesting
- Added Event-themed wild dino spawns
- Added randomly spawning gravestones and pumpkin patches
- Added candy corn themed supply drops
- Modified existing environment (trees) to be event themed
- Modified existing moon to be event themed (blood moon)
Added new items:
- Jack O'Lantern Mask (cosmetic)
- Hockey Mask (cosmetic)
- Headless Neck Stump (cosmetic)
- Halloween-inspired Dino Colorization Candy
- Event-themed underwear (tops and bottoms)
Added new emotes:
- Spooky Emotes
- Panic Emote
- Spooky Dance Emote
- Zombie Emote
Added prior event skins:
- DodoWyvern Mask Skin
- Clown Mask Skin
- Vampire Eyes Skin
- Werewolf Mask Skin
- Giganotosaurus Bone Costume
- Jerboa Bone Costume
- Quetzalcoatlus Bone Costume
- Wyvern Bone Costume
- DodoRex Mask Skin
- Carno Bone Costume
- Rex Bone Costume
- Raptor Bone Costume
- Bronto Bone Costume
- Trike Bone Costume
- Stego Bone Costume
- Witch Hat Skin
- Dino Witch Hat Skin
Added prior event creatures:
- DodoRex
- Zomdodo
- Dodo Wyvern
Added prior event creature variants:
- Skeletal Giganotosaurus
- Skeletal Quetzal
- Skeletal Jerboa
- Bone Fire Wyvern
- Zombie Fire Wyvern
- Zombie Lightning Wyvern
- Zombie Poison Wyvern
- Skeletal Bronto
- Skeletal Stego
- Skeletal Trike
- Skeletal Raptor
- Skeletal Rex
- Skeletal Carnotaurus
Added prior event items:
- Pumpkin
- Stolen Headstone
- Scarecrow
v299.27 - 10/10/19
- Fixed an exploit
- Fixed an issue with rare BSOD (blue screen of death)
Current Server Version: v299.26 - 10/10/19
- Cryopods are now able to be crafted at obelisk
- Added HLN-A Explorer Notes 1-5 for Genesis Chronicles
- Added Corrupted Avatar Armor helmet for Genesis Chronicles
v298.41 - 9/18/19
- Fixed an exploit with login system
- Fixed an exploit with Tek sword dash and ziplines
- Fixed a server crash when using the grapple hook
- Optimizations resulting in more available RAM
- Map fixes and polish (Aberration)
- Fixed instances where stone pick and crossbow remained in lower resolution when starting the game in "extreme low memory mode"
- Mek shield debuff is no longer given on shield deactivation
- Buffed Tek Turret health by 50%
- Outside of Mek shield debuff reduced to 30 seconds (from 60)
- Snow Owl freeze buff will no longer dismount riders
- Players and Dinos are now immune to the snow owl freeze for 10 seconds after being frozen
- Snow Owl Encapsulate/freeze wind up changed from 1.3 seconds to 2.6
- Reduced Tek Tapejara Saddle projectile damage by 30%
- Reduced Plant Species Z Fruit weight to 10
v298.40 - 9/16/19
- Fixed an exploit
- Fixed a server crash when using the grapple hook
- Buffed Tek Turret health by 50%
v298.37 - 8/27/19
- Fixed a minor crash case
- Set barrels to check for enemy foundations on placement, so they cannot be placed next to enemy structures set
- Cryopods and cryofridges are now craftable in an obelisk terminal inventory as well as supply crate inventory
- Minor map fixes for valguero
v298.31 - 8/23/19
- Fixed crash with crab claws
- Added -pvedisallowtribewar flag
- Added 'cheat tp' commands for red/blue/green/king terminals
v298.3 - 8/8/19
- Longneck Rifle armor penetration increased by 40%
- Fabricated Sniper Rifle armor penetration increased by 25%
- Ice Titan freeze ability reduced to 12 seconds
- Plant Y trap time reduced to 10 seconds
- Shadow Steak Saute light sensitivity removed
- Forest Titan can no longer grab targets through Tek Shields
- Forest Titan can no longer grab players who are piloting Meks
v297.64 - July 2, 2019
- Set gacha crystal to not be uploadable to the cloud
- Deinonychus bleed now scales with melee damage
- Fixed issue with dienonychus bleed damage not scaling all the time
- Several Valguero map exploits and fixes
- Deinonychus will no longer attach to babies
Summer Bash Event - (Can be activated manually with -ActiveEvent=Summer)
- Boosted Rates (Including Valguero). Does not include servers with existing game modes (i.e. Classic PvP, Small Tribes)
- 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
- 2X Player XP
- 2X Harvesting
- Event-colored creature spawns
- Seasonal candy that, when eaten, gives tames random dino colors (50 cooked meat)
- Sparkler Skin (10 cooked meat)
- Fireworks Flare Gun Skin (25 cooked meat)
- RPG Firework Rocket Skin (50 cooked meat)
- Summer Swimsuits Skins (male and female) (50 cooked prime meat)
- Uncle Sam Tophat Skin (100 cooked prime)
- Dino Uncle Sam Tophat Skin (100 cooked prime)
- Flex Emotes (100 prime jerky)
- Dino Colors:
- Navy
- Red
- White
- Sky blue
- Brick
- Blue
- Silver
- Parchment
- Mud
- Orange
v297.35 - June 21, 2019
- Multiple map fixes on Valguero and small fixes on other maps
- Increased the temperature at which deinonychus incubate
- Fixed case where AI lands upside down when dismounting while on a wall
- Fixed several cases of Deinonychus rotating backwards when jumping up walls while latched
- Fixed exploit with Deinonychus
- Improved ledge detection when jumping up walls
- Deinonychus bleed now works on boss dinos
- Improved Deinonychus FPV
- Improved wall jumping in laggy scenarios
v297.14 - June 18, 2019
- Fixed an exploit with Gasbags
- Plant Z's weight is now 21
- Fixed an exploit with feeding Plant Y seeds.
- Cryopod and Cryofridge engrams are now available on all maps (edited)
For modders, we've included some enhancements to the Dev Kit.
- Added Git Plugin
- Added JSON object library.
- Added blueprint interface for anonymous communication between mods.
- Added helper functions for:
- Searching for creatures by ID.
- Retrieving filtered class lists.