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    Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! :Jerbhi:

      Eggcellent Adventure Returns!

      Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday April 16th until April 30th, survivors will be able to experience our annual Eggcellent Adventure event on PC, Xbox, and PS4! During Eggcellent Adventure, survivors will be able to collect special "Bunny Eggs" across the ARK from wild Bunny Dodo's. These Bunny Eggs can paint or used in special Cooking Pot recipes to craft new holiday-themed item skins the Marshmallow Dodo Hat and Chocolate Bunny Club, as well as returning skins: Bunny Ears, a Bunny Costume for the Procoptodon, Knitted Chick Hat, and Egg Shell Hat!

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      Bunny Oviraptor's will also drop festive Dino Candy this year. Collect the candy and feed it to your tames for a special festive effect! To top it all off, wild creatures roaming the ARKs will also find themselves feeling eggcellent, sporting bright colours of Green, Magenta, Yellow, and Blue!

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      New Items:
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Consumables/PrimalItemConsumable_EasterDinoCandy.PrimalItemConsumable_EasterDinoCandy'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_DinoMarshmallowHat.PrimalItemSkin_DinoMarshmallowHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_MarshmallowHat.PrimalItemSkin_MarshmallowHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_Club_ChocolateRabbit.PrimalItemSkin_Club_ChocolateRabbit'" 1 0 0

      Existing Items:
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_DinoChickHat.PrimalItemSkin_DinoChickHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_EasterChick.PrimalItemSkin_EasterChick'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_DinoEasterEggHat.PrimalItemSkin_DinoEasterEggHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_EasterEggHat.PrimalItemSkin_EasterEggHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Skin/PrimalItemSkin_BunnyHat.PrimalItemSkin_BunnyHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Leather/PrimalItemSkin_DinoBunnyHat.PrimalItemSkin_DinoBunnyHat'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Saddles/PrimalItemCostume_ProcopBunny.PrimalItemCostume_ProcopBunny'" 1 0 0
      cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Halloween/PrimalItemStructure_EasterEgg.PrimalItemStructure_EasterEgg'" 1 0 0

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      Eggcellent Adventure Patch Notes!

      PC Patch Notes:

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      Eggcellent Adventure 4 (2019)!

      • Auto Activates 4/16-4/30
        • Not supported in Primitive Plus mode
      • Wild Bunny Oviraptors
        • 50% of wild Oviraptors (33% of wild Aberrant Dodos on Aberration) are Bunny Oviraptors
        • Cannot be tamed
        • NEW! Drop Easter Candy as they spread Easter joy!
          • Feed your candy to your tame for a fun festive effect!
      • Wild Bunny Dodos
        • 50% of wild Dodos (33% of wild Aberrant Dodos on Aberration) are Bunny Dodos
        • Cannot be tamed
        • Drop Easter Eggs as they spread Easter joy!
      • Easter Eggs
        • Can be placed in the world and painted
      • Easter Skins
        • Craftable in the Cooking Pot from Easter Eggs
        • Bunny Ears Skin
        • Procoptodon Bunny Costume
        • NEW! Marshmallow Dodo Hat
        • NEW! Chocolate Bunny Club
        • Egg Shell Hat
        • Chick Hat
      • Wild creatures have a chance to spawn with additional colors: Green, Magenta, Yellow, and Blue

      Managarmr

      • Drastically reduce frost breath range
        • Freezing stops at approximately turret range
        • Damage stops at approximately half turret range

      Prim+

      • Fixed inability to craft Primitive+ specific resources in the forge
      • Fixed inability to harvest coal from obsidian
      • Fixed inability to harvest beeswax
      • Fixed problems with beehive functionality
      • Cauldron/Industrial Cooker can now craft new kibble
      • New kibble is now functional on dinos

      Meshing

      • Hole fixes across Aberration, Extinction, Island, Ragnarok, Scorched Earth, and The Center
      • Iteration on metrics
      • Desert Titan now requires line-of-sight to do melee or lightning damage
      • Prevented cryoing Karkinos while they are carrying something

      Environment

      • Added bottom cap to mushroom trees on Aberration
      • Fixed Aberration Surface Damage gaps
      • Fixed issue with blue mushrooms not allowing Ankylo to harvest properly on Aberration
      • Moved 4 spawn points to be out of potential geo on The Island
      • Fixed location where player could become stuck on Extinction

      Exploits

      • Fixed exploit related to stacking physics impulses
      • Fixed exploit related to Rockwell Tentacles
      • Fixed exploit related to Tek Swords
      • Fixed exploit related to Fish Baskets

      Platform Saddle

      • Enable platform build limits saddles PlatformSaddleBuildAreaBoundsMultiplier, can be used to increase this radius on unofficials
      • Prevent platform Saddles counting towards the max turret limit

      Taxidermy

      • Now properly supports Weapons on Humans!
      • Adjusted Desert Titan's dermis offset

      Homestead

      • Icon Iteration
      • Fixed LODs for Tek Triangle Roof
      • Setup colorization for Fence Foundation
      • Setup colorization for Wood Railing

      Kentrosaurus

      • Added a hard clamp to damage reflection

      Equus

      • Fix preferred kibble

      GPS Transponders    

      • Fixed transponders disappearing
      • Placed Transponder Node no longer scales up after restart

      Mind Wipe    

      • Updated description of Mind Wipe to reflect 24-hour cooldown 

      Cryopods

      • Cryosick dinos are no longer able to attack
      • Now use players in-game name in the tribe log

      Industrial Cooker    

      • Now supports pulling water from any connected source
      • Never auto-activates when connected to water

      Extinction

      • Removed GlobalCuddleFoodList Override array

      Turrets

      • Use FastTurretTargeting system automatically for anything moving faster than 300 cm/s

      Sloped Wooden Wall

      • Adjusted Left Sloped Wooden Wall to fit better with attaching to a normal wall

      C4

      • Can now place C4 near ORP protected structures, except near foundations

      Dino Leash        

      • Dino leashes no longer can be placed near enemy foundations

      LOD iteration for

      • Basilisk
      • Flak Armor
      • Ghillie Armor

      Xbox and PS4 Patch Notes:

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      Eggcellent Adventure 4 (2019)!

      • Auto Activates 4/16-4/30
        • Not supported in Primitive Plus mode
      • Wild Bunny Oviraptors
        • 50% of wild Oviraptors (33% of wild Aberrant Dodos on Aberration) are Bunny Oviraptors
        • Cannot be tamed
        • NEW! Drop Easter Candy as they spread Easter joy!
          • Feed your candy to your tame for a fun festive effect!
      • Wild Bunny Dodos
        • 50% of wild Dodos (33% of wild Aberrant Dodos on Aberration) are Bunny Dodos
        • Cannot be tamed
        • Drop Easter Eggs as they spread Easter joy!
      • Easter Eggs
        • Can be placed in the world and painted
      • Easter Skins
        • Craftable in the Cooking Pot from Easter Eggs
        • Bunny Ears Skin
        • Procoptodon Bunny Costume
        • NEW! Marshmallow Dodo Hat
        • NEW! Chocolate Bunny Club
        • Egg Shell Hat
        • Chick Hat
      • Wild creatures have a chance to spawn with additional colors: Green, Magenta, Yellow, and Blue

      Managarmr

      • Drastically reduce frost breath range
        • Freezing stops at approximately turret range
        • Damage stops at approximately half turret range

      Prim+

      • Fixed inability to craft Primitive+ specific resources in the forge
      • Fixed inability to harvest coal from obsidian
      • Fixed inability to harvest beeswax
      • Fixed problems with beehive functionality
      • Cauldron/Industrial Cooker can now craft new kibble
      • New kibble is now functional on dinos

      Meshing

      • Desert Titan now requires line-of-sight to do melee or lightning damage
      • Prevented cryoing Karkinos while they are carrying something

      Exploits

      • Fixed exploit related to Rockwell Tentacles
      • Fixed exploit related to Tek Swords
      • Fixed exploit related to Fish Baskets

      Environment

      • Aberration
        • Fixed issue with blue mushrooms not allowing Ankylo to harvest properly

      Platform Saddle

      • Enable platform build limits saddles PlatformSaddleBuildAreaBoundsMultiplier, can be used to increase this radius on unofficials
      • Prevent platform Saddles counting towards the max turret limit

      Taxidermy

      • Now properly supports Weapons on Humans!
      • Adjusted Desert Titan's dermis offset

      Homestead

      • Icon Iteration
      • Fixed LODs for Tek Triangle Roof
      • Setup colorization for Fence Foundation
      • Setup colorization for Wood Railing

      Kentrosaurus

      • Added a hard clamp to damage reflection

      Equus

      • Fix preferred kibble

      GPS Transponders    

      • Fixed transponders disappearing
      • Placed Transponder Node no longer scales up after restart

      Mind Wipe    

      • Updated description of Mind Wipe to reflect 24-hour cooldown 

      Rendering Artifacts

      • Fixed rendering artifact in Scorched Earth Dust Storm
      • Fixed rendering artifact in Extinction Ascension

      Cryopods

      • Cryosick dinos are no longer able to attack
      • Now use players in-game name in the tribe log

      Industrial Cooker    

      • Now supports pulling water from any connected source
      • Never auto-activates when connected to water

      Extinction

      • Removed GlobalCuddleFoodList Override array

      Turrets

      • Use FastTurretTargeting system automatically for anything moving faster than 300 cm/s

      Sloped Wooden Wall

      • Adjusted Left Sloped Wooden Wall to fit better with attaching to a normal wall

      C4

      • Can now place C4 near ORP protected structures, except near foundations

      Dino Leash        

      • Dino leashes no longer can be placed near enemy foundations

      LOD iteration for

      • Basilisk
      • Flak Armor
      • Ghillie Armor

      Egg Painting Contest!

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      After you've managed to hunt down a Bunny Dodo  and find yourself an egg, place the egg down on the ground and take out your paint brush and dyes. You'll be able to paint select regions on the egg as well as free-hand paint it with the brush to paint any design on it. Be creative!

      There will be three competitions with a prize to the winner of $100!

      • PC Egg Painting
      • Console Egg Painting
      • Real-life Egg Painting

      The first two are self-explanatory and make sure in your entry to state whether you're a PC, Xbox, or PS4 user. PC players will be in one category (using a mouse) and console users (using a controller) in another category to make things fair. Players are expected to paint their own designs and downloading templates or images to use is not allowed.

      In the third category, we're looking for you and your tribe mates to get together and paint some eggs in real life that somehow reflect the world of ARK! Screenshot or photo quality won't be taken into consideration but try to get a picture that best shows off your egg.

      The entries will be judged by our community team. Submissions are limited to three eggs per survivor, so choose your best egg. You'll have the month of April to enter, with April 30th being the final day to enter. Submit your images in the comments below, and we look forward to seeing your creativity!

      Update on Meshing...

      “Meshing” is the common term used to reference a variety of exploits in the game that involves going under terrain or behind walls to access unintended areas. While under the terrain, an exploiter may build bases, turrets, and a multitude of other things that prevent fair and fun gameplay for everyone. There are many ways that a player can access these areas but one of the easiest and most common are holes in the mesh itself. The term “collision” in games is what prevents players from being able to go through what would otherwise be hollow 3D objects. Some areas and objects have incorrect collision and provide easy access to areas behind terrain. Other cases of meshing can happen as a result of items in the game or the gameplay functionality they allow. Items like chairs, climbing picks, and platform saddles can be susceptible to exploits like meshing due to how they manipulate the player character.

      Meshing has been a hot topic within the community for some time. Behind the scenes, we have been identifying these vulnerabilities by attacking them at different vantage points. Our ideal goal is to prevent players from getting into the mesh in the first place. We actively look for areas in maps where collision can be improved or tweaked to avoid the occurrence from someone purposefully or intentionally getting under the terrain.  We are happy to report that this upcoming patch (patch number) has considerable improvements in this area. Since prevention is the preferred method to tackle meshing, bugs in items that allow players to access areas behind terrain are a priority for the gameplay team.

      Players in unintended areas are in violation of our Code of Conduct and it is something we take very seriously. The Enforcement Team has employed the use of new data and metrics in an effort to combat meshing and investigate each case thoroughly. In many cases, they are preventing minor issues from becoming substantial ones. The mesh detection tool has provided the Enforcement Team with new data that enables them to act quickly and efficiently. If the mesh detection tool becomes more refined, we plan to integrate it on other platforms (like console) to reduce meshing exploits in a more automated fashion. The Enforcement Team has seen a noticeable drop in reports related to meshing because of these implementations and we feel we are making positive strides towards eliminating this issue as a whole. 

      If you are aware of meshing or exploits that are happening on PC, please report them here by selecting Report Abuse and filling out a quick report:
      https://support.survivetheark.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#

      We will continue to keep you updated with any significant advancements on the topic.  It is and has always been, an important topic for us.

      Update on Recent Lost Characters...

      Please see our recent announcement if you were affected by the recent rollback that occurred on the Official Server Network. If you have not submitted your ticket yet, please do so here. The Customer Service team is still actively working through tickets.

      Evolution Event!

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      Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 19th of April at 1 PM EST until Monday the 22nd of April at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

      • 2x Harvesting Rates
      • 2x Taming Rates
      • 2x EXP Rates

      That's it for this post!

      As always if you’ve got anything to share you can find us at:

      Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark
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      Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110
      Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark

      All the best,
      Studio Wildcard


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      15 hours ago, Rocketraptor said:

      Yah that is true but we did get things like war drum which is very active in the community and we get premium items and for your info you should pay more attention to read people posts  because I clearly say that we get nerfs so I do play on pc it’s just that I’ve been playing on mobile because my friends can’t play on pc?

      Ya i noticed war drums responds to ever bug report post on here to do with mobile, they obviously care.  I compliment their effort.

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      22 hours ago, Onimusha759 said:

      See thats where my situation comes in, im a singleplayer guy, theres bugs they fixed on their official that they are letting rot for SP and unofficial/dedi.  Ever since the tek cave released the skylord artifact along with all the crates refuse to spawn in the NW cave on island.  So you either cheat or the whole endgame is ruined for you.  It really pisses me off they fixed it only for their official servers.  Im ps4 btw.  Ya the flier nerf was hard, but partly needed, i think they took it way to far tho, a speed cap would of been better then a complete lock.  I too feel bad for switch, from what i hear abstract is guns ready to give switch more love but wc refuses to give them the ok.

      Dont get me wrong, i love the holiday events, i just dont think its cool to destroy so many players characters and then have new limited time content when players arnt really able to take full advantage of it with trying to regain lost ground or eventually scraping their new stuff when they regain their old character, if they ever do.  A postpone might of been a better choice for the easter event.  My beef was with the actual patching, as always i see basically nothing being done thats visually obvious to me.  Really the only thing that actually effects me is manas suck even more now.  Im thinking to myself, maybe its a good thing i never tamed 1 of these and do i even want to anymore?  I feel like the dragon i actually bought should be better then the free 1s, especially when the pay to have 1 is THE ENDGAME dragon, and the endgame tame of the endgame map.

      Tek was highly disappointing til extinction.  It wasnt upgradable so even chitin could easily out do tek before.  Now on extinction ONLY, you can get upgraded versions, finally making it the endgame armor and weapons, though they forgot the shield in the loot tables XD.

      The mobile version irritates the crap outta me, it obviously has to be scaled down and yet they add new stuff to it that i wish we had.  A special griffin that we dont have as well as the fact they can breed em...Thats so uncool wc...I want mutated griffins...With imprint.  Btw, your alright, i enjoy talking to you.

      See, I wouldn't know your struggles bc I got back and joined a server and was briefed and the admins and people were kind enough to give me help and starter tames. It bothers me that you can't transfer element and if you do convert it, the rate of what you get back is less than what you get from earning. I wish I had a PS4. Sadly I have an Xbox. This game just has potential and I hope it strives because I do like it very much. 

      I only came off like that because people are raging about things in a way that seems, well, a bit outrageous. Like saying they're raptoring incompetent, poopty losers, etc

       Like, I get it but cmon. It's a game.

      But yeah, I did single player for a while but I didn't like the fact I was admin, and I could cheat anything I wanted. So I went to unofficial

      Too bad your on PS4, if you had an Xbox I'd add you.?

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      ?Corrupted Easter Egg? On behalf of The North NOX ? by GreenEye 

      First two pics are of the same egg, just at a different angle! 

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      Edited by AGreenEyedBeauty

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      I was just wondering on Apocalypse on PS4 the timer is somewhat bugged and is obviously telling the wrong amount of time left. Could I maybe get a date or time in which it wipes?

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      Sorry first time posting photos, hope these work, it wouldn't let me upload so I'm trying to improvise ?

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      Edited by NinjaMuteBlind

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      And ovis stumbles upon some festive eggs with a small compy ^_^

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      On 4/20/2019 at 2:02 AM, lilStrange_theJackalbaby said:

       Hoppy easter survivors! hope you enjoy my 1/46 scale LED light up drake egg sculpture! Its a bit of a runt i hardly seen it in the nest as i was gliding by! Lol

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      On 4/20/2019 at 2:02 AM, lilStrange_theJackalbaby said:

       Hoppy easter survivors! hope you enjoy my 1/46 scale LED light up drake egg sculpture! Its a bit of a runt i hardly seen it in the nest as i was gliding by! Lol

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      How do i add more pics?

       

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      I removed my picture looks like bots are messaging my inbox

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      Real Egg Paintings for the Competition

      Raptor, Trike, Fire Wyvern Egg.

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      Edited by Tassiegirl

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      Does the candy effect stay or is it temporary, if it’s temporary, is there a way to keep it?

      Edited by SGAZH3S

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      Happy Easter Everybody, I painted a dodo with a marshmallow dodo hat, a managarmr with bunny ears, and the Eggcellent adventure logo.

      (Sorry for the large size, it was either high res or small blurry photos)

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      Edited by WrenTea

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      back side

       

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      wrong photo
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      second egg

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      and our tribe logo :D

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      Decided to paint myself a lightning wyvern egg! Always been a big fan of the wyverns in ark :D Couldn't get all of the detail in one picture so here's three different views.

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