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  • Patch 256: Equus, Leedsichthys, Ichthyornis, Iguanodon, Underwater Bases, & More!

    Patch v256 comes to you today crammed with new content, including vacuum-sealed underwater bases and aquatic creature breeding, TEK teleporter pads and wireless generators, and four new creatures. It also brings the first major menu redesign of ARK, as the Inventory UI receives a complete visual and functional overhaul for a streamlined new look. This is a huge upgrade that means easier access to everything in the player’s inventory. 

    The TEK Tier for ARK is being implemented in multiple phases, with today’s update including awesome new element powered gear like: 

    TEK Underwater Bases! This allows fully-enclosed structures to be created underwater, with ventilators to allow oxygen filled room. Air-locks allow players to enter and exit without flooding their base.

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    TEK Power Generator! This wireless generators power TEK structures and any Tribe electrical structures in adjustable range. 

    TEK Teleporter! Easily and quickly move around the expansive open-world island, but very challenging and expensive to obtain!

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    TEK Mosa Saddle! Once placed on the Mosasaur it equips the beast with lasers and more.

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    TEK Tier content is a wave of sci-fi-themed, end-game features that reward hard-working Survivors with awesomely futuristic gear and guns. Players wanting TEK Tier loot will need to gather the newly introduced Element resource, which is granted after successfully completing Boss Arenas. Each Boss has three difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard) and after defeating the respective Boss are awarded with unique TEK Knowledge engrams, element and other general Boss Rewards. Collect the Element, then use the TEK Replicator to craft all TEK items!

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    Likely an ancestor to the modern horse, Equus Magnus is a much larger steed, and when tamed, can be used in much the same way - riding, herding, and used as pack animals. Equus is so large, in fact, tribes have been known to not only ride them, but attach extra large saddlebags to them, essentially making them into mobile research and crafting stations.

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    Craftable within the Equus' saddle inventory, the new Lasso item can be used to wrangle creatures and players while riding. Now you can live out your cowboy dreams in ARK!

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    If Survivors are lucky, they may come across a majestic sight. The Unicorn is the rarest creature on the Island, with it's white coat and horn protruding from its' forehead. It can be tamed just like the normal Equus. However, only one of these magical creatures exists on the map at one time, so treat it with the utmost care!

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    Leedsichthys Conviviumbrosia is the largest fish in the waters around the island. Its meat is also extremely succulent which is unusual given its size. It is often traded with the same value as Prime Meat, and colloquially called 'Prime Fish'. Of little taming value, tribes do keep schools of Leedsichthys in pens for meat, as it is so huge, chunks of meat can be cut from it without causing it death or permanent injury. 

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    While Leeds is normally passive towards humans, it is extremely aggressive towards boats on the open water. Rafts that enter its' territory will quickly find themselves in grave trouble and will be forced to fight or flee, or lose their home.

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    The alpha Leedsichthys, which is somehow even larger than the average Leeds, is massive and white in colour. If a Survivor manages to kill the beast, they will be rewarded with lots of fish meat and a special cosmetic skin hidden within it's belly.

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    Iguanodon Vicissitudinis is a large herbivorous dinosaur that bears a strong resemblance to the Parasaurolophus but without the distinct head crest. Iguanodon has two spike-like thumbs for prying fruits open to pick out the seeds and for  stabbing would-be predators. They are as capable of walking on all fours as they are on just their hind legs. Combined with its highly effective fruit harvesting and substantial carry weight, the Iguanodon's excellent mobility in bipedal stance makes it an ideal field-hand that can also pull off a quick get-away, or an agile defense, when needed.

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    Considered just a "plain old" normal seagull, Ichthyornis Piscoquus lives near beaches, surviving off of native fish. While timid by nature, if tamed, they become partners for their tamer, riding their shoulders. Survivors can send their tamed Ichthy to attack small prey such as fish, dodos, and compys. The fish it brings back are rich in meat and far better than a Survivor would be able to catch by hand, making the gull very useful.

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    A long time coming, Patch 256 finally brings breeding to the aquatic and amphibious creatures of the ARK. Underwater eggs cannot be picked up by players as they cannot survive out of water, so plan ahead carefully! Underwater eggs will incubate in water at all times so there is no need to monitor their temperature. These adorable little ones will certainly steal their way into your heart.

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    In addition to all of the above (it's a lot!), this patch also includes the following:

    • Lots of new in-game sounds
    • 1 New Hairstyle and 1 New Facial hairstyle (Growable ponytails with full physics and mutton chops!)
    • 30+ new Explorer Notes

    The full patch notes for version 256 can be seen here:

    Weekend Sale!

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    From today through to April 3rd, ARK is 67% off and Scorched Earth is 51% off on Steam! 

    Additionally, the ARK “Survivor’s Pack” on PS4 is currently 25% off from March 28th through to April 4th!

    If you or your friends haven't picked up a copy, now is definitely the time to do so!

    ARK: Evolution Event Weekend!

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    Survivors across ALL Platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! The Evolution Event will be active until Monday the 3rd at 12PM EST. All Official Servers will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

    1.5x Harvesting Rate
    1.5x Taming Rate
    1.5x EXP Rate

    Reminder: this 1.5x bonus is on top of the 2x rates that are now standard on our official servers!

    Thank you Survivors! We hope you enjoy the update!

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    5 minutes ago, Zergling963 said:

    Yep mines finished downloading yay!

    Lol. I have boonies internet which downloads at 180kb/sec, so it's going to take me hours to download it :(

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    2 minutes ago, Daedros said:

    Lol. I have boonies internet which downloads at 180kb/sec, so it's going to take me hours to download it :(

    Thats what I used to have till a week ago when I upgraded to NBN and it got connected at my place here in australia. So I feel your pain!

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    Quetz cannot be leveled in speed. They are stuck at 136.5. They also continue to lose stam in the air even if unmounted. Wyverns cannot be leveled in speed. They are stuck at 100.
    Argy speed is also capped at 100.
    Pteras are capped at 135.Movement speed

     

    Is this your alls idea of a joke? Like seriously did you wake up and think Oh lets see how we can break the game for people. You all aint helping your all being just a bunch of game dictators. Reverse the nerf.

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    wow you guys just keep ruining the game making it worse and worse now you have no chance of taming certain dinos  and more. You put out these addons thinking we will get excited and then you kick us when we are down no wonder it is 67% off your losing so many people to modded servers is that the just of it reverse the nerf and make the game worth something more then taking up disk space do you even try these fixes before you implement and is the person a gamer
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    1 minute ago, AzraelRavenwing said:

    Quetz cannot be leveled in speed. They are stuck at 136.5. They also continue to lose stam in the air even if unmounted. Wyverns cannot be leveled in speed. They are stuck at 100.
    Argy speed is also capped at 100.
    Pteras are capped at 135.Movement speed

     

    Is this your alls idea of a joke? Like seriously did you wake up and think Oh lets see how we can break the game for people. You all aint helping your all being just a bunch of game dictators. Reverse the nerf.

    Great so the argy is one of the coolest looking Dino's in the game and they made it even more use less than it was before. 

    Not to mention they just changed the taming quetzal game. They do realize the a majority of their players have jobs and lives right? 

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    Okay so let's see.

    New UI - great, looks good!

    New sounds... Hmm, sounds different but can get used to.

    Flyer nerf - NO, ABSOLUTE FREAKING NO.

    Base movement only. Tapejara now slower than Quetzal. Wyvern takes half stamina for one lightning bolt.

    Questions: How are you supposed to steal eggs from scar now if you have no wyvern and depend on argent/tape/ptera? Anyone?

    Do devs even communicate? This is ridiculous. Idk what pvp players did to deserve such nerf, but please bit of god don't affect pve with it. This is unplayable. On the other side I understand pve can be a bit boring cause flyers are free to roam around without any trouble but this is just too much. They have been nerfed to the ground, and wild flyers like tapejara or argent are still having the same speed? How are you supposed to capture a tapejara now? Count for it to land?

    This patch just blew my mind. You ruined my gaming experience. Sorry for being so negative, I love ark, I really do. But nerfing flyers SO HARD on >>>PVE<<< is just like a blow below your waist. Take it back. Set a SPEED LIMIT INSTEAD! Or make new base speed. PLEASE.

     

    OH AND BY THE WAY!

    Center is still missing thylacoleos and overall update from February. Thought about that maybe? Now not getting March update either? What a joke.

    Edited by Violet

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    Like, I can understand making their base speed abit slower, but this? this is overkill and pants on head stupid

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    No longer able to tame wyverns, quetzals, crafting at mountain and mining, taming dinos using quetzals, no more trying to down titans who attack your bases on pve. Shall I go on clearly someone did not put thinking cap on. Say goodbye to so many good players

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    flyer nerf is ****** stupid it, it better be retroactive, what is the point of imprinting on a wavyern ( or anything in this case )  if the base speed is capped at 100 and not even 120... even than thats bs..  devs dont know what they are doing at all. 

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    Okay I'm editing this... I've calmed down now. I was really upset about the wyvern edit but now I'm like ok.. .just fix it. haha.

    Edited by Viin
    Changed my mind

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    raptor THIS UPDATE. YOU PIECE OF poop WILDCARD WHY THE raptor DO YOU THINK GETTING RID OF SPEED IS A GOOD THING? YOU DUMB raptorS! I SPENT SO MANY raptorING LEVELS INTO THAT poop AND I DONT EVEN GET ALL MY LVLS BACK. YOU LITERALLY MADE raptorING WYVERNS USELESS. YOU GUYS SUCK ASS. 

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    Well played Wildcard.  You just trolled everyone worse than any cross server raid ever did.  Months of work gone with the click of the button.  Thankfully, Steam is offering refunds.

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    6 minutes ago, LittleMickey said:

    No longer able to tame wyverns, quetzals, crafting at mountain and mining, taming dinos using quetzals, no more trying to down titans who attack your bases on pve. Shall I go on clearly someone did not put thinking cap on. Say goodbye to so many good players

    Not only that, but they just pushed everyone to build right by all the metal nodes as if they weren't already bad enough. On a positive note, it looks like metal is going to make a trade exchange comeback :) fml

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    40 minutes ago, AzraelRavenwing said:

    You all aint helping your all being just a bunch of game dictators.

    You. You do realize the game belongs to them. Right?...

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    They totally screwed all fliers. This has to be a joke or a major screw up. I know there are a lot of breeders not happy right now with this decision. Hopefully there will be a role back otherwise they keep screwing the game and its players base.

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    4 minutes ago, clumsynynja said:

    You. You do realize the game belongs to them. Right?...

    Yet still bound in the fact that hey, we players payed for it, Without us buying it, they wouldnt have funds to even develop the game as far as they did, So yes, we, as consumers of the product, have the right to be angry about it.

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    Really loved the idea of this update and got really hyped for it, but if this flying nerf is legit i am not sure i even want to update. Like why nerf the one area that is lacking in substance?! The air needs new dino's, new counters for flying creatures(in anti-air or other flying dino form) and just generally more content. I do not believe that giving out nerfs already is the way to go, especially for such an incomplete area in the game...

    As violet said, i really hope this is an April fools joke (If so ya got me!), and if not then its going to be a bittersweet "patch" that i am not sure i am ready for.  

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    Just now, AzraelRavenwing said:

    Yet still bound in the fact that hey, we players payed for it, Without us buying it, they wouldnt have funds to even develop the game as far as they did, So yes, we, as consumers of the product, have the right to be angry about it.

    Or to grow up. You could do that, too. 

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    31 minutes ago, Emilhouser said:

    Well played Wildcard.  You just trolled everyone worse than any cross server raid ever did.  Months of work gone with the click of the button.  Thankfully, Steam is offering refunds.

    Really? how would one go about doing this?

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    6 minutes ago, clumsynynja said:

    You. You do realize the game belongs to them. Right?...

    thing is we pay for a service to enjoy- if we are paying to enjoy something and they fail to supply enjoyment then no- they are not in the right, The point is we give them money to give us enjoyment not make it unplayable. 

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    2 minutes ago, TheGoodStuff said:

    Really loved the idea of this update and got really hyped for it, but if this flying nerf is legit i am not sure i even want to update. Like why nerf the one area that is lacking in substance?! The air needs new dino's, new counters for flying creatures(in anti-air or other flying dino form) and just generally more content. I do not believe that giving out nerfs already is the way to go, especially for such an incomplete area in the game...

    As violet said, i really hope this is an April fools joke (If so ya got me!), and if not then its going to be a bittersweet "patch" that i am not sure i am ready for.  

    Totally agree!! If they want to put some pressure on fliers, I bet there were loads of air predators in the past that they could use and add into ARK.

    I was super excited to look for equus!! Now I'm sitting in my base and thinking of killing all my bred tapejaras and all the other dinos and just uninstall the game:/

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    Just now, AzraelRavenwing said:

    Really? how would one go about doing this?

    I called Steam Customer Service, and explained what happened, the impact on the game and the time I have lost.  They offered a full refund for both the game and SE applied to my Steam account.  

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    Just now, Emilhouser said:

    I called Steam Customer Service, and explained what happened, the impact on the game and the time I have lost.  They offered a full refund for both the game and SE applied to my Steam account.  

    thank you for the heads up

     

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