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  • Patch 253: Cnidaria, Pegomastax, Therizinosaurus, Troodon, Tusoteuthis, Underwater Caves & Winter Wonderland 2!

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    Season's Greeting Survivors! :Jerblove:

    It's that most wonderful time of year again, a time of celebration, joy, and sharing. And we have a lot to share with you in this update! 

    Join Raptor Claus as he darts across the night sky in his sleigh, air-dropping presents filled with high-end Loot Blueprints, Mistletoe, or Coal for naughty Survivors. Survivors can trade in Santa's gifts for Reindeer Costumes, Candy Cane Club Weapons, Santa Hats, and if they collect enough Coal, they might even be able to summon the elusive holiday-themed DodoRex to do their bidding for a limited time!

    Console Survivors can experience the fun of the holidays by 'sleighing' special gift-bearing creatures! Scattered across the ARK, various festive themed friends will be delivering Santa's Gifts. Kill the following critters and collect goodies from their inventories: 

    Stags over Level 100:
    Reindeer Skin

    Yetis:
    Santa Dino Hat

    Penguins over Level 50:
    Santa Player Hat

    Xbox Survivors are in for an additional treat, as some of the ARK's creatures are also celebrating their birthdays, with hats and a special suit! ;)

    Titanosaurus:
    Birthday Suit Shirt
    Birthday Suit Pants

    Wild Giganotosaurus:
    Birthday Dino Hat

    Dilos over Level 50:
    Birthday Player Hat

    Along with this holiday-themed update, we are also excited to unveil content Patch 253! Which includes two new full-scale underwater caves and setting free five new creatures: Cnidaria, Troodon, Tusoteuthis, Pegomastax, and the Therizinosaurus. Not to mention an extra special surprise, allowing survivors to truly enjoy every passing moment, and make them even more beautiful and memorable than ever before: a camera item used to take in-game photographs, which can then be applied to the in-game Painting Canvas! Tek Tier Phase 1 will now make its debut in January's ARK v254, which will be previewed in-depth with additional items at the start of the new year, which you can read about in more details here:

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    Cnidaria Omnimorph, a combination of everything good and bad about various species of Jellyfish, the Cnidaria is too simple to tame or train, but tribes keep schools of them around for their bioluminescence and their ability to sting. Containing them in pools around a camp is a great way to make a barrier of swimming, stinging security that also illuminates the night. They also drop a special biotoxin which can be used to create shockingly powerful torpor darts.

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    Pegomastax Fructarator, a relatively harmless herbivore who prefers to live alone and gorges on just about any plants it can find. Far from the definition of "pretty", Pegomastax features a nasty looking beak (with tusks for extra effect!) and feathers, making him a unique sight on the island. Some tribes keep a few Pegomastax around, as they are excellent scavengers, and are notoriously known for their thieving ability.

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    Therizinosaurus Multiensis, is one of the strangest dinosaurs on the islands. Built like a T-Rex, this herbivore possesses great harvesting abilities. Its claws allow it to perform both brute-force or delicate actions; from taking down enemies (though it would prefer to just leave them alone) to plucking leaves from a particularly tasty bush. Because of this ability, Therizinosaurus are always handy to have around for harvesting specific resources, or, when needed, decimating enemies in combat.

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    Troodon Magnanimus, outside of human beings, the Troodon might just be the cleverest creature on the island. You don't "tame" a Troodon, you earn its loyalty through its social nature and love of the hunt. Their ability to scout is second to none, and often you will see tribes adventuring out with Troodon, as they are often considered a  smaller relative of the island's Raptors, but arguably no less dangerous, especially because of their love of the hunt.

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    Tusoteuthis Vampyrus, a monstrous relative of the vampire squid, Tusoteuthis bears a closer resemblance to giant squids. It may be slow, but the aquatic Tusoteuthis is a horrific threat to anyone who dares get too close, using its tentacles to first grab, then crush...and then syphon the blood out of, its hapless victims. Tribes will sometimes tame this nightmare of the deep in order to extract its unique ink, which contains oils that can be processed into fuels.

    Patch 253 also introduces two brand new underwater progression-oriented caves to TheIsland, with new artifacts and challenges!

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    Intrepid survivors will want to suit up and explore these new depths to uncover...

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    high-end loot, fight the terrifying creatures, discover two brand new artifacts, as well as uncover the mysteries of the ARK.

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    and for those of you who want to relive the experience, but not take the plunge themselves - you can! With a brand new camera! Survivors can snap pictures of their adventures, and instantly paint them on a canvas, reliving the memory whenever they so choose!

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    Patch 253 also includes; additional network performance gains, various new ARK DevKit features and hooks, and BattlEye has been enabled by default for Dedicated Servers (use -NoBattlEye to run without!)

    ARK Winter Sale!

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    The Steam's Winter sale is now live which means ARK: Survival Evolved can be tamed on PC/Mac/Linux for a 60% discount and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack is also available at 33% off! Or introduce someone new to the game, this holiday season by gifting them the Survivor's Pack Bundle!

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    Xbox Survivors wanting to join in on the holiday fun can pick up ARK Survival Evolved plus the expansion Scorched Earth from Microsoft's Xbox Preview Program!

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    And of course, we recently launched worldwide on PlayStation 4. So everyone can grab the game and dive right in!

    We hope you enjoy this latest update, and from everyone at the Wildcard Team, we wish you Happy Holidays, and keep on Surviving!

    :Jerblove:





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    Just now, AnimalMind said:

    Well in the listing it shows what Console players / xbox players get but nothing about pc players. So I ask again what about pc players?

    Everything above that is in reference to PC players. It's the same as last year's winter event. You need to take more time to read it carefully, though in your defense that part of the post wasn't formatted as well as the console details. 

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    1 minute ago, Argon said:

    Everything above that is in reference to PC players. It's the same as last year's winter event. You need to take more time to read it carefully, though in your defense that part of the post wasn't formatted as well as the console details. 

    I understand that, what I do not understand is why we are not getting the same thing as console players when we have been playing it for much longer. Where are the PC exclusives?

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    So are the consoles for sure not getting raptor clause?  It specifies the skins we can get and how after describing how raptor clause will work but it does not say consoles are not going to see him.  Not very clear to me can anyone confirm one way or the other?

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    2 minutes ago, AnimalMind said:

    I understand that, what I do not understand is why we are not getting the same thing as console players when we have been playing it for much longer. Where are the PC exclusives?

    Pc gets tons of exclusive holiday content

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    8 minutes ago, DayanZM said:

    That doesn't make me entitled, idiot.  I paid $60 for my game.  I want to play it when I want to.  I'm ENTITLED to play MY game when I want to, as I PAID FOR IT.  Use your brain before you say something stupid next time.

    --  Actually, I paid $120 since I bought two copies; One for myself, and one for my roomie.

    Who is keeping you from playing your game, exactly? I can still get on single player just fine. I can still get on my server just fine. Go play YOUR game and quit whining.

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    All Platforms get the same holiday content.  Xbox is getting the birthday stuff as well that the PC already had.  The information is there, you just have to read it.  (maybe more than once or twice)

    Edit:  Ok so PC get a raptor claus and xbox does not, maybe a platform limitation on xbox.  But the end result is the same, just two different methods of achieving it. 

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    4 minutes ago, DinoDash said:

    Pc gets tons of exclusive holiday content

    Such as?

    I'm not being a smart arse, I'm really curious what holiday items PC gets that consoles don't. I was under the impression it was just delayed for consoles, not denied completely. 

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    For a game that's rated mature, there are sure a lot of immature commenters on here.  Do your parents know you are playing a game rated 18+?

     

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    6 minutes ago, Dreadnaught said:

    So are the consoles for sure not getting raptor clause?  It specifies the skins we can get and how after describing how raptor clause will work but it does not say consoles are not going to see him.  Not very clear to me can anyone confirm one way or the other?

    nope just cosmetics. crap eh

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    Just now, Scotty8319 said:

    Such as?

    I'm not being a smart arse, I'm really curious what holiday items PC gets that consoles don't. I was under the impression it was just delayed for consoles, not denied completely. 

    The console doesn't get raptor clause, so the only way to give them goodies is to put the skins and such on creature kills.

     

    PC will get everything they get but through presents dropped by raptor clause. (raptor clause is pc exclusive)

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    2 minutes ago, INDIO said:

    All Platforms get the same holiday content.  Xbox is getting the birthday stuff as well that the PC already had.  The information is there, you just have to read it.  (maybe more than once or twice)

    no they dont lol .... all we get console owners is cosmetic items no raptor claus or dodorex to be spawned in because raptor claus is pc only ....

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    1 minute ago, INDIO said:

    For a game that's rated mature, there are sure a lot of immature commenters on here.  Do your parents know you are playing a game rated 18+?

     

    being 18+ doesn't make you mature.  I've had to temp ban 40 year olds for having hissy fits in global and acting like 2 year olds

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    Why devs ? just why... I was so hyped for Tek stuff today i spend so much time on preeps for this day and u ruined it :( now we need wait another month >.< that is not fair ;p

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    6 minutes ago, KobalT said:

    Why devs ? just why... I was so hyped for Tek stuff today i spend so much time on preeps for this day and u ruined it :( now we need wait another month >.< that is not fair ;p

    Now you have more time to prep :)

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    19 minutes ago, AnimalMind said:

    I understand that, what I do not understand is why we are not getting the same thing as console players when we have been playing it for much longer. Where are the PC exclusives?

    Maybe you need to read this article again: 

    PC is getting EVERYTHING that Console is getting plus more. It is Console that is not getting everything that PC is getting.

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    11 minutes ago, AnimalMind said:

    Now you have more time to prep :)

    Haha sure i have :) but still... little disappointed :) But i can't complain to much i love this game :P

    Edited by KobalT

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    So since there is no raptor clause on Xbox those of us based on Scorched will get no holiday content at all unless we transfer to hunt dinos?

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    Those are some gorgeous looking caves, and I can't wait to get my hands on some tech gear and those new sea dinos. I love underwater stuff and it's great to see it's getting some love with these cool new things to do underwater and the upcoming tek ventilator. 

    On a side note, I just thought of a great idea. An underwater focused map. Will start a new thread on it for more info :)

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    I noticed some people have posted here that don't understand what Raptor Claus does. On last year's PC Christmas event he would drop high quality blueprints often ascendant and Mastercraft (quetz platform, scuba, gillies, etc.). Many of these items were the same as those that can be found in the deep sea loot crates. The nice thing about these was that any level character could pick them up. There's no level gate to collect them like the underwater loot crates require.

    Sure, Xbox is gaining access to the birthday cosmetics but are really missing out on (in my opinion) the best aspect of Winter Wonderland- the high quality loot drops from Raptor Claus.

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    1 hour ago, INDIO said:

    All Platforms get the same holiday content.  Xbox is getting the birthday stuff as well that the PC already had.  The information is there, you just have to read it.  (maybe more than once or twice)

    Edit:  Ok so PC get a raptor claus and xbox does not, maybe a platform limitation on xbox.  But the end result is the same, just two different methods of achieving it. 

    Before calling everyone here immature perhaps you should re-read the original post.

    The end result is not the same. On PC you can collect high end blueprints and coal/mistletoe. The coal is used to summon the dodo rex and the mistletoe is used to obtain cosmetics.

    On Xbox you can only obtain cosmetics by killing certain dinos. So no high end blueprints and no dodo rex summoning. 

    TLDR;

    PC: Blueprints, Cosmetics, Dodo rex

    Xbox: Cosmetics

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    Hope a moderator can answer this is the winter wonderland 2 not on Xbox at this time cuz I see no snow and never got a update is it delayed  cuz it now 6pm I think in eastern time 

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    12 minutes ago, Werewolfdynasty30 said:

    Hope a moderator can answer this is the winter wonderland 2 not on Xbox at this time cuz I see no snow and never got a update is it delayed  cuz it now 6pm I think in eastern time 

    There was no "update" today because the update was what you got the other day. The content was already there on Xbox, it was just waiting to be switched on. The content is now there as per this thread.

    Edited by GamerPerfection

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    4 minutes ago, GamerPerfection said:

    There was no "update" today because the update was what you got the other day. The content was already there on Xbox, it was just waiting to be switched on. The content is now there as per this thread.

    Ok so if I go to center map there snow but no snow on the island at all on Xbox 

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