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Patch 2025.9.9.0.14 is now available!

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]Patch 2025.9.9.0.14 is now available on the Evolution Public Branch.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]The tyrannosaurus rex sub adult has 5 new call sounds. Press the 1 key for an idle call. Press the 2 key for a friendly call. Press the 3 key for a call for help. Press the 4 key for an aggressive call. Press the 5 key for a distant call.[/p]
  • [p]There are now new sounds for eating meat.[/p]
  • [p]Removed the mouth/feet audiosource max distance adjustments for wild dinosaurs, now it's set to the max dinosaur view range, so in theory you could hear something as far as you can see it if the audiosource is loud enough.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed building nests.[/p]
  • [p]Legs animator now fades in and out depending on the movement that is happening for a dinosaur. This makes it look smoother with no snapping in and out of animation states.[/p]
  • [p]Wild dinosaurs now have the same base swim speed as the player.[/p]
  • [p]Wild dinosaurs should no longer float above the water when trying to enter the water.[/p]
  • [p]Wild dinosaurs are no longer getting stuck while trying to swim from the shoreline into the water.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an archelon animator problem, now it doesn't have to finish its idle swim animation before it can play its movement animations.[/p]
  • [p]Non-fish meat is no longer able to be strictly-piscivore dinosaur's preferred foods.[/p]
  • [p]Megalodon now has fish flesh.[/p]
  • [p]Your dinosaurs can now get thirsty while swimming.[/p]
  • [p]Extremely hot and dry biomes now cause dinosaurs to lose hydration at 3x the normal rate. These are the desert, badlands, and salt flats biomes.[/p]
  • [p]Moderately hot and dry biomes now cause a dinosaur to lose hydration at 2x the normal rate. These are the rocky and mountainous biomes.[/p]
  • [p]Some dinosaurs are now passively anhydrobiotic and resist the hydration loss of extremely and moderately hot and dry biomes by up to 50%.[/p]
  • [p]A new body trait, Anhydrobiosis is now available for all non-aquatic dinosaurs and this allows you to resist the hydration loss caused by extremely and moderately hot and dry biomes by 10%, up to 50% with a superior diet.[/p]
  • [p]The velociraptor, skorpiovenator, oviraptor, and protoceratops have 50% passive anhydrobiosis.[/p]
  • [p]The tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops, tarbosaurus, stegosaurus, dryosaurus, ceratosaurus, carnotaurus, and brachiosaurus have 25% passive anhydrobiosis.[/p]
  • [p]The Satiated trait now makes your hunger drain 10% slower with a poor diet and up to 50% slower with a superior diet, instead of a base 15%.[/p]
  • [p]The Hydrated trait now makes your thirst drain 10% slower with a poor diet and up to 50% slower with a superior diet, instead of a base 15%.[/p]
  • [p]Titanoboa can now swallow prey half its previous swallow size.[/p]
  • [p]Adult brachiosaurus height has changed from 43 feet to 49 feet.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a glitch where if your dinosaur was trying to eat, it could potentially check a previously eaten resource's position when trying to determine if it was closer to the new resource or the previous resource.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a glitch where if your dinosaur's diet consisted of multiple diets, the system might not remove the eaten food from the correct resource.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a glitch where if your dinosaur's diet consisted of multiple diets, the system would clear the resource from your target when checking the first diet, and it would never reach second or further diet checks.[/p]

Patch 2025.9.9.0.6 is now available!

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]Patch 2025.9.9.0.6 is now available on the Evolution Public Branch.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]The terrestrial dinosaur nest has a new model and texture.[/p]
  • [p]The tyrannosaurus rex hatchlings and juveniles have 5 new call sounds each. Press the 1 key for an idle call. Press the 2 key for a friendly call. Press the 3 key for a call for help. Press the 4 key for an aggressive call. Press the 5 key for a distant call.[/p]
  • [p]Wild dinosaurs are once again playing their attack sounds.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a problem where wild creatures would get stuck on dead creatures and be unable to wander.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a wild dinosaur skin randomization problem.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a wild dinosaur attack timing problem.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a glitch that could happen if hovering over a talent and logging out of a dinosaur at the same time.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a glitch where the talent tooltip could get stuck on the screen if hovering over a talent and switching window tabs at the same time.[/p]
  • [p]Your dinosaur no longer has to be hungry in order to grow from eating.[/p]
  • [p]Having gastroliths in your dinosaur's stomach increases the amount of growth gained by eating by up to 2x if you're hungry.[/p]
  • [p]The passive growth bonus maximum that can be gained by having a higher overall health ranking has been reduced to 2x, down from 4.25x.[/p]
  • [p]Gastroliths in your dinosaur's stomach now make you half as hungry. This amount is still lessened for older dinosaurs.[/p]

Patch 2025.9.9.0.4 is now available!

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]Patch 2025.9.9.0.4 is now available on the Evolution Public Branch.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]The tyrannosaurus rex adult has 5 new call sounds. Press the 1 key for an idle call. Press the 2 key for a friendly call. Press the 3 key for a call for help. Press the 4 key for an aggressive call. Press the 5 key for a distant call.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a preferred foods randomization glitch for piscivores.[/p]
  • [p]A dinosaur's maximum amount of gastroliths is now halved if the dinosaur has a "lean" body type. Bulky body types still have the same maximum gastroliths. So a lean dinosaur can require between 5 and 120 gastroliths depending on their growth stage and size category.[/p]
  • [p]A dinosaur gets fuller faster while eating with higher amounts of gastroliths in their stomach. Up to 5x fuller per bite.[/p]
  • [p]A dinosaur gets hungrier faster with higher amounts of gastroliths in their stomach. Up to 6x faster. Older dinosaurs don't get as hungry from this penalty.[/p]
  • [p]A dinosaur only grows from eating if they are hungry.[/p]
  • [p]The Guide page on Growth has been updated.[/p]
  • [p]A new Guide page on the Preferred Foods system has been added.[/p]
  • [p]Almost all dinosaur species can now play their movement and call animations at the same time.[/p]
  • [p]Almost all aquatic species can now play their movement and attack animations at the same time.[/p]
  • [p]The styracosaurus, oviraptor, dimorphodon, and troodon can now play their movement and attack animations at the same time.[/p]

Patch 2025.9.9.0.2 is now available!

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]Patch 2025.9.9.0.2 is now available on the Evolution Public Branch.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Added a new playable dinosaur, the Deinocheirus![/p]
  • [p]Fixed some swimming problems for the player.[/p]

Patch 2025.9.8.0.5 is now available!

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p]Patch 2025.9.8.0.5 is now available on the Evolution Public Branch.[/p][p][/p][p]Carnivore bite attacks have new sound effects.[/p][p][/p][p]Fixed an error with the preferred foods system.[/p]