ARK: Survival Evolved News

[p][/p][p]Studio Sirens would like to begin this announcement by thanking the ARK: Survival Evolved community for your involvement and time spent with the Aquatica DLC, generating awesome memories and content for years to come.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]On Friday, January 30th:
[/h3][h3]UTC - 18:00 PM[/h3][h3]Chinese Standard time - 02:00 AM[/h3][h3]Pacific (PST) - 10:00 AM[/h3][h3]Eastern (EST) - 01:00 PM[/h3][p][/p][h3]All official ARK: Aquatica servers will go offline indefinitely at this time.[/h3][p][/p][p]While official Aquatica servers are sunset, this does not mean the end of support for bug fixes, quality-of-life updates, and even suggestions. Monitoring will continue on the   #「❗」bug-reports」channel as well as the「❓」suggestions thread channel on the  Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. [/p][p][/p][p]Updates to the ARK: Aquatica DLC will continue for the foreseeable future. Please follow the announcements section in the community discord for any updates.[/p][p][/p][h3]Thank you,[/h3][p]Studio Sirens[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise's history. Your journey returns you to the beginning: Arat Prime, the site of humanity’s final stand. You awaken in the Necrocene - a brutal, post-Cataclysmic era where the Earth’s southern pole has been plunged into eternal night. Buried within the deep snow, the metropolis of the Lost Colony clings to existence beneath energy shields, powered by the radioactive warmth of Red Element. Survival here is an act of defiance against nature itself. This unnatural heat source keeps the Colony alive... only by repelling the Reseed Protocol, ensuring the Earth remains broken so that the Lost King may rule his corrupt kingdom. [/p][p][/p][p]Caught between the tyrannical order of the Lost King and the creeping, violet corruption of an old enemy, you must navigate a world of gothic horror and advanced science. From the jagged craters of the Tundra to the bioluminescent canopy of the Twilight Forest, and into the depths of the Lost City itself, every inch of the map tells a story of survival at any cost.[/p][p][/p][p]Available now for ARK Survival Ascended on Steam and prepare for the Lost Colony.[/p][p][/p][p]Will you cling to your humanity, or will you undergo the Turning to become the monster this place demands you to be?[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.
[/p][p]For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).[/p][p][/p][p]Another update to the ARK: Survival Evolved Devkit is being prepared and will be released soon, announcement on the community Discord server to follow.[/p][p][/p][p]As a reminder, the ‘preaquatica’ game branch will remain a permanently available branch for all users on ARK: Survival Evolved.[/p][p][/p][h3]Dino/Tame Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed some dinos not being able to equip Augments[/p]
• [p]Fixed Infected Barnacle bleed effect not damaging enemies and being applied to allies[/p]
• [p]Fixed Homarus using the wrong icon[/p]
• [p]Homarus and rider are now immune to the effects of brine and infected corpse harvesting debuffs[/p]
• [p]Fixed Ocepechelon not being able to pick up fish when a saddle is equipped[/p]
• [p]Fixed issues with Takifugu stats and fixed melee attackers not gaining torpor damage[/p]
• [p]Fixed Water Wyvern using land cuddle animations when underwater[/p]
• [p]Fixed Kathreptis mimic animation issues[/p]
• [p]Fixed Kathreptis egg spawn location[/p]
• [p]Fixed Onchopristis not playing many of their animations[/p]
• [p]Fixed Cymathoa sometimes moving during combat[/p]
• [p]Fixed Dakosaurus baby birth location[/p]
• [p]Players can now be impregnated by Abyssal Reaper Queens[/p]
• [p]Increased Abyssal Reaper Queen spawns in the Abyss[/p]
• [p]Fixed Abyssal Reaper ranged attacks not spawning their projectiles[/p]
• [p]Fixed Abyssal Reapers not using the correct colorsets[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Item/Structure Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Pygocentrus Trophies can now be uploaded/transferred[/p]
• [p]Fixed Hydrosphere bubbles not using their material when playing in low memory modes.[/p]
• [p]Fixed not being able to add Thalassian ammo into the Ammo Box[/p]
• [p]Boot Weights now display if they are toggled on or off on the player HUD[/p]
• [p]Fixed Infectariums destroying Tek Canteens when crafting Infected Barnacles[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Other Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an inventory related crash[/p]
• [p]Fixed the river in the Downriver Run race mission on Genesis 2[/p]
• [p]Reduced damage of lava on Aquatica[/p]
• [p]Fixed the locations of many lava volumes on Aquatica[/p]
• [p]Fixed many underwater lava volumes in Aquatica counting as air[/p]
• [p]Fixed various meshes in the Aquatica map not having collision[/p]
• [p]Fixed some landscape meshes in Aquatica not counting as ground for structure placement[/p]
• [p]Fixed floating foliage issues on Aquatica[/p]

[p][/p][p]This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. [/p][p][/p][p]This update will be pushed starting:[/p][p]9:00 PM UTC[/p][p]5:00 AM CST[/p][p]1:00 PM PST[/p][p]4:00 PM EST[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]
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[p][/p][p][/p][p]Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.[/p][p][/p][p]For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).[/p][p][/p][p]We are happy to announce that the ‘preaquatica’ game branch will remain a permanently available branch for all users on ARK: Survival Evolved.[/p][p][/p][h2]Patch notes v360.35[/h2][p][/p][h3]Dino/Tame Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed some Abyssal dinos having points in Oxygen[/p]
  • [p]Note: This only removes the Oxygen from new dinos, not existing[/p]
• [p]Increased Alpha Abyssal Rex health[/p]
• [p]Added ability for most dinos to equip Infected Barnacle augments. Water and amphibious dinos will get reduced benefits from swim speed augments[/p]
  • [p]Note: New dinos will not get the attached infected mask visual[/p]
• [p]Fixed Infected Barnacle mask not being visible on Pachyrhino and Megalosaurus [/p]
• [p]Fixed water dinos not being able to target Alpha Corrupt Tridacna[/p]
• [p]Fixed Monodon not using their cuddle animation[/p]
• [p]Fixed Monodon getting too much taming ineffectiveness when taming rates are boosted[/p]
• [p]Reduced aggro notify neighbor range for Megalodon, Malleocephalus, Dakosaurus, and Seahorse[/p]
• [p]Fixed Sinomacrops and Noglin buffs not applying correctly to players when mounted[/p]
• [p]Fixed buffs not getting applied to riders of Tropeognathus, Magmasaur, Exosuit, Tek Hoversail, Dinopithecus, and Stego[/p]
• [p]Reduced spawn rate of Liopleurodon in Aquatica[/p]
• [p]Wild Basilosaurus will no longer get targeted by wild Megalodon[/p]
• [p]Wild Anglers will no longer target, or be targeted by, other wild dinos[/p]
• [p]Water Wyvern adjustments: improved nest/egg spawns, slightly increased alpha spawn chance in wyvern cave, removed Alpha Water Talon requirement from Alpha Pygocentrus[/p]
  • [p]Note: Alpha water talons will not be used for that boss anymore. It is still used for the Vulcanithys boss however.[/p]
• [p]Dakosaurus hibernate ability now increases health regeneration[/p]
• [p]Tiktaalik can now harvest Earthworm piles using their primary attack[/p]
• [p]Fixed Homarus falling into the ground when killed[/p]
• [p]Fixed Homarus not being able to breed inside water Hydrospheres[/p]
• [p]Fixed Homarus dino dossier icon[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Item/Structure Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed Aquatica Helmets not appropriately showing or hiding beard hair[/p]
• [p]Renamed the Thalassian Rocket Propelled Energy Blast to Thalassian Propelled Rocket[/p]
• [p]Fixed Underwater Crop Plot material[/p]
• [p]Fixed Hydrosphere bubbles having collision[/p]
• [p]Fixed Hydrospheres interfering with placement of other structures[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Hydrosphere unlocking during server restarts[/p]
  • [p]Note: Existing Hydrospheres will need to be relocked after the update[/p]
• [p]Added Element as a valid fuel source for Hydrospheres[/p]
• [p]Updated Pearl structure descriptions to better indicate they increase water pressure acclimation speed[/p]
• [p]Fixed snapping and scaling issues with the Pearl building set[/p]
• [p]Fixed Tek Tridents having a random chance to break when used[/p]
• [p]Fixed Infectarium destroying water containers when crafting[/p]
• [p]Fixed Infected Barnacle descriptions on servers[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Other Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, lava volumes, and mesh holes.[/p]
• [p]Removed empty news box from Main Menu[/p]
• [p]Removed empty UI box in lower right of screen in singleplayer games[/p]
• [p]Fixed various Aquatica UI colorization issues[/p]

[p][/p][p]This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. [/p][p][/p][p]This update will be pushed starting:[/p][p]9:30 PM UTC
5:30 AM CST
2:30 PM PST
5:30 PM EST[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][p]Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.[/p][p][/p][p]For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).[/p][p][/p][h3]In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]An update to the DevKit is currently in progress and will be released soon.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]The team is aware of long loading times on fresh clients related to primalgamedata, this is a complex issue that is considered a work in progress. An effective workaround to this issue is to leave the game client open on the main menu for 10 minutes or longer before attempting to load into the game.[/h3][h3][/h3][h3]Item/Structure Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Adding missing meshes to Thalassian Hover Skiff[/p]
• [p]Fixed Tek Trident getting consumed when thrown[/p]
• [p]Fixed Aquatica Large Wood Wall using wrong texture[/p]
• [p]Fixed Spear Bolts not being craftable in all smithy-type inventories[/p]

[h3]Dino/Tame Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed Homarus using the wrong dino icon[/p]
• [p]Fixed Cymathoa despawning when swimming to the far top of arena[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the Monkey radial menu[/p]
• [p]Added collision to Riftwalker legs and head[/p]

[h3]Other Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Added missing holiday assets[/p]
• [p]Fixed missing artifact[/p]
• [p]Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, mesh popping, lava volumes, an anti-mesh location, and mesh holes.[/p]

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[/h3][h3]This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. [/h3][h3]This update will be pushed starting:[/h3][h3]9:00 PM UTC
5:00 AM CST
2:00 PM PST
5:00 PM EST[/h3][h3]
[/h3][h3]As development continues, we are seeing progress being made to multiple major issues. Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.[/h3][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p]