ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 254.86 & 254.87 & 254.89 – IMPORTANT
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254.86
- Fixed Wild Dino spawns getting crowded out by Tamed Dinos on servers
- Improved server performance approximately 20% by final timer optimization and Tamed Dino optimization
- Reduced Armor Rating Effectiveness on Golem, Bronto, Quetz, Doed, Carbo, and Quetz by 50%
- Prevented using Whip to pickup items thru walls
- Note: For servers, 254.86 has an issue that will delete foreign Dinos from savegames. All servers must upgrade to 254.87 to avoid this issue!
254.87
- Fixed build issue that was deleting foreign Dinos from savegames. All servers must upgrade to 254.87!
254.89
- Fixed critical issue where some Dinos wouldn’t Eat or Tame properly (timer issue fixed). Highly recommend that servers upgrade to this version!