ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 309.4
- Fixed an issue with collision on several meshes
- Fixed several mesh holes in various biomes
- Improved hover skiff movement and operation on steep terrain
- Fixed a damage exploit with Ferox
- Ferox should now keep its imprint buff when in large form
- Reduced cloning cost for the Giant Turtle
- Improved HLNA performance when crafting a large number of items
- Teleporting East in the Bog biome will no longer transport the player South East
- Insect swarms now give chitin instead of hide
- Modified the no-build zone in the main volcano cave
- Adjusted the trajectory of lunar comets to prevent edge cases of players and dinos dying
- Fixed a rare case where the mining drill could damage the tek sensor
- Activation/deactivation settings will now save on the tek alarm
- Activation/deactivation settings will now save on the pressure plate
- The lava on The Island in caves and the lava in the Wyvern trench on S.E. will no longer damage Magmasaur
- Improved localization on the Rockwell boss fight and end cutscene
- Cryopods can be accessed in the HLNA Shop again
- Enabled several performance-related visual tweaks on wild Astrocetus
- Improved the accuracy of HLNA cardinal direction when teleporting
- HLNA teleportation logic now tries to avoid turrets, non-allied players, and hostile dinos
- Fixed an exploit with cruise missiles that allowed them to bypass turrets
- Improved several visual components of the mission UI (difficulty text, leaderboards, item lists, mission notifications)
- Made adjustments in areas near the volcano to fix rare instances where eruptions would instantly kill players/dinos
- Significantly reduced the frequency and slightly increased the duration of green rain in the big biome
- Reduced the number of insect swarms in Bog biome by about 25%
- Added a cooldown between green rain insect swarm spawns.
- Fixed an edge case that caused the player to be destroyed when mounting an Equus and equipping its saddle
- Increased the placement radius check for ocean platforms to prevent them from being placed next to enemy foundations/platforms
- Prevented Meks from being deployed in the VR Mission
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving the mission buff in specific biomes (Bog/Ocean/Arctic)
- Fixed the increased damage multiplier in various biomes
- Reduced the bat spawns in the main volcano within the volcano biome