Dino Dossier: Arthropluera

Common Name: Arthropluera
Species: Arthropluera Felsanguis
Time: Early Permian
Diet: Carrion Feeder
Temperament: Aggressive
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable:

Yes
  • Wild: The fact that this creature exists is enough to give me nightmares. Like the island's other Arthropods, Arthropluera Felsanguis has become much larger than I might have believed possible. It's a very aggressive hunter, but prefers to eat meat after it has rotted for some time, and will voraciously seek out such delicacies.
  • Domesticated: Like most of the arthropods on the island, Arthropleura is simple minded and relatively easy to tame. It is an almost entirely military mount, useful mostly for attacking at a distance. Thanks to its unique defenses, whether hunting or warring, Arthropleura is generally safe from all but the largest of creatures.
  • Known Information: Arthropleura's blood has a very low pH, to the point that it can dissolve many materials. This acidic blood splashes back on anything that directly attacks it, weakening the durability of weapons and hurting attackers. Many creatures thusly refuse to prey on Arthropleura, fearing this unique defense. If that wasn't enough, Arthropleura also keeps a small reservoir of blood ready to spit at its prey.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Chitin

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 208 & 208.1

This updates are merely fixes of the last patch

Fixes

  • Fixed some server crashes
  • Fixed issue with wall signs & activated powered electronics not attaching to platform structures
  • Fixed Brontos/Rafts getting pushed by structures built onto the them
  • Fixed invisible character materials after equipping armor in singleplayer/local play
  • Wild Dinos (i.e. Sharks etc) will no longer attack rafts
  • Fixed a save-painting crash
  • Fixed platform-attached climbing ladder funkyness
  • Fixed Torch/Fire Lights not being attached correctly on moving platforms
  • Rafts physics no longer get stuck underwater at low server fps
  • Platform saddles can no longer be colorized when structures are already placed on them (for now).
  • Fixed a client case where all saddle-platform structures could be detached depending on network payload order
  • You can no longer spawn at platform-saddled beds/sleeping-bags that are “thru”/near enemy structures
  • Brontos can now properly climb ramps / base on structures again
  • Rafts/Buggies (vehicles) no longer show “Feeding Trough” icon
  • Fixed “Survival ofthe Fittest” Server crash
  • Fixed Submersible Rafts
  • Fixed Rafts that would end up underground at 50,50 (this should also retroactively fix any which had that occur)
  • Fixed Ladder funkyness underground
  • Fixed being teleported by flyer carrying you onto a platform saddle
  • Fixed platform-saddled structure spawn VFX erroneously playing when first coming into view on a client

 

Dino Dossier: Eurypterid

Common Name: Eurypterid
Species: Jaekelopterus Euryperus
Time: Silurian
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Aggressive if approached
Domestication
Tameable: No
Rideable: No

  • Wild: Found only in the deepest depths of the waters around the island, Eurypterids are dangerous and adaptable Arthropods. As likely to hunt as they are to scavenge, a Eurypterid rarely has difficulty finding food to keep itself nourished, even at the bottom of the ocean.

  • Domesticated: While Eurypterid are not intelligent enough to be tamed, This doesn't mean they are without utility for tribes. They are a wonderful source of Chitin, and their digestive tract often contain silica pearls. They sometimes even have incredibly rare Black Pearls used for manufacturing mysterious technologies, making them among the most valuable creatures on the island.

  • Known Information: A Eutryterid's threat does comes not directly from its raw strength. Instead, it combines a hard defensive exoskeleton with debilitating poison to powerful effect. The sting of a Eurypterid increases torpor while reducing stamina, quickly rendering its opponent unable to defend itself.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Chitin

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 207 – Saddle Platforms are coming

New Items and Features

  • New Creature: Pachycephalosaurus (Dossier)
  • New Item: Water Raft!
  • New Item: Scuba Pants, providing excellent hypothermic insulation, but only when in water.
  • New Item: Craftable “Amnesiac Soup” that resets all of your Engrams and Skill Points!
  • Human and Dino warpaint
  • There are various new craftable dye colors including Cyan 😉
  • You can now place crop-plots on Structures
  • You can now name Refridgerators… Maltheus 🙂

Changes / Fixes

  • Paintings / Warpaints can now be saved, loaded, and shared! (they require the corresponding indicated amount of paint to apply, of course!) -can someone make a Bitmap to ARKPaint converter now?
  • Scuba Torso Top included in Tank Item
  • Ogg Music now plays on Mac and Linux (main menu, loading, spawning, etc)
  • When placing a Wall, you can now press a key to rotate them 180 degrees when snapped (i.e. to “flip” them)
  • There’s now an on-screen overhead icon when a Dino of yours is in range of one of your Troughs.
  • You can now place crop-plots on Structures (but, they require open access to the sky if on a Structure!)
  • You can now name refrigerators
  • Rocket Launcher no longer consumes 2 ammo per shot; only 1 ammo per shot now.
  • 50% of the Inventory weight of a Monkey on your shoulder is now put on you 😉
  • Custom Chat bindings now work properly when menus are open
  • Fixed UI crash associated with “blueprint skins”
  • Fixed Claiming of dinos on PvE!

Server related

  • New ServerSettings “DisablePvEGamma=true” option now prevents gamma changes in PvE
  • Auto Anti Hack Banning (Speed, Aim, and more): experimental server option
  • DestroyWildDinos cheat command, instantly destroys all Wild Dinos. Useful if you want to force repopulation of the ARK… sounds apocalyptic. Similarly, DestroyStructures
  • Eliminated Server lag/stalling associated with clients that have poor connections getting a BUNCH of structures sent to them all at once
  • Server admins can now ban via SteamID when a player isn’t currently connected
  • New Primitive Server INI:http://pastebin.com/RSscMfB7

Dune Buggy and Dragon

  • Driveable Dune Buggy Modding example (we’ll let modders have the first crack at vehicles with this example 
(also available for server admins to spawn for experiments, and so is the Dragon)
cheat spawnactor "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dragon/Dragon_Character_BP.Dragon_Character_BP'" 1 1 1
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Vehicles/VH_Buggy/Blueprint/PrimalItemVHBuggy.PrimalItemVHBuggy'" 1 1 false -- for proper driving physics on dedicated servers, highly recommend that server admins who use the Buggy run their server with INI change:
"steamapps\common\ARK\Projects\ShooterGame\Sav ed\C onfig\WindowsServer\Engine.ini"
[/script/engine.physicssettings]
Server_MaxSubsteps=5
Server_MaxSubstepDeltaTime=0.1

Build-on-Saddle / Saddle Platform

 

  • Collidable Saddle Platform & Build-on-Saddles: make your big brontos and plesios into mobile bases, build just about anything up from them! Build ladders to climb up onto them, whatever -the possibilities are nearly endless!!! We originally were gonna limit it to sleeping bags and turrets, but let’s just go all-out and make it work with everything, like so:

 

bronto_base

Dino Dossier: Therizinosaur

Common Name: Therizinosaur
Species: Therizinosaur Multiensis
Time: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Aggressive
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Yes

  • Wild: I’m not entirely sure how Therizinosaur Multiensis stays populated on the island. It is surprising slow for it’s size, and is a solitary creative (so no pack to back it up). I suppose the fact that it’s sheer power rivals Tyrannosaurus is the only thing that allows this very aggressive medium-sized herbivore to thrive on the island. The claws of Therizinosaur are some of the most versatile biological tools I’ve encountered, as adept at removing trees and foliage from Therizinosaur path as they are at piercing the thick shells and hide of the island’s most defensive creatures if backed into a fight.

  • Domesticated: A tamed Therizinosaur is one of the most versatile mounts a survivor can have. It can be trained to use it’s claws brutally or delicately, allowing the rider to primarily harvest the specific kinds of resources that he or she needs, with abnormally extreme of resource that he or she needs, with abnormally extreme efficiency. And in combat, these same claws can piece straight through. The toughest armor. This flexibility more than makes up for it’s inability to carry the large loads of the islands many herbivorous pack beasts.

Drops

  • Raw Meat

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Cheats- and Itemlist Update

We know, many of you want to take a quick peek through the items in singleplayer, before spending engram points in multiplayer. ARK offers this, but requires you to know the ID for the item.

Because ARK is still in early development, there are a lot of new items, every week.

We’ve updated the item and the cheat command lists today and added everything already implemented. Take a peek.

Thanks to Madman who always helps us with the ID lists in our forums. 🙂

Dino Dossier: Megaloceros

Common Name: Megaloceros
Species: Megaloceros Latuscoronam
Time: Pliocene
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Skittish
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Yes
  • Wild: Megaloceros Latuscoronam is a very skittish herbivore, found mostly in the forests and mountains of the island. Because of its large size, its fraught demeanor would be strange in any other place. But Megaloceros knows how fierce the predators if the island are, and knows that it is safer to flee from them than to risk its life in a fight.
  • Domesticated: Megaloceros is a jack-of-all-trades creature, and many who ride it value its versatility. It is decently powerful, and its resilience, speed, and ability to jump often come in handy. Finally, its charging horn attack tends to cause targets to "bleed", decreasing their health, stamina, and speed until healed!
  • Known Information: The horns of Megaloceros are very large, and make for an excellent source of Keratin. This, of course, makes it a valuable resource. Unfortunately, hunting Megaloceros is not easy because of their quick speed and ability to bound over most obstacles.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Kreatin
  • Hide

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 206.2

Very short, as usual for a minor release

  • Fixed rain vfx particles staying on, becoming detached, not disabling , etc
  • Linux Voice Chat should now work 🙂
  • Fixed potential server crash
  • Fixed client crash with translated options UI
  • Existing Structures can now always be “Replaced” even if they are considered “in range” of an enemy structure

Metal Glas Mod

Most people prefer a rigid base over a beautiful stylish home. This results in oppressive dark metal castles. This mod will change this by adding a new element: Transparent Metal.

These new walls / roofs have the same durability and effects like their massive counterparts, but they let your base receive the sunlight.

The recipe is only slightly modified. Replace some of the steel of a vanilla wall with crystal – and you’ve got the transparent equivalent.

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Link to the mod: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=510590313

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 206

These are the first known updates for Patch 206. As always: this post will be updated whenever something new is added.

Added

  • Server PvP Auto Demolish options and PvE Auto Dino Unclaim optionsGameUserSettings.ini [ServerSettings]
    PvPStructureDecay=true
    DisableDinoDecayPvE=false
    PvEDinoDecayPeriodMultiplier=1.0(or the commandline ?PvPStructureDecay=true, etc)
  • Option for unofficial Servers to have all admin commands logged to chat, to help Admin trustworthiness. Clients can see whether the servers have this setting enabled in the Pause menu.?AdminLogging=true
    or
    GameUserSettings.ini[ServerSettings]AdminLogging=true
  • New “Low Quality VFX” option makes rain and underwater cheaper. Will link up more effects in the future.
  • Dev Kit: Added capability for Total Conversions to use inherited PrimalGameData to stay in sync with live game.
  • Dev Kit: ALL editable variables are now automatically read/write exposed to Blueprint. Unlimited Power!!!!

Changes

  • Extinction of the “Extinction Event” Servers
  • Session List now filters out Workshop mod games that are on incompatible Workshop mod version

Fixes

  • Eliminated repeated “Installing Mod…” blips when at the main menu
  • Fixed some incorrect structure damage type settings on metal/stone roofs/slopes
  • Fixed a case where you could get insta-killed when dismounting from your creature such as the Gigantopithecus
  • Significantly reduced Dino system memory overhead — but the further fix of 50% memory reductions will come in subsequent update.
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