ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 185.5 – Patchnotes

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 185.5, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Official Servers

  • Official Servers Upgraded to Difficulty 3.0.

Bugfixes

  • Unversioned Hotfix: Fixed a Client startup crash, Fixed Linux Server startup crash
  • About +30% server performance gain
  • Fixed the fix: Max height of structures above the ground is now 25,000 units. Previously was 15,000 units.

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (185.4)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 185.4 – Patchnotes

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 185.4, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Game Changes

  • Mods will now download dynamically upon connection even if you connect to a server directly thru the Steam Client
  • All Chat is now logged to RCON
  • Max height of structures above the ground is now 25,000 units. Previously was 15,000 units.

Bugfixes

  • Fix for AMD GPU shadow flickering (partial… can still flicker but far less frequently. full fix is coming this weekend)
  • Eliminated issue where large amounts of structures could cause client disconnection or bandwidth starvation (mega lag)
  • Mods will now load properly on clients launched with commandlines (such as -nomansky)
  • Fixed some more Admin UI crashes 😉

Performance

  • Approximate 10% Dedicated Server Performance gain
  • Approximate 80% faster savegame load speed
  • Reduced client hitching around large structures
  • Improved client physx performance onto large structures

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (185.3)

Dino Dossier: Dunkleosteus

A new Dinosaur has been announced. The Dunkleosteus is a tough fish which can be used for mining as well as protection.

Common Name: Dunkleosteus
Species: Dunkleosteus Loricaruptor
Time: Late Devonian
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Aggressive
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Yes
  • Wild: Dunkleostus Loricaruptor is a very strange creature. It is a fairly large fish, covered head to tail in armored plates, with incredibly powerful jaws. It tends to eat the islands' water-dwelling crustaceans, as it not fast enough to catch most of the smaller fish.
  • Domesticated: Dunkleosteus is an incredibly useful fish for coastal communities. Its powerful jaws make short work of the stone and oil formations found throughout the oceanic depths. While harvesting, Dunkleosteus can handily defend its rider from all but the largest threats in the waters. And once past its prime, the Dunkleosteus can be harvested for a fair amount of Chitin.
  • Known Information: Dunkleosteus is a surprisingly combat-oriented for a fish. Its well-armored body protects it from many creatures, while its bite is strong enough to easily crush through chitinous shells.

Drops

  • Raw Meat

Base Stats and Calculator

Level Base + Lvl =

Check Dunkleosteus in Taming Calculator

ARK Digest #9 Summary – Industrial Grills, Offline Raiding, New Bows and more

It’s Barbecue Time! At least that’s what the latest ARK Digest would have us believe. Confronted with the question of whether there was a better cooking-device coming up, community manager Jat announced the “Industrial Grill”. It will allow us to “cook meat much quicker and at a larger scale” and is due to arrive later this week.

Dino Dossiers

Another question that many of us had pondered about was also answered: With all those dino-dossier releases, when will the dinos actually be released in the game? Jat pointed out that their goal was to release a Dino every one and a half to two weeks. That means that all the creatures which were announced until now will be released before the end of this year.

Primitive Only Servers

As many of you might already have noticed (and those who read the patch-notes here will already know), there are now primitive-only servers. On those, you’ll have to play ARK without the comforts of modern technology. Saddles and Metal Tools are the most sophisticated tools available there.

Archery

One of the common themes to many of the answers in the current digest-feature was the extension of archery. We’ve already given you an overview of the developments around the composite bow, and how it’s not to be confused with compound bows. Now there’s going to be another variant: The Underwater Crossbow. Due to arrive next week, it will be a great alternative to hunting with spears. While we’re at it, one feature that’ll certainly let the heart of any archery-fan beat higher, and that’s shooting from dinosaurs. Thanks to the upcoming building-on-dinos feature, you’ll be able to have an entire squad of archers on the back of a Brontosaurus wrecking havoc on anyone below. Isn’t that awesome? (And yes, that’s an open invitation for any of you artists reading this to paint that scene!)

Painting and Breeding

Though, come to think of it, there’s one thing missing here. This already hilarious situation would certainly benefit from an oddly-coloured Dino, wouldn’t it? Gladly that’s also going to be possible, because as the developers announced, “When breeding you can definitely expect the colours to blend (..among other things!)”. To complement those, per-pixel-paintable signs will also arrive in the next weeks.

Offline Raiding Notifications

To top this off, there has been talk of offline raiding notifications. Many of us have already suffered from at least one attempt wreck havoc on our base while we’re soundly asleep, so this should be interesting news. Two avenues to base-security are being pursued. For one, there will soon be several different kinds of traps. Moreover, a primitive version of the Auto-Turret will also be available for lower levels. The other approach handles the cases when you’re offline. You’ll get a notification when your base is being raided, though the specificities of that system haven’t been announced yet.

Smaller Announcements:

  • An Elevator for Dinos is in the planning. No time has been announced yet.
  • Boats are being looked into.
  • Decorations
  • More dye colors by next week.
  • A dino gate for flyers.

(You can find the full feature here.)

 

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 185.3 – Patchnotes

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 185.3, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

UI Changes

  • Server Passwords now appear as Asteriks’ in Admin Managment UI (soon you’ll be able to change this dynamically via the UI), and “message-of-the-day changing in the UI” crash is fixed

Bugfixes

  • Fixed various mods crashing — any which used custom Materials, such as Apako Island: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=469987622&searchtext=
  • Fixed a Chatbox crash
  • Eliminated some Snapshot_16 “permanent” hangs if banned or missing communication from server during connection

Performance

  • Improved speed of background loading core game data while at main menu

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (185.2)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 185.2 – Patchnotes

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 185.2, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Bugfixes

  • Server-side vaults that are lowered due to destroyed foundations now retain their pin-code/lock settings.

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (185.1)

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 185.1 – Patchnotes

These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 185.1, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed C4 ammo problem. Very sorry about that!

(Original Announcement on Steam)

Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (185.0)

Server Admin UI

The Server Admin UI allows you to manage your server through a nice in-game menu instead of the console. To open it, open up the ingame conosle and authenticate by typing

enablecheats YourAdminPassword

afterwards you can open up the Server Admin UI by entering

ShowMyAdminManager

The window to the left allows you to see the server settings. Those are editable in your Server-INI.

The middle one displays all connected players. Their survivor name and their level are shown, as well as their Steam Name. You can use the same menu to kick, ban or whitelist players. The “message”-input allows you to broadcast a message to the entire server.

The Cheat-Manager will allow you to execute the cheat of your choice.

If the UI isn’t to your liking, you might be interested in our tutorial on server administration via RCON.

RCON Tutorial

Patch 185.0 introduced the RCON-Feature. It allows you to execute commands on your server without having to be in-game. That is a huge improvement over the previous mechanic, because it allows you to automate commands, and generally do stuff on machines where you can’t simply start up the game.

Setup

To enable RCON you will have to add the following to your server startup command line

?RCONEnabled=True?RCONPort=32330?ServerAdminPassword=YOURPASSWORD

Replace “YOURASSWORD” with the password of your choice. Specifying the password in the command line is only neccessary if you haven’t already set an admin-password for your server in the configuration.

Usage

Windows

To receive text and enter commands you will need a client software on your computer.

EDIT: There now is a graphical RCON client for ARK. Check out our Mod-Spotlight to learn more.

For Windows, you could use mcrcon, though that’s only a suggestion. Execute the launch.bat and enter the connection data (server IP, port and password) there and you should be able to connect. Once you’re in there you can use the commands like you would in the ingame console. To exit your console simply type exit

Linux

Finding a good linux client is quite another matter. For use on your server, we can recommend this code. Download it, use

gcc -o rcon rcon.c

to compile it (if you haven’t installed gcc already, you’ll have to install that too, or any other C compiler). You can then use

./rcon -PYOURPASSWORD -a127.0.0.1 -p32330 listplayers

to execute the command of your choice (in this example listplayers). It will automatically exit after it sent the command. To connect to a remote server you’ll have to fill in the correct information for IP (-a) and port (-p), and make sure that your firewall permits the connection.

Dino Dossier: Doedicurus Custosaxum

Today a new dinosaur was announced. It's tough, heavy and strong. Just look at it, armor to every side and an internal fat-reservoir to get through the tougher climates, this creature doesn't have to fear anyone. All the bigger are the benefits for those daring souls who manage to tame one, because they will be able to employ its spiked tail in quarry-work. There isn't a rock on the island which can withstand repeated strikes from such a monumental weapon.

Common Name: Doedicurus
Species: Doedicurus Custosaxum
Time: Plestiocene – Holocene
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Docile
Domestication
Tameable: Yes
Rideable: Yes
Saddle: Doedicurus Saddle
Command: admincheat summon Doed_Character_BP_C
  • Wild: Doedicurus Custosaxum is one of the island’s non-aggressive herbivores, generally found on mountains and grasslands. Large and well-armored, it has a supply of fat under its plates to keep it warm and fed in the cold. Doedicurus has adapted well to the dangers of the island, perhaps even better than the Ankylosaurus.
  • Domesticated: Doedicurus is a highly prized work animal on the island. Its spiked Tail is ideal for quickly swattering the large rocks, so Doedicurus is a very efficient quarry worker. And in case their quarry gets raided, Doedicurus-Riders have a very difficult-to-kill mount!
  • Known Information: Doedicurus has two very different reactions to predators. Against smaller foes, it generally uses its spiked tail to inflict as much damage as possible. Against larger predators, however, it pulls its tail underneath itself to form a solid armored ball that is nearly impossible for creatures to pierce.

Video

Drops

  • Raw Meat

Base Stats and Calculator

Level Base + Lvl =

Check Doedicurus in Taming Calculator

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