What changed in ARK: Survival Evolved in 2017

Santa's Elves will inhabit the ARKs, spreading joy to players.

2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP rates active until December 26th.

50% chance of encountering white-coloured Dire Bears.

A one-time respawn of wild dinosaurs during the holiday event.

Santa's Elves inhabit the ARKs, spreading joy to all those who tame them.

A one-time respawn of wild dinosaurs will occur during the holiday event.

50% chance of wild Dire Bears being white-coloured.

5% chance of new wild creatures being Xmas coloured.

Special Evolution Event with 2x harvesting, taming, and EXP rates active until December 26th.

All hat-wearing wild dinos are wearing Santa hats and Megaloceros have been replaced with Reindeer.

Megaloceros have been replaced with Reindeer during the event.

All hat-wearing wild dinosaurs will be wearing Santa hats.

From 12 AM to 5 AM, live connected players receive a 40% boost to loot crate quality and more loot.

5% chance of new wild creatures being Xmas coloured.

From 12 AM to 5 AM, players receive a 40% boost to loot crate quality.

Preview of upcoming Dino TLC update featuring new models for Rex, Ape, and Dire Wolf.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP rates active until December 18th.

Aberration expansion pack has been released, offering new gameplay experiences.

A $2000 bounty is offered for the first player to defeat the Alpha Aberration Endboss on an Official server.

The Super Fan Edition of ARK: Survival Evolved is now available for purchase.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP rates active until December 18th.

A $2000 bounty for the first player to defeat the Alpha Aberration Endboss on an Official server.

Ragnarok map will be approximately 100% complete internally, with a PC update expected on December 20th.

Preview of upcoming updates to Rex, Ape, and Dire Wolf models.

Super Fan Edition of ARK: Survival Evolved is now available, featuring exclusive items.

Ragnarok map will be approximately 100% complete internally, with a PC update expected on December 20th.

Aberration has been released and is available for players.

New tools and items such as cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, and hazmat outfits are now craftable.

Players can tame new creatures like the Rock Drake, Lantern Pug, Cave Crustacean, and Nameless Queen.

Survivors will face hazards like earthquakes, radiation exposure, and gas leaks in the Aberration biome.

New tools and items such as cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, and hazmat outfits are now craftable.

Players can tame new creatures including the Rock Drake, Lantern Pug, Cave Crustacean, and Nameless Queen.

The second expansion pack for ARK introduces a new underground biome system with unique challenges and creatures.

Survivors will face hazards like earthquakes, radiation exposure, and gas leaks in the new biomes.

The second expansion pack introduces a new underground biome system with unique challenges and creatures.

Stego Armor Plating will be made much less effective.

The hard limit on turrets has been postponed; new Heavy Turrets will be introduced on November 27th.

There will be no Thanksgiving event due to focus on Aberration, but a Christmas event is planned.

ARK is offering huge discounts during the Autumn Sale.

A special Christmas themed Holiday Event is planned.

There will be no Thanksgiving event due to focus on Aberration.

ARK is on sale with huge discounts during the Autumn Sale.

A new 'Heavy Turret' will be introduced on November 27th, requiring normal turrets to craft.

New Heavy Turrets will be available on November 27th, designed to be 4-5x as powerful as normal turrets.

Aberration will be released on December 12th.

A limit on the number of turrets within a 10,000 Unreal Units radius will be implemented.

Aberration will be released on December 12th.

Stego Armor Plating will be made much less effective.

Released two new skins: Reaper Helmet and Bulbdog Mask.

First glimpse of the upcoming expansion pack featuring new challenges, creatures, and environments.

Collector's Edition now available, featuring exclusive items without the game or season pass.

Announced the integration of the Structures Plus mod into the game, enhancing building functionality.

Announced the official integration of the Structures Plus mod into the game, enhancing building functionality.

The launch of ARK: Aberration has been delayed by several weeks for necessary development work.

Collector's Edition of ARK: Survival Evolved now available, featuring exclusive items without the game included.

The expansion pack has been delayed by some weeks for necessary development work.

First glimpse of the upcoming expansion pack, ARK: Aberration, featuring new challenges and creatures.

Released two new skins: Reaper Helmet and Bulbdog Mask for season pass holders.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP Rates active until October 9th.

Special Evolution Event perk with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP rates active until October 9th.

Survivors will find themselves waking up on a derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, facing new challenges and creatures.

The epic orchestral soundtrack composed by Gareth Coker is now available via digital and streaming outlets.

The official orchestral soundtrack composed by Gareth Coker is now available via digital and streaming outlets.

Survivors will find themselves waking up on a derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, facing new challenges and creatures.

Survivors will face hazards like earthquakes, radiation exposure, and gas leaks in Aberration's biomes.

Aberration features new creatures including the Rock Drake, Lantern Pug, Cave Crustacean, and Nameless Queen.

Studio Wildcard announces the second expansion pack, Aberration, launching in October 2017.

Aberration will be available as a standalone pack and as part of the ARK Season Pass, including exclusive cosmetic items.

Players can craft new tools such as cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, ziplines, and hazmat outfits.

Aberration features new creatures like the Rock Drake, Lantern Pug, Cave Crustacean, and Nameless Queen.

Players can craft new tools such as cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, ziplines, and hazmat outfits.

Studio Wildcard announces the second expansion pack, 'Aberration', launching in October 2017.

Owners of the ARK Season Pass will receive exclusive Aberration-themed cosmetic item skins.

Survivors will face hazards like earthquakes, radiation exposure, and gas leaks in the new biomes.

Significant improvements made to the game's user interface.

Announcement of the Phoenix and additional Tek Gear coming later this week.

Improvements made to overall game performance.

Over one hundred creatures available to tame and encounter, including the Otter.

Total User Interface overhauls implemented.

Countless bugs addressed and fixed.

Introduction of Procedural ARKs.

Launch includes four ARKs, featuring the Norse & Scottish Highland-Inspired 'Ragnarok'.

The Phoenix and additional Tek Gear will be added later this week.

Inclusion of the Primitive+ alternate game mode.

A new alternate game mode, Primitive+, is now available.

The Otter joins the game as a new creature available on PC.

Players can now experience the complete story of ARK: Survival Evolved.

Countless bugs have been addressed and fixed.

Five bosses are now available in the game.

Players can now experience the complete story of ARK: Survival Evolved.

New Procedural ARKs feature added to the game.

Various performance improvements implemented.

Transition from Early Access to full Digital and Retail release.

ARK transitions from Early Access to a full release with complete game content.

First look at the Tek Shield and Tek Sword, showcasing their unique abilities.

The launch trailer features the first in-game footage of the Otter and Phoenix, two new creatures.

The launch trailer features the first in-game footage of the Otter and Phoenix, two new creatures.

ARK: Survival Evolved will exit early access and launch on August 29th.

First look at the Tek Shield and Tek Sword, including their unique abilities.

Pre-order for the live soundtrack recorded at Abbey Road is now available.

Pre-order for the live soundtrack recorded at Abbey Road is now available, releasing August 29th.

Eggs no longer fall through structures during rendering and baby ovis should no longer fall through structures after being born.

The structure limit is now properly indicated to the player once the limit is reached.

Progress bars now include countdown timers and percentages.

Default limits set to 70 players per tribe and 10 alliances per tribe on official servers.

Corrected spelling of Pulminoscorpius.

Platform saddles are now limited to a maximum of 40 saddles per tribe.

Players can now escape being grappled by using tools with blades to cut the line.

Progress bars now include countdown timers and percentages.

Eggs no longer fall through structures during rendering; Baby ovis should no longer fall through structures after being born.

New server option to force weekly respawns of wild dinos on server restart, enabled by default on official servers.

Corrected spelling of Pulminoscorpius.

Decreased stun on humans from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Fixed 3 exploits used to get under the world map.

Increased pellets per shot from 10 to 12, decreased initial spread and max cone size.

Proper communication in the tribe log when structures or tames are deleted due to the PVE timer expiring.

Fixed 3 exploits used to get under the world map.

New limits for tribe members (70) and alliances (10) on official servers.

Enabled by default on official servers to prevent certain dino types from becoming depopulated.

Added a near 25% additional playable landmass in the South West region of the Ragnarok map.

Added a near 25% additional playable landmass including large islands, flat-lands, and new features.

Turrets now have a mode that targets players riding on dinos before targeting the dino itself.

Pellets per shot increased from 10 to 12, damage increase on full hit, and spread adjustments.

Containers/structure inventories now indicate how many slots are full without opening them.

Crops can now be fertilized by pressing E instead of opening the inventory.

Containers/structure inventories now indicate how many slots are full without opening them.

Turrets now target players riding on dinos before targeting the dino itself.

Players can now escape being grappled by cutting the line with tools that have blades.

Players can now tame Titanoboas.

Decreased stun duration on humans from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Huge performance gains may vary based on system configuration due to upgrading to the latest Unreal Rendering code.

Huge performance gains due to upgrading to the latest Unreal Rendering code.

Limited to a maximum of 40 saddles per tribe, with each platform saddle counting as 19 tame slots.

Crops can now be fertilized by pressing E instead of opening the inventory.

Proper communication in the tribe log when structures or tames are deleted due to the PVE timer expiring.

The structure limit is now properly indicated to the player once the limit is reached.

Announcement of new mods added to the Sponsored Mod Program for August.

Players will be able to tame Titanoboas using fertilized eggs.

Upcoming update to introduce DDoS mitigation for all Official Servers.

Plans for an AI overhaul to include nocturnal and diurnal behaviors for various creatures.

Plans to implement a colorblind-friendly mode and differentiate supply drop colors.

Introduction of new TEK items including the TEK Sword, TEK Shield, and TEK Light.

Upcoming update to introduce DDoS Mitigation for all Official Servers.

The Windows 10 version of the game is nearly ready for launch with crossplay features.

The phoenix will be added to Scorched Earth as a thank-you for its success.

Plans to make various creatures biased towards being nocturnal or diurnal during the Dino TLC pass.

The Windows 10 version of the game is nearly ready for launch with crossplay features.

Announcement of new mods added to the Sponsored Mod Program including Dragonpunk and Call of the Wild.

Introduction of new TEK items including the TEK Sword, TEK Shield, and TEK Light.

Players will be able to tame Titanoboas using fertilized eggs.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Otter, a friendly creature found along inland waterways.

The Ragnarok mod will receive a large update with new biomes, a hidden temple, and an epic boss encounter.

Plans to implement a colorblind-friendly mode and differentiate supply drop colors.

Ragnarok will receive a large update with new biomes, a hidden temple, and an epic boss encounter.

The phoenix will be added to Scorched Earth as a thank-you for the expansion's success.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Otter, a friendly creature that can forage for fish and silica pearls.

10% of the lowest count servers will be repurposed, preserving save files for players.

10% of the lowest count servers will be repurposed, preserving save files for players.

Latest version of the Dev Kit will be available for download via GitHub and Unreal Launcher.

Launch of an additional new PvP & PvE Server Cluster network for a fresh experience across all four maps.

Launching an additional new PvP & PvE Server Cluster network for a fresh experience across all four maps.

Current Official Servers will be rebranded as 'Legacy' and indicated as such on all platforms.

Current Official Servers will be rebranded as 'Legacy' and indicated as such on all platforms.

Latest version of the Dev Kit will be available for download via GitHub and Unreal Launcher.

A new weapon for underwater adventures.

Brand new achievements with cosmetic, emotes, and hairstyle rewards.

New way of travel introduced with a gas-powered motorboat.

Additional explorer notes added to the game.

A new carnivorous creature found in packs, known for its intelligence and ability to recover health.

A feathered creature that induces panic in opponents and can bolster allies.

More UI overhauls implemented.

A large herbivorous mammal adept at consuming insects and extracting chitin.

Survivors can now use an interactive toilet for a special buff.

A venomous creature that can climb vertical surfaces, found in cave networks.

A medium-sized fish-eating bird that lays golden eggs beneficial for training tames.

New customization options for players.

Additional lore and exploration content added to the game.

A new method of travel introduced in the game.

Brand new achievements with cosmetic, emotes, and hairstyle rewards.

Significant updates made to the Primitive+ mode.

Two new hairstyles and facial hair options added.

A new feature allowing players to use a toilet for a refreshing buff.

Craftable harpoon gun for underwater adventures.

Five new creatures added to the game.

Significant updates to the Primitive+ mode.

More improvements to the user interface.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Yutyrannus, a fearsome feathered dinosaur.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Yutyrannus, a fearsome feathered dinosaur.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Equus, a specialized speedy steed.

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed for the Equus, a specialized speedy steed.