What changed in ARK: Survival Evolved in 2020

RaptorClaus and GachaClaus return to spread holiday cheer and offer event items.

Event includes 2X Breeding, Player XP, and Harvesting rates.

Official PC Network maintenance scheduled for December 16th with expected downtime of up to 3 hours.

New skins include Rex Sweater, Carolers Sweater, Bulbdog Sweater, and various winter beanies.

Seven new Chibis added for the Winter Wonderland event.

Winter Wonderland 5 returns with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors from December 17th to January 7th.

Announcement of ARK II and ARK: The Animated Series featuring Vin Diesel.

New colors added for wild creatures including Jade, PineGreen, and more.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Breeding, Maturing, Egg Hatching, Harvesting, Taming, and XP from Nov 24 to Dec 10.

Classic PvP Season 3 starts next week, featuring doubled experience and taming rates, among other changes.

Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced in Classic PvP.

Classic PvP servers have a max of 100 players, no tribe alliances, and no TEK Engrams.

Next reset for Beginner servers will occur on December 1st.

Added 2 new Thanksgiving-themed swimsuit skins.

Added new wild creature colors: MediumAutumn, LightAutumn, BurntSienna, DarkMagenta, DarkViolet, Vermillion, MidnightBlue, BlackSands, DarkBlue, Orange.

Resolved issues causing frequent disconnections from Player Dedicated & Non-Dedicated servers on Xbox/Win10.

Deployed enhancements to reduce the impact of DDoS attacks on server performance.

Turkey Trial 4 runs from November 24th to December 8th, featuring Super-Turkeys and new chibis, skins, and emotes.

New chibis available from killing Super Turkeys: Tuso, Broodmother, Bonnet Otter, Mantis, Dunkleosteus.

Added 2 new Thanksgiving-themed sweater skins.

Implemented technology to auto-restore characters in the event of a server rollback.

Added 2 new Hawaiian-themed shirt skins.

ARK will be available for up to 80% off during Black Friday sales on Xbox and PlayStation.

Special Evolution Event with 2x rates for breeding, harvesting, taming, and XP from November 20th to December 8th.

Changes made to structure placing and demolition to enhance server performance by reducing complex calculations.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Breeding, Harvesting, Taming, and XP from Oct 22 to Nov 6.

A creepily cute new creature is set to debut on the ARK for Genesis 2.

Includes turbo-boosted Wolly Mammoth and Stego along with quality of life additions.

Upgrade to resolve character loss, player timeout, latency, and data upload/download issues.

Gestation and aging times reduced to match Megaloceros.

Upgrades to resolve character loss, player timeout, and latency issues.

Maturation time reduced by approximately 15%.

Metal weight reduction increased from 75% to 85%.

Visual update to Basilisk to include eyes.

A slow draining bleed effect added to its basic attack.

Depth requirement for breeding reduced to allow breeding on other maps.

Interactive HUD to monitor unconscious wild tamable creatures.

Element rewards from The Island and The Center bosses increased by 100%, Scorched Earth by 50%.

Base weight capacity increased from 55 to 120.

New feature to update turret settings within a radius, including pin code and settings copy options.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Breeding, Harvesting, Taming, and XP from Oct 22 to Nov 6.

Slight stat rebalance for Wyverns now that they are breedable.

Players can now breed insects and wyverns, including Spider, Onyc, Moth, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Mantis, and Wyverns.

Players can now turn when rolling with a Doedicurus.

Base health increased by 33% from 190 to 250.3 and movement speed when ridden increased by 25%.

New scare and knock emotes added, available via Cooking Pot recipe.

The Fear Evolved 4 event features new chibis, skins, and holiday emotes, running from October 22nd to November 6th.

7 new ghostly dinosaur skins available during the Fear Evolved 4 event.

New creature colors added for the Fear Evolved 4 event.

11 new spooky themed chibis introduced for the Fear Evolved 4 event.

24-hour Extra Life stream on November 7 with community participation and fundraising.

Special Evolution Event from October 16 to October 19 with boosted rates.

2X Breeding, XP, Harvesting, and Taming from October 22 to November 6.

Visual and functional upgrades for Mammoth and Stego as part of TLC 3.

Reworked structure loading/unloading system to improve server performance.

Introduction of a Live Tuning system allowing server hosts to modify game properties dynamically.

Improvements made to server performance and stability, including mesh detection and DDOS protection.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Breeding and XP from October 9th to October 12th.

Sweeps tusks left or right to gather and harvest thatch.

Can grab, hold, and release smaller targets.

Introduced new attacks and a buff enabled by war drums.

Emits a trunk roar that debuffs all enemies within range.

Can impale and immobilize players and smaller creatures.

1 additional passenger seat on a saddle equipped with a war drum that provides an AoE buff.

Expanded toolset and visual upgrades.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Breeding/Maturing from Sep 25 to Sep 28.

Rears up and slams down to knock back enemies and gather wood.

Three modes with different buffs and harvesting benefits.

Clarification that teleportation zones on Genesis are treated as spawn zones and should not be blocked or have turrets.

Announcement of the new Official Discord as a hub for the ARK community.

Update on blocking access to important resources including charge nodes and Extinction City Terminals.

Announcement that there will be no EVO Event this week.

Re-imagined favorites including the Wooly Mammoth will receive visual and mechanical upgrades.

Ongoing work to improve server reliability and mitigate attacks affecting player connectivity.

Implemented changes to fill in holes in maps to prevent unintended access to playable areas.

Addressed various exploits including character and dino invulnerability, pincode bypassing, and dino mechanics abuse.

Special Evolution Event active from Sep 11 at 4 PM EST to Sep 14 at 3 PM EST with 2x Breeding/Maturing.

A new sponsored mod that allows customization of maps with features like no-build zones, no-fly zones, and more.

Announcement that there will be no EVO event this week.

Official Server rates will now have increased default rates for Harvesting, Taming, and XP, changing from 2x to 1x as the new base rate.

Small Tribes Servers will have their taming, harvesting, and XP changed to 2.5x, equivalent to 5x under old values.

EVO event system will be used to apply bonuses following the next major version update.

Apocalypse Servers will remain at 3x harvesting, taming, and XP, equivalent to 6x under old values.

Crystal Isles will be released for Xbox and PS4 console users on August 25th.

Reduced Shell Resistance by 30% and Health Per Level gains by approximately 15%.

Reduced maturation times for various creatures to match others.

Reduced Health Per Level gains by approximately 15%.

Event Emotes added to the Hex Store at the cost of 50,000 hexagons.

Added a configurable GameUserSettings.ini to limit gateways on platform saddles.

TEK Helm will now provide players with the Gas Mask bonus.

Baby Creatures will no longer auto-wander when hatched.

HLNA and Chibi Creatures no longer disable the protection against Bees buff.

Metal Ingot and Raw Metal stack size has been increased to 300.

Added 30% armor penetration to the Left Click attack and a Bleed effect to the right click attack.

TEK Turrets now require double the amount of shards per bullet.

Mounting a flying creature will no longer instantly cause it to take off.

Increased resistance to TEK Turrets by 10%.

Yell and Whisper can now switch between Left Shift, Left Ctrl, and Left Alt on PC.

Reduced weight of Obsidian in inventory by approximately 75% and other materials by approximately 50%.

Increased deep-sea-depth value at which damage taken by approximately 30%.

Reduced armor penetration by approximately 35% and durability damage by 50%.

Flying creatures will prioritize picking up friendly creatures rather than dismounting friendly riders.

Increased buff timer from 30 minutes to 6 hours.

Spoil time on Lesser Antidote increased to 3 days; Prime Meat and Prime Fish spoil time doubled.

Added an additional 15 seconds to all race missions on Xbox and PS4.

Gasbags will no longer push Dinos around in PVE when landing.

Boss Fight timer on Valguero increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.

Includes the map in its entirety and three new tamable and breedable Crystal Wyverns.

Overhauls two classic creatures with updated models, animations, visuals, and new gameplay functionality.

Official rates will now have increased default rates for Harvesting, Taming, and XP.

A mod that aims to emulate the difficulty of ARK to be more like its early development days, featuring territorial behavior, nesting, and new taming methods.

Active from June 25th to July 21st with 3X Breeding, 4X Player XP, 4X Harvesting, and 4X Taming rates.

A beautiful map focusing on the ocean, showcasing vibrant ocean areas.

A community mod focusing on artistic approaches and styles for various creatures in ARK.

Mindwipe Tonic now warns players before being consumed.

Whisper (ALT+B) and Yell voice (Shift+B) chat have been added.

The Summer Bash event has been extended an extra week, now ending on July 21st.

ARK has been launched on the Epic Games Store.

Queen Bee will no longer spawn bees when encumbered and takes damage when a bee is killed.

MEK pistol damage to players reduced by 85% and range reduced by 25%.

Fixed multiple level design issues related to holes, volumes, and floating foliage.

Loot crates will now automatically open when purchased if you are flying or swimming.

Fertilized Eggs now have a warning when a player attempts to consume them.

Crystal Isles has been launched as a free expansion on PC.

Crystal Wyverns can now be cryopoded and transferred between maps.

New chibi pets include Manta, Ammonite, Cnidaria, Plesiosaur, and Astrocetus.

The second Summer Bash event runs from June 25th to July 14th, featuring summer-themed activities.

Guitar Riff, Drum Solo, and Head Banger emotes introduced.

New emotes include Guitar Riff, Drum Solo, and Head Banger.

3X Breeding, 4X Player XP, 4X Harvesting, and 4X Taming boosts during the event.

Wild creatures will appear in various event colors including Dark Blue, Red, White, and more.

The Summer Bash event runs from June 25th to July 14th, featuring summer-themed activities.

New chibi pets include Manta, Ammonite, Cnidaria, Plesiosaur, and Astrocetus.

Wild creatures will appear in various event colors including Dino Dark Blue, Red, White, and more.

ARK is on sale for up to 80% off for a limited time.

Changes made to server calculations for breeding to improve performance during high-stress situations.

Event boosts include 3X Breeding, 4X Player XP, 4X Harvesting, and 4X Taming.

The Community Crunch will now be published on Fridays and will feature community content.

Includes 4 Hawaiian-style shirt skins, 3 swimsuit skins, BBQ-themed Grilling Spatula skin, Frisbee skin, customizable sunglasses skin, and Super Soaker style Squirt Gun skin.

4 Hawaiian-style shirt skins, 3 swimsuit skins, BBQ-themed spatula skin, frisbee skin, sunglasses skin, and super soaker squirt gun skin.

A new arena designed for boss battles has been introduced in the Crystal Isles.

Players can now tame and breed three types of crystal wyverns on the new map.

A new free expansion map featuring diverse biomes and a new dinosaur.

Explore unique biomes including The Great Valley, Emberfall, Eldritch Isle, and Apotheosis.

Introducing Tropeognathus, a large pterosaur that can be tamed and used in aerial combat.

Introducing Tropeognathus, a new pterosaur that can be tamed and used in aerial combat with a mounted flak cannon.

Celebrate ARK's 5th anniversary with an in-game event featuring new chibis, a birthday cake structure, and increased event rates.

The newly updated Crystal Isles launches with a 150 sq km map featuring various biomes and new gameplay elements.

Timecapsule servers offer a nostalgic experience of ARK's early days without TEK suits and modern features.

Event rates include 3X Breeding, 4X Player XP, 4X Harvesting, and 4X Taming during the anniversary event.

2X rates will be kept on until further notice as part of the EVO event.

Crystal Isles expansion will be available on PC on June 4th.

New creature Tropeognathus mesembrinus added, known for its large wings and unique abilities.

Annual Eggcellent Adventure event from April 7th to April 21st, featuring Bunny Eggs and holiday-themed item skins.

2X boosts for Breeding, Player XP, Harvesting, and Taming during the event.

Collect Bunny Eggs from wild Bunny Dodos to craft new holiday-themed item skins including Spear and C4 skins.

Introduction of 6 new chibi pets including Megalodon, Karkinos, Beelzebufo, Basilisk, Seeker, and Bunny.

Introduction of the Bunny Hop Dance emote.

Special Evolution Event from April 3rd to April 6th with 3.5x Harvesting, Breeding, Taming, and EXP rates.

A contest for players to paint eggs in-game and in real life, with prizes for winners.

The tuning system for EVO events has been enhanced to accommodate various game modes and play styles.

New chat modes (whisper and yell) are being introduced to improve communication functionality.

A special Evolution Event will be active from March 20th to March 23rd, featuring 2x harvesting, taming, and EXP rates.

Players are advised to remove structures within mission zones on the Genesis map due to a bug that allowed building in caves.

A patch was deployed to fix the cooldown timer on mindwipes, though not all issues have been resolved.

There is a delay in the rollout of player dedicated servers due to a roadblock.

Announcement of the addition of a new map, Crystal Isles.

Tweaks and enhancements to be deployed to Genesis over the coming months.

Dinos reported blocking mission areas or objectives will be removed.

Special Evolution Event from March 13th to March 16th with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP Rates.

Crystal Isles map will be coming to PC, XBOX, and PlayStation this Summer as a fully supported free DLC.

Continuing to work on Genesis bugs and balance with plans for rapid iterations.

A TLC Pass 3 will be performed in Summer 2020, upgrading classic creatures with visual and functional enhancements.

The Crystal Isles DLC will launch with a new real-world dinosaur to tame.

Introduction of new sponsored mods including Dead Survival, Roleplay Additional Items, ArkVenture Park, and Castles, Keeps, and Forts: Remastered.

There will be no EVO event this upcoming weekend.

New weapons like plasma claws and cruise missiles, along with tools like fishing nets and mining drills, are introduced.

New creatures include a hyperspace-capable space whale, web-spinning spider, and lava lizards.

ARK: Genesis Part 1 is now available, introducing a new story-oriented chapter in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Players can complete various missions provided by HLN-A, including hunting bosses and racing.

Players will have an in-game robotic companion, HLN-A, to assist in overcoming challenges.

Explore diverse landscapes including chilling mountain peaks, alien bogs, and low-gravity environments.

Survival skills will be tested with new environmental challenges and missions.

New interactive elements such as pressure plates, alarm systems, and jump pads are now available.

A new 'Love Shackles' skin has been added.

A new 'Teddy Bear Grenades' skin has been added.

Six new Chibi Pets have been introduced during the event.

Past event items including Valentine Chocolates and Candies are available.

A new Flirt Emote added for the Love Evolved event.

New skins including 'Cupid Couture Bottom' and 'Cupid Couture Top' added.

New colors for wild event creatures: Red, Magenta, Light Red, and White.

Harvesting rates increased to 2x during the event.

Love Evolved will be active from February 11 to February 18.

A new Flirt Emote has been introduced for players.

Player XP rates increased to 2x during the event.

Breeding rates increased to 3x for mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation.

Player XP rates increased to 2x during the Love Evolved event.

A new 'Halo Headband' skin has been introduced.

Breeding rates increased to 3x during the Love Evolved event.

Six new Chibi Pets introduced during the Love Evolved event.

Valentine Chocolates and Valentine Candies will be available during the event.

New skins including Cupid Couture Bottom, Cupid Couture Top, Halo Headband, Teddy Bear Grenades, Bow & Eros, and Love Shackles.

New wild event creature colors: Red, Magenta, Light Red, and White.

A new 'Bow & Eros' skin has been introduced.

Love Evolved will run from February 11 to February 18, featuring special activities and items.

Love Evolved will be active from February 11 to February 18, featuring past event items and new skins.

Harvesting rates increased to 2x during the Love Evolved event.

Special Evolution Event with 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP rates from February 7 to February 10.

Positive effects from the anti-mesh system implementation, with ongoing improvements to reduce false positives.

Special Evolution Event from Jan 31 to Feb 3, featuring 2x Harvesting, Taming, and EXP Rates on Official Servers.

The anti-mesh system now has more aggressive action-taking capabilities, reducing edge cases and false-positives.

Upgrades to the anti-mesh system have reduced meshing occurrences by 90% on the Official Network.

An initial patch to address meshing issues has been deployed.

A fun Valentine's event is being prepared for players.

A definitive anti-meshing logic overhaul will be rolled out next week.

The anti-undermeshing system has been upgraded to track problematic areas and players.

Final release date for Genesis Part 1 is now February 25th, 2020.

Introduction of 5 new chibi pets alongside 54 chibis from past events.

New content similar to Winter Wonderland with new chibi pets and collectibles.

Introduction of new emotes and skins for the Valentine's Day event.

New functionality for modders to add skins to more item types, including bows with multiple ammo types.

MEK pistol Damage reduced by 10%.

Lowered gasoline consumption rate by 50% on various structures.

Improved dropped item placement when dropping items from structures.

Fixed a case where a collision check on players wasn't correctly applying.

Changed dropped item physics to improve server performance.

Reloading bows from prone TPV no longer gets them stuck.

Fixed a bug which would cause the Snow owl heat vision to cause other clients FPS to drop when around large bases or a lot of creatures.

Added 'F' alternate activate option on items to pickup all items in a nearby range.

Fixed an exploit related to turret damage.

Fixed a client crash related to Velonasaurs.

Dedicated Storage weight reduced from 50 to 20.

Fixed a bug which allowed Velonasaurs to shoot endlessly in turret mode without draining stamina.

Reduced Plant Z flash range by 50%.

Enforcer blink range extended from 4000 units to 5000 units.

Passengers on creatures will now be ejected if the creature is picked up.

Firing bows while in orbit camera and while running no longer gets them stuck.

Modified the inventory slot size of various items.

Added animation staggering system by default to reduce CPU overhead.

Fixed a bug which allowed MEKs to be invulnerable to various types of damage.

Fixed a bug which allowed Managarmrs to use their ice breath underwater/whilst swimming.

Fixed some cases where building structures did not use a bidirectional trace check.

Fixed an exploit with the snow owl that allowed it to infinitely freeze players.

Enforcer blink recharge cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 7 seconds.

Reduced stun duration on Jellyfish and Eels by 20%.

Fixed a collision issue with Velonasaurs.

Metal Cliff Platforms no longer take 50% less damage from explosive damage.

Shortened Scorched Earth sandstorm duration by ~15%.

Plant Z Grenades weight reduced from 10 to 5.

Fixed two damage miscalculation bugs with the Managarmr pounce and Velonasaur AOE Needle Spin.

Decreased cook time on the industrial grill by 50%.

Enforcer can no longer blink onto/or very near creatures.

Fixed a bug which would sometimes cause the atmospheric fog to break.

Fixed a network desync related to Velonasaurs.

Disabled climbing pick from attaching to gateframes, charge lanterns, ladders, fence foundations, and railings.

Fixed 2 mesh exploits related to creatures.

Pipes can no longer be placed on enemy structures.

Improved third person view offset for better camera positioning.

Modified the stack size on various items.

Shortened aberration earthquake duration by ~10%.

Reduced Managarmr ice-breath exponential damage scaling by approximately 20%.

Velonasaurs will now consume stamina whilst in AI-turret mode.

Bronto should no longer be affected by knockback.

Various Network Channel threading crashes fixed.

Managarmr limited to 3 jumps, 6 strafes, and 1 dash before it has to land.

Fixed the whip to properly pickup items that are flat on the ground.

Fixed a bug with the Velonasaur's attacks causing it to incorrectly attack the wrong collision group on various creatures.

Added additional server-side protection to Explorer Notes to prevent cheaters from acquiring them with hacks.

Applied a one time disabling of replication on all sleeping players on all Official PvE servers.

Fixed 2 mesh exploits related to structures.

Fixed a client FPS bug related to Velonasaurs.

Made it easier to look at items to pick them up.

Reduced Velonasaur recovery time from 4 seconds to 1 second.

Fixed an incorrect collision profile which allowed MEKs to collide into and stack on top of one another.

Fixed the enemy build radius check for the fence support.