Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: v233Upcoming Version: v234, Week of Feb 1- New Dino: Terror Bird
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Terror_Bird- New Weapon: Grappling Hook!
- Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP). Yes, finally, absolutely, live free or die hard gonna make it into this release!
- All current Items added to the Master Items ID array
- Client-Side Anti-Cheat System
[MORE NOTES TO COME]
Upcoming Version: v235, Week of Feb 15- New Dino: Giant Beaver
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Castoroides- First 3 Bosses and Boss Arenas
- Snow and Swamp caves
- Server Performance Phase 2
- Breeding Mechanics Phase 2
[MORE NOTES TO COME]
A Little Further Out:
February:- Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges
- More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
- Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars"
- Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles
- DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf
- Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items
- Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky
[MORE NOTES TO COME]
Current Version: v234.1* Greenhouse structures Engram requirements are Stone structures now, enabling them to be learned on Primitive Servers
* Improved server performance with multi-threaded replication
v234.0* Fixed some Structures not appearing on clients after teleporting to new area
* Fixed networking issue with Linux Servers (sadly required Major Version change)
v233.1* Re-added the Beer Barrell and Industrial Cooking Pot Structures. Requires server and client update! Any servers that were launched with v233.0 will need to have these structures rebuilt!
v233.0* New Dino: Gallimimus with 3-Seater Passenger Saddle
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Gallimimus* New Weapon: Electric Prod stunner weapon
* New Armor: SWAT-style Assault Armor tier
* New Structures: Greenhouse/Glass tileset with plant-growing benefits
* Initial Deep-Sea Loot Crates
* Improved savegame save-and-load times
* Added new special nametags and custom hat skins for: Wildcard Admin Team, Wildcard Non-Admin Team, Authorized External Testers, and Dev Kit Masters. Get yours by joining the crew!
Note: Metal Armor is now crafted at the Workbench, not the Fabricator. It will also be made available on Primitive Servers shortly.
v232.8* Fixed issue with invisible Dinos/Structures (caused by recent server optimizations), typically on <= 2 core machines. Also fixed a server startup crash. Server-side update required for affected servers.
v232.6* Fixed players stuck under map not being teleported back above the map
* Fixed spoiler timer for berries in beer-barrel not being increased
* Fixed beer brewing time to be 6 hours (was 12 hours, meant to be 6)
* Fixed beer barrel placement size
* Fixed Plant Species X Turrets on Rafts targeting through walls.
* Fixed case where Dung Beetle resource production could erroneously stop
* Fixed Beer disappearing in Barrels after server restart
* Increased Server performance ~20%
v232.5* Fixed dedicated server memory leak
v232.4* Dimetrodons (and Kairuku) now insulate Eggs!
v232.3* Enabled Animation & Garbage Collection Multi-threading on Dedicated Servers for significantly increased dedi server performance
* Fixed Dimetrodon Eggs creating Sarcos
* Made Berries have a much longer spoiling time in Beer Barrels
* Made Beer Barrels not lose their stored items on server restart
v232.2* Set Beer Crafting time to its intended speed: 6 hours!
* Fixed Dimetrodons drowning in shallow swamp water
v232.1* Beer Barrel no longer requires Beer Barrel to learn
v232.0- New Dino: Dung Beetle!
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Dung_Beetle- New Dino: Dimetrodon!
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Dimetrodon* Beer Barrels. Beer. Hangovers.
* Garbage Collector performance improvements (less stalls)
* Fix for disappearing Quetz'
* Fixed a memory leak
* Fix for remaining issue involving falling off your Dinosaurs! (/ passing thru dinosaurs)
* Battle Tartar & Enduro Stew can no longer be stacked (one cancels the other). Battle Tartar damage buff reduced to +60%, Enduro Stew damage buff reduced to +35%.
* Large Storage Box HP increased to 2400 and number of item slots to 45. Smithy HP decreased to 1500.
