The latest ARK: Survival Evolved update is now live, and with it comes several new creatures, a new weapon, a ‘Gas-powered speedy Motorboat’, an ‘interactive toilet’, and several other updates on the game’s back end. The update from publisher Studio Wildcard, titled v258, is large enough to warrant its own trailer which previews the highlights from the patch.  The trailer can be seen below – make sure to watch until the very end!

As seen in the video, update v258 adds several new creatures to the game – all of which can be tamed, trained, and eventually ridden. The update also introduces us to the new craft-able harpoon gun (and accompanying Tranq Bolts) for underwater attacks. Towards the tail end of the video, we are introduced to the new structure called the ‘interactive toilet’, which players can use when nature calls to receive a “refreshing” buff that gives you a temporary experience boost. Below are the full patch notes for the latest ARK: Survival Evolved update, along with a sneak peek at what’s coming to the game soon in the section of the patch titled “A Little Further Out”.

Current Version v258.11

• Fixed not being able to see warpaint on characters (client-side update)
• Fixed crashes that occured loading certain mods (client-side update)
  

V258.0

• New Weapon: Harpoon Gun (& Tranq Bolts for the Harpoon Gun)
• New Dino: Hyaenodon
• New Dino: Hesperonis
• New Dino: Megatherium
• New Dino: Megalania
• New Dino: Yutyrannus
• New Vehicle: Gas-powered speedy Motorboat
• New Structure: Interactive Toilet
• 2 New Hairstyles
• Memory reductions, texture memory & mesh optimization.
• Greater Achievement set, with various cosmetics, hairstyles, & emotes unlocked as you get Achievements.
• New client Options to disable giving cosmetics on respawn, and to disable menu music tracks.
• Re-added the ATV vehicle as work-in-progress “easter egg” for singleplayer and custom servers:
  • Blueprint’/Game/PrimalEarth/Vehicles/VH_Buggy/Blueprint/PrimalItemVHBuggy.PrimalItemVHBuggy’
• Massive update to Primitive+
• Fixed various gameplay exploits and edge cases.
• Direwolf now has pack logic with pack buff
• Fixed bug where Alpha Wild creatures were sometimes improperly buffing enemy (tamed) creatures
• Updated various new UI’s to the new style
• 66 new Explorer Notes! (between The Island and ScorchedEarth)
• Ballista/Harpoon Bolt now has significant piercing properties akin to the Composite Arrow
• Redid The Island’s ambient sounds and various gameplay sound effects
• Explorer Notes subtitle option button, Explorer Notes translations are WIP
• Tek Projectiles now will not do any damage if they collide with a Structure after 5000 units distance (to balance against Auto-Turrets)
• Various misc map fixes

A Little Further Out

• “Boss Wars”
• More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
• DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf
• Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky
• GPU & CPU rendering optimizations
• [MORE NOTES TO COME]

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