Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: v246.71

Upcoming Version: v247.0, ETA: 7:30 pm ET Deployment!
- TheCenter mega-update!
- New Item: Night Vision Goggles!
- New Dino: Tapejara!
- New Dino: Archaeopteryx!
- New Structure: Dynamic-Length Bridges
- Wind Turbines and Jerboa now function properly on TheCenter and TheIsland
- You can now name turrets and the turret name will show up in the Tribe Kill Log/HUD message.
- PvE Greenhouse auto-demolish timers are now 25% more than Stone
- Added Server Option to disable Dino Mate Boost
- 30% to 40% rendering performance improvement of Structures
- ~300 MB memory reduction by dynamically streaming the destruction meshes
- NVIDIA Ansel now supports TrueSky at Super Resolutions, and improved Super Resolution SSAO
- Fixed the colorizable regions of the Wood Chair and Bench (4 of them)
- In-Menu Options to disable Bloom and Light Shafts, respectively
- Fixed Korean Langauge setting to use the Steam language value
- Fixed various collision glitch/exploit cases
[MORE NOTES TO COME]

A Little Further Out
- Procedurally Generated ARKs!
- New Mechanic: Breeding Phase 3: Random Mutations and Family Trees
- New Mechanic: Explorer Notes
- More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
- Underwater Dungeons, 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]
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Current Version: v246.71
* Fixed Molleratops and Rock Golem not showing up. Highly recommend that servers upgrade to this new version!
* Fixed client-side crash loading TheCenter.

A Little Further Out:
Week of January 4:
- Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP)
- Improved savegame save-and-load times
- All current Items are now on the Master Items ID array
- Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges
- Beer Brewing
January:
- More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
- Snow, Swamp, and Tek Caves, Boss Arenas / Game Progression, and "Boss Wars"
Ascension
- 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: v231.0
- Improved Server Performance
- Ended Winter Wonderland Event! (earned santa hats, top hats, candy canes, and reindeer costumes stay of course)
- You can no longer build behemoth gates/gate-frames on dino platforms, and any such behemoth gates already built on platforms are destroyed
- Fixed PvP Friendly Fire causing fall/self damage not to occur

- Tamed Dino Balance Adjustment
* INI Options for server admins to scale tamed dino stats:
Values we currently have defaulted, in content which server admins can override in their INI's (setting all the values to 0 will have it behave 'like it used to be'!):
WindowsServer\Game.ini
(or LinuxServer)
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
;0: Health
;8: Damage
;Multiplier immediately added for tamed dino
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0] = 0.15f;
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[8] = 0.15f;

;Multiplier applied if perfect affinity
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[0] = 0.375f;
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[8] = 0.375f;

;Multiplier applied for each TAMED level-up point
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0] = 0.15f;
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8] = 0.15f;

Upcoming Version: v224.2
- You can no longer place wall-items on doors
- You can now place wall-items (torches etc) on pillars
- Fixed offset of Compy egg spawns
[MORE NOTES TO COME]

A Little Further Out:
November:
- New Creature: Oviraptor! Gotta get those eggs! (Needed more polishing time)
- Ghillie Suit Armor set (Heat-Resistant)
- Massively improved game loading & streaming times (reducing hitches) by using "seek free" packages. Also a Garbage Collector improvement to reduce game stalls/hitches
- More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
- Snow, Swamp, and Tek Caves, Boss Arenas / Game Progression, and "Boss Wars"
Ascension
- ARK: Turkey Trial (limited time event)
- 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: v224.1
Unversioned Hotfixes: Fixed Compy attack damage in singleplayer. Fixed formatting of some Server Logs (killed messages etc). Fixed Tribe Log Promotions/Demotions (requires server update.)
* Fixed issue with Doedicurus always being defensively curled up. (Requires Server update)
v224.0
* New Creature: Compsognathus! Time to form your own Compy gang :)
* New Structures: Rocket Turret, Sea Mine, Wall Lamps!
* New 'Weapon': Magnifying Glass!
* Tribe Admin Logs (which can also act as effective "offline event" logs even for solo players!!!!). Server can set "MaxTribeLogs" in Server Game Mode INI, which determines how many Tribe log entries are kept per Tribe (default 100, set it to 0 to disable the system).
* Custom RP-oriented Recipe/Cooking System (including Skill-Based results) -- finally, you can now create your own unique recipes for S### Burgers)! Servers can optionally disable this feature in their GameMode INI via "bAllowCustomRecipes=false"
* +3 Max Survivor Level, +3 Max Dino Level
* Raised Official Server Max Structure & Max Tamed Dino Limits by 20%
* Owned or Claimable Rafts can now be "Demolished", and destroyed Rafts now sink to the ocean floor
* Server Admin Logs (including RCON support) , launch with "-servergamelog" and use RCON command "getgamelog" to print 100 entries at a time also outputs to dated file in in "\Logs", adjust max length of RCON buffer with commandline:
?RCONServerGameLogBuffer=600
* bPassiveDefensesDamageRiderlessDinos Server GameMode INI option to allow spike walls to damage wild/riderless Dinos
* Fixed underwater ice cave that was deleting Dinos
* Fixed Dino walking-backwards movement animations
* Improved and optimized IK on most Dinos
* Improved Dino navigation logic to better dynamically navigate around other Dinos
* Fixed several rare client crashes

- New Creatures: Kairuku & Angler Fish!
- New Structures, Catapult, Minigun Turret
- Creature "Fur" pass
- Tiered Server Admin, Wildcard Admin, & Tribe Admin Nametag Icons
- PvE "Tribe Warfare" option (capability for Tribes to officially declare war on each other for mutually-agreed-upon period of time). This is enabled by default. To disable it, add:

WindowsServer\Game.ini
(or LinuxServer)
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
bPvEAllowTribeWar=false

If you want Tribes to be able to cancel an agreed-upon war before it has actually started (default not allowed), then you can also add into that INI:
bPvEAllowTribeWarCancel=true

Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: v222.1

Upcoming Version: v222.x, ETA: Later Today
- Approx 15% gpu perf gain in heavily foliaged areas in most cases (needed more testing... disappearing foliage is no fun -- but 60 FPS on my 980 GTX is! ;)

A Little Further Out:
Week of November 8:
- Custom RP-oriented Recipe/Cooking System (including Skill-Based results)
- New Dinos: Kairuku & Angler Fish
- Creature "Fur" pass
- Catapult
- Minigun Turret
- Tiered Server Admin & Tribe Admin Nametag Icons
- More Stuff
November:
- More Creatures, Gear, Weapons, & Structures!
- Snow, Swamp, and Tek Caves, Boss Arenas / Game Progression, and "Boss Wars" Ascension
- ARK: Turkey Terror (limited time event)
- 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: v222.1
* Fixed missing engrams on structures and players
* Fixed missing DodoRex mask (if anyone lost it on an Unofficial server running v222.0, have an admin give you one with: giveitemnum 437)
* Fixed a startup crash that could occur if using AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier
v222.0
* New Dino: Giganotosaurus!
* New Items: Metal Sword, Wood Shield, Metal Shield, Riot Shield
* 'Soap' Item to remove Structure/Item dyes. (Craft at Cooking Pot: Water, 3 Polymer, 2 Oil )
* Crop Plots can now be placed on platform saddles, including Plant Species X
* You can now Mount your DodoRex Mask on the Trophy Wall-Mount to show off your elite badassery
* Key Lighting Memory & cpu performance optimizations.
* In a Tribe, players can no longer "pick up" structures that they do not have Demolish rights for
* Fixed a bug with 'Personally-Owned, Admin-Only Demolish' Structure Tribe Governance setting where non-Admins could Demolish Structures that were built before the settings were applied
* Stone Behemoth Gate Crafting moved to Smithy and crafting cost reduced
* Added a Server Option for cooldown period on structure repair from the last time damaged. Set to 180 seconds by default. INI ShooterGameMode StructureDamageRepairCooldown=0 to disable it.
* Server Option to allow Locking All Item Containers and enabled it on our PvE servers. commandline ?ForceAllStructureLocking=true to enable it
* Server Option to allow Auto-Destroying Structures after sufficient "no nearby Tribe" time has passed (defined as a multiplier of the Allow Claim period). Useful for servers to clear off abandoned structures automatically over time if they wish. commandline ?AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier=1.0 to enable it