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Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Game Update v186

Hey guys! The latest patch, v186, was just deployed, and it marks our first Game Update post! v186 brings about many bug fixes, some ARK Dev Kit changes, as well as some new features, which are what I will be mainly focusing on in Game Updates posts!

With that, I now present to you the new features of v186!

Players can now use the Spyglass while riding on a dino! This makes scouting a lot easier now as reconnaissance can be done on the dinos themselves without needing to dismount! Do take note that it will always be zoomed-in if you are using it on a dino, so to go back to normal view, just unequip it!

The level caps for both players and dinos have been raised by 4! For those who were already at Max Level, continue the progress!

The next feature is one that is related to pets! Players will now be able to choose between low, medium and far ranges within which pets can target enemies, as well as wander! This hopefully, as much as possible, solves the problem of pets wandering too far off. With Electronic Animal Trackers coming soon, all our pets can soon be tracked! Hooray for no more lost pets! :D



The update also brought in new items, like the Reinforced Ceiling-Door and Reinforced Window-Door. The two new tripwire traps, Audio Alarm, as well as Gas Bomb, great defences against base raiders, also arrived in this update!
I am not too sure what the Omni Electric Lamp is, but I imagine it is an electric version of the Standing Torch? Hopefully it provides brighter lights too!

The last new item in this patch would be Industrial Multi-Grill. Here comes the solution to numerous stacks of Raw Meat! Players can now use the Industrial Multi-Grill to cook more than just two stacks of Raw Meat!

The first phase of the Offline Raiding Notifications have also been implemented in this patch.

Lastly, and perhaps the biggest feature of this patch, are the eggs for all animals, and the 'circle-of-life' Taming Efficiency boosting using Dino Egg Kibbles!

First of all, all creatures will now drop eggs! This is also a step towards the upcoming Breeding feature!

Next, how the Egg Kibbles will work is that all dino eggs can be made into Kibbles, with the right ingredients. All creatures eat all kinds of Kibbles, but most creatures have one particular Kibble that they really like, and using this specific Kibble is the fastest and most efficient way to tame that creature!

Where the 'circle-of-life' part comes in is that for those creatures who like a specific kind of Kibble, each of them will like one and only one Kibble made from another species, and each Kibble is liked by one and only one other creature, and if you put all those links together, you get a circle (of life) :D

Did anyone get that? HAHA
Anyway, hooray for boosted taming speeds and efficiencies!

Titanomyrma (ants!) and Dimorphodon, Crossbows and Machined Shotguns, as well as Electronic Animal Trackers and Saddle Platforms for Building on Dinos are just some of the new features coming over the next week or so! Look out for them!

That's it for this Game Update post, enjoy the new patch!

-Skyhawk :D

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