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Friday, 9 October 2015

ARK Digest #18 Highlights

Hey guys! Some cool news was revealed today, including a preview of the upcoming Halloween event, ARK: Fear Evolved! Spookiness awaits! :D


The event will begin around one week before Halloween! On the island, temperatures will drop, nights will be longer while days will be shorter, and the moon will turn red. Carvable pumpkins will grow, and bats and other spooky creatures will start to appear above-ground, where they usually do not live!

The mythical beast, DodoRex, will also be making its first special appearance, with an army of bloodthirsty zombie Dodos. If you ask me, I think DodoRex might be tameable... ;)

Survivors can also find limited edition Halloween-themed items!

Halloween can't come any earlier!




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Check it out! We have a sneak peek on what the War Drums will look like!



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Here begins the Q&A!

We will be seeing a new reinforced stone storage box, as a link between the lower-tier storage boxes to the Vault!

Survivors will have access to medieval cannons, as well as modern rocket emplacements! They sound really powerful!

While we have spear fishing in the game, where hunting fish with spears will make you grab onto the creature's body once it's dead, regular fishing with rods are currently being considered and could be implemented some time in the future!

If the RolePlaying-Cooking system pans out well (HAHAHA pan, cooking, you know), it is possible that the system may extend to other areas as well, like Blacksmithing!

Players will be able to display their Alpha kills with the new Trophy bases; the Alphas will drop a skeletal item when killed, and these can then be placed on the Trophy bases to be displayed! From here, other forms of trophy display may be implemented!

New forms of status effects will be implemented for both survivors and dinos!

Egg hatching requires time and warmth! On that note, Mammals won't lay eggs! Mammal breeding will be covered in the second phase of the breeding system! The level of babies will be based on their parents' genetics!

Half-height railing structures will be making an appearance next week! Finally! :)

Players will be getting the ability to hotkey groups of creatures to specifically  commands to, and can change this specific group on the fly!

The Shield will be equipped as armour, and will be displayed when the player has either no weapon or a one-handed melee weapon equipped. By holding a key to raise the shield, players won't be able to attack while doing so, and will also move slower, but damage taken will be converted into durability lost on the Shield, with a multiplier.

While survivors will soon be able to pain themselves, we might get mirrors as items to place in our bases!

Post-release, the game will continue to be updated with new content and features similar to how it's happening currently! :D

The Swamp and Snow caves will be arriving in early November, while more caves will be added later on; these will be tougher and a challenge to survivors!

The new Boss Arenas for the Broodmother and Megapithecus will also be implemented with the Swamp and Snow caves, and how they will work is that survivors standing on the Obelisk platform will be teleported into the Boss Arena, far from the ARK, where the boss will then be summoned and a fight to the death ensues. Each boss fight will be unique and different, with related environmental hazards and minions to support the bosses! On a related note, each boss would be tied to a specific Obelisk, Megapithecus to the Blue Obelisk, Dragon to the Red and Broodmother to the Green.

Survivors will be able to display their Cave Artifacts, like the Trophy Kills!

The health and lifespan of lone foundations will be hugely reduced to help with the issue of abandoned foundations lying around, blocking spawns and building by other players!

Survivors will be getting a mobile remote control version of the Remote Keypad!

A large paintable map will be implemented that survivors can use to represent all kinds of things like territories, war raiding plans and travel paths, but will require over 90% of the map to be explored by the player before they can build it!

The regular saddle for Quetzalcoatlus is on the way, and should be in next week!

Apart from war drums, war horns will be another instrument making an appearance!

We might get a small cage to house smaller animals... How cruel D: HAHA

Coloured smoke grenades will be a thing!

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The devs will only be revealing one new Dino Dossier every Monday from now on, since they are approaching the final number of over 100 creatures!

I am eagerly waiting for more info on ARK: Fear Evolved! In the meantime, my tribe will be gearing up to face the zombie Dodo horde... and DodoRex itself!

-Skyhawk :D

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