Raptor Raiders - Dino Dossiers Mini-Series!

Hey guys! Welcome to our second Dino Dossier mini-series!

The second mini-series revolves around raptors, and is named Raptor Raiders because these dinos are particularly speedy and remind me of raiders which come and go in the blink of an eye!

The first raptor to appear in our series would be... Oviraptor, the egg thief! You could say that it is a nest raider! ;)

We will then have Utahraptor, the speedy killer, and Microraptor, the tiny terror, bringing up the rear!

-Skyhawk :D

Game Update v194

Hi guys! There has been a new patch deployed, so just a quick run through of the new features!

Survivors can now use the Flare Gun while riding dinos! It will shoot directly upwards. At the moment, players will not be able to aim the Flare Gun; this would likely only be possible once the devs have implemented the firing of weapons on mounts!

Server Admins now have the option to disable taming for specific creatures!

Female creatures will only lay eggs when Mate-Boosted!

The Alpha variants of Carnotaurus and Utahraptor have been added! Harvesting Alpha predators will give only Prime Meat now!

And lastly, some fixes for Bear Traps! Survivors can now consume items and cannot mount a dino while caught in a trap! At the same time, creatures cannot be ridden while snared in a trap!

That's it for this update! Another reminder that the Dino Dossier for Allosaurus will likely be revealed later today!

Also, keep a lookout for our new mini-series, coming right up!

-Skyhawk :D

ARK Digest #13 Highlights

Hi guys! This is an extended ARK Digest to make up for absence of the Q&A section from last week's Digest, which was not put in due to time constraints on the developers' end!

With that, let's get straight to the Q&A then!

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I did actually wonder how underwater bases would work... and I got the answer! Underwater bases will use a special 'Tek' tier of structures which are made to be waterproof and vacuum-sealed. A device will provide oxygen to the enclosed base, and an airlock can be built as a point of access that will not flood the base! This is great for a mobile water base on an Elasmosaurus as well!

Bioluminescent creatures will come to the game, especially in the oceans! Jellyfish and prehistoric anglerfish will be some of the animals providing some light in the depths!

More melee weaponry will be added, including knives, swords and shields! There will be three tiers of shields which can be used together with most other melee weapons!

Game Update v193

Hey! v193 has been deployed, and these are the additions and changes it brings!

Survivors will now be able to utilise two sizes (normal and large) of Bear Traps to trap creatures, including other players!

Stone Behemoth Gates have arrived! Players can now build big dino pens without requiring metal!

A more powerful variant of the already dominating Tyrannosaurus has been added! The Alpha Tyrannosaurus is bigger and badder, and has a unique colour scheme! Apart from obtaining a ton of experience points and resources from defeating one, survivors can also get a Trike Bone Helmet Skin from it! This is the Trike counterpart to the earlier Rex Bone Helmet Skin! (I'm so happy!!! How about a Bone Helmet collection?! :O)

While they cannot be tamed now, they boost the stats of all nearby carnivores, wild and tamed, due to its Alpha status! Whether it'll be tameable in the future depends on the community's opinion which the developers want to know; currently, the majority prefers it to be untameable, but a significant part also feel that it should be a per-server option (meaning server admins can decide)!

Gamescom 2015 Trailer + Upcoming Features

Hi! It's been really hectic these few days, not just for me personally but for ARK as well! The Survival of the Fittest event was a success, and following that, more awesome things have revealed themselves as well!

If anyone noticed, I have actually been following an alternating sequence of Dino Dossier and non-DD posts up till now, but I thought it would be best not to rush out the DD posts, so consider the chain broken!

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First up, check out the newly revealed, awesome Gamescom 2015 Trailer! You can watch it right here!

Did you hear that new music track?! Simply amazing, right?! The Snow Biome, as well as the Broodmother in its new home in one of the Boss Arenas, made an appearance in the trailer!

Game Updates v191 and v192

Hey guys! The Survival of the Fittest debut tournament event is over! I watched the first hour of it and it was really great!

The Survival of the Fittest game mode will be arriving later on this month, so we'll definitely be looking out for that!

I actually didn't mean to miss the post for the v191 update, especially since it was quite a large update, but since v192 has actually already been released, I thought it'd be great to merge them together into one Game Updates post!

Dino Dossier - Dodo

Hey guys! I'm sure all of you know this little bird! Dodos are a common sight on the beaches of the island, and are easy pickings for survivors and other predators alike!

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Basic Information

Common Name: Dodo

Species: Raphus replicare

Time: Late Holocene

Diet: Herbivore

Temperament: Oblivious