The ARK Survival Evolved update released today on Xbox One is a big one, containing much of what was already launched on PS4 earlier this year.
The full patch notes confirm that new TEK items, such as a Sword and a Shield, have finally been added to the game on Xbox.
They’ve been available on other platforms for quite sometime, however the post-launch certification process through Microsoft appears to be much longer than the others.
The full patch notes for ARK Survival Evolved update 763 can be found at the bottom of the article.
It should also be noted that this latest ARK patch will bring Xbox One and PS4 players back on par following a few weeks of differing content.
There’s also a few bug fixes for the recently launch Ragnarok mod, which is available on all platforms.
These include:
- Fixed a spawn issue with Ragnarok Lava Golem Boss.
- Fixed an issue where the Ragnarok terrain would not stream in properly.
It was recently revealed that ARK Survival Evolved on Xbox One X had been given a release window by the development team at Studio Wildcard.
While the upgraded console will not be running the popular survival title at 4K, it will include some big improvements.
These will include technical boosts, such as distance scaling, which aren’t currently possible on the Xbox One.
Studio Wildcard have also provided a date for when rentable servers will be arriving on Xbox, as well as the delay to the Play Anywhere launch of the game.
“Rentable Servers will be available on Xbox from October 25th, and Nitrado will supply them,” a message from Studio Wildcard explains.
“In the coming days, they’ll have more information available about the process, as well as a landing page to collect interest.
“The delay comes from some extra loose-ends we need to tie up with Microsoft and Nitrado, and then after that, we’ll have to get through long-certification (our date takes into account the cert-time).
“That patch will also include our Official Xbox One X support, so you guys won’t have to wait for an update for that!
“We have also decided to delay the launch of ARK on Xbox Play Anywhere and CrossPlay until November. The reason behind this is because we believe it is critical to get BattlEye functioning on Microsoft’s platform.
“We’re very interested in the effects of CrossPlay, but we’re cautious of enabling PC and Xbox Players to game together without having our anti-cheat ready, so it’s going to take a little longer to get that sorted, but it will ensure a much better experience overall.”
ARK Survival Evolved Xbox One Patch Notes:
- New Weapon: Tek Sword (Charge-Attack and damages Metal & significantly pierces Armor when powered by Element)
- New Armor: Tek Shield (Reflects incoming projectiles/bullets when powered by Element)
- New Structure: Tek Light (Attaches to any surface and can be either independently powered by Element Shards in its Inventory, or traditionally powered via generators)
- Fixed issue where clients would sometimes become disconnected after demolishing/destroying structures
- Fixed a spawn issue with Ragnarok Lava Golem Boss.
- Fixed the bear trap to avoid turret exploit. Bear traps only damageable by explosion now (or demolishing)
- Reduced Flamethrower Damage from base 100 per second to 30 per second.
- Flamethrower Direct Damage is now affected by Armour.
- Flamethrower expensive foliage particle effects now eliminated for everyone except the local player using the weapon
- Chainsaw not able to attack whilst running
- Tripled the effective “ammo” of TEK armours, so they last 3x as long per element
- Shield blocks should block whip stuns/item drops (and trigger the cooldown), and whip stun on players reduced to 1 second.
- Implemented a new value to reduce indirect torpor (Gas grenades, tranq).
- Fixed an issue where the Ragnarok terrain would not stream in properly.
- Chitin, Metal, Riot, and TEK Armours now reduce incoming torpor.
- Fixed an issue where explosives would have an impact on server performance
- Fixed a bug with the Phoenix where you could set dinos alight from a far distance
- Fixed a bug with the Phoenix where it wouldn’t do damage to wild targets in PVE
- Fixed a bug where you could unlock super speed with the TEK Jet Pack
- Fixed a bug where setting the server fps to 2.5 would launch you across the map
- Fixed a bug preventing players riding a Therizino from getting shot when Turrets were set to Player Only
- Fixed an issue where you weren’t able to name your character preset in character creation
- Fixed an issue where Ankylosaurus would get stuck in the air
- Fixed a bug where u could tame and damage Phoenix when not in Superheat