Ark Survival Evolved

Ark Survival Evolved Update 2.22 Patch Notes: Game Balancing and Fixes

Developer Studio Wildcard has released the official patch notes for the newest Ark Survival Evolved version 2.22 update. The new update mostly brings fixes to known issues and game balancing. The new update is now available to download on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

Ark Survival Evolved

Ark Survival Evolved Version 2.22 Patch Notes

  • Reduced high-quality tier loot drop rate from missions by approximately 40%
  • Changed ocean platforms to be Blueprints only in mission rewards (to prevent demolishing rewards for materials)
  • Increased damage to insect swarms by Beelzebufo to 2.5x
  • Increased damage to insect swarms by Fire to 1.5x
  • Reduced health of insect swarms by 50%
  • Reduced AoE damage on the tek cruise missle
  • Reduced the explosion radius and explosion emitter size on the tek cruise missle
  • Fixed issue where insect swarms could attack through walls
  • Fixed an issue with Megachelon (turtle) taming method
  • Restricted cryo use and disabled building in the VR boss arena
  • Fixed an issue where rock slides would linger after ending
  • Fixed several visual bugs with Magmasaur
  • Fixed several visual bugs with Space Whale
  • Fixed several bugs with the Ferox taming process
  • You must now hold the sprint key with the Ferox when super jumping. In order to super jump, just jump again + shift right before landing after a regular jump.
  • Bloodstalker can no longer be knocked out
  • Ambergris weight now scales by 0.5 in Magmasaur to help with raising babies
  • Adjusted the platform build area on the Megachelon
  • Fixed a timing bug with the Bloodstalker
  • Fixed a crash with Extinction’s horde crate and the element node
  • Restored Extinction Horde mode data
  • Fixed some bugs which caused projectiles to not expire on clients
  • Set kapro race to use “Teleport Out of Bounds” functionality
  • Fixed space whale’s display name
  • Cruise missile now has a 2.55s arming period (“Arming Duration”) before it can do its nuke explosion
  • If Cruise missile is destroyed or detonated before then, it now does a harmless explosion
  • Reduced Tek Claw damage against structures
  • Fixed player emote specific to Portuguese language setting
  • Fixed certain languages not finding appropriate directories
  • Basketball Missions rewards should now match their intended reward returns
  • Fixed a bug where Pelas and Itchys would fly to XYZ coordinates 0 0 0
  • Fixed a bug where players could attack each other with the mining drill
  • Fixed a bug where items may have received an unintended item cap
  • Item and Creature transfers have been enabled outside of Genesis
  • Temporarily added TEK Replicators to the Loot Crates until they can be better placed on the map

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