ARK: Aquatica Official servers update

Studio Sirens would like to begin this announcement by thanking the ARK: Survival Evolved community for your involvement and time spent with the Aquatica DLC, generating awesome memories and content for years to come.

While official Aquatica servers are sunset, this does not mean the end of support for bug fixes, quality-of-life updates, and even suggestions. Monitoring will continue on the   #「❗」bug-reports」channel as well as the「❓」suggestions thread channel on the  Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

Updates to the ARK: Aquatica DLC will continue for the foreseeable future. Please follow the announcements section in the community discord for any updates.

Studio Sirens

ARK: Lost Colony is now live!

Plunge through the icy heart of darkness as you reunite with old legends, while rekindling hope for the next generation. ARK: Lost Colony bridges the gap between Extinction and ARK 2 with the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise's history. Your journey returns you to the beginning: Arat Prime, the site of humanity’s final stand. You awaken in the Necrocene - a brutal, post-Cataclysmic era where the Earth’s southern pole has been plunged into eternal night. Buried within the deep snow, the metropolis of the Lost Colony clings to existence beneath energy shields, powered by the radioactive warmth of Red Element. Survival here is an act of defiance against nature itself. This unnatural heat source keeps the Colony alive... only by repelling the Reseed Protocol, ensuring the Earth remains broken so that the Lost King may rule his corrupt kingdom. 

Caught between the tyrannical order of the Lost King and the creeping, violet corruption of an old enemy, you must navigate a world of gothic horror and advanced science. From the jagged craters of the Tundra to the bioluminescent canopy of the Twilight Forest, and into the depths of the Lost City itself, every inch of the map tells a story of survival at any cost.

Available now for ARK Survival Ascended on Steam and prepare for the Lost Colony.

Will you cling to your humanity, or will you undergo the Turning to become the monster this place demands you to be?

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 11/25

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.

For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

Another update to the ARK: Survival Evolved Devkit is being prepared and will be released soon, announcement on the community Discord server to follow.

As a reminder, the ‘preaquatica’ game branch will remain a permanently available branch for all users on ARK: Survival Evolved.

• Fixed some dinos not being able to equip Augments

• Fixed Infected Barnacle bleed effect not damaging enemies and being applied to allies

• Fixed Homarus using the wrong icon

• Homarus and rider are now immune to the effects of brine and infected corpse harvesting debuffs

• Fixed Ocepechelon not being able to pick up fish when a saddle is equipped

• Fixed issues with Takifugu stats and fixed melee attackers not gaining torpor damage

• Fixed Water Wyvern using land cuddle animations when underwater

• Fixed Kathreptis mimic animation issues

• Fixed Kathreptis egg spawn location

• Fixed Onchopristis not playing many of their animations

• Fixed Cymathoa sometimes moving during combat

• Fixed Dakosaurus baby birth location

• Players can now be impregnated by Abyssal Reaper Queens

• Increased Abyssal Reaper Queen spawns in the Abyss

• Fixed Abyssal Reaper ranged attacks not spawning their projectiles

• Fixed Abyssal Reapers not using the correct colorsets

• Pygocentrus Trophies can now be uploaded/transferred

• Fixed Hydrosphere bubbles not using their material when playing in low memory modes.

• Fixed not being able to add Thalassian ammo into the Ammo Box

• Boot Weights now display if they are toggled on or off on the player HUD

• Fixed Infectariums destroying Tek Canteens when crafting Infected Barnacles

• Fixed an inventory related crash

• Fixed the river in the Downriver Run race mission on Genesis 2

• Reduced damage of lava on Aquatica

• Fixed the locations of many lava volumes on Aquatica

• Fixed many underwater lava volumes in Aquatica counting as air

• Fixed various meshes in the Aquatica map not having collision

• Fixed some landscape meshes in Aquatica not counting as ground for structure placement

• Fixed floating foliage issues on Aquatica

This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. 

This update will be pushed starting:

9:00 PM UTC

5:00 AM CST

1:00 PM PST

4:00 PM EST

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 10/20

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.

For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

We are happy to announce that the ‘preaquatica’ game branch will remain a permanently available branch for all users on ARK: Survival Evolved.

• Fixed some Abyssal dinos having points in Oxygen

  • Note: This only removes the Oxygen from new dinos, not existing

• Increased Alpha Abyssal Rex health

• Added ability for most dinos to equip Infected Barnacle augments. Water and amphibious dinos will get reduced benefits from swim speed augments

  • Note: New dinos will not get the attached infected mask visual

• Fixed Infected Barnacle mask not being visible on Pachyrhino and Megalosaurus 

• Fixed water dinos not being able to target Alpha Corrupt Tridacna

• Fixed Monodon not using their cuddle animation

• Fixed Monodon getting too much taming ineffectiveness when taming rates are boosted

• Reduced aggro notify neighbor range for Megalodon, Malleocephalus, Dakosaurus, and Seahorse

• Fixed Sinomacrops and Noglin buffs not applying correctly to players when mounted

• Fixed buffs not getting applied to riders of Tropeognathus, Magmasaur, Exosuit, Tek Hoversail, Dinopithecus, and Stego

• Reduced spawn rate of Liopleurodon in Aquatica

• Wild Basilosaurus will no longer get targeted by wild Megalodon

• Wild Anglers will no longer target, or be targeted by, other wild dinos

• Water Wyvern adjustments: improved nest/egg spawns, slightly increased alpha spawn chance in wyvern cave, removed Alpha Water Talon requirement from Alpha Pygocentrus

  • Note: Alpha water talons will not be used for that boss anymore. It is still used for the Vulcanithys boss however.

• Dakosaurus hibernate ability now increases health regeneration

• Tiktaalik can now harvest Earthworm piles using their primary attack

• Fixed Homarus falling into the ground when killed

• Fixed Homarus not being able to breed inside water Hydrospheres

• Fixed Homarus dino dossier icon

• Fixed Aquatica Helmets not appropriately showing or hiding beard hair

• Renamed the Thalassian Rocket Propelled Energy Blast to Thalassian Propelled Rocket

• Fixed Underwater Crop Plot material

• Fixed Hydrosphere bubbles having collision

• Fixed Hydrospheres interfering with placement of other structures

• Fixed the Hydrosphere unlocking during server restarts

  • Note: Existing Hydrospheres will need to be relocked after the update

• Added Element as a valid fuel source for Hydrospheres

• Updated Pearl structure descriptions to better indicate they increase water pressure acclimation speed

• Fixed snapping and scaling issues with the Pearl building set

• Fixed Tek Tridents having a random chance to break when used

• Fixed Infectarium destroying water containers when crafting

• Fixed Infected Barnacle descriptions on servers

• Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, lava volumes, and mesh holes.

• Removed empty news box from Main Menu

• Removed empty UI box in lower right of screen in singleplayer games

• Fixed various Aquatica UI colorization issues

This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. 

This update will be pushed starting:

9:30 PM UTC
5:30 AM CST
2:30 PM PST
5:30 PM EST

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 9/18

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.

For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

• Adding missing meshes to Thalassian Hover Skiff

• Fixed Tek Trident getting consumed when thrown

• Fixed Aquatica Large Wood Wall using wrong texture

• Fixed Spear Bolts not being craftable in all smithy-type inventories

• Fixed Homarus using the wrong dino icon

• Fixed Cymathoa despawning when swimming to the far top of arena

• Fixed an issue with the Monkey radial menu

• Added collision to Riftwalker legs and head

• Added missing holiday assets

• Fixed missing artifact

• Fixed various issues in the Aquatica map; including floating foliage, mesh popping, lava volumes, an anti-mesh location, and mesh holes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 9/4

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

We would like to thank the community for continuing to help us make improvements to ARK: Aquatica by reporting issues that have appeared after release.

For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

• Continued FPS and Level Optimization

• Server Transfers for Official Servers

• Core Functionality

• Fixed snapping issues with Large Metal Walls

• Fixed a crash related to uploading dinos without Augments

• Fixed dinos losing their pressure acclimation when stasised for extended periods of time

• Fixed issues with the Alpha Abyssal Rex

• Fixed items not being given to nearby player inventories on dino death when an amount isn’t specified

• Added Oil and Manganese to the Boiling Sea

• Fixed Kato and Ingrid Explorer Notes not being sorted in the correct order

• Fixed Aquatica artifact crates using the incorrect VFX

• Fixed a typo in Pygocentrus Trophy names

• Addressed general issue in the level (floating foliage, lava volumes)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/27

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

• Continued FPS and Level Optimization

• Server Transfers for Official Servers

• Core Functionality

• Fixed snapping issues with Large Pearl Walls

• Added new structures: Pearl Triangle Floating Foundation and Tek Triangle Floating Foundation

• Fixed not being able to snap structures over or in very deep water

• Fixed issues with Pygocentrus ascension

• Increased amount of Element received when defeating Vulcanithys and Fractalis

• Fixed not being able to obtain 100% imprint when raising Vulcanite babies

• Fixed Monodon not receiving credit when killing a target with their ranged beam attack

• Restored dino class data in cryopods that were “Raptorized” and not able to be deployed

• Updated localization for Aquatica items/dinosaurs for the following languages: Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified

• Addressed several map mesh holes and collision issues

• Underwater air-pockets now utilize the same water pressure zones as the surrounding water

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/21

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are primarily utilizing the #「❗」bug-reports」channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting (ie: version number, platform and all applicable logs or information).

• Updated Dev Kit

• FPS and Level Optimization

• Server Issues

• Core Functionality

• Added server setting to control the ability to place Floating Foundations in air

  • In GameUserSettings.ini, under the ServerSettings section: PreventFloatingFoundationsInAir=True

  • The Floating Foundations setting is enabled by default, the command line above would disable this setting.

• Fixed Floating Foundations being placeable too high above the ground when not underwater

• Fixed not being able to place Cannons on non-Aquatica maps

• Border walls no longer causing random deaths

• Fixed various foliage and mesh hole issues

• Continued FPS optimization

• Fixed being able to place structures on Ocepechelon saddles

• Fixed water dinos not being able to target Cymathoa

• Fixed Abyssal dinos losing their Underwater Walking ability on game restarts

• Dinos who were not intended to be able to equip infected barnacles by design are now unable to equip them.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 8/18

Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg]. For the sake of identifying issues, please provide as much information as possible on your report for visibility and accurate reporting.

Current top priority issues:

• FPS and Level Optimization

• Updated Dev Kit

• Server Issues

• Core Functionality

In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.

Dinos/Tames Fixes:

• Fixed Parasaur not being able to equip augments

• Increased stats of Malleocephalus, Seahorse, Takifugu, and Tiktaalik

• Fixed Riftcrawlers being able to mate

• Increased Abyssal dino swim speed

Boss Updates:

• Multiple fixes and adjustments to the Pygocentrus boss fight

• Fixed instantly getting killed when teleporting into the Vulcanithys Arena

Rift Fixes and Improvements:

• Updated Rift spawned dino’s names to make them more identifiable

• Fixed Rifts not giving nearby players and tamed dinos XP on successful completion 

• Fixed Rifts not giving nearby players Element and items on successful completion 

• Improved loot quality in Rift Supply Crates

• Reduced the time between dino spawns in the Greater Rift 

• Reduced the amount of dinos spawned in the Greater Rift 

Other Improvements:

• Fixed Dipping Nets consuming more than one net ammo per fish caught

• FPS / Level Optimization

• Engine issues in relation to mods have been resolved for mods that the team has been made aware of.

• Remaining mods with issues likely require an update given content changes with Aquatica with an updated Devkit included in a future update. Please report additional concerns about mods not functioning related to an engine issue to the Aquatica Discord or the ARK Modding Community Discord.

• Potential fix for dinos/vehicles disappearing after game restart. Please report any subsequent issues with this to the Aquatica Discord thread here[discord.com].

• Fixed dinos in cryopods losing their class references after game restart

  • Note: This stops it from happening to newly cryopoded dinos, but does not fix ones that are already “raptorized”

• An initial fix for server character transfers for unofficial servers is being introduced. Official server transfers will be enabled after additional testing.

  • A specific chat for this fix has been added onto the Discord[discord.gg] server, under #「💬」server-transfers-chat. Utilize this chat as a way to not only help each other but help log the issues related to transfers if issues appear.

• Increased chance of volcano supply crates being higher quality

• Fixed volcano supply crate vfx persisting after the supply crate is gone

• Added some missing pain volumes to lava

As development continues, we are seeing progress being made to multiple major issues. Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537070/ARK_Aquatica/

A Message from Studio Sirens

The following is an official statement from the head of Studio Sirens.