Ark update 2.78 is now available to download on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. According to the official ARK 2.78 patch notes, the latest update added various fixes and changes. Apart from this, Ark version 2.78 also includes stability fixes.
Previously, a big update added Mammoth TLC, Stego TLC, Taming HUD, Turret Radius Settings, and more. Recently, a hotfix was also released.
Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are facing issues while playing the online game. Today’s ARK patch 2.78 has addressed a few of these errors.
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ARK 2.78 Patch Notes – Official
New
- Fjordur is Live! Explore a cold and hostile Norse-inspired archipelago in our newest official community map, featuring four new creatures for you to collect!
- To address an unintended change, the turret exclusion list option is now applicable to wild dinos only
- The TEK Helmet multi-use wheel is now accessible while mounted
- Fixed an issue that caused the Lost Island Artifact of the Massive/Devious respawn incorrectly
- Fixed an exploit
- Fixed multiple map holes
In addition to Fenrir, a creature that’s native to the original Fjordur mod, Fjordur will launch with 3 brand new creatures! Will you look to tame the mobile tank first, seek out a helpful Fjordhawk companion, or stalk the night’s sky to hunt your prey?
Andrewsarchus makes its way to Fjordur packing an arsenal of utility! Andrewsarchus may seem sluggish while foraging for a meal, but they can move unexpectedly fast when provoked. Once tamed, its saddle will allow you to mount a minigun to the back of it!
Bug Fixes
- Increased slots on the Industrial Grinder from 60 to 120
- Expanded the Tek Cloner register range by 3x
- Reduced Tek Surveillance Console Stack Size from 100 to 5
- Display a HUD whilst holding H with tek Glove equipped displaying player location and upload timer
- Increased Magmasaur’s smelting output by 100%
- Enabled auto-harvest on Ankylosaurus
- Enabled breeding on Rockdrakes
- Enabled breeding on Achatina.
- Fixed some exploits
- Fixed a bug where TEK Stryders and MEKs would not regain health in stasis
- Fixed a bug where MEK modules would lose durability when released from cryopod
- Two new admin commands: cheat drainwater <number> and cheat drainfood <number>
- Fixed a bug where the Dedicated Storage Box would ignore stack modifiers in server config files
- Fixed a bug where caused Plant Z to no longer heal dinos
- Fixed a bug where Soap would remove textures from some structures
- Fixed a bug where Cosmetics on the Shadowmane would not retain their colour
The following changes were added previously.
Fear Evolved 5 Event
Our annual Halloween event, Fear Evolved, creeps onto the ARK with a ghoulish screech and we have laid out all of the tricks and/or treats for Survivors to indulge in over the coming weeks!
From October 26th to November 9th : ARK will be teeming with spook-tackular new chibis making their ARK debut, cutting edge fashion, and eerie event creatures all resplendent in moonlit pumpkin patches and Hallow’s Eve festivities!
Cloak yourself in event-themed fashion and creepy shoulder companions to embark on a hunt for the elusive DodoRex and DodoWyvern.
Rates
- Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
- Conquest: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
Balance
Blood Stalker
- Reduced piercing damage from 85% to 65%.
- Players grappled now get a 20 second immunity buff from being webbed by the Bloodstalker again
- No longer unequips player’s melee weapon when webbed
Wyverns
- Reduced Wyvern HP gained per level by approximately 20%
- Reduced armour penetration on Lightning Wyvern beam attack by approx 20%
- Buffed Fire Wyvern right-click attack by approx 30%
- Prevented Void Wyvern from performing a right-click attack unless mounted by a rider
Adjusted Wyvern base drag weight to match Crystal Wyverns so that they behave similarly against items that take this into consideration, such as the Net Ammo. (Therefore Fire, Lightning, and Poison Wyverns can now be netted).
Noglin
- Now targetable by Plant X
- Takes reduced damage from Plant X when attached to a player
Net Ammo
- Increased durability usage on Harpoon Gun for net ammo specifically. Cost per net fired increased by approx 250%
- Increased weight of weight ammo from 0.2 to 2.0
Mammoth
- Prevented being dismounted from creature when you are buffed by the Mammoth
- Mammoth war drummer now gets 40% damage mitigation whilst drumming
Shadowmane
- Reduced the range the stun attack can target horizontally by 20%
- Increased the holding space bar jump distance by 20%
- Reduced how many targets the Shadowmane can chain stun when right-click is held to 7 targets from 15 targets
Increased cooldown of teleport attack from 4.5 seconds to 15 seconds and each target added increases the cooldown by 2 seconds rather than 1 second – Increased the length of the immunity buff after a player has been stunned by the Shadowmane from 30 seconds to 50 seconds.
- Reduced passive creature armour from 124 to 80 and reduces its armour gained per level by 35%
Global Stun Immunity Buff
The following dismounts will now respect an overriding dismount immunity buff when the effect is created by any of the following creatures and items:
- Void Wyvern
- Shadowmane
- Netgun
- Flash bang (Plant Z Grenade)
Miscellaneous Balance
- Prevented the Exo mek from filling turrets that have recently fired
- Increased Megalosaurus damage with the night time buff by approx 25%
- Increased Tek Turret HP by 100%
Download free ARK patch 2.78 on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
