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

Good Afternoon,

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 . 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.

Patch notes for today’s update: v360.12 + v360.13

All fixes from Patch Version 360.12 reinstated, notes below:

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

Notes for Patch v360.13

• 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.

• 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 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

**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:

**10:30 PM UTC

6:30 AM CST 3:30 PM PST 6:30 PM EST**

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.

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