Studio Wildcard have confirmed that a new patch is being deployed today on PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro.
This new ARK Survival Evolved update should be available to download now, and looks to do one very specific thing.
HDR Mode for ARK should now be fully enabled for those who have the compatible hardware.
ARK servers have not be restarted, although if you have enabled auto-update, you may be booted to download the patch.
Wildcard have also announced what will be included in the game’s next big update, which will be arriving on PS4 and Xbox One in mid April.
The development team are now focusing on upgrading certain gameplay features and dinosaurs, with the next patch focusing on six creatures.
The Argentavis, Parasaur, Raptor, Sarcosuchus, Spinosaur, and Triceratops will be receiving varied gameplay and visual upgrades, according to the patch notes.
It will also provide upgrades for the ARK Ragnarok mod, as well as opening up transfers for the non-aberrant version of creatures to be transferred onto Aberration.
The Ragnarok team have also warned that the new update will make it impossible to build in the game’s puzzle cave, meaning players will have to move base.
“The puzzle cave was revised so that it would no longer allow survivors to build within it. Due to this change, player structures found in this location were removed and some dinos became stuck.
“We will not be rolling back our servers at this time. We would like to keep rollbacks limited to major service-wide disruptions going forward due to complications caused by CrossARK and Tribes (part of being a multi-server persistent open-world survival game).
“Console players, please use this time to move out any creatures or structures you have in this cave because once the update hits, you’ll no longer be able to do so!”
ARK players may start to see more updates arriving more regularly in the future, as the development team turns their attentions to upgrading the overall gameplay and fell of the game.
“We will be turning our focus more directly on to bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements for the core game in the weeks ahead,” a message from Studio Wildcard explains.
“Going forward, we’ll be consolidating the patching process on PC. We will be leaning heavily on regular Tuesday (or Wednesday if needed) deployments unless critical fixes require patches outside of that regular patch day.
“These will become collective weekly bug and quality-of-life patching updates.”
It was recently announced that ARK Survival Evolved is being developed for both Mobiles and the Nintendo Switch, both of which look set to be released this year.
