Update 2.85 has arrived for ARK Survival Evolved, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. The action-adventure survival video game was developed and published by Studio Wildcard in 2017. The game’s concept is players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players. Furthermore, it has a regular update schedule and, owing to this, offers a better gaming experience to the players. So, the latest version kicked out a while ago and brings minor changes. As known, the game’s yearly Halloween event ended a few days ago. Consequently, do not expect major changes and features. Here’s everything new with the ARK Survival Evolved 2.85 update.
ARK Survival Evolved 2.85 Update Patch Notes
v708.6 – 11/06/2022 – Major Version for Servers – ARK Survival Evolved 2.85 Update
- Added the Carcharodontosaurus to the game!
- Fixed multiple exploits
- Added icons to Fjordhawk death bag retrieval cooldown
If you missed the updates released last month, here are their patch notes:
v707.6 – 10/20/2022 – Minor Version for Servers
- Changed scarecrows, pumpkins, and gravestones to now give players a random amount between 1 and 10 (previously was between 1 and 5)
- Fixed Fjordhawk Death Inventory cooldown timer not calculating correctly when transferring servers
- Updated Fjordhawk Death Inventory string to correctly display “Death Inventory”
- Applied a one-time cooldown reset for the Fjordhawk Death Inventory Cooldown
v707.5 – 10/19/2022 – Major version for servers
- The Fear Evolved Event event will run from October 19th at 1 PM Pacific to November 2nd at 1 PM Pacific. See this thread for details.
- Unofficial server owners can activate the event by adding -ActiveEvent=FearEvolved to the launch arguments.
- Fjordhawk balance pass
- Reduction to Fjordhawk flight speed when picking up death loot bags
- Increase the time before the hawk becomes invisible to 20 seconds
- One hour cooldown added on retrieval of player’s inventory when killed. This can be overridden with launch argument – -MinimumTimeBetweenInventoryRetrieval=<TimeInSeconds>
- Reduced base health and health per level gained on the Fjordhawk by approximately 40%
- Added 2x damage multiplier from guns and projectiles
- Visual improvements will be added in the next major version for client display of the cooldown time
- Fixed multiple crashes
- Fixed several Exploits
ARK: Survival Evolved is available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, and Stadia (R.I.P) platforms. For more information regarding this patch, visit the official ARK Survival Evolved site.
