Update 2.88 has arrived for ARK Survival Evolved, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. The game has a regular update schedule and gets new features and events. The latest version released today brings Turkey Trial 6 event alongside fixes. It’s recommended to install it for a better gameplay experience. Here’s everything new with the ARK Survival Evolved 2.88 update.
ARK Survival Evolved 2.88 Update Patch Notes
v354.4 – 11/22/2022 – Major Version for Servers and Clients
- Smelting chibis requires the placement of a new refining forge
- Crafting new chibis requires the placement of a new cooking pot
- Wishbones are no longer able to be transferred. Attempting to transfer wishbones will result in them being deleted
- Fixed Carcha losing taming affinity on SP restart
- Added FearEvovled cosmetics to Hexagon Exchange
- Added purchasable random chibis at higher tiers in Hexagon Exchange
- Fixed an exploit
Turkey Trial 6
From Tuesday, November 22nd through Wednesday, December 7th jump into a large-scale scavenger hunt and carve up rare “Super-Turkeys” that have been unleashed across the ARK for Turkey Trial 6!
By harvesting Super Turkey Wishbones from these ruthless, genetically-modified creatures, you can craft your very own fashionable Turkey Costume or Ugly Sweater skins or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do your bidding for a limited period of time.
Event Details
- This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=TurkeyTrial
Rates
- Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, and 1.5x Hexagon Rewards
- Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, 4x Breeding (maturation, hatch/gestation), 4x Imprinting, 0.5x Mating Interval, and 1.5x Hexagon Rewards
- ARKpocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, Breeding (maturation, hatch/gestation), 5x Imprinting, 0.5x Mating Interval, and 1.5x Hexagon Rewards
- Conquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, Breeding (maturation, hatch/gestation), 5x Imprinting, 0.5x Mating Interval, and 1.5x Hexagon Rewards
Event Creatures
- Super Turkeys (Untamable creatures)
- DodoRex (Craftable Temporary Tame)
ARK Survival Evolved 2.88 Update – Event Skins
- Turkey Costume
- 3 Ugly Sweater Skins
- Bonnet Hat Skin
- Chieftan Hat Skin
- Dodo Pie Swim Bottom Skin
- Dodo Pie Swim Top Skin
- Dodorex Swim Bottom Skin
- Dodorex Swim Top Skin
- Dodorex-Print Shirt Skin
- Meat Swim Bottom Skin
- Meat Swim Top Skin
- Murder Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
- Murder Turkey Swim Top Skin
- Murder-Turkey-Print Shirt Skin
- Pilgrim Hat Skin
- Pitchfork Skin
- Turkey Hat Skin
- Turkey Leg Skin
- Turkey Swim Bottom Skin
- Turkey Swim Top Skin
- Ugly Cornucopia Sweater Skin
- Ugly Trike Sweater Skin
Event Chibis
- Lymantria *NEW*
- Mosasaurus *NEW*
- Fjordhawk *NEW*
- Tek Stryder *NEW*
- Stuffed Glowtail *NEW*
Event Items
- Wishbones (acquired from killing Super Turkey’s)
- Thanksgiving Dino Candy
ARK Survival Evolved 2.88 Update – Wild Creature Colors
- Light Yellow *NEW*
- DarkTurquoise *NEW*
- LemonLime *NEW*
- Teal *NEW*
- Cyan *NEW*
- Light Red *NEW*
- Yellow *NEW*
- Orange *NEW*
- Dark Blue *NEW*
- Black Sands
- Midnight Blue
- Vermillion
- Dark Violet
- Dark Magenta
- Medium Autumn
- Light Autumn
- Burnt Sienna
- Dino Darker Grey
- Black
- Red
- Near Black
- Dino Albino
- Dino Dark Red
- Dark Red
- Brown
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.