ARK: Survival Ascended – Patch 63.6: New Content and Improvements (Deinotherium)

Deinotherium

The latest update for ARK: Survival Ascended introduces the Deinotherium, which can now be found on the maps The Island, Scorched Earth, The Center, Extinction, and Astraeos. Additionally, the Bob’s Tall Tales – Wasteland DLC enriches the game with new content such as the BattleRig cannon tower and various storage box skins.

On March 27, 2025, update 63.6 for ARK: Survival Ascended was released, bringing significant new features and adjustments for servers and clients.

New Content:

  • Deinotherium: This prehistoric creature now populates the maps The Island, Scorched Earth, The Center, Extinction, and Astraeos. The spawn command is: cheat summon DeinotheriumASA_Character_BP_C​
  • Bob’s Tall Tales – Wasteland DLC Expansions:
    • BattleRig Cannon Tower: A powerful turret extension for intense battles.​
    • BattleRig Sludge Launcher: incapacitate enemies with sticky substances.​
    • BattleRig Mine Layer: Allows for the tactical placement of mines for defense.​
    • Wasteland Vault Skin: Gives your vault a post-apocalyptic look.​
    • Wasteland Small Storage Box Skin: Enhance the aesthetics of your small storage boxes.​
    • Wasteland Large Storage Box Skin: Also customize large storage boxes to fit the Wasteland style.​

Gameplay Changes:

  • Option for PC Users: Under Settings > General > Camera, TPV mouse smoothing can now be toggled on or off.​
  • Skeleton Trophies: These now stack in the inventory and can be ground in the Industrial Grinder, yielding random keratin. Additionally, the drop rate of skeleton parts has been reduced by about 50%.​
  • Wind Turbine: For a more balanced gameplay experience, the following adjustments have been made:​
    • Wind turbines now suffer decay damage over a period of about 14 days, stopping at 10% durability.​
    • At 10% durability, they no longer produce power until repaired.​
    • The check radius for structures around a wind turbine has been increased; structures placed too close will prevent power generation.​
    • Wind turbines placed underwater no longer produce power.​
  • Tesla Coil: Balance adjustments include:​
    • The ammunition consumption per shot has been increased to 5 crystals (previously 1) to match the duration of fire of a heavy turret.​
    • In "Player Only" mode, the player is no longer directly stunned and thrown off when riding a creature.​
    • Damage in charged mode has been reduced for players by 65% and increased for dinos by 20%.​
  • Creatures with Attached Carts: These can now be picked up or grabbed. Creatures based on a cart will fall off when the pulling creature is picked up.​
  • Boss Cooldowns: These are now displayed in the boss teleport engram.​
  • Tek Teleporter: An indicator now shows on the screen which teleporters are set to "public."​
  • Armadoggo’s Spykit Attachment: This can now be permanently toggled instead of being active for a limited time.​
  • Tameable Titans: The logic for delayed disappearance has been checked for 60 seconds after creation and unstasis to give players more time to get within range and prevent immediate disappearance.​

"Favorite Server" Session List Changes (Beta):

  • Fixed: Favorite servers disappeared from the session list after a server update.​
  • Favorite servers are now also displayed offline in the session list and can be updated individually.​

UI Improvements (Beta):

  • The rendering speed of the user interface has been increased.​
  • An option has been added to disable frame generation.​
  • A selection option for the FSR upscaler has been implemented.​
  • A quality mode dropdown for FSR has been added.​

For more information and details, visit:

https://survivetheark.com/index…