Delayed for a few days, ARK: Survival Evolvedupdate v509 is finally rolling out on PlayStation 4, Studio Wildcard has announced. It’s a 10.22GB download.
As you can see from the patch notes, v509 adds an Interactive Toilet, a gas-powered speedy Motorboat, new dinos, and more, while also reducing memory:
Per-pixel painting, including Human & Dino Warpaint
New Weapon: Harpoon Gun (& Tranq Bolts for the Harpoon Gun)
Tek Projectiles now will not do any damage if they collide with a Structure after 5000 units distance (to balance against Auto-Turrets)
Achievement set now includes various cosmetics, hairstyles, & emotes unlocked as you get Achievements.
New client Options to disable giving cosmetics on respawn, and to disable menu music tracks.
Re-added the ATV vehicle as work-in-progress “easter egg” for singleplayer and custom servers: Blueprint’/Game/PrimalEarth/Vehicles/VH_Buggy/Blueprint/PrimalItemVHBuggy.PrimalItemVHBuggy’
Fixed various gameplay exploits and edge cases.
Direwolf now has pack logic with pack buff
Fixed bug where Alpha Wild creatures were sometimes improperly buffing enemy (tamed) creatures
Updated various new UI’s to the new style
66 new Explorer Notes! (between The Island and ScorchedEarth)
Ballista/Harpoon Bolt now has significant piercing properties akin to the Composite Arrow
Redid The Island’s ambient sounds and various gameplay sound effects
Explorer Notes subtitle option button, Explorer Notes translations are WIP
Various misc Island map fixes
Massive update to Primitive+:
All tamed dinos with projectiles now support “Turret” AI mode
Official PvE changed to use Offline Raid Protection
Made Alpha Leeds more common on The Island, and made them give 5 Blubber items rather than just 1. Also made Alpha Megalodon slightly more common.
Fixed particle systems not appearing at large world coordinates
Next up for ARK: Survival Evolvedis the free Ragnarok map, which comes to PS4 and Xbox One on July 4. Then, just over a month later on August 8, ARK will be fully released.