'ARK' Update 1.89 Adds Homestead & Kibble Rework on PS4 & Xbox - Patch Notes
ARK: Survival Evolved update 1.89 is going live, and it features a major kibble rework, balance changes and a bunch of new base-building structures. Dubbed the Homestead Update, the substantial patch just might be the single biggest free content drop for ARK in 2019. More details arrive via the official patch notes from Studio Wildcard.
ARK Update 1.89 Patch Notes
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- Variant System
- Added Structure variant system to cycle visuals for a structure
- Structure Pickup
- Enabled pickup of the following structures:
- Elevator Platforms
- Elevator Tracks
- Electric Generator
- Grill
- Industrial Forge
- Industrial Grinder
- Chem Bench
- Fabricator
- Tek Generator
- Tek Replicator
- Tek Transmitter
- Disabled pickup of Bee Hives
- Added ServerSettings ini config option StructurePickupHoldDuration to allow unofficials to configure (or disable by setting to 0) the quick-pickup hold duration
- Changed default for quick-pickup to 0.5 seconds (from one second)
- Enabled pickup of the following structures:
- Structure Additions
- Added 'Smooth' sidewall variants (like the stone foundation) to the stock square foundations [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Thatch, Wood]
- Triangle foundations [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
- Triangle ceilings [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood, Greenhouse]
- Triangle roofs [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood, Greenhouse]
- Large (4x height) walls [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
- Flexible pipes [Stone, Metal]
- Flexible electrical cables
- Stairs (with freely swappable ramp variant) [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
- Double door frames [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
- Double doors [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
- Tek Dedicated storage (Tek structure that allows storing a large amount of a single resource)
- Fence supports (allows you to build fences that are level along the top) [Adobe, Metal, Stone, Tek, Wood]
Kibble Rework
- Categorized Kibble
- Creatures prefer their category of Kibble or above
- Produced
- Allosaurus - Superior
- Ankylosaurus - Regular
- Archaeopteryx - Simple
- Argentavis - Superior
- Baryonyx - Regular
- Basilisk - Exceptional
- Brontosaurus - Exceptional
- Carbonemys - Regular
- Carnotaur - Regular
- Compy - Simple
- Dilophosaur - Basic
- Dimetrodon - Regular
- Dimorphodon - Simple
- Diplodocus - Regular
- Dodo - Basic
- Featherlight - Basic
- Gallimimus - Simple
- Giganotosaurus - Exceptional
- Glowtail - Basic
- Hesperornis - Extraordinary
- Ichthyornis - Simple
- Iguanodon - Simple
- Kairuku - Basic
- Kaprosuchus - Regular
- Kentrosaurus - Regular
- Lystrosaurus - Basic
- Mantis - Superior
- Megalania - Superior
- Megalosaurus - Superior
- Micro Raptor - Simple
- Morellatops - Simple
- Moschops - Superior
- Oviraptor - Simple
- Snow Owl - Superior
- Pachycephalosaurus - Simple
- Pachyrhinosaurus - Regular
- Parasaur - Basic
- Pegomastax - Simple
- Pelagornis - Regular
- Pteranodon - Simple
- Pulmonoscorpius - Regular
- Quetzalcoatlus - Exceptional
- Raptor - Simple
- Rex - Exceptional
- Rock Drake - Extraordinary
- Sarcosuchus - Regular
- Spinosaur - Superior
- Stegosaurus - Regular
- Tapejera - Superior
- Terror Bird - Regular
- Therizinosaurus - Exceptional
- Thorny Dragon - Regular
- Titanboa - Superior
- Triceratops - Simple
- Troodon - Regular
- Velonasaur - Regular
- Vulture - Basic
- Wyvern - Extraordinary
- Yutyrannus - Exceptional
- Preferred
- Allosaurus - Superior
- Angler Fish - Regular
- Ankylosaurus - Regular
- Araneo - Simple
- Archaeopteryx - Simple
- Argentavis - Superior
- Baryonyx - Regular
- Basilosaurus - Exceptional
- Beelzebufo - Regular
- Brontosaurus - Exceptional
- Carbonemys - Regular
- Carnotaur - Regular
- Castoroides - Superior
- Daeodon - Superior
- Dilophosaur - Basic
- Dimetrodon - Regular
- Dimorphodon - Simple
- Diplocaulus - Simple
- Diplodocus - Regular
- Direbear - Superior
- Direwolf - Superior
- Dodo - Basic
- Doedicurus - Regular
- Dunkleosteus - Superior
- Gallimimus - Simple
- Gasbags - Superior
- Giant Bee - Simple
- Gigantopithecus - Regular
- Giganotosaurus - Exceptional
- Griffin - Extraordinary
- Ichthyornis - Simple
- Ichthyosaurus - Simple
- Iguanodon - Simple
- Kairuku - Basic
- Kaprosuchus - Regular
- Karkinos - Exceptional
- Kentrosaurus - Regular
- Lymantria - Regular
- Mammoth - Superior
- Managarmr - Exceptional
- Megalania - Extraordinary
- Megaloceros - Simple
- Megalodon - Superior
- Megalosaurus - Superior
- Megatherium - Superior
- Mesopithicus - Basic
- Morellatops - Simple
- Mosasaurus - Exceptional
- Onyc - Simple
- Snow Owl - Superior
- Pachycephalosaurus - Simple
- Paraceratherium - Superior
- Parasaur - Basic
- Pegomastax - Simple
- Pelagornis - Regular
- Phiomia - Basic
- Plesiosaurus - Superior
- Pteranodon - Regular
- Pulmonoscorpius - Regular
- Purlovia - Regular
- Quetzalcoatlus - Exceptional
- Raptor - Simple
- Rex - Exceptional
- Rock Elemental - Extraordinary
- Sabertooth - Regular
- Sarcosuchus - Regular
- Spinosaur - Exceptional
- Stegosaurus - Regular
- Tapejera - Superior
- Terror Bird - Regular
- Therizinosaurus - Exceptional
- Thorny Dragon - Regular
- Thylacoleo - Extraordinary
- Triceratops - Simple
- Velonasaur - Regular
- Woolly Rhino - Superior
- Yutyrannus - Extraordinary
Exploits
- Fixed exploit related to water well
- Fixed exploit related to Titan downloads
- Fixed exploit related to Velonasaurs
- Fixed exploit related to Platform Saddles
Crashes
- Fixed crash related to shoulder pets
- Fixed crash related to Taxidermy
Managarmr
- Fixed issue with Managarmr breath causing flyers to teleport
- Fixed Managarmr's forward dash not triggering consistently when spamming it
- When Managarmr freezes a dino with a rider, the rider will no longer be dismounted but rather frozen for 1 second
- Character frozen visual effect should change more smoothly
- A player frozen either standing, crouching, or prone can no longer change that state
- Duration of frozen for player characters is now a function of health and armor rating
- Duration of frozen for player characters is significantly reduced overall
- Cheat spawning a dino should no longer cause you to get stuck on that dino if it dies while being frozen by Managarmar Ice breath
- Reduced Managarmr ice breath damage ~25 percent
- Added new freeze immune icon
Environments
- Fixed buildable space outside of bounds
- Fixed multiple holes and meshing locations
- Moved Desert Titan player spawn point to an area inside the structure prevention zone
- Fixed climbable trees in Extinction
Kairuku
- Base affinity increased by 30 percent now that it has a preferred kibble
Ice Wyverns
- Fixed creature icon being blank
Item Stacks
- Fixed ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity issue with RawPrimeMeat
Mosasaurus
- Reduced Mosasaurus speed per level up by 50 percent
Manta
- Reduced Manta speed per level up by 75 percent
Gasbags
- Set gasbags to mature at the rate of Wooly Rhinos due to similar utility capabilities
Giganotosaurus
- Increased damage required to enrage a giga by 55 percent
Corrupted Heart
- Fixed item to use correct icon
Mind Wipe
- Characters can be respeced once every 24 hours
UI
- Improved search filtering on inventory and crafting menus
Elevators
- Set Primitive Elevator Platforms and Tracks to be craftable by wood instead of requiring fungal wood
PS4 & Xbox Patch Notes
Exploits
- Fixed exploit related to Tek Swords
- Fixed exploit related to Rafts on Center
Managarmr
- Fixed managarmr space launch bug
- Managarmr ice breath is no longer stopped by Dino Leash
- Speculative fix for the Managarmr breath client crash
- Whistle Stop and Whistle Follow will interrupt the current ability
- Ice breath freeze amount is now more significantly reduced by distance
- Clamped forward dash movement to horizontal plane
Cryopods
- Disable following after releasing from Cryo
- Now show gender in the tooltip
- Tribe log displays the name of the cryopod owner who's cryopod broke
- Fix for dino owner not transferring when stealing a cryopod with a dino in it
Environments
- Removed the Ruins of Nosti gate
- Reduced shadow cost of some meshes
Defenders
- Defenders are harvestable for light robotic materials
Bear Traps
- Bear traps are now placeable again!
Tek Dinos
- Now drop electronics/metal as intended
Movement
- Fixed players getting stuck when walking off foundations in single player
Desert Titan
- Reduced tamed Desert Titan total hp by ⅓
The big changes for today's ARK update are, of course, the structural additions and the complete kibble overhaul. Starting first with the structures, there's a lot here that simplifies the building process by removing fan-made workarounds for age-old problems. Bulk storage means having to build fewer small storage containers, while flexible pipes and cables let players focus less on land layouts and more on individual creativity. Prior to now, survivors had to support their bases by layering doors and walls on top of each other. With these new fortification options, there should be far less of that happening.
Just as the base building process has been streamlined, the same goes for the kibble mechanic as well. Instead of deciphering a web of 50 different possible kibble options, the new system breaks everything down into the six feed categories that debuted in Extinction. Most ARK players made sense of the kibble system by consulting wikis and guides, but this new framework makes it slightly more possible to comprehend without any additional help at all. Even now there are still plenty of hardcore survival elements in ARK. Cutting back the kibble framework keeps those features in tact while making the experience slightly more approachable. All in all, the Homestead Update trims back a few of ARK's more archaic systems in favor of something more reasonable.
ARK: Survival Evolved is available now on PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch.
What are your thoughts on today's ARK update? Do you like the new Homestead items? Tell us in the comments section!
