'ARK' Update 2.55 Adds Eggcellent Adventure 6 on PS4 and Xbox - Patch Notes

ARK: Survival Evolved update 2.55 has just gone live on PS4 and Xbox One, kicking off the long-awaited Eggcellent Adventure 6 Easter event on console platforms. Hoping to get some new skins or Chibis for your survivor? Check out the event's full contents in the latest patch notes from Studio Wildcard.

ARK update 2.55 Patch Notes

Event Details

• This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Easter

Dates

• March 31 - April 14

Creatures

• Bunny Dodos
• Bunny Oviraptors

Rates

• Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
• Classic: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus
• Classic 2: 7x XP, 7x Harvesting, 7x Taming, and 6x Breeding, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus

Skins

• Bunny Tail *NEW*
• Procoptodon Bunny Costume
• Bunny Ears Skin
• Dino Bunny Ears Skin
• Easter Chick Hat Skin
• Dino Easter Chick Hat Skin
• Easter Egg Hat Skin
• Dino Easter Egg Hat Skin
• Marshmallow Hat Skin
• Dino Marshmallow Hat Skin
• E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin
• Easter Egghead Skin
• Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin
• Sweet Spear Carrot Skin

Items

• Bunny Egg
• Festive Dino Candy

Emotes

• Tail Wiggle Emote *NEW*
• Bunny Hop Dance Emote

Chibi's

• Easter Jerboa *NEW*
• Easter Chick *NEW*
• Thorny Dragon *NEW*
• Achatina *NEW*
• X-Sabertooth *NEW*

Wild Event Creature Colors

• Magenta
• Light Green
• Light Yellow
• Light Orange
• Light Red
• Dino Light Brown
• Dino Dark Brown
• Yellow
• Cyan
• Green
• Dino Medium Blue
• Turquoise
• LightPink
• DeepPink
• Peach
• Mint
• Teal
• PowderBlue
• Cream

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where wild bees would not spawn
• Additional server side logging
• Additional mesh detection metrics

As longtime ARK players might notice, Eggcellent Adventure 6 isn't all that different from the Eggcellent Adventure 5 event that took place in 2020. Taking a quick glance at the content that's labeled as "new," the fresh additions for this year's festivities include the Bunny Tail skin, Tail Wiggle emote and five new Chibis to be featured in the game's ever-growing collection of tiny pets. Mechanically speaking, then, much of what players will experience through mid-April is the same as what we've seen before. Survivors will use eggs harvested from Bunny Dodos to craft new and returning skins, while a visit to the Bunny Oviraptor offers a chance at some limited-time Dino Candy. The premise may be simple, but it's still an effective way to enjoy some festive fun.

As for any of the other changes featured in update 2.55, the patch notes are predictably light given that we're less than one week removed from ARK's last major console update. Over the past few days, ARK on PlayStation and Xbox has benefited from fixes for mesh exploits, an improved Crypopod interface and the debut of the final piece of the Genesis Chronicles armor set. There are obviously still a few missing features to retain full parity with PC, but most of those tweaks don't appear to be listed here. In other words, ARK update 2.55 is all about that sweet Easter-inspired fun.

ARK: Survival Evolved is available now on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Mac and Linux.

What's your most desired item to craft during Eggcellent Adventure 6? Were you expecting more from today's update? Tell us in the comments section!