ARK: Survival Ascended Patch Notes

## What changed - **Ruins of the Ascendant Cavern entrance** — reduced in size to improve PvP viability - **Cavern of the Sapphire Cascades entrance** — reduced in size to improve PvP viability - **Cavern of the Whispering Needle entrance** — reduced in size to improve PvP viability - **Weather system** — adjusted across the map - **Astral creatures** — can no longer be knocked back by attacks ## Bug Fixes - **Astral creatures** — fixed issue where some could be picked up by flying mounts - **Meshholes** — fixed terrain clipping exploits - **Pearl replication** — fixed duplication issues - **Underwater cave dinosaurs** — fixed random death when inside underwater caves - **Aberration fertile cave spawning** — fixed dinosaurs spawning on top of the cave entrance - **Bee cave spawning** — potential fix for bees spawning incorrectly in the bee cave ## Balance Updates - **Grand Tortugar Saddle** — added to Easy and Medium Orbital Supply Drop (OSD) loot tables ## Overall Three cave entrances were made smaller for PvP balance, Astral creatures received a knockback immunity, and multiple spawning and replication bugs were addressed.

## What changed **Grand Tortugar Saddle** — Added to Easy and Medium OSD loot tables **Astral creatures** — Can no longer be knocked back ## Bug Fixes **Astral creatures** — Fixed issue where some could be picked up by flyers **Aberration fertile cave** — Fixed dinos spawning on top of the cave entrance **Meshholes** — Fixed various mesh holes across the map **Underwater caves** — Fixed dinos randomly dying in these locations **Pearl replication** — Fixed replication issues **Bee cave spawning** — Potential fix for bees spawning in incorrect locations ## Overall ARK: Survival Ascended received quality-of-life improvements including the addition of the Grand Tortugar Saddle to easier loot tables, nerfs to Astral creature mechanics, and fixes for various environmental and spawning issues.