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TLC: Woolly Mammoth

New Abilities War Drum Saddle and Buff

• 1 additional passenger seat on a saddle that comes equipped with a war drum that must be played to maintain an AoE buff that improves stamina regen and makes them immune to fear.

New Attacks Tusk Sweep

• Sweeps tusks left or right to gather and harvest thatch

Trunk Trumpet

• Emits a trunk roar that does an AOE debuff to all enemies within range

• After stepping in water, the next Trunk Trumpet used by the Mammoth will spray the rider with water, hydrating them, removing fire debuffs, and reducing their temperature.

Foot Stomp

• Mammoth rears up and then puts all of its weight into a forward “slam” with its front legs to directionally knock back enemies and gather wood

Trunk Grab

• Similar to the Karkinos’s grab, it is able to grab, hold, aim and release smaller targets

Stegosaurus

New Abilities

Backplate Modes

• Backplate passive buff and can switch between three modes. Different modes will be indicated visually

  • Hardened Plated: Applies a damage reduction buff; Wood harvesting benefit

  • Heavy Plate Mode: Applies a slow when attacking with the basic tail whip; Thatch harvesting benefit

  • Sharpened Plate Mode: Applies an armor penetration effect when attacking with the tail whip. Also useful for harvesting berries

New Attacks

• Impaling Tail Whip

  • Able to impale and immobilize players and creatures below a certain health threshold.

Additional notes

• The rider is prevented from dismounting effects and attacks

• Has a berry weight reduction buff

New Breedable Creatures

The insects and creatures that can now be bred are: Spider, Onyc, Moth, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Mantis and the mighty Wyverns!

The new (Wyvern are unchanged) hatching/gestation and maturation times are as follows:

Spider

• Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes (Matches Pachy)

• Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 1 hour, and 1 minute (Matches Dimorph)

Bat

• Total Gestation Time: 3 hours and 58 minutes (Matches Procoptodon)

• Total Maturation Time: 1day, 4 hours, and 3 minutes (Matches Kairuku)

Moth

• Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes (Matches Kairuku)

• Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 6 hours, and 51 minutes (Matches Pegomastax)

Scorpion

• Egg Hatch Time: 1 hour and 59 minutes (Matches Raptor)

• Total Maturation Time: 1 day, 13 hours, and 12 minutes (Matches Raptor)

Arthropluera

• Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 29 minutes (Matches Sarco)

• Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 3 hours, and 26 minutes (Matches Stego)

Mantis

• Egg Hatch Time: 2 hours and 46 minutes (Matches Stego)

• Total Maturation Time: 2 days, 6 hours, and 27 minutes (Matches Tapejara)

Creature Quality of Life Changes

In addition to insect breeding, we went back and showed some love to a few of ARK's well-known inhabitants. Giganotosaurus

• Reduced maturation time by approximately 15% (Total growth is around 10~ days)

Diplocaulus

• Increased base health by 33% (from 190 to 250.3)

• Increased movement speed when ridden by 25%

Thylacoleo

• Added a (slow draining) bleed to its basic attack

Megachelon

• Reduced depth requirement for breeding so that it can be bred on other maps

Wyvern

• Wyverns are now breedable (Zombie Wyverns cannot be bred)

• Slight stat rebalance now that they’re breedable and to bring them in line with Crystal Wyverns

Megalodon

• Reduced gestation/aging times to match Megaloceros

• Pack Bonus: Damage Reduction and Damage Increase per pack member within range

• Added a bleed to its basic attack

Jerboa

• Increase base weight capacity from 55 to 120 (Matches Bulbdog)

Ankylosaurus

• Increase metal weight reduction by 10% (from total reduction of 75% to 85%)

Doedicurus

• You can now turn when rolling with a Doed (similarly to the Genesis Race Mission)

This expansion pack also introduces new voiceover talent to the ARK universe with David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good Omens) playing the villainous Sir Edmund Rockwell, and Madeleine Madden

(The Wheel of Time, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) taking on the in-game robotic AI companion HLN-A/Helena Walker.

But even with HLN-A's help, will your powerful skills, gear, and tames be sufficient to put a stop to Rockwell's demented plans once and for all? We're about to find out because The End is Near!