ARK: Survival Evolved's Patch 2.79 fixes save issues

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Key notes

  • Ark: Survival Evolved has just received a brand new update that tackles quite a few issues.
  • Update 2.79 solves problems across all the available platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
  • Check out the complete changelog and see what else is new for your favorite survival game.
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Who hasn’t heard about Studio Wildcard’s Ark Survival Evolved game by now? Pretty much everyone has tried this awesome title at least once since hearing about it.

These types of games are highly enticing to all sorts of players for a multitude of reasons, about which we’re sure you want to hear more.

What’s not to like about players having to survive while being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players?

Now, we’re about to take a closer look at the latest game update, version 2.79, and see what tweaks the developers have decided to make.

What’s new with Update 2.79?

Note that Ark Survival Evolved update 2.79 was released today for PS4, PC, and Xbox One and we’re about to review the changelog together.

The previous patch brought a new free DLC to the game, but it also led to some problems including issues with the save data on the PS4.

Now, developers made some changes that users will surely welcome with open arms since the tweaks were a must.

PS4 v704.7 (704.6 client) – 06/14/2022 – Minor version for clients

  •  Fixed save issues on Playstation

PS4 v704.7 – 06/13/2022 – Minor version for servers

  •  Fixed a cooldown on defecation
  • Server administrators can enable and disable the biome teleport in Fjordur with the server config option:
    UseFjordurTraversalBuff=true/false

PC v346.12 – 06/13/2022 – Minor version for servers

  •  Fixed a cooldown on defecation
  • Server administrators can enable and disable the biome teleport in Fjordur with the server config option:
    UseFjordurTraversalBuff=true/false

Xbox v948.7 – 06/13/2022 – Minor version for servers

  •  Fixed a cooldown on defecation
  • Server administrators can enable and disable the biome teleport in Fjordur with the server config option:
    UseFjordurTraversalBuff=true/false

These are the changes implemented with the release of Update 2.79 for the Ark: Survival Evolved game, as developers informed us.

We’ll keep an eye open and keep you posted on any incoming changes that will directly impact your favorite game.

Have you discovered any other bugs after installing the latest patch? Share them with us in the comments section below.

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.

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