Jan 20, 2019

PixARK - SG_madi

Greetings, Explorers!

Welcome to a Chinese New Year PixARK world! Happy Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year Login
The login screen has been updated to celebrate the Chinese New Year! What kind of new things will you be able to spot in the login screen?

New Creatures

Daeodon
An ancient cousin of the modern pig, this swine has a prominent, horrifying mouth and sharp tusks. Different from wild boars which feeds on anything, Daeodon is definitely a carnivore. Wild Daeodon is quite an indomitable creature for adventurers to land a lethal blow, because of its extraordinary ability to rapidly heal itself. What is particularly extraordinary about a tamed Daeodon is its capability to share this healing benefit with nearby allies (RMB), making Daeodon an invaluable support in combat.
Dev will upload Image

Nian Beast
According to Chinese mythology, Nian Beast appears only on New Year’s Eve. People are frightened by its horrid appearance and its ferocious demeanor. Fortunately, legend has it that one child happened to discover a very strange weakness Nian Beast has, its sensitivity to loud noises and light. During the night when Nian Beast comes out of hiding to feed, people light up fireworks and throw firecrackers, hoping to intimidate Nian and chase them away. During Chinese New Year, Nian Beast will spawn in Novice Grassland and Grassland. They are afraid of nothing but the Firecrackers. If explorers are fortunate enough to take Nian Beast down, it is possible that Nian Beast will become your tame. Tamed Nian Beast has diverse skills, frightening surrounding creatures (RMB), and temporarily casting a damage increase buff on allies (C).

Flame Demon
A demon originating from the Earth’s core, with hardened lava rocks shaping its exterior and sizzling lava flowing inside. The Flame Demon burns everything into ashes wherever it travels, posing a prominent threat to all beings. Luckily, Flame Demon usually appears only in ancient ruins and altars, and doesn’t usually set foot in other territories. It has the ability to summon a volcanic tornado, lava ball, fire beam, and a volcano against its targets, causing tremendous damage to other creatures in both close combat or ranged combat. It is advisable to explorers who want to take on a Flame Demon that they should keeping moving around to avoid being hit. Also, a reliable flyer would greatly improve your survival chance against the Flame Demon. Flame Demon will spawn in the Ruin altar located in Doom Lands, replacing Death Lord to be the guardian before Death Lord returns later.

New Subspecies

Raptor (Swamp subspecies)
The Raptor is an incredibly smart creature, inhabiting the dense swamp forest. Some of them gradually picked up the ability to hunt down prey without taking too much stamina loss, as ambush is their usual tactic against smaller creatures and explorers. They will jump out of the bush, pounce at the prey and hold its prey to the ground (RMB), immobilizing them and the explorers riding them. Good thing is that Raptor subspecies aren’t well-known for strengthful stamina, so they aren’t able to hold down their prey for a long time.

T-Rex (Golden Realm subspecies)
Although the almighty T-Rex stands on top of the food chain, it is not armed with the speed and stamina to tackle fast runners. T-Rex subspecies, however, evolves its ability to growl (RMB) and intimidate its prey, which will then be forced to running around aimlessly and uncontrollably. Tamed T-Rex subspecies will be an astounding force in combat.

New Engram Items：

●Chinese New Year/Chinese Style decors
○New engrams added to Decoration Hut: Spring Festival Bed, Spring Festival Storage Box, Spring Festival Writing Table, Spring Festival Dining Table, Spring Festival Chair, Spring Festival Bookshelf, Spring Festival Light, Spring Festival Ceiling Lamp, Spring Festival Lamp, Chinese Knot, Spring Festival Stone Lion, Spring Festival Screen, Spring Festival Fireworks, and Spring Festival Rockery.

○New engram added to Forge: Spring Festival Vase
○New engram added to Spring Festival Writing Table: Chinese Painting
○The above engrams needs to be unlocked via blueprints, which can be obtained from Nian Beast Boss kills, Chinese New Year Supply Beacon/Lucky Bag, and Flame Demon kills.

●Architecture Master engrams - Chinese New Year/Chinese Style Courtyard structure pieces (craftable in Construction Hut)

○These engrams need to be unlocked via blueprints, which can be obtained from Nian Beast Boss kills, Chinese New Year Supply Beacon/Lucky Bag, and Flame Demon kills.

●Chinese New Year Costumes Skins - added to Tailor's Workbench

These engrams need to be unlocked via blueprints, which can be obtained from Nian Beast Boss kills.

●Additional Imprints in Engram
○Spring Festival Firecracker - imprint available at level 10, and to be unlocked by Engram points)
○Kongming Lantern - imprint available at level 10, and to be unlocked via blueprint)

○Dino Dye (Red), Dino Dye (Yellow) - added to Dye Workbench and unlocked automatically

New System - Dino Painting
In celebration of Chinese New Year, we are implementing a new system, dino painting, and we are adding the first two dyes, Dino Dye (Red) and Dino Dye (Yellow) into the palette. You can use the newly added Paint Brush and Dino Dye to turn your tames into colorful spectrum of collection.

Chinese New Year Event
●Chinese New Year Supply Beacon
○Supply Beacon will change its shape to a Chinese Lucky Bag, containing our Chinese New Year gift for explorers.
○Rewards: blueprints for Spring Festival decors; blueprints for Kongming Lantern; Spring Festival dishes (restores Food and HP), and Spring Festival Fireworks.

●Chinese God of Wealth Hat
○Some creatures will be wearing Chinese God of Wealth Hat, and players could be rewarded with Chinese God of Wealth Hat (Dino) from killing these creatures.
○Rewards: Chinese God of Wealth Hat (Dino)
○Wild creatures wearing Chinese God of Wealth Hat includes, but not limited to the below:

●Nian Beast Kill
○Nian Beast will spawn in Novice Grassland and Grassland, and they could only be killed by the Firecrackers players crafted.
○Kill rewards: Spring Festival dishes; Spring Festival decors, and blueprints for Spring Festival decors; blueprints for Spring Festival costume.

●Double Harvest Rate and more kill exp from Daeodon
○Harvest rate will be doubled, and Daeodon kills gran t more exp.

Others

●Adjustments
○Characters will now take more damage from Magic Ammo(dev will confirm??).
○Boss creatures are now immune to damage from Auto Turret and Chomper

●Fixes
○Fixed an issue where Mindswipe Tunic was not resetting points correctly. Mindswipe Tunic will be re-enabled in this patch.

●Emotion
○Add the Bow gesture to the list.

●NewServers
○Will add some new servers when update alive.

Thanks for your time, Happy Chinese New Year again!

Jan 3, 2019

PixARK 1.38 Patch

PixARK - SG_madi

Greetings,Explorer!

The first patch in 2019 will arrive later now!

New Engram

Added engram for Resetting Potion, used to reset character stats points and Engram points which gives you a fresh start in the new year.

Added engram for Christmas Firework

Balancing

Reduced the fueling cost for Preserving Bin and Refrigerator. Fuels allow them to run for a long time.
Adjusted the preceding imprints for Magic Tranq Dart, Sleepy Dart, Sniper Bullet, Simple Ammo, so that these Engrams can be unlocked all at once
Increased the durability and defense for Gas Mask
Increased the durability for Lava armor set

Bug Fixing

Fixed an issue where Tapejara is bugged in the dino Handbook
Fixed an issue where Industrial Cauldron can only produce Steel Ingot
Fixed an issue where picking up a Fine Marble block doesn’t return you the correct item
Fixed an issue where Load Potion is not working correctly

Removing Holiday Content

Reindeer Sleigh will be reverted to Supply Beacon
Snowman will no longer spawn in Novice Grassland and Grassland
The percentage of encountering snow has been brought back to normal
Wild dinos will no longer be wearing the Christmas Red Hat and Red Hat is removed from drop table
Removed Christmas Candy
Christmas clothing and decors can still be obtained in Supply Beacon and chests
Disabled double kill exp from Penguin
Disabled double harvest rate

Rewards adjustment

Engram for Christmas Clothing: added to Supply Beacon and chests drop table.
Engram for Christmas decor: added to Supply Beacon and chests drop table.
Christmas Fireworks: craftable in Engram.

Thanks for all your support last year, happy new year !

Dec 19, 2018

December 20 Christmas Patch

PixARK - SG_madi

PixARK 1.37

Greeting Explorers!

Welcome to a Christmas PixARK world! Merry Christmas!

Christmas Login

New Creatures

Reindeer
Traditional festive legend has it that Santa Claus's Reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help him deliver gifts. In PixARK, Reindeer are herbivores widely populated in the Frozen Land. Male or female, they grow large antlers to charge at dangerous predators to protect themselves. Reindeer are strong in body and developed in limps, allowing it to run extremely fast. Their large hooves allow them to sprint easily on the surface of snow. It has come to explorers’ attention that Reindeer is born to be attracted to snow, as they are more lively during snowy day. They can sprint for a long time relentlessly, making them the best ride for people to travel during winter time.

Kairuku Penguin
The Kairuku Penguin is an ancestor of the modern penguin, with a slim body and long fins suited for swimming in the water. Wild Kairuku tend to consume food rich in grease and minerals which can not be easily digested and is likely to be excreted. Their excrement is found to be similar to Polymer. Tamed Kairuku are unlikely to be fed with food rich in mineral, hence they rarely produce special excrement. However, their body generates heat like a fire stove, providing cold resistanceto explorers.

Tapejara
Tapejara grows a large and distinctive head crest, the symbol of power to show off when they are courting. Known as the aerial acrobat, Tapejara is one of the most adept flyers, as its crest is a highly developed sensory organ allowing the animal to finely maintain balance while its large wings provide it with sharp maneuverability in the air. Tapejara wings are strong enough to hold two explorers atop without sacrificing its aerial adeptability. Its sharp, climbing-suitable claws also allow it to hang on the edge of cliff.

New Subspecies

Shadow Leopard subspecies (Magic Forest)

Residing in the Magic Forest where danger lurks everywhere, Shadow Leopard activates its inner magic power while hunting prey, mastering the ability to utilize shadow power to turn itself invisible. Hence it can sneak its way up to the prey, and take it down more easily. Shadow Leopard mounts can hide (RMB) both themselves and the riders, making them the best ride to initiate ambush at the target.

Gem Spider subspecies (Magic Forest)

Sparkling gems are Gem Spider’s favorite of all time, and it is no surprise that some Gem Spider mutate after taking up a lot of illuminating gems. Tamed Gem Spider subspecies can have their inner lighting elements activated (hold E to activate) to emit light through the gem on its back.

Centaur subspecies (Magic Forest)

Among the centaur species, some spent their lifetime living in the Magic Forest which is surrounded with magical elements, evolving their perceptibility to magic. These centaur forgo the spear, and instead use a staff to summon air magic, and the powerful tornado (RMB) to range-attack the enemy.

Quetzal subspecies (Frozen Land)

Quetzal has long lived high above in the air and rarely lands. Some of them are intelligent enough to learn the ability to fly along with the airflow, which allows them to sprint forward for some distance quickly so that they can get out of danger swiftly. (Press C). Compared to its normal counterpart, Quetzal subspecies is better in movement speed and attack despite its inferiority in other stats.

Dire Wolf subspecies (Frozen Land)

Dire wolf has a very sharp sense of smell, yet they are born to have a bad temper, making it hard for the explorers to communicate with them. Their sense of smell was never put into good use until a special Dire Wolf subspecies was tamed. Unlike its cranky counterpart, Dire Wolf subspecies is intimate to its master and smart enough to under what its master tell it to do. Its sense of smell is can be used to discover injured dinos from long distance, and dropped backpacks as well. (Press C)

New Engram

●New Christmas decoration pieces - Christmas Fireplace, Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree Decor, Christmas Box, Christmas Light

●Christmas Costume Set

New Function

Now , the tamed dino can be unclaimed !

Christmas Event

●Christmas Supply Beacon
Changing Supply Beacon to a Santa riding sleigh, and adding Christmas gift to “Beacon” drop/loot

Reward: Engram/blueprints for Christmas decor, Christmas Candy (used to restore Food and small amount of HP); Christmas Fireworks

●Christmas Snowy Season
All biomes will be snowy!!
There will be much more snow area on the map but you won’t feel cold there.

●Christmas Red Hat
Some dinos (listed below) will be wearing Christmas Red Hat/Hood. Killing them could drop Red Hat/Hood or its engrams for you to craft.
List of creatures wearing Red Hats: Trike, Argentavis, Gigantopithecus, Morellatops, Centaur, Coyote, Dilophosaurus, Dire Wolf, Dodo, Ichthyosaurus, Gargoyle, Gem Spider, Ice Bear, Elemental Spirit, Icicle Dragon, Ancient Mantis, Megalodon, Pachy, Gryphon, Panda, Parasaur, Phiomia, Procoptodon, Pteranodon, Quetzal, Raptor, Rex, Megarock Dragon, Bronto, Terror Bird, Baby Treant, Ankylo, Turkey, Carbonemys, Ghost Dragon
Reward: Christmas Red Hat (for dino); Christmas Fur, the crafting material for Christmas Costume

●Snowman Kill
Snowman will spawn in Novice Grassland and Grassland. Players need to craft snow ball to damage the Snowman. Snowman kill gives you rewards

Reward: Christmas Candy; Christmas Tree decors; Snowman model

●Double harvest plus more kill exp from Penguin
a. Double harvest rate (plants and ore, excluding placeable blocks)
b. More kill exp from Penguin

New Servers:

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Happy exploring everyone!

Dec 12, 2018

PixARK Update 12/13 - Patch Notes

PixARK - SG_madi

PixARK 1.36

Greetings Explorers!

The next PixARK update is scheduled to go live at 1:00 am PST on December 13.

New Engrams
Blocks are now craftable in the Construction House. Engrams for Grass Cube, Magic Grass, Flash Grass, and Dark Grass are added in the Construction House.

Balancing
● Increased Styptic and Healing Potion effects. Styptic will now restore 100 hp over 10 seconds, while Healing Potion will restore 300 hp over 10 seconds.
● Bread will now restore 20 Food and 50 hp over 4 seconds.
● Concentrated Fruit Juice will provide better cold resistance.
● Sour Fruit Juice will provide better heat resistance.
● Fur clothing sets will provide better defense and cold resistance.
● Ice Ruins and Ocean Ruins will drop quality Fur Clothing
● Miasma weather effect is now stronger.
● Cooked Meat Jerky and Cooked Prime Meat Jerky can now be used feed Raptor in the Raptor Power Generator.
● Reduced Boss Soul Reaper’s attack damage.

BUG Fixing
● Fix an issue where tames are not correctly responding to whistles.
● Fix an issue with the voltage in Raptor Power Generator.
● Fix an issue where structure decay timers are showing the time in delay.
● Fix an issue where Steel Axe, Steel Pickaxe, Iron Rod, Iron Spear and Iron Sword are doing incorrect damage to Crop Plot
● Fix an issue where Ancient Mantis equipped with Steel Sickle and Metal Sickle to harvest plants is not getting the correct output.

Christmas Time
We will be updating our Christmas-themed build in the next patch.
We will be bringing more new creatures and Christmas events for everyone.

(Here is a sneak peek!)