ARK update 2.44 Patch Notes - Winter Wonderland 5
Event Details
This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland
Dates
December 17 to January 7
Rates
2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)2X Player XP2X Harvesting
Event Creatures
RaptorClausGachaClaus
Event Skins
Rex Sweater Skin NEWCarolers Sweater Skin NEWBulbdog Sweater Skin NEWBlue Winter Beanie NEWPurple Winter Beanie NEWGreen Winter Beanie NEWMale and Female Noglin Swimsuit Skin NEWMale and Female Yeti Swimsuit Skin NEWCandy Cane Club SkinChristmas Bola SkinNutcracker Slingshot SkinDino Ornament Swim Bottom SkinDino Ornament Swim Top SkinJerboa Wreath Swim Bottom SkinJerboa Wreath Swim Top SkinUgly Bronto Sweater SkinUgly Carno Sweater SkinUgly Chibi Sweater SkinGray Winter Beanie SkinPurple Winter Beanie SkinRed Winter Beanie SkinFelt Reindeer Antlers SkinSanta Hat Skin
Event Chibis
Shinehorn NEWFeatherlight NEWGlowtail NEWBulbdog NEWTop-hat Kairuku NEWReindeer NEWGacha Claus NEW
Event Items
Festive Dino CandyHoliday LightsHoliday StockingHoliday TreeGift BoxSnowmanWreath
Wild Creature Colors
Jade NEWPineGreen NEWSpruceGreen NEWDarkMagenta NEWGlacial NEWPowderBlue NEWTeal NEWDarkViolet NEWRedGreenLight GreyLight RedDark GreenDark RedDino Light RedDino Light GreenDino Medium GreenDino AlbinoNearWhite
Bug Fixes
Fixed an exploit with tribe names
As far as how Winter Wonderland 5 works, the festivities sound pretty similar to what survivors may have experienced over the previous four years. Once midnight strikes on the in-game clock, RaptorClaus will take to the skies in his sleigh and drop gift boxes from above. In these boxes, you’ll find various consumables like Mistletoe and Coal that can then be traded to GachaClaus for the Chibis and skins described above.
While the 2020 festivities don’t appear to be the deepest ARK event we’ve ever had, there’s certainly enough here for the game’s faithful legion of players to dig into. That new collection of Chibis sounds especially tantalizing, regardless of how painstakingly annoying it will be to collect them.
Today’s Winter Wonderland event arrives just a few days after the previous ARK update was deployed to add more content to Genesis 2 Chronicles last Friday. In addition to dropping some new DLC, the download also fixed minor bugs involving rideable Dinos and crabs. Given that today’s update is only a few days separated from the previous one, it’s no surprise there’s very little here with regard to tangible gameplay overhauls.
As Wildcard continues to solidify the code of the original game in the leadup to ARK 2, we imagine there will be slightly fewer tweaks from here on out. ARK’s next truly significant update arrives when Genesis Part 2 releases in March.
ARK: Survival Evolved is available now on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, Mac and Linux.
What are your hopes for Winter Wonderland 5? Will you be collecting all the new Chibis? Tell us in the comments section!
