ARK: Survival Evolved Gets Underwater Caves On Consoles

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 253 went live on Xbox One yesterday and PlayStation 4 today, bringing with it "two full-scale underwater caves that are progression-oriented with artifacts" and five new creatures. Within the underwater caves, you will find giant squids like the one seen above and other terrifying underwater creatures.

The new creatures introduced include the "Cnidaria Omnimorph," which is a Jellyfish that cannot be tamed or trained due to being "too simple"; the "Troodon Magnanimus," which is "a smaller relative of the island's Raptors" that you don't tame, but instead earn the loyalty of; the "Pegomastax Fructarator," which is a "relatively harmless" beaked herbivore that makes for an "excellent" scavenger; the "Tusoteuthis Vampyrus," which is "a monstrous relative of the vampire squid" that crushes its victims before siphoning their blood; and the "Therizinosaurus Multiensis," which is a tameable herbivore that is "built like a T-Rex" and can be used for anything from "harvesting specific resources" to "decimating enemies in combat."

The update also adds Procedurally Generated Maps to the PS4 version of the game. The PC and Xbox One versions have had this feature for some time now.

You can see the new content in action in the video below.

Patch 253: Cnidaria, Pegomastax, Therizinosaurus, Troodon, Tusoteuthis, & More!