Megalodon, MESA's Dino of the Month for June, rendered from ARK's game files
Change log · 2026

June

79 changes · 35 to caves & MESA City

Dino of the Month

Megalodon

Tamed resistance 2x all month

Added

22

▲ Up

13

▼ Down

11

Removed

13

Fixed

3

Changed

17

Every server

All clusters

25
  • ChangedTerror Bird Tamed Resistance is now back to 2x
  • ▼ DownNerf Desmodus Tamed Damage to 0.1x
  • ▼ DownNerf Crystal Wyvern Tamed Resistance to 0.4x
  • ▼ DownNerf Tusoteuthis Tamed Resistance to 0.5x
  • RemovedDisabled Cnidaria spawns
  • RemovedDisabled Piranha spawns
  • AddedAdded custom Velonasaur spawns on Central Canyons in Scorched Earth
  • ChangedMESA Cryobreeder engram unlocks at level 105
  • RemovedDisabled Metal Catwalk engram
  • RemovedDisabled Tek Catwalk engram
  • ▲ UpIncreased Element drops for Alpha Manticore on Scorched Earth and MESA Boss Map to 1200 Elements
  • ▲ UpIncreased Boss Tributes drop quantity on White Supply Drops and Bonus Drops by 2x
  • AddedAdded Chainsaw to all Cave Loot Crates loot pool
  • ▲ UpIncreased Unassembled Mek blueprint quality on Red, Purple and Tek OSD loot pool
  • ChangedDinopithecus are now tamable via knockout taming method
  • ChangedMinimum spawn level for wild Reaper Queen in Aberration is set to 135
  • ChangedDelayed Crystal Wyverns riding for 12 hours
  • ▼ DownNerf Tusoteuthis Health Stats point Per-Level to 0.05x
  • AddedEnabled Federation Exo Armor on all servers after 12 hours into wipe
  • ChangedWooden Tree Platform structure limit is set to 20
  • ChangedMetal Tree Platform structure limit is set to 20
  • AddedAdded Level 224 Diplodocus to F2 Shop
  • AddedAdded Level 1 Diplodocus to F2 Shop
  • AddedAdded Level 1 Mammoth to F2 Shop
  • AddedAdded Level 1 R-Velonasaur to F2 Shop

Cluster only

3/4 Man

4
  • AddedEnabled breeding for Ovis
  • ▼ DownNerf Per-Level Health Stats Multiplier for tamed dinos to 0.3x
  • ▼ DownReduced required Element for Tek Armor cost to 20x
  • ▲ UpIncreased Elements drop from Tek Element Veins to 9000

Cluster only

Duo

4
  • ▲ UpIncreased EXP rates to 25x
  • ▲ UpIncreased Metal and Wood harvest rates to 35x
  • ▲ UpIncreased Black Pearl, Keratin, Oil and Organic Polymer harvest rates to 35x
  • ▼ DownReduced Compound Bow damage cap to 450%

Cluster only

Solo

5
  • ▲ UpIncreased EXP rates to 25x
  • AddedEnabled breeding for Diplodocus
  • AddedEnabled Auto Mammoth Ready for War Buff
  • ▲ UpIncreased Elements drop from Tek Element Veins to 8000
  • ▼ DownReduced Compound Bow damage cap to 450%

Cluster only

100x

6
  • ▼ DownNerf Magmasaur Tamed Damage to 0.5x
  • ▲ UpBuff mutation points on dino breeding to 24
  • ▼ DownNerf Lightning Wyvern Health Stats point Per-Level to 0.05x
  • ▼ DownReduced Compound Bow damage cap to 450%
  • ▲ UpIncreased MESA Rare Dinos min and max stats to 80-100
  • ▲ UpIncreased Maewing Kit quantity to 5x

Base spots

Cave changes

22

Aberration

Open map →
  • AddedAdded New Voltage Den on Aberration

Crystal Isles

Open map →
  • AddedAdded New Shadow's Worldroot Cave on Crystal Isles

Scorched Earth

Open map →
  • AddedAdded New Shadow's Dragon Den on Scorched Earth

The Island

Open map →
  • AddedAdded New Greninja Cove on The Island

Valguero

Open map →
  • AddedAdded New Voltage Mining Cave on Valguero
  • FixedFixed a mesh hole in Valguero Chalk Hills Cave
  • FixedFixed a mesh hole in Valguero Lava Cave
  • ▲ UpExtended 6x structure damage range on the outside of Valguero Psycho Cove
  • RemovedRemoved the first dropdown in Valguero Psycho Cove, replaced with a ramp up to the reverse dropdown

Other maps

  • AddedAdded No-Build Zones on all Wyvern Trench

Extinction

Open map →
  • RemovedRemoved Army Event Bunker from Extinction
  • RemovedBlocked off vanilla Fjordur Polymer Cave completely

Lost Island

Open map →
  • RemovedDisabled terrain placement on Lost Island Drunken Wakanda Cave

Ragnarok

Open map →
  • RemovedRemoved Airport Event Bunker from Ragnarok
  • RemovedDisabled Cliff Platform Placement in Ragnarok Canyon Cave
  • AddedEnabled flyers in Ragnarok Canyon Cave

The Center

Open map →
  • FixedFixed a mesh hole in The Center Cross Cave
  • RemovedDisabled Cliff Platform Placement in The Center Lava Cave
  • ChangedThe Center Lava Cave now has a Stegosaurus Sized entrance
  • RemovedRemoved all types of terrain placement on the inside and outside of The Center Lower Redwoods Cave
  • AddedEnabled flyers in The Center Shadow's Cave
  • RemovedRemoved Cliff Platform Placement in The Center Snow North Cave

MESA City

MESA City

13
  • AddedAdded New Cargo Ship Loot Event to the City
  • AddedAdded New MESA Dungeon Event to the City
  • AddedAdded New Ocean Biome with No-Dino zone around the City
  • AddedAdded New Supply Drops that spawns around the City
  • ChangedRelocated Army Event Bunker to the City
  • ChangedRelocated Airport Event Bunker to the City
  • ChangedArmy Event Bunker has a total of 4 sections. One section unlocks every 4 mins
  • ChangedCargo Ship Loot Event has a total of 8x Loot Crates with a respawn timer of 2-4 mins
  • ChangedMESA Dungeon will spawn a teleporter every 2 hours that allows up to a maximum of 6 players to join at a time
  • ChangedUpon entering the Dungeon, players existing inventories will be removed and replaced with a specific set of armors and weapons
  • ChangedPlayers aren't allowed to bring their own inventories into MESA Dungeon. Server Admins will not replace or refund inventories that are removed by the Dungeon
  • ChangedPlayers objective is to survive and defeat all the enemies including the Boss in the Dungeon for loots
  • ChangedOnce the Dungeon is completed, any surviving players will be teleported out through an exit teleporter to a random spawn location