Community Crunch 493: It's Mate Boosting Season!
Love Ascended event arrives with a 20% mating cooldown buff for Box o' Chocolates, alongside a major exploit fix and 100 tribe wipes on Official Servers.
Key Changes
- 1Love Ascended event begins February 11 with up to 5x breeding and taming rates
- 2Box o' Chocolates now reduces mating cooldowns by 20% of remaining time
- 3Major exploit fixed on Official Network resulting in ~100 tribe wipes
- 413 specific rathole building locations on Ragnarok and Aberration to be patched February 25
- 5Valguero server population cap reverted to 70 players
- 6New Lovebirds and Love Bugs creatures added for the duration of the event
- 7ARKpocalypse servers wiped today with next wipe set for March 6
- 8Over 40 new and returning Valentine's themed skins and emotes added
- 9Official server moves initiated to prepare for the Astraeos expansion
- 1018 new event-themed creature colors introduced
All Changes
📅Events(4)
- newLove Ascended: Love Ascended event scheduled to run from February 11 to February 18, 2026
- buffOfficial Network: Official PVP/PVE servers receive 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding rates
- buffSmall Tribes: Small Tribes servers receive 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and 4x Breeding rates
- buffARKpocalypse: ARKpocalypse servers receive 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding rates
🦖Creatures(3)
- newLovebirds: Lovebirds added as event-specific spawns
- newLove Bugs: Love Bugs added as event-specific spawns
- newVday Coel: Vday Coel added as event-specific spawns
🎒Items(6)
- buffBox o' Chocolates: Box o' Chocolates now reduces mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining
- newValentine’s Fishing Rod: Valentine’s Fishing Rod added as event item
- newLove Bug Hearts: Love Bug Hearts added as event item
- newFestive Dino Candy: Festive Dino Candy added as event item
- newChibi-Lovebird: Chibi-Lovebird added as event reward
- newChibi Pair-o-Saurs: Chibi Pair-o-Saurs added as event reward
🎨Cosmetics(4)
- newSkins: Added 19 new Love Ascended skins including Succubus Whip, Bouquet Club, and various 'Lovely' furniture pieces
- newSkins: Returning 24 legacy Valentine's skins including Pajamas, Swimsuits, and the Love-Bed
- newEmotes: Added 'Check Yourself' emote and 5 returning flirty/romantic emotes
- newColors: Added 18 event-themed creature colors including Dark Lavender, Magenta, and Glacial
🛡️Security & Enforcement(2)
- fixOfficial Network: Fixed a significant exploit affecting the Official Network
- removeOfficial Network: Approximately 100 tribes wiped from Official Network for large-scale exploit abuse
🖥️Servers(3)
- changeValguero: Valguero server population cap reverted from 100 to 70 players
- changeARKpocalypse: ARKpocalypse servers wiped on February 6th; next wipe scheduled for March 6th
- changeOfficial Network: Relocating select Official servers (primarily PvE) in preparation for Astraeos expansion
🗺️Level Design(13)
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -241484 -152783 -11350
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -151183 -126133 31033
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates 10186 -134667 12335
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates 253682 290662 -7150
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -197635 364301 -24784
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates 100866 -580070 -41427
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -4236 -182103 6528
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -59702 -144957 -362
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates 126901 -579704 -40968
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -400793 -88609 -5661
- fixRagnarok: Fixed rathole at Ragnarok coordinates -148298 -128216 10739
- fixAberration: Fixed rathole at Aberration coordinates -106544 276958 20596
- fixAberration: Fixed rathole at Aberration coordinates -29531 171922 290
🛠️Mods(7)
- newMods: Featured Elven Structure Skins by Kocielapki (Premium)
- newMods: Featured Gothic Citadel Tribe Tower (Evil Eye) by Sandi_00
- newMods: Featured Microwave Oven Skin by MotoKawauso
- newMods: Featured Starlit’s Roses are Dead by Ribbet
- newMods: Featured The Beast Within by Trixt3r
- newMods: Featured Applez Island Map Extension by Applez
- newMods: Featured Applez Extinction Map Extension by Applez
Summary
Love Ascended Event
The annual Valentine's Day event, Love Ascended, returns from February 11 to February 18, 2026. This event introduces new creatures like Lovebirds and Love Bugs, alongside a significant buff to the Box o' Chocolates, which now reduces mating cooldowns by 20%. Players can also enjoy increased rates across all official server types, ranging from 2x to 5x for harvesting, taming, and breeding.
Security and Enforcement
Studio Wildcard has addressed a major exploit on the Official Network. Following the fix, approximately 100 tribes found abusing the exploit at scale have been wiped to maintain a fair competitive environment. A bounty program remains active for reporting critical bugs and exploits.
Server and Level Design Updates
Valguero servers are reverting to their standard 70-player capacity. Additionally, several 'rathole' building locations on Ragnarok and Aberration have been identified and will be patched out on February 25th to coincide with the Astraeos expansion launch. ARKpocalypse servers have also undergone their monthly wipe.