Oct 10, 2026
View on Steam↗Community Crunch 527: Trial by Fury
4/5 Significant
PTRMajor Unreal Engine 5.8 performance upgrades and a complete Giganotosaurus TLC overhaul featuring new taming mechanics and combat abilities.
Key Changes
- 1Giganotosaurus TLC overhaul with new Berserker Rage and Ally Buff mechanics
- 2Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade live on PTR with Nanite Voxel and Lumen Lite optimizations
- 3Massive sunsetting of inactive official servers scheduled for November 29th
- 4Complete rework of the Giganotosaurus taming process requiring Alpha kills
- 5Conquest PvP mode revamp and new season announced for early November
- 6New Foot Stomp and Tail Slam attacks for the Giganotosaurus
- 7Haunted Homestead building contest with DLC keys and gift card prizes
- 8Weekend bonus rates up to 5x for ARKpocalypse and 2x for Standard Official
All Changes
📅Coming Soon(10)
- newGiganotosaurus: Giganotosaurus TLC (v2.0) arrives on November 6th featuring the new 'Giganotosaurus furiosa' species.
- buffGiganotosaurus: New Berserker Rage mechanic: Giganotosaurus becomes tougher to defeat as it takes more damage.
- buffGiganotosaurus: New 'Fighting Fury' ability: The Giga can share its rage with nearby allies to embolden them in battle.
- newGiganotosaurus: New Foot Stomp attack added to smash and scatter attackers directly underfoot.
- newGiganotosaurus: New Tail Slam attack added to deal with attackers at the creature's rear.
- changeGiganotosaurus: Complete taming rework: Players must kill alpha-level threats to get its attention, then exhaust it and survive its rage to subdue it.
- removeOfficial Servers: Sunsetting of a large selection of inactive official servers across all regions on November 29th.
- newOfficial Servers: Sunset server save files will be made available for hosting via Nitrado's interface.
- changeConquest: Conquest mode revamp is underway with a new season starting in early November.
- newPerformance: Nanite Voxel Culling and Lumen Lite optimizations are scheduled for the PTR update next week.
🚀Performance(3)
- changeEngine: Upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.8 is now live for testing on the Steam Public Test Realm (PTR).
- fixFoliage: Implementation of Nanite Voxels to replace foliage triangles at distance, significantly reducing GPU cost.
- fixLighting: Introduction of Lumen Lite, a grid-based probe system that maintains dynamic lighting with much lower performance overhead.
🎃Events(4)
- newFear Ascended: Haunted Homestead building competition launched for Fear Ascended, accepting entries until November 3rd.
- buffOfficial Network: Official Network Bonus Rates: 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding through October 12th.
- buffSmall Tribes: Small Tribes Bonus Rates: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding.
- buffARKpocalypse: ARKpocalypse Bonus Rates: 5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding.
Summary
This Community Crunch unveils the massive Giganotosaurus TLC (Trial by Fury), introducing a more dangerous 'furiosa' species with a revamped taming process and tribe-wide combat buffs. Additionally, the game is transitioning to Unreal Engine 5.8 on the Public Test Realm (PTR), bringing significant GPU optimizations through Nanite Voxels and Lumen Lite. The update also outlines a major sunsetting of inactive official servers and the upcoming revamp of the Conquest PvP mode.