Dinos also have to do something for their appearance. Therefore, they received a makeover in the MMO Ark: Survival Evolved with Patch 278 and the first TLC.
With the first TLC, the “Tender Loving Care” update, the developers of the MMO Ark have revamped some of the creatures you encounter in the game world. In the first part of this beautification phase, they focused on the following animals:
- T-Rex
- Procoptodon
- Gigantopithecus – Big Foot
- Direwolf
- Direbear

More attractive dinos with revamped abilities
These creatures not only look better in the game, they have also received some updates to their behaviors. The Direbear protects you from bee attacks when riding. The Direwolf can smell injured players. The Big Foot throws other creatures, while the Procoptodon carries babies in its pouch, and the T-Rex roars so loudly that enemies soil themselves. Additionally, many bug fixes and balancing optimizations are introduced with the update.

Valentine’s Day with cake is here!
Moreover, the #MateBoosted event has started. This is a Valentine’s Day event where creatures that mate drop chocolate cake … In real life, one should rather not eat something brown that animals drop, but in Ark, that’s acceptable. Because the cake can heal and helps you tame other creatures more easily.
Additionally, you’ll find red, white, and pink animals in the game world that want to be kissed. If you enter “-vday” in the command line, you will receive an extra mating bonus and you can send Valentine’s greetings.