Patch v74.8

Client

• Cosmetics on server should now apply on login once the mod is validated even if dynamic downloads are disabled.

• Fix for main menu carousel audio not being stopped when opening mod page.

v74 - (Steam v74.574.3) - Major version for Servers and Clients - 10/29/2025

Fear Ascended is now live!

Fear Ascended Gameplay Changes

• New Event-Only Weapon: "Ecto Lantern" available to craft in the Smithy, used to help weaken wild Ghost creatures

• Wild Ghost creatures have increased damage and resistance

• Wild Ghost creatures no longer directly drop their costume when killed

  • Instead, they now drop Ectoplasm, which can be used to craft their costume in the Smithy

• TMNT Mousers have been spotted across the ARKs; defeating them yields Mutagen Ooze, a new resource needed to craft event cosmetics

New Wild Ghost Creatures:

• Ghost Cat

• Ghost Gigantoraptor

• Ghost Ankylosaurus

• Ghost Ceratosaurus

• Ghost Angler

• Ghost Veilwyn

• Ghost Drakeling

• Ghost Yi Ling

• Ghost Argentavis

• Ghost Spinosaurus

• Ghost Megalodon

• Ghost Otter

• Ghost Deinonychus

• Ghost Snow Owl

Valguero

• Added Tusoteuthis, Mosasaurus, and Dunkleosteus spawns

• Added Aberrant creature spawns in red zone cave

• Fixed not being able to place Gas Collector on some gas veins in multiplayer

• Fixed some floating rocks

• Adjusted the poison damage inside the Spider cave to act as it did in ASE

• Changed the Megaraptor's "Isolated" check to only consider Wild enemies of the same species

Ragnarok

• Fixed a missing rock material

Elderclaw

• Fixed body not dissolving gradually when harvested

• Fixed the glow remaining on Crop Plot after harvesting

• Fixed the overlay color around player/dino reverting back to blue once totem disappears

Template Hammer

• Added "Edit" function to change the info of saved templates

• Fixed "select all" not selecting some building pieces

• Fixed Tek Bridge not working with templates

• Fixed not being able to use template of ceilings to snap to walls or pillars

• Fixed sometimes not seeing other player's placed templates

• Fixed selecting pillars being difficult

• Fixed the preview image for "Anniversary Cake"

• Fixed placed structures sometimes having shorter decay timer

• Improved the time it takes skins to load in the skin tab

• Fixed sometimes Custom Cosmetics skins not loading in the completed skins tab

• Fixed completed template not skinning with custom cosmetics on server

• Fixed preview image of "Artifact Pedestal" not showing in template

• Fixed sideways pillars building beyond normal limit

• Fixed an intermittent crash when placing a template

Club Ark

• Added description to "Fear Wave" club ark mission

• Fixed missing ground geo when teleporting to "Fear Wave" mission

General Fixes

• Added an option in Single-player to destroy wild dinos while loading into a Single-player save

• Fixed Midas touch skill sometimes not receiving extra resources

• Fixed a flicker with Hazard Helmet after opening container on low settings

• Fixed Tek Giga's feet disconnecting visually from body when defecating

• Fixed the client auto rejoining server after leaving when invited by another client

• Fixed Deinonychus' Latch Buff remaining on mount after killing a latched Deinonychus

• Fixed dynamic downloads not displaying correctly after user rejoins a server

• Fixed Deinonychus' missing texture on its quills

• Fixed Virtual Cursor disappearing when using Start/Options gamepad button to go to tribe tab

• Fixed gamepad's D-Pad navigation skips over crafting menu in inventory

• Fixed Speedy Harvester Skill's speed buff not applying correctly on servers

• Fixed DefeatBoss command not giving related tekgrams

• Fixed Tek Bunker's placement preview destroying harvestable foliage in Single-player

• Fixed an exploit

• Fixed a crash

Astraeos Official Release v0.0.9

Changes

• Switched out the landscape material for performance improvement and preparation for the desert area

• Switched out rock material

• Increased Ammonite spawn in ocean deepwater

Fixes

• Fixed mesh holes

• Fixed stair walking glitches

• Fixed water creatures getting killed when being close to a buildable underwater clam