Mesozoic

🏝️ 1. ARK Island: 8 Regional Biomes with True Ecological Balance

• Coordinate-Based Biome Source (ArkIslandBiomeSource): Replaced the single flat biome with 8 distinct geographical biomes featuring custom temperatures, sky colors, fog, foliage, and spawn tables:

  • Southern Tropical Beaches (ark_beach): Warm coastlines safe for beginners, populated by turtles, Dilophosaurus, Mesohippus, and coastal pterosaurs.

  • Deep Emerald Jungle (ark_jungle): Dense tropical canopies home to Spinosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Baryonyx, Coelophysis, and raptors.

  • Eastern Mangrove Swamp (ark_swamp): Murky wetlands with Sarcosuchus, Titanoboa, Dimetrodon, Kaprosuchus, and giant arthropods.

  • Highland Peaks & Ranges (ark_mountain): Rugged plateaus with Allosaurus, Carnotaurus, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatlus, and rich mineral nodes.

  • Obsidian Caldera (ark_volcano): Basalt volcanic fields with Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus, and active lava streams.

  • Whitesky Glacial North (ark_snow): Sub-zero snowy peaks with Woolly Mammoth, Smilodon, Elasmotherium, Megatherium, and dire wolves.

  • Abyssal Trench Ocean (ark_ocean): Deep oceanic trenches with Mosasaurus, Megalodon, Plesiosaurus, Dunkleosteus, and Ammonites.

  • Central Island Valleys (ark_island): Temperate plains with herds of sauropods and ceratopsians.

🕳️ 2. Fully Connected Natural Caves & Walkable Boss Sanctuaries

• Continuous 3D Underground Caverns: Interconnected Lush, Amethyst Crystal, Dripstone, and Volcanic Magma caverns with natural hillside entrances.

• Coastal Water-Tight Integrity: Subterranean hollows strictly respect sea levels, preventing ocean bed breaches and flooded beaches.

• Walkable Boss Sanctuaries: All 6 underground boss chambers now feature sloped access galleries, allowing full exploration without block breaking.

⛏️ 3. Full Ore Stratification on ARK Island

• Vanilla Ores Included: Height-based generation for Coal, Copper, Iron, Gold, Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, Diamond, and Emerald.

• Mesozoic Industrial Ores: Naturally generates Tin, Lead, Silver, Lithium, Osmium, Uranium, and fossiliferous matrix layers deep underground.

🛡️ 4. 6 Full Sets of 3D Articulated ARK Armors (.glb)

• 24 Articulated 3D Armor Models: Accurately fitted to both male and female survivor meshes:

  • Hide Armor: Lightweight entry-level survival wear with wind resistance.

  • Chitin Carapace Armor: Hard chitin plating offering high puncture and slash defense.

  • Flak Metal Armor: Polished steel plates for advanced ballistic and physical protection.

  • Ghillie Camouflage Suit: Organic fibers providing thermal concealment and reduced dino aggro radius.

  • Fur Arctic Armor: Heavy pelts protecting against extreme hypothermia in glacial zones.

  • Tek Tier Exo-Armor: Powered cybernetic exoskeleton with integrated boot thrusters.

• No Visual Ghosting / Duplication: Fully cancels vanilla player rendering during survivor passes (event.setCanceled(true)), eliminating doubled bodies, armor layers, or held items.

🔨 5. Survival Harvesting, Tools & Dynamic Saddles

• Survival Resource Drops: Harvest Chitin (arthropods), Keratin (horned dinos), Plant Fiber (foliage), Pelt (furry mammals & feathered raptors), and Tek Element (bosses & obelisks).

• Survival Harvesting Tools:

  • Stone & Metal Picks and Hatchets: Optimized yields for stone, flint, wood, and biological drops.

  • ARK Wooden Club: High knockout torpor weapon for taming creatures safely.

• Armored & Hydrodynamic Saddles:

  • Dinosaur Saddle: Standard mount gear with +4 armor bonus.

  • Hydrodynamic Aquatic Saddle: Smooth 3D vertical steering for aquatic creatures based on player pitch.

  • Apex Tek Saddle: Heavy-duty +14 armor saddle for apex predators.

📖 6. Mesozoic Encyclopedia: Egg Incubation & Gestation Diagnostic

• Field Egg Diagnostics: Right-click placed dinosaur eggs to inspect species, incubation percentage, and estimated remaining minutes/seconds.

• Thermal Light Warning: Shows an alert when incubation pauses due to cold or dim conditions (Light Level < 9), guiding players to place heat sources.

• Live Gestation Tracking: Right-click pregnant animals to inspect fetal health and gestation progress.

⚙️ 7. Dedicated Server Stability & Anti-Suffocation Rescue

• Safe Beach Spawns: Shore drop coordinates search up to 64 blocks for unobstructed, sky-visible ground above sea level (Y >= 64), creating emergency sandstone pads if necessary.

• Automated Anti-Suffocation Rescue: 20-tick safety monitor relocates players safely if lodged inside steep terrain or dense leaves.

• 100% Dedicated Server Safe: All client classes and rendering pipelines are strictly isolated, ensuring clean performance on headless multiplayer servers.