Previous Patch Notes For Evolve – 2K Support

Hello, Hunters!

If you want to look over our previous patch notes for Evolve, we have them collected here. The notes are sorted from newest to oldest, in descending order.

6/19/2015

List of fixes in the Hotfix Build:

General

Fixed an issue where Healing was causing an interrupt and thus not allowing the player to revive a player while being healed.

List of fixes in the Micropatch:

General

Fixed a bug where Kraken’s heavy attack had twice the range it should have.

Hunters

Tracking Dart duration reduced to 35 seconds (was 45)

Monsters

Wraith

Nebula Cloud

Replaced damage with duration when leveling - fixes heavy melee attack damage being multiplied.
Nebula Cloud specific melee attack damage now set per Monster stage.
Stage 1 - 45
Stage 2 - 59
Stage 3 - 77

Decoy

Lvl 2 damage reduced to 150% (was 175%)
Lvl 3 damage reduced to 200% (was 250%)

Armor

Increased Max Armor to 3000 (was 2500)

Health

Increased Stage 1 Health to 6500 (was 6000)
Increased Stage 2 Health to 10,000 (was 9500)
Increased Stage 3 Health to 13,500 (was 13,000)

Goliath

Charge

Lvl 1

Damage Radius increased to 2.7 (was 2.3)
Speed increased to 16 (was 14)
Damage increased to 332 (was 297)

Lvl 2

Damage Radius increased to 3.3 (was 3)
Speed increased to 17 (was 15)
Damage increased to 415 (was 385)

Lvl 3

Speed increased to 18 (was 16)

Flame Breath

Lvl 1

Range increased to 16.5 (was 15)
Direct damage per tick increased to 36 (was 33)

Lvl 2

Range increased to 21 (was 19)
Direct damage per tick increased to 45 (was 43)

Leap Attack

Lvl 1

Damage increased to 400 (was 355)
Radius increased to 5.3 (was 4.7)

Lvl 2

Damage increased to 500 (was 460)
Radius increased to 6.6 (was 6.1)

Rock Throw

Lvl 1

Direct damage increased to 265 (was 236.5)
Splash damage increased to 265 (was 236.5)

Lvl 2

Direct damage increased to 332 (was 307)
Splash damage increased to 332 (was 307)

Behemoth

Traversal

Reduced minimum energy to start to 20% (was 30)
Reduced harpoon drag power on the roll to 20% (was 25)

5/21/15

Hotfix

Monsters

Kraken

Kraken will now descend when hit with a tranq, dart, or harpoon even when using abilities

Behemoth

Fixed a crash when using Tongue Grab
Fixed a server crash when using Fissure

Hunters

General

Knockbacks and Tumbles

Added a cap to knockback velocity
Added a hard cap to how long you can be "locked down" and set it at .75 seconds.
After this time is up the player will regain the ability to jetpack, use abilities and shoot though they still may affected by any momentum caused by the initial knockback or tumble. (Hint: Jetpack Dodging will correct the momentum velocity)
The player will regain full control when the knockback velocity matches or is less than the base speed of the Hunter
Changed the way in which momentum and velocity is applied to the Hunters when a knockback or tumble is applied.
It should be far harder for the Monster to "juggle" the player as the direction is now not the same direction that the attack came from but is now calculated by the direction of the attack and the direction the Hunter is moving.

Micropatch

Hunt Mode

Sudden Death forgiveness timer reduced to ten seconds (was fifteen)

Hunters

General

Fixed the Quick Reload Perk and Elite Wildlife Buff to reduce the time to reload rather than increase it :(
Jetpack fuel is no longer used when airborne and moving a direction but not thrusting (previously used 1.5% per second.) This fixes Hunters burning jetpack fuel while in a knockdown state.
Jetpack fuel recharges at 7% per second (was 7.5% per second.) Essentially takes ~1 second longer to fully recharge from empty to compensate so that Hunters cover the same amount of distance in the same amount of time.

Markov

Arc Mines damage increase to 550 from 500

Torvald

Mortar Cannon reload time increased from 4.5 seconds to 6 seconds

Heal Burst recharge time reduced to 20 seconds from 22
Tranquilizer duration reduced to 8 seconds to 10 seconds

Slim

Leech Gun accuracy is now dynamic. Works at long range if you slow your fire rate.
Heal Burst effectiveness on incapped players increased to 302 health from 275
Heal Burst effectiveness on alive players increased to 220 health from 200
Heal Burst effectiveness on himself increased to 192 health from 175

Sunny

Mininuke
Increased proximity detonation radius to help vs airborne targets
Shield Drone
Hit points of the drone decreased by 40% (easier to destroy)
Jetpack Booster
Provides 50% less thrust boost on jetpack dodges

Monsters

Melee Stamina

Goliath, Kraken and Wraith melee stamina auto fill time now set to 3 seconds (was quicker before but varied per monster)

Armor Regeneration
Starts six seconds after damage taken (was 10). This helps make the armor regeneration perk more responsive.

Kraken

Reduced health at Stage 2 and 3
Stage 2 Health now 11500 was 12000
Stage 3 Health now 16000 was 17000
Lightning Strike
Moves at a constant speed (used to move faster on the far plane initially, then slow down)

Behemoth

Reduced the movement speed reduction when Harpooned while in a roll to 25%. Was 50%.
Stamina use during the roll has been reduced to 6% per second from 6.5% per second
Initial Stamina use when activating the roll has been reduced to 10% from 15%

Wraith

Reduced Warp Blast's Radius
Level 1 is now 6 meters from 6.5
Level 2 is 7.8 meters from 8.5
Level 3 is 10 meters from 11

Elite Wildlife

Armadon Bull

Health increased 33%

Blitzleopard

Health increased 25%
Speed increased 38%

Canyon Strider

Speed increased 38%

Cephaladon

Health increased 40%

Crowbill Sloth

Health increased 34%

Mammoth Bird

Health increased 70%
Speed increased 30%

Marsh Strider

Speed increased 38%

Megamouth

Health increased 34%

Nomad

Health increased 34%

Obsidian Grub

Health increased by 100%

Reaver

Health increased by 150%
Speed increased by 23%

Steamadon

Health increased by 150%
Speed increased by 15%

Tyrant

Health increased by 37%

Venomhound

Health increased by 190%
Speed increased by 15%

Elite Wildlife Buffs

Blitzleopard

Monster Climb Speed increased to 75% from 50%

Armadon Bull

Hunter and Monster damage reduction now 25% (was 35%)

Crowbill Sloth

Hunter and Monster damage bonus now 25% (was 35%)

Mammoth Bird

Monster Ability cooldown now 35% (was 50%)
Hunter Reload/Recharge bonus now includes electronic devices.

Megamouth

Monster Pounce damage bonus now 50% (was 100%)
Hunter class special cooldown reduction now 35% (was 50%)

Nomad

Hunter jetpack recharge bonus now 150% (was 200%)
Monster traversal stamina bonus now 50% (was 100%)

Tyrant

Monster duration reduced to 2 minutes (was 5)
Hunter duration reduced to 3 minutes (was 5)
Hunter health regeneration rate reduced by 20%

Character Perks

Damage Bonus (M & H)

Reduced to 5%, 7.5% and 10% (was 7.5, 10, 15)

Armor Regeneration (M)

Increased to 50%, 75%, 100% (was 25, 38, 50)

Cooldown Reduction (M)

Decreased to 10%, 15%, and 20% (was 15, 23,30)

Movement Speed (M & H)

Increased to 15%, 20% and 25% (was 10, 15, 20)

Stamina Bonus (M)

Reduced to 20%, 30%, 40% (was 25, 35, 50)

Climb Speed (M)

Increased to 50% (was 30)

Reload Speed (H)

Decreased to 15%, 20%, 25% (was 15, 2, 30)

Jump Height (H)

Increased to 300% (was 200)

Mastery Adjustments

Reduced the requirements for the following masteries

Skilled Tongue Grab

Grab 10 creatures with tongue grab

Skilled Shrapnel Grenade

Allow 160 Bonus Damage (from weak spots)

Skilled Rock Wall

Deal 5500 damage with the wall

Skilled Fissure

Deal 13000 damage

Skilled Leech Gun

Do 20000 Damage

Expert Spore Cloud Launcher

Keep the Monster in smoke for 5 seconds (20 times)

Expert Shield Drone

Shield 19000 total damage

Expert Tongue Grab

Grab Hunters 25 times

Expert Lava Bomb

Hit multiple creatures 20 times

Expert Healing Drone

Revive 10 teammates with a Healing Drone

Elite Shield Drone

Shield 2000 damage in a single round 20 times

Elite Healing Drone

Heal 20 teammates from 80 meters away

Elite Tongue Grab

Grab Hunters in mid-air 30 times

Elite Fissure

Deal damage to multiple Hunters 30 times

Elite Spore Cloud Launcher

Smoke Revive 10 teammates

Increased the requirements for the following masteries

Expert Rock Wall

Trap a creature between the wall and you 60 times

Elite Stasis Gun

Enable the team to do 110000 damage while the monster is slowed

Elite Lava Bomb

Hit multiple Hunters 100 times

Award Adjustments

Tuned requirements for more consistent XP awarded between characters

Hyde increased requirements for RPS Beast

520 damage

Hyde increased requirements for Noxious

525 damage

Griffin decreased requirements for Close Quarters

630 damage

Val decreased requirements for Quick Fix

2000 health

Torvald increased requirements for Obliterated

1800 damage

Torvald increased requirements for A Thousand Cuts

5 hits

Crow increased requirements for Stop Motion

Slow for 12 seconds

Sunny increased requirements for Power Aid

Boost for 24 seconds

Micropatch (Consoles Only)

Monster

Kraken

Max Glide Speed while Tranqed or in Stasis reduced to 8 from 9
Gravity while Tranqed increased to 7 from 6
Gravity while in Stasis increased to 8 from 7
The speed in which Kraken is pulled towards Griffin while Harpooned has been has been increased to 12 from 10
The speed in which Kraken is pulled towards Harpoon traps has been increase to 1.5 from 1. (This stacks so four traps would pull Kraken towards them at a rate of 6)

5/12/2015

General

General Fixes for AI map traversal

Monsters

Kraken

Kraken will now descend when hit with a tranq, dart, or harpoon even when using abilities

Behemoth

More fixes to holes in Rock Wall
Fixed a crash when using Tongue Grab
Fixed a server crash when using Fissure

Hunter

General

Knockbacks and Tumbles
Added a cap to knockback velocity
Added a hard cap to how long you can be "locked down" and set it at .75 seconds.
After this time is up the player will regain the ability to jetpack, use abilities and shoot though they still may affected by any momentum caused by the initial knockback or tumble. (Hint: Jetpack Dodging will correct the momentum velocity)
The player will regain full control when the knockback velocity matches or is less than the base speed of the Hunter
Changed the way in which momentum and velocity is applied to the Hunters when a knockback or tumble is applied.
It should be far harder for the Monster to "juggle" the player as the direction is now not the same direction that the attack came from but is now calculated by the direction of the attack and the direction the Hunter is moving.

Cabot

Fixed Damage Amps Aim Assist functionality

PC:

Sunny can no longer stack shield drones
Behemoth should no longer be able to chain melee attacks by alternating between rolling and attacking
Kraken Banshee Mines have been adjusted as follows:

Added an arming time of 1 second, they can still home in on a hunter but take at least 1 second before they can explode
Changed the invulnerable time to .3 seconds
Weapons can no longer damage mines when invulnerable

4/30/15

New Maps

Broken Hill mine and Broken Hill Foundry are now available on PS4 and PC.

Hunters

Hyde

Toxic Grenade

Removed slow effect from Hunters

Parnell

Multifire Rocket Launcher

200% more accurate for long range destruction!

Torvald

Shrapnel Grenades

Increased proximity detonation radius to help vs airborne targets

Heal Burst

Increased self heal by 50%

Slim

Spore Cloud Launcher

Radius decreased 20% (this does not change the visual effect however)

Sunny

Mini-nuke

Increased proximity detonation radius to help vs airborne targets

Shield Drone

Hit points of the drone decreased by 40%

Jetpack Booster

Provides 50% less thrust boost on jetpack dodges

Monsters

Melee Stamina

Goliath, Kraken and Wraith melee stamina auto fill time now set to 3 seconds

Armor Regeneration

Starts six seconds after damage taken. This helps make the armor regeneration perk more responsive.

Kraken

Lightning Strike

Moves at a constant speed.

Character Perks

Damage Bonus

Reduced to 5%, 7.5% and 10%

Armor Regeneration

Increased to 50%, 75%, 100%

Cooldown Reduction

Decreased to 10%, 15%, and 20%

Movement Speed

Increased to 15%, 20% and 25%

Stamina Bonus

Reduced to 20%, 30%, 40%

Climb Speed

Increased to 50%

Reload Speed

Decreased to 15%, 20%, 25%

Jump Height

Increased to 300%

Elite Wildlife Buffs

Armadon Bull

Hunter and Monster damage reduction now 25%

Crowbill Sloth

Hunter and Monster damage bonus now 25%

Mammoth Bird

Monster Ability cooldown now 35%

Megamouth

Monster Pounce damage bonus now 50%
Hunter class special cooldown reduction now 35%

Nomad

Hunter jetpack recharge bonus now 150%
Monster traversal stamina bonus now 50%

Tyrant

Monster duration reduced to 2 minutes
Hunter duration reduced to 3 minutes
Hunter health regeneration rate reduced by 20%

Elite Wildlife

Armadon Bull

Health increased 33%

Blitzleopard

Health increased 25%
Speed increased 38%

Canyon Strider

Speed increased 38%

Cephaladon

Health increased 40%

Crowbill Sloth

Health increased 34%

Mammoth Bird

Health increased 70%
Speed increased 30%

Marsh Strider

Speed increased 38%

Megamouth

Health increased 34%

Nomad

Health increased 34%

Obsidian Grub

Health increased by 100%

Reaver

Health increased by 150%
Speed increased by 23%

Steamadon

Health increased by 150%
Speed increased by 15%

Tyrant

Health increased by 37%

Venomhound

Health increased by 190%
Speed increased by 15%

Award Adjustments

Tuned requirements for more consistent XP awarded between characters

Hyde increased requirements for RPS Beast

420 to 520 damage

Hyde increased requirements for Noxious

425 to 525 damage

Griffin decreased requirements for Close Quarters

670 to 630 damage

Val decreased requirements for Quick Fix

2500 to 2000 health

Torvald increased requirements for Obliterated

1100 to 1800 damage

Torvald increased requirements for A Thousand Cuts

4 to 5 hits

Crow increased requirements for Stop Motion

from 10 seconds to slow for 12 seconds

Sunny increased requirements for Power Aid

from 6 seconds to boost for 24 seconds

Mastery Adjustments

Reduced the requirements for the following masteries

Skilled Tongue Grab

Grab 10 creatures with tongue grab

Skilled Shrapnel Grenade

Allow 160 Bonus Damage (from weak spots)

Skilled Rock Wall

Deal 5500 damage with the wall

Skilled Fissure

Deal 13000 damage

Skilled Jetpack Boost

Boost Jetpacks for 60 second

Skilled Leech Gun

Do 20000 Damage

Expert Spore Cloud Launcher

Keep the Monster in smoke for 5 seconds (20 times)

Expert Shield Drone

Shield 19000 total damage

Expert Jetpack Boost

Boost Jetpacks in combat for 50 seconds

Expert Tongue Grab

Grab Hunters 25 times

Expert Lava Bomb

Hit multiple creatures 20 times

Expert Healing Drone

Revive 10 teammates with a Healing Drone

Elite Shield Drone

Shield 2000 damage in a single round 20 times

Elite Healing Drone

Heal 20 teammates from 80 meters away

Elite Tongue Grab

Grab Hunters in mid-air 30 times

Elite Fissure

Deal damage to multiple Hunters 30 times

Elite Spore Cloud Launcher

Smoke Revive 10 teammates

Increased the requirements for the following masteries

Expert Rock Wall

Trap a creature between the wall and you 60 times

Expert Leech Gun

Generate 100 heal bursts (when 50% or more of the heal burst cooldown charge was generated with the leeching gun

Elite Stasis Gun

Enable the team to do 110000 damage while the monster is slowed

Elite Lava Bomb

Hit multiple Hunters 100 times

4/17/2015

General

Implemented additional security measures and fixes
AI Hunters/Monsters will now randomize more effectively
Assault
- Fix to hit effects not appearing on personal shields
Trapper
- The Trappers Dome will now come down after a small amount of time if the Trapper is not in the Dome
Behemoth
- Fixed an issue with Badge unlocks occurring before the goal was met
- Fixed an issue where AI Behemoth Tongue Grab was not grabbing
Goliath
- Fixed an issue where players could use another ability while performing a Leap Smash
- Fixed an issue where breakable objects would stop momentum when Goliath collided with them
- Fixed an issue with Rock Throw damage and splash damage being applied more than once

Balance

Nest Mode
- Increased Minion Health
Defend Mode
- Increased Minion Health
- The Monster now starts with Full Armor
- Reduced the damage Kraken's Lightning Strike can do to Generators

Micro Patch (all Platforms)

Goliath

Traversal Stamina

Fully recharges 2 seconds slower when in combat

Kraken

Lightning Strike

Travels 1.5 meters per second slower

Wraith

Traversal Stamina

Fully recharges 2 seconds faster when in combat

Behemoth

Stomach Weak Spot

Reduced size dramatically

Melee Stamina

Takes longer to recharge heavy hit when not constantly melee attacking. Light hits will be used for a period of four seconds.

Traversal Stamina

Added a one second delay before traversal stamina begins to recharge after use
Entering the ball takes 5% more stamina

Roll

Reduced Hunter knock back
Reduced roll damage
Roll speed is slowed less by stasis effects

Armor

Max armor increased by two bars
Armor regeneration rate increased slightly
25% more armor earned per meat

Health

Stage 2 health increased by 5%
Stage 3 health increased by 8%

Rock Wall

Rock Wall is much less likely to have holes in it when spawned directly under a Hunter.
Rock wall is initiated 46% sooner
Level 1 wall width increased by 50%
Level 2 wall width increased by 25%
Level 3 wall width increased by 12.5%

Fissure

Can now be aimed until the Fissure effects are triggered

Tongue Grab

Reduced diameter of the world collision
Increased start radius
Decreased end radius
Reduced pause by 50% after successful grab
Sped up tongue latch and pull back animations by 25%

Hyde

Toxic Grenade

Proximity detonation radius increased from 5 to 8 meters radius to help vs a flying target.

Torvald

Autofire Shotgun

Damage reduced by 10%
Reload increased by .25 seconds

Mortar Cannon

Damage reduced by 10%

Abe

Tracking Dart Pistol

Zeroed out rotation spread modifier when zoomed in

Val

Tranquilizer Gun

Zeroed out base rotation spread modifier

Slim

Leech Gun

Damage reduced 30%

Spore Cloud Launcher

Increased proximity detonation radius for use against air targets

Bucket

Sentry Guns

Increased range by 10%

Sunny

Mininuke Grenade Launcher

Damage reduced 25%

3/24/2015

ALL MONSTERS

All monsters can see recent damage on their health bar to help make burst damage visible

KRAKEN

VORTEX:

Cooldown increased by one second.
Reduced knockback magnitude.

TRANQ DARTS, STASIS GRENADES AND HARPOONS

Pull Kraken down at a consistent rate regardless of whether he is in combat or out of combat. (they used to stack outside of combat)
Kraken’s flight speed is no longer slowed by Tranqs since they pull him to the ground where running speed is affected.

AFTERSHOCK

Fixed a bug that was causing Aftershock to not break harpoon traps or Arc Mines.

WRAITH

WARP

Speed reduced 25%

SUPERNOVA

Duration decreased by 50%

DECOY

Wraith becomes visible for half a second when shot while cloaked.
Increased cooldown time by 2 seconds.

WARP BLAST

Speed reduced by 40%
Range no longer levels up.
Radius levels up now.
Max travel distance set to 30 meters for all levels.
Damage increased by 10%

MARKOV

ARC MINE

Damage reduced by 20%
Fixed a bug where damage extended past the trigger radius.
Health reduced by 75%
Arm time increased by one second.

HYDE

TOXIC GRENADE

DPS increased by 50%
Added proximity detonation (works vs airborne Kraken now)
Reduced fire rate
Reduced lifetime by 15%

MINIGUN

Accuracy increased by 25%
Damage increased by 20%

PARNELL

MULTIFIRE ROCKET LAUNCHER

Has better accuracy while jumping and jetpacking

MAGGIE

HARPOON TRAPS

Arm time increased by one second.

GRIFFIN

SOUND SPIKE

Now detect stealthing monsters within a 15 meter radius.
Radius increased from 50 to 60 meters.

BUCKET

GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHER

Damage increased 11%

CABOT

RAIL CANNON

Damage reduced by 30%
Reload time increased by 25%

VAL

MEDGUN

Heals 20% faster
Consumes ammo 2.5x faster.

TRANQ

Duration increased to 10 seconds (was already 10 seconds on Wraith, now other monsters match)

CAIRA

ACCELERATION FIELD

Cooldown increased by 15 seconds.

2/6/2015

Evolve has a day-one patch that will be available for download when the game launches on February 10, 2015.

The exact size for this download varies depending on your system, but it comes in around 2 GB and will improve your Evolve experience in the following ways:

Balancing tweaks to both the Hunters and Monsters
Game and level-loading optimizations
Connectivity to the Hunters Quest mobile app
General bug fixes
New Elite skins for both Hunters and Monsters

For more information about the day-one patch and what it contains, please check out the Evolve blog.