Tender Loving Care, or simply TLC, is a patch update that includes refining previously released dinos into newer models, along with new nerfs and buffs to their existing state. Specific Dinos are affected per phase, either positively and negatively, and also contains changed model and dossier reflecting to their changes.

Phase 1^[1]

PC Release: 278.0 - 10 February 2018

PS4 Release: 520.0 - February 23, 2018

Xbox Release: 771.0 - February 28, 2018

Mobile Release: 1.0 (Only partial changes) - May 24, 2018

Switch Release: 599.0 - November 30, 2018

Affected Dinos:

• Dire Bear
• Direwolf
• Gigantopithecus
• Procoptodon
• Rex

Dino TLC - The Procoptodon

• Receives a model update, animation update, sound pass, and some new abilities:
  • Will take reduced fall damage
  • Carry weight will be noticeably increased
  • Can carry small creatures and baby dinos in its pouch
  • A knockback kick which can affect significantly larger dinos
  • Added an aimed jump which can be used by holding down the Jump key
  • Carried characters in a pouch have reduced food consumption rate when carried by Mate-Boosted Female Procoptodons.
  • Babies imprinted while in a carried Procoptodon pouch receive more affinity

Dino TLC - The Gigantopithecus A.K.A Bigfoot

• Receives a model update, animation update, new fur, sound pass and some new abilities:
  • The Bigfoot will receive an armour-degrading attack; this means when it fights, it'll do more damage to your armour's durability. It is important to note that the armour-degrading attack will not affect the Yeti creatures found in the game.
  • Added the capability to climb ziplines (but not jump between them)
  • Added a jump
  • It can now carry and throw small creatures
  • Throwing has been made more accurate, similarly to crabs with targetting cursor

Dino TLC - The Dire Bear

• Receives a model update, animation update, new fur and some new abilities:
  • When riding a Dire Bear, players will be immune to bees. They won't be able to knock you off your bear, and they will target focus the bear instead of the player.
  • The Dire Bear will also be able to harvest honey from wild beehives without attracting bees or hurting the hive using it's alternative attack. Plus the amount of honey it receives will be 3x the standard amount.
  • Increased swim speed

Dino TLC - The Direwolf

• Receives a model update, animation update, new fur and some new abilities:
  • Howl now activates a pack buff for 90 seconds (with a 1.5 minute cooldown). When the Alpha howls, the pack also howls. The pack buff strengthens the Alpha, as well as its pack (reduced amount vs Alpha)
  • Hunter's Instinct passive buff which will allow it to sniff out people/creatures with less than 50% health
  • Sniff tertiary ability to indicate nearby explorer notes, or to detect buried/stealth creatures

Dino TLC - The Rex

• Receives a model update, animation update, and some new abilities:
  • Its roar should receive a Cooldown and make non-allies (under a certain dragweight) poop to act as a small stun/interrupt. There will be a cooldown on victims so that they cannot be pooplocked continuously.
  • The roar will not be able to scare anything above its level
  • Roar will cause players to poop but not stun them
  • Rex's ability to climb over small rocks and steeper slopes have been improved.

Phase 2^[2]

PC Release: 279.22 - March 21, 2018

PS4 Release: 772.11 - April 26, 2018

Xbox Release: 521.0 - April 26, 2018

Mobile Release: 1.0 (Only partial changes) - May 24, 2018

Switch Release: 599.0 - November 30, 2018

Affected Dinos:

• Argentavis
• Parasaur
• Raptor
• Sarco
• Spino
• Trike

Dino TLC - Argentavis!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Can carry two creatures
  • C - grabs/releases creatures with beak
  • Right Click - grabs/releases creatures with claws
• Health regen buff from consuming corpses
• Saddle acts as a mobile crafting station
• Reduced the weight of various resources by up to 50% (Obsidian, Metal, Metal Ingot, Polymer, and Stone)

Dino TLC - Parasaur!

• Receives a sound tweak and some new abilities:
• Alarm mode
  • Can be put in turret mode and check for nearby threats
  • Notifies you audibly and visually when threats are present
• Scare small creatures
  • C when ridden - scares away small/mid creatures
  • Toggle for alarm mode to have it automatically do it
• Scan
  • Can trigger a scan (right click) when ridden
  • Scans for nearby threats
  • Notifies you visually when threats are present

Dino TLC - Raptor!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Pounce
  • Press right-click to pounce on a target
  • Pins small targets to ground for short period
  • Press left-click to attack repeatedly
• Pack Buff
  • Activates with C key when 2 Raptors (with a max pack size of 6) are together
  • Increases damage resistance
  • Increases movement speed
  • Increases attack speed
  • Lasts 15s

Dino TLC - Sarcosuchus!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Idles with mouth open now
• Death roll
  • Grabs its target and rolls dealing damage and disabling them
• Lunge
  • Can lunge towards a target in front of it
• 180 attack
  • Can spin in place to attack foes behind it
• Walkable
  • Allows friendly humans to walk on and stand on its back
  • Useful in water, you can move them to surface and use as a raft
• Swimming depth
  • Maintains its current depth when swimming
  • Can lurk just below the surface
• Piranhas Flee
  • Piranhas flee when they encounter a Sarcosuchus
  • Includes nearby ally Sarcos for players

Dino TLC - Spino!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Water buff
  • Given when in water
  • Bonus movement speed
  • Bonus turning radius
  • Bonus attack damage
  • Bonus healing
  • Persists for short period after leaving the water
• Added Biped/Quadruped toggled with right-click
  • Biped
    • Stronger attacks
    • Can turn in place
  • Quadruped
    • Faster movement speed
• Prefers prime fish for taming

Dino TLC - Triceratops!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Ram
  • Charge up for short period
  • Longer it's charged, the faster it goes
  • Cripples target when hit
  • Knocks small dinos away while charging (charge a group of dodos to see)
• Rivalry buff
  • Given buff when nearby to large carnivores
  • Increases damage output slightly
  • Decreases damage taken slightly
  • Increases health by 10%

Phase 3

PC Release: November 7th, 2020

PS4 Release: November 7th, 2020

Xbox Release: November 7th, 2020

Mobile Release: TBA

Switch Release: TBA

Affected Dinos:

• Mammoth
• Stegosaurus

Dino TLC - Mammoth!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• War Drum Saddle and Buff
  • 1 additional passenger seat on a saddle that comes equipped with a war drum that must be played to maintain an AoE buff that improves stamina regen and makes them immune to fear.
• Tusk Sweep
  • Sweeps tusks left or right to gather and harvest thatch
• Trunk Trumpet
  • Emits a trunk roar that does an AOE debuff to all enemies within range
  • After stepping in water, the next Trunk Trumpet used by the Mammoth will spray the rider with water, hydrating them, removing fire debuffs, and reducing their temperature.
• Foot Stomp
  • Mammoth rears up and then puts all of its weight into a forward “slam” with its front legs to directionally knock back enemies and gather wood
• Trunk Grab
  • Similar to the Karkinos’s grab, it is able to grab, hold, aim and release smaller targets

Dino TLC - Stegosaurus!

• Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities:
• Backplate Modes
  • Backplate passive buff and can switch between three modes. Different modes will be indicated visually
    • Hardened Plated: Applies a damage reduction buff; Wood harvesting benefit
    • Heavy Plate Mode: Applies a slow when attacking with the basic tail whip; Thatch harvesting benefit
    • Sharpened Plate Mode: Applies an armor penetration effect when attacking with the tail whip. Also useful for harvesting berries
• Impaling Tail Whip
  • Able to impale and immobilize players and creatures below a certain health threshold.
• The rider is prevented from dismounting effects and attacks
• Has a berry weight reduction buff

Individual TLCs

•  Sabertooth (260.0) - New Saber Model! The Saber also has increased  Hide and  Pelt harvesting capability and reduced fall damage.

Mobile-exclusive TLCs

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Upcoming Creatures

Changes

•  Dodo (1.1.16) - Dodos can now be bred for size (0.6x-3.5x) and gain new abilities.
  • Dodos of 1.56x size or larger drop Dodo Feather.
  • Dodos under 0.8x can be carried on the players shoulder.
  • Dodos of 2.4x size or larger can be ridden.
  • Dodos of 1.86x size or larger will get a "Rage" buff that enables them to deal double damage and gain double speed when they are whistled to attack a target. They also receive an Alpha glow.
  • Dodos of 3.47x size are able to perform a "smash" where they will slam themselves onto the ground and stun any Creatures in the area.
•  Mammoth (1.1.17) - Enter water to drink & hold water, then spray it with a swipe up!
  • Water capacity is a breedable trait.
  • Water can be used to disable electronics in PvP/PvP Zones
  • Water can be used to force flying tames with feathers to land
  • Water can be used to knock back creatures and players

TLC differences

ARK: Mobile's TLC Creatures possess differences to the normal Creatures that received a TLC update. These differences include but are not limited to:

•  Argentavis use the old carry method, but use the TLC model and carryable creature list. They regenerate extra health from corpses and can act as a mobile  Smithy with an  Argentavis Saddle equipped.
  • If you tamed an  Argentavis and equipped it an  Argentavis Saddle before the TLC Update for ARK: Mobile, the saddle may not work as a mobile  Smithy.(TLC for Argentavis in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile has got out in 1.0.94 update on September 7, 2018)
•  Procoptodons do not give an Imprinting bonus, cannot carry baby creatures inside their pouches, and do not possess the jumping mechanic.
•  Gigantopithecus uses the TLC model, but not the buffs.
•  Dire Bear,  Parasaur,  Stegosaurus,  Mammoth do not possess any of the TLC changes.

Notes

• Despite the dossier updated with new dinosaur pictures (save for Parasaur), their head icon still utilizes the old dossier picture head as its icon.
• In the tlc 3 trailer raptor made sounds of a deino

References