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Release activity — 43 releases across 43 days since Jan 31, 2026. Each cell is one day; darker means more releases that day. Nothing is recorded before Jan 31, 2026. Older weeks are hidden at this screen width.
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43 releases since Jan 31, 2026

Patch notes

Community Crunch 527: Trial by Fury

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  • Giganotosaurus TLC adds new stomp and tail-slam attacks that smash and scatter attackers at its rear or underfoot.
  • Enraged Giganotosaurus can share a measure of its fighting fury with allied tamed creatures in battle.
  • Giganotosaurus can be tamed by killing alpha-level threats to earn its attention, then exhausting it and provoking its rage to subdue it.
  • Haunted Homestead build competition accepts Official and Unofficial / Single Player entries featuring Fear Ascended content until November 3rd, with winners revealed in the November 6th Community Crunch.
  • ARK: Survival Ascended Unreal Engine 5.8 Public Test Realm is live on Steam, playable on The Island.
Changed 3
  • Giganotosaurus wounded state drives it into a berserker rage, becoming tougher to defeat the more it is hurt.
  • Giganotosaurus TLC is scheduled to release on November 6.
  • Upcoming PTR update is planned to add Nanite Voxel Culling and Lumen Lite, optimizations showing the biggest GPU performance gains in internal testing.

From ARK: Survival Ascended

Most Survivors know better than to pick a fight with a Giganotosaurus. With its TLC on the way, the bravest among you may have to do exactly that.

We've already shared a first look at the Giga's renewed ferocity, but this week, we're unveiling its updated dossier, and it turns out earning the loyalty of this apex predator will be a challenge worthy of its reputation.

Forget simply finding a safe vantage point and stocking up on tranquilizers. Getting a Giga's attention will mean proving yourself against some of the ARKs' fiercest threats. And once you've caught its eye, you'll have to survive a confrontation where pushing the beast to its limits is just as vital as knowing your own.

Those who manage to overcome that challenge will earn themselves a formidable ally with a force capable of rallying an entire tribe into battle. Just remember that there's a fine line between fighting alongside an enraged Giga and standing in its way.

Take a closer look at the **Giganotosaurus TLC **dossier before the king returns on November 6.

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Common Name: Giga Species: Giganotosaurus furiosa Time: Late Cretaceous Diet: Carnivore Temperament: Wrathful

Somehow, this monster's gotten even scarier since I first saw one sink its teeth into a giant ape. Wounding a Giganotosaurus drives it into a berserker rage, and it only becomes tougher to beat the worse it gets hurt. Now, though, it seems to be able to share a measure of its fighting fury with allies in the heat of battle... provided they can stay out of its warpath.

You should be aware that the Giga has new ways of dealing with anyone or anything that manages to dodge its gnashing jaws. It will stomp its feet and slam its tail down hard to smash and scatter attackers at its rear or underfoot.

Breaking one of these behemoths won't be easy. Even if you can get a Giga's attention by killing alpha-level threats, you'll still have an omega-level fight to survive. Let the Giga exhaust itself attacking you, then fight back to provoke its rage. Hang in there long enough to wear the enraged Giga down, and you might just be able to subdue it.

It's more than worth the mortal danger to win this war-beast to your cause. Just aim your Giga at the adversary, and jump clear as its terrible rage flares up. Keep a safe distance, and you'll feel its gigantic ferocity embolden you & your allies to tear through enemy forces together!

Build somewhere no Survivor would want to spend the night.

We’ll have the full details on Fear Ascended for you soon. In the meantime, start plotting how to turn your corner of the ARK into something considerably less welcoming.

Build us your best haunted home, cursed castle, creepy cabin, graveyard, ritual site, abandoned outpost, monster lair, or whatever else your nightmares can come up with.

  • Official

  • Unofficial / Single Player

Submit your build in #haunted-homestead with:

  • 3–5 screenshots showing the finished build.

  • An optional short video walkthrough.

  • Your category: Official or Unofficial / Single Player.

  • Your platform.

Your build must:

  • Clearly feature Fear Ascended content as part of the overall design.

  • Be created during the competition period.

  • Follow Official building restrictions if entered in the Official category. Any mods are allowed in the Unofficial / Single Player category. One entry per person/category.

We'll be judging the overall design, creativity, atmosphere, use of Fear Ascended content and how well everything comes together as a Halloween build. This isn't just about who can place the most decorations. We want to see what you can do with them.

Entries accepted until November 3rd. Winners will be revealed in the November 6th Community Crunch.

Prizes will be awarded separately in each category. First Place

  • ARK: Dragontopia Key

  • ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 Key

  • $100 Steam/Xbox/PlayStation Giftcard

Second Place

  • ARK: Dragontopia Key

  • ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 Key Third Place

  • ARK: Dragontopia Key

  • ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 Key Two Runners-up

  • ARK: Dragontopia Key Special Mention

  • ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 Key

The winning builds from both categories will be featured in the Community Crunch. Submitted entries may also be featured or shared across official ARK social channels and the Community Crunch with credit to creators.

The ARK: Survival Ascended Unreal Engine 5.8 Public Test Realm is live on Steam. A huge thank you to everyone who has been testing and sharing feedback with us so far!

Head to The Island on the PTR to help test the latest changes and report any issues you encounter. How to join: click here!

Getting ASA running more smoothly is a big part of the 5.8 upgrade, and there’s more on the way for you to try out.

One thing to note is that the current PTR build doesn’t yet include Nanite Voxel Culling and Lumen Lite, the two optimizations showing the biggest GPU performance gains in our internal testing. We’re aiming to add both in an update early next week.

Ahead of that update, our Principal Engineer, Evan, takes us under the hood for a closer look at how they work:

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Nanite Voxels

](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/nanite-foliage#nanitevoxels) _Nearly all foliage in ASA is rendered with Nanite, the UE system that reduces triangle counts selectively on objects as you move farther away from them. This works great for solid, mostly-immovable structures, but one thing it's particularly not great at is foliage: when you have thousands of small, disconnected pieces all overlapping with each other, that becomes a rather expensive calculation, and simplifying the geometry ends up making foliage look sparse and unnatural at distance.

With our move to UE 5.8, we can now take advantage of a new way to represent foliage using Nanite: voxels (volumetric pixels). When a cluster of foliage could be better represented by a volume rather than as individual triangles (like the aforementioned case when you're far away), it gets swapped for an approximation composed of roughly pixel-sized voxels that still generally represent the same properties and animation of the original. This is much cheaper for the GPU to compute and results in better looking foliage at distance that performs even better.

Our intention is to have Nanite voxel culling enabled on all platforms and while using all performance/graphics configurations, so everyone should see measurable benefit from this change._

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Lumen Lite

](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/lumen-performance-guide-for-unreal-engine#lumenlite) _Lumen is the UE system that we use to produce dynamic bounce lighting that can react to environmental changes. The full version computes this using a large set of probes that raytrace from visible surfaces every frame and then blend the results across frames. It looks awesome and allows for a much richer level of environmental detail, but it's one of the most expensive parts of how frames get drawn.

Lumen Lite is a new approach to doing those probes in UE 5.8. Instead of raytracing from probes spread across the entire screen every frame, it distributes a number of probes on a grid around the camera, traces from each of these points (distributed over a number of frames), and then individual pixels pull their lighting from the probes closest to them. Again, this is way cheaper of a calculation to do, but still keeps Lumen's fully dynamic and responsive lighting while sacrificing a bit of fine detail for an impactful performance gain. This will see the most gains on consoles, lower-end PC hardware, and while playing on lower graphics presets.

We're testing these new systems extremely thoroughly and tweaking parameters internally to ensure we maintain visual fidelity and get the most performance benefit possible, which is why we held off on including them in this first PTR build._

Keep an eye out for next week’s PTR update! We’ll be giving away ARK: Dragontopia and **Fantastic Tames Season 1 keys **to randomly selected testers during the week as a thank you for helping us stress-test the servers. Join us on The Island, try the updated build, and keep those reports coming!

Hey Survivors, after careful assessment, we've opted to begin the process of sunsetting a selection of our inactive official servers. Our goal is to ensure that we're always delivering the best experience possible, and official servers exist as a way for the community to play together without having to host their own. When we launch fresh content, typically, we put up more servers than we need in the long term to match the peak in user capacity; over time, these servers become ghost towns as players have dropped off and are waiting for the next major content release.

As part of this process, the servers will be renamed with the “SUNSET” prefix, following the same approach we’ve used in the past. Please note that once renamed, these servers will be removed from the in-game Favorites list, so you’ll need to search for them manually to reconnect.

On November 29th, we'll be sunsetting these inactive Island servers, click on Show More to see the updated detailed list.

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How Community Crunch 527: Trial by Fury went

Community Crunch 526: Madness Takes Flight

Added 6
  • Xeranox, a new four-winged dragon, coming to ARK: Dragontopia
  • ARK: Dragontopia Gargantar officially arrived in ARK: Survival Ascended
  • ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 Cerberax officially arrived in ARK: Survival Ascended
  • Therizinosaurus TLC officially arrived in ARK: Survival Ascended
  • Dedicated in-game Mod-browser to download and play player-created custom content including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Conquest Season 8 official servers now open for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps and 5x rates
Changed 2
  • Conquest Season 8 transfers between Cluster A and Cluster B enabled on July 17th at 10 AM PT after initial 2-week isolation period
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Monday, October 5 with 2x rates for PVP/PVE, 4.5x Harvesting and 4x Breeding for Small Tribes, and 5x rates for ARKpocalypse
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How Community Crunch 526: Madness Takes Flight went

Therizino TLC, Cerberax and Gargantar are out now!

Added 6
  • Add Cerberax, a three-headed creature with fire, venom, and electrical attacks that requires three separate taming trials
  • Add Gargantar, a dragon that grows tougher by inhaling creatures and resources, can shelter allies in its belly, and expels stomach contents as acidic spit and vomit
  • Add Burrowbuck as part of Fantastic Tames Season 1
  • Add Enigmasaur as part of Fantastic Tames Season 1
  • Add Cerberax to The Center, Scorched Earth, Lost Colony, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Astraeos, and Genesis maps
  • Add Gargantar to The Center, Scorched Earth, Lost Colony, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, and Astraeos maps
Changed 8
  • Improve Therizinosaurus mobility and combat responsiveness
  • Expand Therizinosaurus colorization to support all 6 color regions
  • Add turn-in-place movement toggle for Therizinosaurus
  • Add jump ability to Therizinosaurus for easier traversal
  • Update Therizinosaurus model, animations, and locomotion
  • Visually represent Power and Delicate Harvesting investment on Therizinosaurus, with Power Harvesting affecting claw appearance and Delicate Harvesting affecting claw length
  • Add distinct Power, Balanced, and Delicate postures to Therizinosaurus
  • Improve wild Therizinosaurus behavior to be more patient and give clearer warning signals before attacking
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How Therizino TLC, Cerberax and Gargantar are out now! went

Community Crunch 525: An Appetite for Destruction

Added 8
  • Gargantar arrives on September 30 for ARK: Dragontopia owners
  • Gargantar can store trusted allies safely inside its belly
  • Cerberax multi-headed creature arrives on September 30
  • Therizinosaurus TLC overhaul arrives on September 30
  • Public Test Realm beta client launches on October 5 for Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade
  • Conquest Season 8 is open on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps
  • Transfers between Conquest Cluster A and Cluster B open on July 17 at 10 AM PT
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Monday, September 28 with 2x harvesting, taming, experience and breeding for PVP/PVE
Changed 3
  • Gargantar becomes tougher the more it consumes
  • Full Unreal Engine 5.8 update moved to October 28
  • Conquest Season 8 features 5x harvesting, taming, and experience rates with tek enabled except for Tek Grenades, certain Tek Saddles, and Tek Railgun
Removed 1
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premium mods are leaving ARK: Survival Ascended after September 30
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Community Crunch 524: Three of a Kind

Added 5
  • Cerberax creature arrives for ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 owners on September 30
  • Therizinosaurus TLC update releases on September 30
  • Gargantar creature releases on September 30
  • Dedicated mod-browser within the game allows download and play of custom content including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Cross-platform mods support enables mods to work across gaming platforms
Changed 4
  • Upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.8 arrives on September 30
  • Updated ARK Fan Content Guidelines to clarify rules around creating, sharing, and monetizing fan content
  • Video monetization guidance updated to allow paid access to ARK video content through platforms like Patreon and YouTube memberships
  • ARKpocalypse servers wiped with next wipe scheduled for October 16th, 2026
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Community Crunch 523: Swipe Right

Added 6
  • Therizinosaurus gains a powerful new claw swipe attack for combat against nearby creatures
  • Dedicated mod-browser added within the game to download and play custom community content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade
  • New creatures Gargantar and Cerberax arriving with the Therizinosaurus TLC
  • Temporary Expire servers available for farming, taming, and experiencing new content without permanent character/item loss
  • Conquest Season 8 now open on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps and 5x rates
Changed 2
  • Therizinosaurus movement improved with smoother locomotion and a new bounding hop to tackle tougher terrain
  • Therizinosaurus harvesting made smoother
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Community Crunch 522: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Added 6
  • Cerberax, a three-headed canid creature that can be tamed by subduing each head individually with narcotics and placating them one at a time
  • Cerberax can be ridden by up to three survivors simultaneously, with each survivor controlling a different head for maximum combat efficiency
  • Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade arriving September 30
  • Therizinosaurus TLC arriving September 30
  • In-game mod browser allowing players to download custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes directly within the game
  • Cross-platform mod support across gaming platforms
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Community Crunch 521: Big Ship Energy

Added 4
  • Galleon structure added as a massive fortress-style base building option for the open water with cannon battery
  • New water physics with rolling waves and shifting seas
  • Conquest Season 8 opened with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation
  • Transfers enabled on Genesis Ascended Part 1 Official servers on September 4th
Changed 2
  • Astraeos map reached its completed form
  • Dododex stat calculator will support tamed and bred creatures with customizable stat grading and name suggestions
Fixed 1
  • Structure decay temporarily disabled while resolving lingering tribe issues from last week's OC server outage
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Astraeos Heaven & Abyss Update is now live!

Added 18
  • Astraeos map featuring 264 square kilometers with Greek mythology-inspired locations including Helianthos, Abyssanthos, Pyranthos, and Lemnokis Island
  • Heaven and Abyss expansion with floating island peaks and deep abyssal trenches
  • Dynamic wave mechanics and new weather events for ocean gameplay
  • Trireme ancient warship for naval combat
  • Boaratos creature exclusive to Astraeos
  • Two Kraken Ascension boss fights including underwater and surface encounters
Changed 2
  • Dynamic weather systems and overhauled lighting reshape environmental conditions minute by minute
  • Ocean gameplay transformed from passive boundary to active frontier with restless, shifting mechanics
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Community Crunch 520: Three heads. One very good boy.

Added 7
  • Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade with tangible performance improvements, platform-specific fixes, and stronger technical foundations
  • Therizinosaurus TLC bringing new life and personality to the creature while maintaining its harvesting capabilities
  • Gargantar dragon creature arriving with early access for Expansion Pass owners
  • Cerberax three-headed creature added as the second creature in ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1
  • Boaratos creature arriving in Astraeos final update
  • Mod-browser within the game allowing players to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Character and creature transfers opening on Genesis Ascended Part 1 Official servers on September 4th
Changed 1
  • Genesis Part 1 Expires servers will close on September 18th
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Community Crunch 519: Tusk, Tusk, Boom!

Added 4
  • Introduce Boaratos, a fire-based melee creature with bleeding attacks and resource harvesting abilities
  • Add in-game mod browser to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes across platforms
  • Launch Conquest Season 8 with 18 Genesis Part 1 servers across two clusters with 5x rates and restricted Tek items
  • Activate bonus rates on Official Network through Monday August 17th with 2x rates for PvP/PvE, 4.5x for Small Tribes, and 5x for ARKpocalypse
Changed 3
  • Enable character and creature transfers on Genesis Ascended Part 1 Official servers starting September 4th
  • Align Genesis Part 1 Expires servers closure to September 18th to allow players time to transfer items
  • Open transfers between Conquest Cluster A and Cluster B on July 17th at 10 AM PT
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Community Crunch 518: Long Live the King!

Added 13
  • Giganotosaurus can now confer a contagious fury to creatures gathered around it and has a crushing melee response
  • Conquest Season 8 launched with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps across two clusters
  • Transfers between Conquest Cluster A and Cluster B open on July 17th at 10 AM PT
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Monday, August 10 with 2x rates for PvP/PvE and increased rates for Small Tribes and ARKpocalypse
  • ASA Mod Jam 2026 finalist mods now available in-game mod browser with 13 community-created mods
  • Bridges Ascended mod available for ARK: Survival Ascended
Changed 6
  • Giganotosaurus TLC underway to restore its commanding presence and power as an apex predator
  • Giganotosaurus behavior adjusted so that the closer it is pushed to the brink, the more dangerous it becomes
  • Transfers on Genesis Ascended Part 1 Official servers enabled starting September 4th
  • Genesis Part 1 Expires servers will close on September 18th
  • Conquest servers feature 5x harvest, taming, and experience rates
  • Tek disabled on Conquest servers except for Body Armor, Helmet, Leggings, Gloves, Boots, Boots, Pants, Shirt, Chest, Sleeping Pod, Transmitter, Turret, Forcefield, Sensor, Ceiling, Door, and Doorframe
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Community Crunch 517: Sharper Than Ever

Added 3
  • New Therizinosaurus dossier with updated information on the species
  • Conquest Season 8 opens on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps and 5x rates
  • Conquest transfers between Cluster A and Cluster B enabled on July 17th at 10 AM PT
Changed 8
  • Improve Therizinosaurus combat responsiveness, controls, traversal, and visual progression
  • Wild Therizinosaurus are more patient and display clear warning behavior before attacking, including staring and claw spreading
  • Therizinosaurus appearance now reflects its harvesting specialization, with visual differences in claw length and posture based on its work
  • Mounted Therizinosaurus has improved agility and turning radius, and can hop onto or over obstacles more effectively
  • Official Servers for ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition on Nintendo Switch will sunset on August 31st, 2026
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Wednesday, August 5 with 2x harvesting, taming, experience and breeding for PVP/PVE
  • Small Tribes bonus rates increased to 4.5x harvesting, taming, experience and 4x breeding
  • ARKpocalypse bonus rates increased to 5x harvesting, taming, experience and breeding
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Community Crunch 516: Flips, Tricks & Teeth

Added 4
  • Concavenator creature added to ARK: Survival Ascended on August 26th
  • Additional Official Genesis Part 1 servers brought online including EU, NA, and Oceanic Small Tribes servers
  • Temporary Expire servers available for Genesis Part 1 until September 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
  • Conquest Season 8 launched with 18 Genesis Part 1 maps across two clusters with 5x rates
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Community Crunch 515: Bouncing into Summer!

Added 11
  • Summer Bash event running from July 17 through August 5 with 2x harvesting, taming, experience, and breeding multipliers on PvP/PvE servers
  • Slidy 'N Slippery Kairuku as a new summer event creature that drops Popsicles for crafting event items
  • Astrocetus as a new tameable creature
  • New inflatable furnishings including Bounce House Tileset, Rex Balloon, Bronto Balloon, Stego Balloon, Inflato Bookshelf, Inflato Storage Boxes, Bounce Sofa, Bounce Couch, and Bounce House Bed
  • New summer cosmetics including Life Vest & Water Wings, Swim Cap & Goggles, Jelly Sandals, and Silicone Bracelets
  • Balloon Longneck Rifle and Balloon Tek Rifle with summer cosmetic appearances
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Community Crunch 514: The Belly of the Beast

Added 4
  • Added a new creature with an appetite that can inhale allies, trees, bushes, and resources, arriving later this year with ARK: Dragontopia
  • Added Lumina as Umbra's radiant counterpart, bringing celestial power and new speed, strategy, and spectacle to aerial combat in Dragontopia
  • Added in-game mod browser allowing players to download and play custom content including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes across platforms
  • Conquest servers are now open for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with Cluster B transfers to Cluster A opening on July 17th at 10 AM PT
Changed 2
  • Character restoration process has successfully worked through the majority of affected characters with the team continuing to address remaining cases
  • Conquest Season 8 features all Genesis Part 1 maps with 5x rates and Tek enabled except for Tek Grenades, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
Fixed 1
  • Major Version update included broad range of post-launch fixes and stability improvements
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ARK Franchise Sale, Free Weekend, and Lumina Arrives!

Added 2
  • Lumina character available as part of Day One ARK: Dragontopia content
  • ARK Tides of Fortune expansion coming soon
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Lumina Awakens!

Added 1
  • Lumina, a new tameable dragon in Dragontopia as Umbra's counterpart
Changed 1
  • Increased Hand Cannon's damage by 300%
Fixed 18
  • Several issues on Umbra's Dragonhorn
  • Cases where Umbra's AI struggled to hit its target
  • Issue that caused Umbra to use abilities when using the Spyglass/Tek Binoculars while mounted
  • Several Gamepad issues with Umbra
  • Umbra's Gamepad Sprint control on the HUD
  • Umbra appearing too low when displayed in a Display Case
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ARK Tides of Fortune, Dragontopia and Genesis Part 1 are out now!

Added 18
  • Naval Fleet feature allows constructing customizable seaworthy vessels including the Sloop and Brigantine at the Shipyard with deck building, hull painting, and Jolly Roger customization
  • Ship Combat system enables manually aiming and firing broadside cannons solo or cooperatively with specialty ammo including Incendiary and Corrosive Cannonballs
  • Ship Skill Tree system with three distinct skill trees for customization: Piracy, Merchant, and Luxury
  • Tidepup creature that serves as a shoulder-pet juvenile with defense and negative effect dispel, or evolves into a mature rideable mount with regenerative healing zone
  • Parrot creature that tracks valuable treasure sources like Cave Crates, Alpha Creatures, and enemy Ships, and earns Bonding Feathers through missions as a wildcard resource
  • Milestones system to track survivor journey through challenges with cinematic cutscences featuring Karl Urban and Auli'i Cravalho
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Community Crunch 513: Dragon the Anchor

Added 5
  • Genesis Ascended Part 1 launches on July 2nd
  • ARK Tides of Fortune launches on July 2nd with physics-driven waters and naval warfare gameplay
  • Mod-browser integrated directly within the game for downloading custom maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Official Classic servers transition to Conquest servers featuring large-scale PvP with increased rates
  • ARKpocalypse monthly-wipe servers are available with higher than usual rates
Changed 3
  • All 21 official Conquest servers will become Genesis Part 1 maps after transition on July 3rd at 4 PM PDT
  • Conquest servers enable Tek gameplay except for Tek Grenade, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
  • Bonus weekend rates active until Monday, June 29 offering 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience and Breeding on PVP/PVE, 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, Experience and 4x Breeding on Small Tribes, and 5x rates on ARKpocalypse
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Community Crunch 512: Preparing to Set Sail

Added 1
  • Official Classic servers introduced with Conquest as a new PvP player experience focusing on large-scale PvP and increased rates
Changed 3
  • Tek disabled during Classic season except for Cryopods
  • Tek enabled during Conquest season except for Tek Grenade, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
  • All 21 Classic maps will transition to Genesis Part 1 during Conquest season
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Community Crunch 511: The Tidepup is Turning

Added 2
  • Introduce the Tidepup, a semi-aquatic salamander creature available as a Juvenile shoulder pet that defends against incoming damage and dispels negative effects, or as a Mature mount that creates a regenerative healing zone for the tribe
  • Launch Official Classic servers for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with a new Conquest PvP experience focused on large-scale PvP while preventing mega tribe dominance
Changed 3
  • Extend the Anniversary event until June 18th
  • Disable Tek items during Classic server phase except for Cryopods, then enable Tek on June 26th with exceptions for Tek Grenade, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
  • Transition all 21 Official Classic servers to Conquest servers on June 26th at 4 PM PDT, converting maps to Genesis Part 1
Removed 1
  • Sunset inactive official servers starting June 19th, with affected servers renamed with the SUNSET prefix
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Community Crunch 510: Rise of the Tickle Chicken

Added 3
  • Therizinosaurus receives a TLC update to modernize its role, feel, and personality while maintaining its core characteristics
  • Mod-browser added directly within the game to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes across cross-platform
  • Official Classic servers introduced for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation with Conquest PvP experience focused on large-scale combat and increased rates
Changed 3
  • Tek is disabled on Classic servers except for Cryopods
  • Tek is enabled on Conquest servers with exceptions for Tek Grenade, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
  • All 21 Classic maps will become Genesis Part 1 upon transition to Conquest on June 26th at 4 PM PDT
Removed 1
  • Inactive official servers will be sunset with a SUNSET prefix, removing them from in-game Favorites list
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Community Crunch 509: A Kraken Good Time

Added 5
  • Genesis Ascended Part 1 launches on June 25 with ARK Tides of Fortune, introducing seafaring adventure with sailing ships, naval warfare, and treasure hunting
  • Palaeoctopus creature added free for all players with Genesis Ascended
  • Tidepup creature added with ARK Tides of Fortune as a rare benevolent healer companion
  • New water physics and customizable vessels for ocean exploration
  • Official Classic servers introduced on June 4th with Conquest mode launching June 26th, featuring increased rates and large-scale PvP without mega tribe dominance
Changed 4
  • Water physics overhauled for new ocean gameplay
  • Tek is disabled during Classic season except for Cryopods
  • Tek is enabled during Conquest season with exceptions for Tek Grenade, Tapejara Tek Saddle, Megalodon Tek Saddle, Rock Drake Tek Saddle, Mosasaur Tek Saddle, and Tek Railgun
  • All 21 Classic servers transition to Genesis Part 1 maps during Conquest phase
Removed 1
  • Inactive official servers sunset with SUNSET prefix, requiring manual search to reconnect
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Community Crunch 508: Side by Tide

Added 4
  • Introduce Tidepup creature arriving with Bob's True Tales: Tides of Fortune in Genesis Ascended Part 1 on June 25
  • Tidepup can serve as a shoulder-pet that heals injured and sick creatures and applies healing to players
  • Tidepup can expand into a dragon-sized amphibious mount with extended curative range
  • Add dedicated mod browser directly within the game to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
Changed 1
  • Begin sunsetting process for inactive official servers by renaming them with SUNSET prefix and removing them from in-game Favorites list
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ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1: Burrowbuck and Araneo TLC are out now!

Added 9
  • Introduced Burrowbuck, a swift utility creature that can carve underground dens, open temporary gateway tunnels for rapid travel, create disorienting dust clouds, and leave concealed hazards
  • Introduced Cerberax, a three-headed frontline creature with individually controllable heads that deal corrupting, flame, and electrical damage with combo attack capabilities
  • Introduced Enigmasaur, a creature that can store and transform into the form of nearby creatures while gaining their unique abilities
  • Added Burrowbuck to The Center, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, and Astraeos
  • Added full wall and ceiling climbing to Araneo
  • Added strafe movement while grounded to Araneo
Changed 7
  • Updated Araneo with fully revised model, animations, and locomotion
  • Wild Araneo can now spawn attached to walls and ceilings
  • Increased Araneo base Health from 150 to 200
  • Increased Araneo base Stamina from 100 to 150
  • Increased Araneo base Weight from 100 to 150
  • Increased Araneo base Food from 900 to 1200
  • Increased Araneo base Melee Damage by 50%
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Community Crunch 507: Tunnel, Tear, and Transform!

Added 3
  • Launch Fantastic Tames Season 1 with the Burrowbuck tame, which can create underground dens, open temporary gateway tunnels for rapid travel, and create blinding dust clouds
  • Cerberax, a three-headed frontline tame, coming in Q3 2026
  • Enigmasaur, a shadow-veiled master of disguise tame, coming in Q4 2026
Changed 1
  • Araneo receives a community-voted TLC overhaul with a completely terrifying new design
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Community Crunch 506: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

Added 3
  • Introduce the Burrowbuck creature with burrowing and terrain-based evasion mechanics
  • Launch Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack for $9.99 starting May 19 with the Burrowbuck and two additional creatures to be released throughout 2026
  • Add dedicated in-game mod browser for downloading player-created custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes across platforms
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Community Crunch 505: Deep Dives & Technical Strides. What’s Surfacing Next!

Added 3
  • Palaeoctopus aquacaptor joins Genesis Ascended Part 1 as a new rideable ocean creature with tentacle-based combat and ink production
  • Equipment Traits can now be upgraded in the Megalab by combining 10 lower-tier traits into 1 of the next tier
  • Added Repeatable Global Milestones after completing all standard Global Milestones with scaling XP rewards and creature XP from mounted completion
Changed 7
  • On Lost Colony, reduced the size of entrances to Ruins of the Ascendant Cavern, Cavern of the Whispering Needle, and Cavern of the Sapphire Cascades to improve PvP viability
  • Gigadesmodus can now walk backwards to improve control smoothness
  • Malwyn now has access to a traversal teleport ability to improve mobility
  • Solwyn's Ice Bridges can now be placed near enemy structures and destroyed via the MUW on PvE servers to prevent griefing
  • Ossidon Taming reduced the number of creatures required to roll up during taming by approximately 30 percent with greater reduction at lower levels
  • Player characters can now perform a larger jump while stuck or sliding on an incline to help get unstuck in terrain
  • Gloon's chargelight can now be toggled remotely using the player Clap emote
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Community Crunch 504: From Shoulder to Savior

Added 2
  • Tidepup creature added to Genesis 1, a shoulder companion that grows and evolves based on player interaction and pressure moments
  • Mod-browser added directly within the game to download and play custom community-created content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
Changed 3
  • Structure decay timers re-enabled on Official Network after being temporarily disabled for cloud data recovery
  • Cave entrance layouts adjusted across Lost Colony to improve PvP viability by reducing choke point sizes and creating more defensible base-building positions
  • Bonus rates active on Official Network through Monday, April 27 including 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience plus 2x Breeding for PvP and PvE servers
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Community Crunch 503: Burrowbuck, The Tunnel Trickster

Added 3
  • Burrowbuck creature with ability to create underground tunnel networks for fast travel between entrances and exits
  • Burrowbuck can dig false tunnel entrances that trap uninvited predators in diversionary pitfalls
  • Mod-browser feature allowing players to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes directly within the game
Changed 3
  • Adjusted cave entrance choke points across Lost Colony to improve viability for PvP and create more defensible base-building positions
  • Extended Eggcellent Adventure event to April 21st with bonus collection time for Bunny Eggs and holiday-themed cosmetics
  • Activated bonus rates on Official Network until April 21st including 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience with 2x Breeding on PVP/PVE servers
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Community Crunch 502: Claim the High Ground

Added 2
  • In-game mod browser added allowing players to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Eggcellent Adventure event returning with Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors to collect Bunny Eggs and craft holiday-themed cosmetics
Changed 7
  • Araneo creature receiving a major TLC update including reworked movement, hunting mechanics, and ecosystem role
  • Araneo saddle designs redesigned to make it viable as a mount with improved mobility and tactical support capabilities
  • Araneo webbing mechanics improved with more control over shots for both non-lethal and restraint options
  • Araneo hunting redesigned to provide better loot rewards beyond basic takedowns
  • Cave entrances across Lost Colony adjusted to improve PvP viability by reducing choke point sizes and creating more defensible positions
  • Official Network bonus rates active until April 15 including 2x harvesting, taming, and experience for PvP/PvE and higher multipliers for Small Tribes and ARKpocalypse
  • Structures built directly within cave entrance choke points on Official PvP servers will be destroyed when the April 27 update goes live
Fixed 1
  • Transfer-related issues impacting EU endpoint connections caused by cloud data service disruptions have been resolved
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Community Crunch 501: Down The Rabbit Hole

Added 3
  • Burrowbuck creature added as the first release in Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack, featuring the ability to burrow and create tunnel networks for traversal
  • Mod-browser added directly within the game to download and play custom content created by players including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes
  • Eggcellent Adventure event returns with wild Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors, collectible Bunny Eggs that can be painted or used to craft holiday-themed cosmetics and chibis
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Community Crunch 500: Springing Into Eggcellent Adventures!

Added 6
  • Eggcellent Adventure event returns with Bunny Eggs scattered across the ARK that can be collected and painted to craft holiday-themed cosmetics
  • Flovis creature added
  • Flower Wreath item added
  • Multiple new cosmetic skins added including Garden Pants, Garden Shirt, Straw Hat, Trowel, Hand Rake, Hand Hoe, Rake, and various building skins
  • Sunbathing Emote and Watering Can Emote added
  • Mod-browser added within the game to download and play custom content created by players including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes
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Community Crunch 499: Threading the Needle: The Araneo Zips Back In!

Added 5
  • Araneo can now traverse high areas using web-lines and rappel down to ambush prey
  • Araneo can shoot webbing with increased precision to restrict prey's movement, attacks, and ability to protect itself
  • Araneo can be used as a mount with compact saddle designs
  • Araneo has narcotic venom useful for tranquilizing creatures during taming attempts
  • Araneo can harvest hardened silk from downed creatures for use in warm-weather clothing and other purposes
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Community Crunch 498: Introducing Acrocanthosaurus from ARK: Additions!

Added 5
  • Acrocanthosaurus creature added to ARK: Survival Ascended, a massive carnivore that becomes more fearsome as battles progress
  • New water physics system for Genesis Part 1 biome featuring waves, buoyancy, and ship movement
  • ASA World Creator tool that allows players on all platforms including consoles to design custom maps in-game with actor placement, property editing, volume configuration, and Lua scripting
  • In-game Mod Browser allowing players to download and play community-created custom content across all platforms
  • New scripting layer combining Lua scripting with Blueprint API for in-game world creation
Changed 1
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Monday March 16 with 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding for PVP/PVE servers
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Community Crunch 497: Boar to be Wild

Added 3
  • Boaratos, a new creature arriving this summer that is nearly twice the size of a Daeodon with massive tusks and the ability to set its fur and tusks ablaze to unleash explosive attacks
  • Mod-browser within the game to download and play custom content created by players including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes across gaming platforms
  • Temporary Expire servers available for farming, taming, and experiencing newest content with character download and item transfer freedom until March 9
Changed 1
  • ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped with next wipe scheduled for April 3rd, 2026
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Community Crunch 496: Release the Kraken

Added 2
  • Kraken creature arriving later this year in Genesis Part 1
  • Mod-browser added directly within the game for downloading and playing custom content
Changed 1
  • Expire servers wipe date extended to March 9
Fixed 1
  • Fixed corrupted dino data causing edge cases where destroyed dinos retained server references leading to crashes and data corruption
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Astraeos Mega Update is now live!

Added 14
  • New gigantic desert landmass Pyranthos
  • New boss fight Hydraskos the Unbroken with five heads
  • New boss fight Manticore in Astraeos boss arena
  • New creature Grand Tortugar with amphibious capabilities and multi-rider interior
  • New miniboss Minotarchos in the Minotaur Labyrinth Cave
  • New weather system and complete lighting overhaul
Changed 5
  • Switched ocean spawns to custom ocean dinospawn entries DinoSpawnEntries_Ocean_Generic_Ast
  • Reworked Medusa Arena lighting and adjusted lighting in almost every cave
  • Adjusted combat music for the whole map
  • Lowered Cryo Drop amount in OSD rewards
  • Rebalanced OSD difficulty distribution on Therokis to spawn more high-tier OSDs
Fixed 1
  • Fixed Spring Drakelings not spawning
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Community Crunch 495: Pyranthos awaits you!

Added 4
  • Scorpion King and Queen creatures added to Pyranthos
  • Minotarchos boss creature added to Pyranthos caves
  • Mod-browser integrated into the game for downloading and playing custom content
  • Temporary expire servers available for farming and experiencing new content until March 2nd
Changed 1
  • Pyranthos mega update arriving on Astraeos on February 25th
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Community Crunch 494: Shell Yeah!

Added 9
  • Grand Tortugar creature arriving with the Astraeos expansion on February 25th, a mobile amphibious stronghold capable of walking the ocean floor and harboring multiple riders within an openable carapace
  • Official Lost Colony transfers fully opening on February 20th to allow players to move items, creatures, and characters onto the map without restriction
  • Temporary Expire servers available until March 2nd at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST for farming, taming, and experiencing new content with character download restrictions but free item and creature transfers
  • Dedicated in-game Mod-browser to download and play custom community content including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes across platforms
  • Love Ascended event running February 12-19, 2026 on Official Servers with 2x harvesting, taming, experience, and breeding multipliers for PVP/PVE
  • Love Ascended event providing 4.5x harvesting, taming, and experience plus 4x breeding for Small Tribes
Changed 1
  • Box o' Chocolates now reduces mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining
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Community Crunch 493: It's Mate Boosting Season!

Added 5
  • Love Ascended event runs from February 11 to February 18, 2026 on Official Servers with increased harvesting, taming, experience, and breeding rates
  • New creature variants including Lovebirds, Love Bugs, Vday Coel, Chibi-Lovebird, and Chibi Pair-o-Saurs
  • New weapons and tools including Succubus Whip, Bouquet Club, Valentine's Fishing Rod, and Heart-Balloon parachute
  • New cosmetic items including Devil Horns helm, Devil Tail accessory, Dashing Rogue Shirt, and various love-themed furniture and decorations
  • New emote Check Yourself
Changed 3
  • Box o' Chocolates now also reduces mating cooldown by 20% of current time remaining
  • Valguero servers returning to standard 70-player population cap from temporary 100-player cap
  • Moving a small number of Official servers as part of backend preparations for the Astraeos expansion, primarily affecting PvE Astraeos servers
Fixed 2
  • Fixed a significant exploit affecting the Official Network
  • Patched out several unintended building spots (ratholes) on Ragnarok launching February 25th with the Astraeos expansion
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Community Crunch 492: A Herculean Challenge Arises!

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  • A new multi-headed Hydra boss encounter in the ruins of Pyranthos arriving February 25th
  • Pyranthos, a massive desert landmass expansion for Astraeos with new threats above and below ground
  • Long-abandoned arenas and artifact caves in the new Pyranthos region
  • In-game mod browser to download and play custom community content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes
Changed 1
  • Official Network bonus rates active until Monday, February 2nd with 2x Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding for PVP/PVE
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