# ARK: Survival Ascended Community Crunch 506: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t - Product: ARK: Survival Ascended (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended) - Vendor: Studio Wildcard - Date: 2026-05-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/694260508207875191 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended/releases/2026-05-09-community-crunch-506-now-you-see-me-now-you-don-t What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Introduce the Burrowbuck creature with burrowing and terrain-based evasion mechanics - **added** — Launch Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack for $9.99 starting May 19 with the Burrowbuck and two additional creatures to be released throughout 2026 - **added** — Add dedicated in-game mod browser for downloading player-created custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes across platforms We’ve teased the legends and shared the data, but today we’re finally pulling the Burrowbuck out of the hat. Once you’ve earned its trust, and finished wiping the dirt out of your eyes, the map becomes your playground. Need a quick exit? Dig in. Being trailed by something bigger, meaner, and very committed to the chase? Lead it toward a false entrance and let the terrain do the heavy lifting while you pop up somewhere far safer. This floofy little guy avoids the brute force approach, choosing instead to dictate the terms of a fight. With the right setup, you’ll have the tools to vanish before trouble catches up, leaving your pursuers staring at a suspiciously unhelpful hole in the ground. Small, clever, and aggressively uninterested in becoming anyone’s lunch, it is ready to bring a little folklore-flavored chaos to the ARK. The Burrowbuck drops **May 19** as the first release in our upcoming **Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack ($9.99)**. At launch, we’ll also reveal the designs for the two remaining creatures, which will roll out to season 1 pack owners as they’re completed throughout 2026. [Download in full resolution](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YSaVoLiFZKagOK6MPWW3QZngDMz4txqY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06gphX96BLY Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week! This video features: - [Taxidermy Catalogue - Museum Style Cosmetics](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/museum-catalogue-ultimate-sculptures-statues-pack) by Dani_FM, Fernandess - [Cyberpunk Clothing](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/cyberpunk-clothing) by ElementalLegion - [Player Shirt Cosmetics Combined](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/player-shirt-cosmetics-combined) by RobbieJay58 - (https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/cincodemayo) by DaEvilMinions - [Fera’s Vanilla Edits: Enhydriodon](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/feras-vanilla-edits-enhydriodon) by Fera_Spielt 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. After further evaluation, the following servers have been **removed from the sunset list**: [expand type=showmore,expanded=false] NA-PVE-Aberration5682 NA-PVP-Aberration2443 OC-PVP-Aberration2472 NA-PVP-Aberration2434 NA-PVP-TheCenter2399 NA-PVP-Aberration2447 EU-PVP-ScorchedEarth2267 NA-PVP-Aberration2439 NA-PVP-ScorchedEarth2369 NA-PVE-TheIsland5414 Asia-PVP-SmallTribes-ScorchedEarth9217 EU-PVP-SmallTribes-Aberration9370 OC-PVP-SmallTribes-Aberration9357 EU-PVP-SmallTribes-Aberration9353 EU-PVP-SmallTribes-Aberration9341 OC-PVP-Consoles-TheCenter1154 EU-PVP-Consoles-Aberration1167 OC-PVP-Consoles-Aberration1172 Asia-PVP-Consoles-Extinction1206 NA-PVP-TheCenter2415 OC-PVP-SmallTribes-Aberration9358 EU-PVP-SmallTribes-ScorchedEarth9195 EU-PVE-ScorchedEarth5566 On **June 19th**, we'll be sunse _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/694260508207875191]_