# ARK: Survival Ascended ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1: Burrowbuck and Araneo TLC are out now!

- Product: ARK: Survival Ascended (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended)
- Vendor: Studio Wildcard
- Date: 2026-05-20
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/659358246189926236
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- **added** — 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
- **added** — Introduced Cerberax, a three-headed frontline creature with individually controllable heads that deal corrupting, flame, and electrical damage with combo attack capabilities
- **added** — Introduced Enigmasaur, a creature that can store and transform into the form of nearby creatures while gaining their unique abilities
- **added** — Added Burrowbuck to The Center, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, and Astraeos
- **changed** — Updated Araneo with fully revised model, animations, and locomotion
- **added** — Added full wall and ceiling climbing to Araneo
- **added** — Added strafe movement while grounded to Araneo
- **added** — Araneo can now descend vertically from ceilings using web lines
- **changed** — Wild Araneo can now spawn attached to walls and ceilings
- **changed** — Increased Araneo base Health from 150 to 200
- **changed** — Increased Araneo base Stamina from 100 to 150
- **changed** — Increased Araneo base Weight from 100 to 150
- **changed** — Increased Araneo base Food from 900 to 1200
- **changed** — Increased Araneo base Melee Damage by 50%
- **added** — Added Ambusher passive to Araneo, granting +50% damage on next Melee or Web Shot and instantly applying maximum Webbed stacks after attaching to or detaching from a surface
- **added** — Added Webbed mechanic to Araneo attacks that slows movement, reduces attack speed, increases incoming damage, and prevents sprinting and jumping at maximum stacks

**TRAILER**

Expand your exotic menagerie with the first season of Fantastic Tames for ARK: Survival Ascended! These extraordinary oddities are forged from the ARK’s most mystical anomalies in defiance of nature.

Each Fantastic Tame brings its own wondrous array of abilities to your tribe, with Fantastic Tames Season 1 granting access to three new additions: the Burrowbuck, Cerberax, and Enigmasaur.

Meet the Burrowbuck, a swift and evasive utility creature perfect for mastering map control, misdirection, and brilliant ambushes!

Carve out hidden, bunker-like underground dens and open temporary gateway tunnels for rapid long-distance travel, giving prepared Survivors new ways to reposition, retreat, or spring a trap. When danger closes in, the Burrowbuck can kick up disorienting dust clouds and leave behind concealed hazards for enemies reckless enough to follow.

The Burrowbuck thrives on misdirection, making it an indispensable asset for your tribe's tactical superiority. Step into the unknown and outsmart your foes with this master of guerrilla warfare!

##### Available for (https://store.steampowered.com/app/4558510/ARK_Fantastic_Tames_Season_1)!

[Download in full resolution](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17jxrv5kVtyqizPtBrSRKPBJ0uOu_sN6h?usp=drive_link)

Behold the Cerberax, a monstrous frontline bruiser designed for heavy tribe combat and multi-rider synergy!

This terrifying beast features three distinct heads that each bring their own vicious specialty to the fight, with each head individually controllable by either the main rider or up to three additional passengers. One head tears into enemy defenses with corrupting force, another scorches targets with relentless flame, while the central head acts as an electrical catalyst, detonating these afflictions and spreading the carnage to nearby targets. In the hands of a coordinated cooperative team, these effects can be chained, combined, and consumed to unleash explosive combo attacks.

Cerberax is the fearsome anchor your frontline needs to dominate the battlefield. Lead the charge and watch your enemies crumble!

[Download in full resolution](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17jxrv5kVtyqizPtBrSRKPBJ0uOu_sN6h?usp=drive_link)

Shrouded in secrecy and whispered about in passing rumors, the Enigmasaur is an enigmatic master of disguise.

This mysterious entity possesses the incredible ability to store the form of any nearby creature after observing it from the shadows, allowing you to transform into the other creature at-will. Once hidden within a new shape, the Enigmasaur gains all of that creature's unique abilities. Capable of hoarding a handful of stolen forms simultaneously, the Enigmasaur is a highly rewarding tame that allows cunning Survivors to master the unknown and adapt to any situation.

Mimic the power of the ARK's diverse roster and strike when they least expect it!

Tunnel through the earth, tear through the front lines using multi-headed attacks, or mimic stolen creature-forms with ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1!

The wait is over. The first community-voted Extra Life TLC creature has officially emerged from the shadows.

The Araneo TLC is now live in ARK: Survival Ascended, transforming this once-overlooked crawler into a far more capable ambush predator. These overgrown spiders no longer cling to the ground alone, using web-lines to traverse elevated terrain, reposition through the environment, and descend on unsuspecting prey from above with unnerving precision.

Armed with new mobility options, updated saddle functionality, and more versatile webbing, the Araneo now fills a unique role that blends traversal, control, and tactical support. Whether you're weaving through difficult terrain, setting traps, or stalking your next target from the ceiling, this eight-legged menace is ready to spin a very different story across the ARKs.

Thank you again to everyone who supported Extra Life and helped bring this TLC to life. Next stop, Therizinosa

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