# ARK: Survival Ascended Community Crunch 508: Side by Tide - Product: ARK: Survival Ascended (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended) - Vendor: Studio Wildcard - Date: 2026-05-23 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/663862479542026454 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended/releases/2026-05-23-community-crunch-508-side-by-tide 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 Tidepup creature arriving with Bob's True Tales: Tides of Fortune in Genesis Ascended Part 1 on June 25 - **added** — Tidepup can serve as a shoulder-pet that heals injured and sick creatures and applies healing to players - **added** — Tidepup can expand into a dragon-sized amphibious mount with extended curative range - **added** — Add dedicated mod browser directly within the game to download and play custom content including maps, creatures, items, and game modes - **changed** — Begin sunsetting process for inactive official servers by renaming them with SUNSET prefix and removing them from in-game Favorites list This week brought plenty of new life to ARK Survival Ascended! While the Burrowbuck is out there kicking up dust and the Araneo is busy re-weaving the meta, this week’s focus shifts to a very different kind of companion preparing to make waves on the ARK. This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Tidepup, the next creature arriving with **Bob’s True Tales: Tides of Fortune** when **Genesis Ascended Part 1** launches on **June 25**. Small, loyal, and shaped by your adventures together, the Tidepup brings a different kind of companion to the ARK. Its dossier offers a first look at how this curious little healer grows, adapts, and finds its place alongside Survivors. We’ve also got the latest community creations, mod spotlights, and more from across the ARK community. Let’s get into it! [**Download in full resolution**](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10eDgKXiqSbzhCXY-s1nG8lmC-3cxmIZl?usp=drive_link) **Species:** _Axolotl medicaemicus_ **Time:** Holocene **Diet:** Carnivore **Temperament:** Benevolent This little charmer may be the first truly altruistic organism I've ever encountered. These salamandrous samaritans wander round healing the injured and sick… Even the fiercest predators seem keenly aware of the Tidepup's benevolence, granting them safe passage across the ARKs free from predation. So here’s living proof that the ‘fittest’ can survive by choosing kindness. Befriending a Tidepup is amazingly easy. Demonstrate your compassionate nature by bringing it your injured pets to heal, until it's tuckered out. Allow the creature to rest a bit before repeating the process, and soon it will see you as a kindred spirit. You’ll know you’ve earned its trust when you feel those healing hands on your shoulder. It will even make room for a SECOND shoulder-pet as it travels on you! You're always safer with a Tidepup around. Your gentle new friend will help you recover from any misfortune or malady, and cleanse you of any debilitating toxin or condition. Should it be gravely injured, your patron healer will curl up into a portable lucky charm until it can recuperate. Once you prove yourself worthy through good works, your Tidepup can expand itself into a thorny dragon-sized amphibious mount with an equally-extended curative range. In its larger form, this gentle giant will monitor friends for sickness and injury and minister to them as needed. 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: - [Mythica Premium](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/mythica-premium-crossplatform-pc) by Mr. PowerPoof - [EGM SciFi Cosmetics](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/egm-scifi-cosmetics) by ExileAcid, Gimilkhad, MRRadioactiv - [Tribal Combat Saddles](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/tribal-combat-saddles) by Hadi_15 - [Radiant Genesis](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/radiant-genesis) by Jams_Uwu - [Neon Alphabet](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/neon-alphabet) by Prince_0f_Hell - [Hajime-Mashite Tribe: Traditional Japanese StructureSkin (TTEyes)](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/traditionaljapanesetribe-structureskin) by TheThirdEyes - [[T.A.C] Iguana](https://www.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/t-a-c-iguana) by Tristans_Modding 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 hos _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/663862479542026454]_