# ARK: Survival Ascended Community Crunch 511: The Tidepup is Turning - Product: ARK: Survival Ascended (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended) - Vendor: Studio Wildcard - Date: 2026-06-12 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/671745681362257490 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended/releases/2026-06-12-community-crunch-511-the-tidepup-is-turning 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 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 - **added** — 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** — Extend the Anniversary event until June 18th - **changed** — 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 - **changed** — Transition all 21 Official Classic servers to Conquest servers on June 26th at 4 PM PDT, converting maps to Genesis Part 1 - **removed** — Sunset inactive official servers starting June 19th, with affected servers renamed with the SUNSET prefix Arriving **June 25** alongside Genesis Ascended Part 1 and ARK Tides of Fortune, the Tidepup might just become your most quietly clutch companion. As adorable as it is invaluable, this benevolent semi-aquatic salamander specializes in pure support. Keep it as a Juvenile shoulder pet to defend against incoming damage and dispel negative effects, or evolve it into a Mature, full-sized mount capable of creating a regenerative healing zone for your tribe. With pirate crews preparing to set sail and new horizons waiting beyond the waves, you may soon discover that the most important member of your crew isn't the one firing the cannons, it's the one ensuring everyone makes it back to shore in one piece. [**Download in full resolution**](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YSaVoLiFZKagOK6MPWW3QZngDMz4txqY?usp=drive_link) - The Anniversary event is extended until June 18th. - This event can be manually activated with the dedicated server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=Birthday or via a drop-down menu in Host/Single Player mode. - To see all the details, please [check out this post](https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-509-a-kraken-good-time-r2541/)! - **Start:** Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 - **End:** Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 Official Classic servers have been introduced to ARK: Survival Ascended by Snail Games. Conquest is a new PvP player experience which focuses on large-scale PvP while avoiding the problem of mega tribes. Increased rates will allow tribes to set up and establish themselves quickly and enable them to rebuild after potential losses instead of being wiped completely. The official Classic servers are **open for PC, Xbox and, Playstation** and will transition to Conquest servers on **June 26th at 4 PM PDT**. If you need any support during the Conquest season, join the **[Conquest Enforcement's Discord](https://discord.gg/4SyXmfyxT6)**. - **During Classic:** - Tek is disabled with the exception of Cryopods - Maps: - 3 The Island - 3 The Center - 3 Rangarok - 2 Scorched Earth - 2 Aberration - 2 Extinction - 2 Astraeos - 2 Lost Colony - 2 Valguero - Total of 21 maps (half NA, half EU) - **Transition to Conquest:** - Tek is enabled with the exception of: - Tek Grenade - Tapejara Tek Saddle - Megalodon Tek Saddle - Rock Drake Tek Saddle - Mosasur Tek Saddle - Tek Railgun - Map: all 21 maps will become Genesis Part 1 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-PVP-Aberration2438 EU-PVP-Aberration2451 NA-PVP-SmallTribes-ScorchedEarth9229 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-Console _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/671745681362257490]_