# ARK: Survival Ascended Lumina Awakens! - Product: ARK: Survival Ascended (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended) - Vendor: Studio Wildcard - Date: 2026-07-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/673998750553741604 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ark-survival-ascended/releases/2026-07-09-lumina-awakens 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** — Lumina, a new tameable dragon in Dragontopia as Umbra's counterpart - **fixed** — Several issues on Umbra's Dragonhorn - **fixed** — Cases where Umbra's AI struggled to hit its target - **fixed** — Issue that caused Umbra to use abilities when using the Spyglass/Tek Binoculars while mounted - **fixed** — Several Gamepad issues with Umbra - **fixed** — Umbra's Gamepad Sprint control on the HUD - **fixed** — Umbra appearing too low when displayed in a Display Case - **fixed** — Deep Diver milestone not progressing with Umbra - **fixed** — Mindwipe not refunding Dragon Skill Points invested - **fixed** — Tracked Dragontopia Milestones all disappearing after completing one of them - **fixed** — Inability to craft Cryopods/Cryofridges in Genesis Mission Terminals - **fixed** — Creatures getting stuck in Cryopods after starting the Gauntlet missions - **fixed** — Rain on the Genesis Ocean biome not refilling water stat or containers - **fixed** — Issue that could sometimes cause foliage interaction not to work correctly on Genesis - **fixed** — Inaccuracies of player location on the Genesis Map - **fixed** — Issue on Xbox where audio could be lost - **fixed** — Entitlement issue with paid Cosmetics - **fixed** — Missing Mission icons in the Mission UI - **fixed** — HLNA's Ocean Teleports NE, N, E, W teleporting to the same island - **changed** — Increased Hand Cannon's damage by 300% Today's Major Version update is scheduled to deploy at approximately **2:00 PM Pacific**, bringing a new wave of post-Genesis launch fixes alongside the arrival of Dragontopia's newest tameable dragon. The shadow meets its light. **Lumina awakens in Dragontopia**! Taking flight as Umbra's radiant counterpart and bringing a brilliant new force to the skies! With celestial power at her command and a bond that burns brightest beside her shadowed kin, Lumina adds a new layer of speed, strategy, and spectacle to the battle above the clouds! The full patch notes are available below, covering gameplay fixes, stability improvements, bug fixes, and post-launch adjustments following the release of Genesis Ascended Part 1 and ARK: Tides of Fortune. [Download in full resolution](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PSo8QVCf33bSQL2hqir_MDNT_p7BgknF?usp=drive_link) ##### Available now on (https://store.steampowered.com/app/4558490/ARK_Dragontopia/)! **Major version of Servers and Clients** **DLC: Dragontopia Day One Content Update** - **New Tameable Dragon** - Lumina - The shadow meets its light. Lumina awakens in Dragontopia. - **Umbra / Dragontopia Fixes** - Fixed several issues on Umbra's Dragonhorn - Fixed cases where Umbra's AI struggled to hit its target - Fixed an issue that caused Umbra to use abilities when using the Spyglass/Tek Binoculars while mounted - Fixed several Gamepad issues with Umbra - Fixed Umbra's Gamepad Sprint control on the HUD - Fixed Umbra appearing too low when displayed in a Display Case - Fixed Deep Diver milestone not progressing with Umbra - Fixed mindwipe not refunding Dragon Skill Points invested - Fixed Tracked Dragontopia Milestones all disappearing after completing one of them **General Fixes** - Fixed inability to craft Cryopods/Cryofridges in Genesis Mission Terminals - Fixed creatures getting stuck in Cryopods after starting the Gauntlet missions - Fixed rain on the Genesis Ocean biome not refilling water stat or containers - Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause foliage interaction not to work correctly on Genesis - Fixed inaccuracies of player location on the Genesis Map - Fixed an issue on Xbox where audio could be lost - Fixed an entitlement issue with paid Cosmetics - Fixed some missing Mission icons in the Mission UI - Adjusted various Genesis Outpost mission text - Fixed issues with HLNA's Ocean Teleports: NE, N, E, W teleporting to the same island - Fixed some localization issues with HLNA's reactions - Added some missing HLNA sound cues - Adjusted some of Tides of Fortune's Skill descriptions to be clearer - Adjusted scatter limits on dreadlocks hairstyle to make dye colors truer on dark hair - Increased Hand Cannon's damage by 300% - Fixed Hand Cannon having no water interaction when hitting a water surface - Adjusted Grapeshot ammo crafting requirements to be more reasonable - Fixed Corrosive Ship Cannonball not having an icon/name/description - Improved Bounty Board's map-specific creature whitelisting/blacklisting - Fixed Treasure Map Bottles being lumped with generic loot crates when using the Treasure Hunter skill - Prevented Bio-Grinder from working on mission creatures - Prevented Wisp of Industry skill being activated while seated - Fixed not being able to equip the Shovel when owning Tides of Fortune - Added the Tek Bunker to the Tek Replicator's inventory - Megachelon Shell can now be grinded for Chitin - Fixed Astrocetus not force-landing when flying above the Lost King's city in Lost Colony - Palaeoctopus - Improved Palaeoctopus attacks on low-performing servers - Increased melee swing radius on Palaeoctopus swipe attacks - Fixed an issue where Palaeoctopus would have weird targeting after being unclaimed - Bloodstalker - Fixed Bloodstalker not being cloneable - Fixed issue where Bloodstalker would correct its climbing location due to the climbing location being stuck inside terrain - Adjusted Gamepad controls for Bloo _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2399830/view/673998750553741604]_