ARK: Survival Ascended

🔧 Bug Fixes

• 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.

✨ New Features

• On[b] [color=#2ecc71]June 25[/color][/b], [color=#2ecc71][b]Genesis Ascended Part 1[/b][/color] launches alongside [color=#2ecc71][b]Bob's True Tales: Tides of Fortune[/b][/color], ushering in a new age of seafaring adventure. Command your own sailing ship, engage in naval warfare, hunt for treasure
• But not every new arrival is here to sink your ship.
• 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
• We still intend to provide capacity at launches as much as possible to meet the higher need during those periods.
• Everything you need to know about the new Araneo!

🔧 Bug Fixes

• 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.

✨ New Features

• This week brought plenty of new life to ARK Survival Ascended!
• This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Tidepup, the next creature arriving with [color=#6699ff][b]Bob’s True Tales: Tides of Fortune[/b][/color] when [color=#6699ff][b]Genesis Ascended Part 1[/b][/color] launches on [color=#3498db][b]June 25[/b][/color].
• 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.
• 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 ac
• 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

✨ New Features

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• 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
• 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!

🔧 Bug Fixes

• 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.

✨ New Features

• Next Tuesday, expand your exotic menagerie with the launch of [color=#3498db][b]Fantastic Tames Season 1[/b][/color]! These extraordinary oddities are forged from the ARK’s most mystical anomalies, bringing a wondrous new array of tactical abilities to your tribe.
• With the pack officially launching next week, we are also thrilled to give you your very first look at the next two mythical anomalies joining the lineup later this year:
• As a bonus dropping right alongside the Burrowbuck in next Tuesday's update, a classic creepy resident is also getting an upgrade: the community-voted Araneo TLC officially crawls onto the scene with a completely terrifying new overhaul!
• 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
• We still intend to provide capacity at launches as much as possible to meet the higher need during those periods.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• 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.

✨ New Features

• 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 [color=#3498db][b]May 19[/b][/color] as the first release in our upcoming [color=#3498db][b]Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack ($9.99)[/b][/color
• 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 ac
• 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
• We still intend to provide capacity at launches as much as possible to meet the higher need during those periods.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• *]Fixed cases where Milestones could become stuck in a completed state
• *]Fixed cases where Milestone cosmetics would not remain unlocked
• *]Fixed an issue causing server transfers to fail after auto-dropping incompatible items
• *]Fixed an issue causing player profile data to bloat during server transfers
• *]Reduced the client stall when loading into a Lost Colony Outpost for the first time

✨ New Features

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• We’re kicking off the series of community-voted creature TLCs on [color=#3498db][b]May 19th[/b][/color], starting with the [color=#3498db][b]Araneo[/b][/color]. This first update gives one of ARK’s classic creepy crawlies some long-overdue attention, turning it into a vertical threat that dominates
• The [color=#3498db][b]Burrowbuck[/b][/color] will also make its debut alongside this update as the first of three creatures in the Fantastic Tames: Season 1 pack, with the remaining two set to arrive throughout 2026. It makes for a creature-heavy start to the next stretch of updates, and we’re excit

⚖️ Balance Changes

• Just as importantly, existing content, systems, and long-standing issues are still very much in our sights, and this update continues that work. We’re committed to refining and improving the live game alongside new content, with more fixes and improvements planned as we move forward.
• We’re also looking ahead with a refreshed roadmap for the rest of the year, giving you a clearer picture of what’s coming next.
• But before we dive into all of that…

✨ New Features

• Making a splash this summer with Bob’s True Tales: Tides of Fortune, the Tidepup is set to shake up the dynamics of Genesis 1 in a big way. Whether it stays perched on your shoulder or grows into something much larger, this curious companion brings a new kind of support to survival.

⚖️ Balance Changes

• But there’s something unusual in the way it grows. Time spent at your side shapes it, and it seems to learn the most in the moments where you’re under pressure. Not every Tidepup ends up the same, and not every path forward can be undone because the choices you make and the moments you rely on it le
• And when it finally falters, that’s not quite the end. Where others fall, the Tidepup retreats, slipping into a dormant state only to return reformed… as if the line between defeat and survival was always a little blurred.
• Raise it well, and you shape what it becomes. Push it too far, and you might set it back. Either way, this is one companion that's always evolving.

✨ New Features

• A tame Burrowbuck will let you into its surprisingly spacious hidey-holes. While useful as a temporary bunker, its warrens will soon collapse without regular maintenance. You’ll also be rewarded with a handy new travel-network that affords swift movement from entrance to exit... provided a traveler
• 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 ac

⚖️ Balance Changes

• As part of these changes, several cave entrances will be adjusted. We’ll list out the affected locations and coordinates below so you can check your spots ahead of time.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• During this window, we received a number of reports relating to missing characters, items, and creatures. In many cases, these were not lost, but instead remained on the server the transfer originated from or within the ARK upload.
• If you believe you were affected, we recommend double-checking your previous server and your upload to locate your character or items. If your character is still missing after doing so, please submit a restoration request via the [url=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBP98Jn-AW2gsSWvqrS2Wyk
• We appreciate the reports and patience while we worked through this.
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✨ New Features

• Once dismissed as too small to serve as a proper mount, the Araneo is spinning a different story this time around. New saddle designs open up a surprisingly versatile role for those willing to think a little differently. With improved mobility and a new perspective from above, it is stepping into a

⚖️ Balance Changes

• As part of these changes, several cave entrances will be adjusted. We’ll list out the affected locations and coordinates below so you can check your spots ahead of time.

✨ New Features

• The [color=#66ffff][b]Burrowbuck [/b][/color]will be available on day one as the first release in our upcoming [color=#66ffff][b]Fantastic Tames Season 1 pack ($9.99)[/b][/color]. At launch, we’ll also reveal the designs for the two remaining creatures, which will roll out to pack owners as they’re
• 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 ac

✨ New Features

• Whether you’ve got a green thumb or just like collecting what you find along the way, there’s something new waiting for you this time around.
• *]Flovis [color=#ffff99][b]*new*[/b][/color]
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• *]Armor: Garden Pants Skin [color=#ffff99][b]*new*[/b][/color]
• *]Armor: Garden Shirt Skin [color=#ffff99][b]*new*[/b][/color]

🔧 Bug Fixes

• The Araneo is evolving into something far more dangerous. No longer content to skitter at ground level, these overgrown spiders have begun claiming the high ground, using web-lines to traverse elevated terrain and drop down on unsuspecting prey with unnerving precision.

✨ New Features

• Lately I’ve noticed a kind of breakthrough evolution in the local population of Araneomorphus. Broodmother's ‘children’ have suddenly exploded in number, and they've also begun using their amazing amalgam of arachnidial abilities in alarming new ways.

✨ New Features

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• The [color=#f39c12][b]Acrocanthosaurus[/b][/color] is stomping onto the scene as a brutal frontline powerhouse. Built for the thick of battle, this massive carnivore truly shines when the fight turns against it. The longer the fight goes, the more fearsome it becomes, turning injuries into momentum
• But it is not just a savage attacker. The Acrocanthosaurus has a defensive edge that makes it especially formidable in a survivor’s hands, able to hold the line, draw attention, and weather the chaos head-on.

✨ New Features

• This fearsome creature is based on a concept by DragonHeart, creator of the Arkology: Overseer’s Experiments mod, and it’s bringing a whole new kind of heat to Astraeos.
• Please note that [color=#3498db][b]these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 9[/b][/color], so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
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🔧 Bug Fixes

• Following the recent Major Version update, we began encountering a series of corruption-related crashes across the Official Network. While the patch introduced a significant amount of new content, this issue was not specific to Astraeos. The release simply exposed something that was already lurking

✨ New Features

• Beneath the waves, something new is lurking…
• Arriving later this year in Genesis Part 1, the latest community-voted creature brings a new kind of intelligence to the depths.
• Please note that [color=#3498db][b]these servers will no longer exist after 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on March 9[/b][/color], so if you intend to use them, remember to transfer your items/creatures/characters off before that date, as nothing will be saved beyond that time period.
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⚖️ Balance Changes

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• We will hold on running the EVO event while we continue stability monitoring. If servers remain stable during that window, we’ll kick off a week-long EVO event running through Monday the 9th.
• We know downtime on this scale is disruptive, and we appreciate the patience while we worked through this properly. Our goal was not just to bring the network back, but to bring it back stable.