DescriptionA next-gen open-world survival where you craft, build, and form tribes to tame, train, and breed dinosaurs while exploring massive maps and fighting or cooperating with other players.
GenreSurvival, Open World, Multiplayer, Dinosaurs, Base Building
DeveloperStudio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
v87.11 - Major version for Servers and Clients (v87.4) - 05/20/2026
Fantastic Tames Season 1: Burrowbuck is now live!
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...
v86 - Major version for Servers and Clients - 05/01/2026Gameplay Changes, Balance & QoL
On Lost Colony: Ruins of the Ascendant Cavern, Cavern of the Whispering Needle and Cavern of the Sapphire Cascades have had their entrances reduced in size
Note: These entrances were very open and easily accessible, particularly for larger creatures, so this change is intended to improve PvP viability and make them more defensible
Equipment Traits can now be upgraded in the Megalab:
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The simulation is stretching to its limits, and on July 2nd, the boundaries fracture completely. With the official arrival of Genesis Ascended Part 1 and ARK Tides of Fortune, the world transforms into a massive, uncharted nautical frontier.
Survivors will soon trade solid ground for rolling waves and physics-driven waters, charting courses across vast oceans in search of buried fortunes, custom fleets built to clash in explosive naval warfare, and the kind of high-seas trouble that only Bob could...
We're incredibly excited to get ARK: Genesis Ascended Part 1 and ARK Tides of Fortune into your hands, with all of the new features and gameplay systems that they add. To ensure the experience is where we want it to be across all platforms, we need a few extra days to complete final certification and apply the finishing touches ahead of launch.
As a result, ARK: Genesis Ascended Part 1 and ARK Tides of Fortune will now release on July 2, 2026.
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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.
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The Araneo has spun its way into a new era, and now another community-selected creature is stepping up for its turn in the TLC spotlight.
Thanks to your Extra Life vote, the Therizinosaurus is next in line.
Few creatures in ARK have earned a reputation quite like the Therizinosaurus. Equal parts fiber-farming machine, frontline menace, and feathery nightmare, the beloved Tickle Chicken has been a staple of survivor life for years. With this TLC, we’re looking to sharpen what already makes...
The tides are turning.
On June 25, Genesis Ascended Part 1 launches alongside Bob's True Tales: Tides of Fortune, ushering in a new age of seafaring adventure. Command your own sailing ship, engage in naval warfare, hunt for treasure, and carve out your legend across the ARKs' open waters. With new water physics, customizable vessels, and a vast ocean playground filled with islands, fortresses, and dangers to discover, life at sea is about to become an adventure all its own.
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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.
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