ARK: Survival Ascended

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Description A 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.
Genre Survival, Open World, Multiplayer, Dinosaurs, Base Building
Developer Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Publisher Studio Wildcard, Snail Games USA
Release Date Oct 26, 2023

Latest updates

PatchBot BOT 3 weeks ago

Client v87.4 (Updated: 05/20/2026)

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...

PatchBot BOT 1 month ago

Client v86.11 (Updated: 05/01/2026)

v86 - Major version for Servers and Clients - 05/01/2026 Gameplay 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: ...

PatchBot BOT 2 months ago

Client v85.28 (Updated: 04/01/2026)

v85 - Major version for Servers and Clients - 04/01/2026 Eggcellent Event is now active!

New Eggcellent Adventure Content
- New Event Creature: Flovis
  - If you can catch them, they may drop Flovis Seeds… surely these grow something useful?
- New Emotes:
  - Sunbathing
  - Watering Can
    - Might come in handy when dealing with Flovis seeds…
- Weapon Cosmetics:
  - Trowel Skin (Axe)
  - Hand Rake Skin (Sickle)
  - Hand Hoe (Pickaxe)
  - Rake (Pike) ...

PatchBot BOT 2 months ago

Client v85 - Server: v85 (Updated: 04/01/2026)

v85 - Major version for Servers and Clients - 04/01/2026 Eggcellent Event is now active!

New Eggcellent Adventure Content
- New Event Creature: Flovis
  - If you can catch them, they may drop Flovis Seeds… surely these grow something useful?
- New Emotes:
  - Sunbathing
  - Watering Can
    - Might come in handy when dealing with Flovis seeds…
- Weapon Cosmetics:
  - Trowel Skin (Axe)
  - Hand Rake Skin (Sickle)
  - Hand Hoe (Pickaxe)
  - Rake (Pike) ...

PatchBot BOT 3 months ago

Client v84.4 - Server: v84.5 (Updated: 03/06/2026)

v84.5 - Major version for Servers and Clients (v84.4) - 03/06/2026

PatchBot BOT 3 months ago

Client v81.6 - Server: v83.25 (Updated: 03/05/2026)

v79.7 - Minor version for Servers and Clients (v79.9) - 02/10/2026

Fixed a crash that could happen when launching the game if your saved game had active Outpost Missions.
Unofficial: If your Lost Colony server was stuck in a loop where the game kept crashing on startup, this patch should resolve it.

PatchBot BOT 1 day ago

Community Crunch 511: Tidepup Reveal

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. ...

PatchBot BOT 1 week ago

Community Crunch 510: Rise of the Tickle Chicken

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, weâ€™re looking to sharpen what already makes...

PatchBot BOT 2 weeks ago

Community Crunch 509: A Kraken Good Time

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. ...

PatchBot BOT 3 weeks ago

Community Crunch 508: Side by Tide

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. ...

PatchBot BOT 4 weeks ago

Community Crunch 507: Tunnel, Tear, and Transform!

Next Tuesday, expand your exotic menagerie with the launch of Fantastic Tames Season 1! These extraordinary oddities are forged from the ARK’s most mystical anomalies, bringing a wondrous new array of tactical abilities to your tribe. Bounding onto the scene first is the Burrowbuck, an adorable, clever, and aggressively skittish fluffball that serves as a master of guerrilla warfare. Cunning Survivors can use the Burrowbuck to carve out hidden, bunker-like underground dens, open temporary...

PatchBot BOT 1 month ago

Community Crunch 506: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

We’ve teased the legends and shared the data, but today we’re finally pulling the Burrowbuck out of the hat. Once you’ve earned its trust, and finished wiping the dirt out of your eyes, the map becomes your playground. Need a quick exit? Dig in. Being trailed by something bigger, meaner, and very committed to the chase? Lead it toward a false entrance and let the terrain do the heavy lifting while you pop up somewhere far safer. ...

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