Summer Bash 2025
In ARK: Survival Ascended, the big summer update has begun. The Summer Bash 2025 brings beach vibes and colorful event content, while phoenixes can now be bred. Additionally, there are many practical improvements and creature balancing.
Summer Bash 2025 Brings Beach Vibes to the ARK
With the latest update, the annual in-game event "Summer Bash" kicks off. The ARK is transformed into a summer atmosphere – featuring colorful dinos, fun skins, special emotes, and seasonal decorations. Club Ark has also been visually updated to match the season. The event can be activated on both official and private servers and offers new content as well as familiar favorites from previous years.
Phoenixes Can Now Be Bred
A significant change concerns the phoenix – one of the rarest and most impressive creatures in ARK. This fire-shaped creature only appears during extreme heatwaves on Scorched Earth and has previously been considered difficult to tame. It is now possible to breed phoenixes and establish your own lines. In single-player worlds, already tamed phoenixes are automatically set to male.
Improvements in Controls and Resource Gathering
The quality of the player experience has been improved in several areas. There is now an auto-run feature that can be activated via the action wheel (key R) or through the settings – ideal for long distances without constantly holding the movement key.
Additionally, Ankylosaurus, Doedicurus, and Dunkleosteus have received a new option called "Harvest Only." This allows these animals to specifically gather a certain resource while ignoring everything else. The function can also be set while riding through the action wheel and remains active even when the inventory is full.
New HUD Display and Comprehensive Creature Adjustments
The expanded HUD (key H) now displays the durability of worn armor – a practical detail for those who need to react quickly in combat. Furthermore, many creatures have been buffed or nerfed: For example, Spinosaurus and Mammoth now have significantly more health points, while the damage of the Basilisk or Dreadnoughtus has been reduced. The complete list of all adjustments follows below.
Patch Notes Version 68.5 (07/02/2025)
Events
- Summer Bash 2025 is live (Mod-ID: 927091, activatable with -Mods=927091)
- Club Ark has been summer-themed
- Missing skins from Love Ascended and Summer Bash have been added to the shop
Creatures & Balancing
- Phoenixes can now be bred
- Phoenix fire no longer attacks mounted players
- New "Harvest Only" option for Ankylosaurus, Doedicurus, and Dunkleosteus
- Auto-harvesting of these animals works even with a full inventory
- Quetzal: Movement speed +15%
- Spinosaurus: Health scaling +15%
- Mammoth: Health +20%
- Brontosaurus: Health +10%
- Pyromaniac: DoT duration reduced (30 seconds to 20 seconds)
- Fasolasuchus: Damage +20%
- Dreadmare: Damage +30%
- Basilisk: Damage -20%
- Yi Ling: Damage +15%, poison feathers now last 10 minutes, Titanoboa venom can now also be used
- Poison Wyvern: Damage -40%
- Dreadnoughtus: Health points -40%, Titan Slayer only active when no other Dreadnoughtus are nearby (100 m)
- Wyvern milk buff now lasts 2 minutes, cooldown 5 minutes (does not apply to baby breeding)
- Weapons on Megalania, Rock Drake, and Ravager can no longer be used while riding (configurable workaround)
- Tesla Coil in "Bright" mode: Now slows down 99% instead of stunning
Comfort & Gameplay Flow
- Auto-run can be activated via action wheel or key binding
- Durability of worn armor visible in the expanded HUD
- Quick-select function when building: by "pinging" an object, the same can be placed directly
- Torpor from wooden clubs and Equus/Unicorn penetrates armor better
- Lightning Wyvern no longer destroys armor
- Mek beam in Power Ranger costume weakened by 20%
- Tek bunker stack size reduced from 5 to 1
- Door structures no longer block enemy foundations
- Tribe tower buffs on PvP servers doubled (configurable via Game.ini)
- Tek saddles now included in Drakeling chests
- Training dummy: Placement limited to 20, no longer usable on platform saddles
- Template hammer: Templates can now be deleted, several improvements in handling templates
Changes on Ragnarok
- New spawns: Archelon, Gigantoraptor, Rhyniognatha
- New resources: Blue Gems, Fungal Wood, Aggeravic and Auric Mushrooms
- Diverse fixes (including weather effects, non-respawning creatures, missing textures)
- Building ban around the labyrinth expanded
- Improved VFX for rain, snow, sunrise, and sunset
- Fixed several collisions, texture errors, and spawn issues
Bug Fixes (Selection)
- Visibility issues in game settings fixed
- Structure rendering problems since version 5.5 corrected
- Issues with skills, hotbar, inventories, baby breeding, and templates fixed
- Fixes for dossiers, animations, UI elements, and tooltips
- Fixed several exploits and inconsistencies with Tek, Mek, and Power Ranger items
