ARK: Survival Ascended/Patch/68.5

 ARK: Survival Ascended

68.5

Type

Major version

Availability

Client

Yes
Jun 19, 2025

Server

No

Chronology

Previous

67.0

Summer Bash & Club Ark

• Summer Bash event is live! v15
• Mod ID: 927091
• Unofficial server owners can apply this to their servers by adding "-Mods=927091" into their commandline
• Read more about it here
• Club Ark has received a Summer makeover! v198
• Added missing Love Ascended and Summer Bash cosmetics to the store

Gameplay Changes, Balance & QoL

•  Phoenixes are now breedable.
  • Note: Previously tamed Phoenixes in Single Player will automatically be updated to be male.
•  Phoenix fire attack no longer damages mounted players.
• Added an Auto-Run toggle, accessible on the Action wheel R.
• Also added the option to keybind this in the settings.
•  Ankylosaurus,  Doedicurus and  Dunkleosteus have been given an extra option called “Harvest Only” which when enabled, will only harvest the resource selected.
  • This can even be toggled while mounted via the Action wheel R.
•  Ankylosaurus and  Doedicurus will no longer stop Auto-Harvesting as long as they are grabbed, and currently, even when slot-capped.
• Removed  Poker Table from Bob’s Tall Tales and the Base Game Content to comply with ESRB rating requirements.
• Equipped armor durability is now displayed on the extended HUD H.
• Added a “quick-select” feature for building, while you are placing a structure, pressing the “quick ping” keybind on a placed structure will swap to placing that structure if you have one available.
• Quetzal movement speed has been increased by approximately 15%.
•  Spinosaurus health scaling has been increased by approximately 15%.
•  Mammoth health scaling has been increased by approximately 20%.
•  Brontosaurus health scaling has been increased by approximately 10%.
•  Pyromane’s Enflamed DoT duration has been reduced to 20 seconds (from 30).
•  Fasolasuchus’ damage scaling has been increased by 20%.
•  Dreadmare’s damage scaling has been increased by 30%.
•  Basilisk’s damage scaling has been reduced by 20%.
•  Rhyniognatha’s saddle has been clamped to 74.5 on Official servers.
• On PvP enabled servers, all buffs from the Tribe Tower have been doubled.
  • This can be further tweaked by unofficial servers using this config in the game.ini: TribeTowerBonusMultiplier=2.0.
• On PvP enabled servers, weapons can no longer be equipped by mounted players on  Megalania,  Rock Drake and  Ravagers.
  • Similarly to the Rhyniognatha weapon equipment restriction, unofficial servers can opt out by using the following config: IgnorePVPMountedWeaponryRestrictions=True.
•  Tesla Coil’s “Bright” mode has been reworked to apply a 99% slow instead of a stun, eliminating dismounts and flyer grounding.
•  Yi Ling’s can now use  Titanoboa Venom as well as  Nameless Venom to poison enhance feathers.
•  Yi Ling’s feather enhancements now last for 10 minutes, up from 5.
•  Yi Ling’s tamed damage scaling has been increased by approximately 15%.
•  Poison Wyvern damage scaling has been reduced by approximately 40%.
•  Dreadnoughtus HP scaling has been reduced by approximately 40%.
•  Dreadnoughtus’ Titan Slayer buff only activates when they are the only Dreadnoughtus nearby (100m).
•  Wyvern Milk buff duration has been reduced to 2 minutes (from 3).
• Consuming  Wyvern Milk now applies a 5 minute cooldown.
  • Does not apply to raising babies.
• Torpor applied by  Wooden Clubs and  Equus/ Unicorn should now penetrate armor more effectively, similarly to ASE.
• Fixed most cases where projectiles could pass through the  Tek Forcefield.
•  Lightning Wyvern’s breath no longer destroys armor durability, similarly to ASE.
•  Mek blueprints have been re-enabled in the  Tinkering Desk, and like the other pseudo-creature blueprints, can only be tinkered with its own blueprints.
• The beam attack from Meks wearing the Power Ranger’s Megazord costume has been reduced by approximately 20%.
• Door structures no longer exert enemy foundation control.
•  Training Dummy placement limit has been reduced to 20 (from 150).
•  Training Dummy can no longer be placed on platform saddles.
• Telekinesis skill can now access tribe owned creature inventories.
• File:Tek Bunker.png Tek Bunker stack size reduced from 5 to 1.
• Increased the chance of Heat Wave weather event on Scorched Earth.
• Owners of a Template Hammer building template can now destroy it via the multiuse wheel.
•  Veilwyn friends now transfer harvested resources to the companion.
•  Veilwyn’s Tundra Power now also increases ranged damage.
• Added Tek saddles to Drakeling’s File:Dragon Hoard Chest.png Dragon Hoard Chest loot.
• Adjusted Drakeling’s File:Dragon Hoard Chest.png Dragon Hoard Chest to drop slightly less Tek items.
•  Drakeling’s no longer store XP for Gift of Knowledge when killing tamed creatures.

Ragnarok Changes & Fixes

• Added  Archelon,  Gigantoraptor and  Rhyniognatha spawns.
• Added  Blue Gems,  Fungal Wood,  Aggeravic Mushrooms and  Auric Mushrooms.
• Fixed  Bison not respawning correctly.
• Fixed temperature not rising during the day time.
• Fixed Daytime Transition audio stinger not respecting audio sliders.
• Fixed overly red morning and sunset events.
• Fixed Dreadmare’s  Dark Altar not working.
• Fixed  Pyromane being killed to the Jungle dungeon’s lava.
• Fixed rafts getting stuck traversing parts of the ocean.
• Reduced weather event frequency.
• Fixed no snowfall during rain event within the snow biome.
• Fixed missing rain VFX during electrical storms.
• Extended the no-build radius outside of the labyrinth to prevent players blocking it.
• Added missing crystal nodes.
• Fixed some Palm fronds that were not pickupable.
• Fixed incorrect sapling scale in Redwoods.
• Fixed missing textures in the labyrinth.
• Fixed cases where underwater clutter would appear on land.
• Fixed the entire map appearing covered in snow after dying in the boss arena.
• Fixed water appearing darker or brighter depending on camera angle.
• Fixed several trees that were missing collision and could not be harvested.
• Fixed several rocks missing collision.
• Fixed several supply crates spawning in the mesh.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to get teleported out of Saltveil’s lighthouse.
• Fixed light showing through landscape at Hibber’s Summit.
• Various visual tweaks.
• Fixed various mesh holes.

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed a case where changing settings in-game sometimes caused actors to appear invisible.
• Fixed issues that caused structures to render on clients slower since 5.5
• Fixed some kill milestones cases where progression was not counting with some creature variants.
• Fixed  Cat dossier not unlocking.
• Fixed Drakeling’s File:Dragon Hoard Key.png Dragon Hoard Key incorrectly requiring Bob’s Tall Tales to use.
• Fixed Skills placed on the hotbar preventing server transfer.
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect new milestones to appear when partially completing multiple branches.
• Fixed Tracker skill highlighting low yield oil rocks in the ocean.
• Fixed  Veilwyn unable to be deployed on Aberration.
• Fixed  Veilwyn’s getting stuck when trying to harvest a corpse.
• Fixed Display case not displaying cryopodded creatures.
• Fixed  Bison’s damaging thatch when mounted.
• Fixed the Dark Tek cape appearing messed up after spinning your character around.
• Fixed missing tooltip information on the inventory sort button.
• Fixed various  Armadoggo animation issues.
• Fixed  Armadoggo’s weight showing as 0 after a server restart.
• Fixed lighting inside the Underworld Cave on The Center.
• Fixed large rocks in the lava biome rendering out too quickly on The Center.
• Fixed an issue that caused Shastasaurus to constantly turn around during taming.
• Fixed Cat animations that caused its paws to stretch.
• Fixed various Drakeling animation issues.
• Fixed Drakeling inability to damage mounted creatures.
• Fixed a visual issue when equipping a Drakeling.
• Fixed Gift of the Season VFX appearing messed up on Reapers.
• Added missing multi-use wheel icons for the Decor Box.
• Fixed “Bury” option appearing on enemy Reapers.
• Fixed Mek attachments not breaking once reaching 0 durability.
• Fixed Tek Bunker foundation check being too large.
• Fixed inability to quick access File:Tek Bunker.png Tek Bunker inventory from its terminal.
• Fixed inability to access a baby creature’s inventory when babyfying with the  Makeshift Megalab.
• Fixed the scroll keybind not working for the minimap overlay.
• Fixed Map tab being skipped when using the cycle tabs keybind with a gamepad.
• Fixed cases where low foundations would prevent Template Hammer builds on rafts.
• Fixed inability to continue building a template with Template Hammer after dying.
• Fixed Template Hammer’s template descriptions getting cut off, and inability to scroll through structures required.
• Template Hammer no longer creates a new entry if it is replacing one (of the same name).
• Fixed click-to-rotate not working on 3D explorer note preview when captions are displayed.
• Fixed inability to delete the last death waypoint via the map.
• Fixed Tek Suit’s radiation buff not applying correctly if the Tek Helmet was the last piece equipped.
• Fixed Power Rangers Megazord Mek skin displaying the original Mek Sword/Pistol when equipped.
• Fixed Power Rangers Dragonzord skin not animating attacks properly when equipped.
• Fixed Power Rangers Green and White Ranger costume having a floating dagger underneath the wearer’s feet when equipped.
• Fixed Power Rangers Ptero Zord skin having backward jet VFX when equipped.
• Fixed invalid error message displaying when left clicking without a target with  Tek Binoculars.
• Fixed multiple exploits.