Ark Update 1.067.019 Ushers in Ragnarok Ascended and Lost Colony Expansion Pass
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Studio Wildcard has one of the biggest (if not the biggest) update for Ark Survival Ascended live now on PC and consoles! Players will see this as Ark update 1.067.019, and this ushers in the Lost Colony Expansion Pass, and Ragnarok Ascended.
There is a lot to take in, so read on for the new content and information changes made with Rangarok Ascended, along with the accompanying trailers.
The official patch notes are available below, and this is a significant update compared to your usual updates.
Ark Survival Ascended Lost Colony Expansion Pass Now Live and Here’s What’s New
Enhance your journey from day-one with the Lost Colony Expansion Pass! Immediately gain access to these exclusive bonuses:
- Fantastic Tames: Drakelings – Adorable seasonal shoulder dragons that each offer unique passive buffs, controlled descents, and can be wielded for tactical breath attacks and ally support. Collect all four to unlock their full potential.
- Veilwyn Companion – A mystical creature with aura-based buffs for defense, offense, and speed. It will evolve into one of two powerful forms at full launch.
- Lost Skill Tree System – Gain early access to a new progression system with three distinct paths to specialize your Survivor: master of creatures, resourceful survivor, or seasoned explorer.
- Template Hammer – A revolutionary building tool that lets you save and replicate your structures as reusable templates.
- TEK Bunker – Expand your base underground with a fully deployable TEK environment.
- DarkTek Cosmetics – Don this striking fusion of gothic elegance and sci-fi technology, including armor component skins, sword skin, and Dark Drakeling skin
- ARK: Lost Colony (December 2025): Confront the demons of Arat Prime — birthplace of the ARKs — in this full expansion that will directly connect the storylines of ARK Extinction and Genesis, leading into the events of ARK 2.
ARK Survival Ascended Brings Ragarnok Ascended via Patch 1.067.019
v67 (Steam v67, PS5 67, Xbox v67)- Major version for Servers and Clients – 06/19/2025
Ragnarok Ascended is now live!
- Remastered all legacy Ragnarok creatures, items, structures and environment,
- New Tameable Creature: Bison,
- New Breedable Creature: Griffin,
- New Boss Fight: Nunatak,
Day 1 Lost Colony Expansion Pass Content Available Now!
New Fantastic Tame – Drakelings: Gain immediate access to the enchanting Drakelings, miniature dragons that serve as both a steadfast shoulder pet and a versatile tool. With four distinct seasonal variations, each offering unique passive benefits and the ability to be wielded for powerful attacks and tactical support for your allies!
New Companion – Veilwyn: This captivating companion dynamically enhances your adventures with its aura-based buffs for defense, offense, and speed! Unleash its active abilities to revitalize yourself and your creatures, or to empower your next decisive strike. Prepare for a game-changer: this creature can evolve into one of two formidable forms with the official release of Lost Colony, each unlocking entirely new and potent abilities!
New Weapon – Template Hammer: Revolutionize and simplify your base building with this essential tool! The Structure Template system allows you to select a portion of your existing base, save it as a reusable template, and then easily replicate that structure in other locations. Say goodbye to tedious repetition and hello to rapid base expansion and consistent design!
New Structure – TEK Bunker: The underground is now your battleground, as you can deploy the incredible new TEK Bunker to expand your base underneath the earth into a whole new playing-field.
New Cosmetics – DarkTek Cosmetics: Don this striking fusion of gothic elegance and sci-fi technology with a captivating bloodthirsty undertone, including armor component skins, sword skin, and Dark Drakeling skin.
New Player Skill Tree: Master a new style of progression with exclusive early access to a new skill system. Earn points by achieving Milestones – sets of achievements spanning all aspects of ARK gameplay – and invest them in skills across three distinct trees, allowing for deep specialization as a master of creatures, a seasoned explorer, or a resourceful survivor. Please note: This is just the first phase of the Player Skill Tree system. It will be significantly expanded for Full Release with additional Branches, Skills and Milestones.
Changes
- Drakelings have been added to Scorched Earth, Extinction, Ragnarok, Astraeos and The Center
- Veilwyns have been temporarily added to Aberration, Extinction, Ragnarok, Astraeos, and The Center
- Max Wild level is currently 100 on Official servers
- Veilwyns will be transferable to Lost Colony Official servers starting at the map’s launch
- Added a new sparkly material for Silica Pearls so they are easier to see underwater,
- Mammals and other non-egg layers now provide kibble from the BioGrinder,
- Artifact Pedestal can now also snap to Half pillars,
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a client crash when transferring between modded servers,
- Fixed an issue using ItemStackSizeMultiplier where it did not display the correct Armor/Weapon damage values on icons,
- Fixed Quarter Roof & Stair obstructing with Pillars and Beams,
- Fixed Animated Series cosmetics displaying the wrong colors,
- Fixed BioGrinder’s harvested resources not matching the creature’s harvest component,
- Fixed some egg layers not providing kibble from the BioGrinder,
- Fixed Maeguana only giving basic kibble from the BioGrinder,
- Fixed blood being red when grinding a different blood colored creature in the BioGrinder,
- Fixed creatures grinded in the BioGrinder popping out of existence when killed, they should now fade,
- Fixed various map issues on The Island, The Center, Extinction, Astraeos,
- Fixed some clipping and deforming issues with the Summer Bash Shark Costume,
- Fixed a visual issue with the Reaper Queen on medium/low graphics,
- Fixed inability to change name or description of a custom recipe with a gamepad,
- Fixed inability to toggle auto-crafting in the cooking pot when a note was inside,
- Fixed a visual issue with the parachute on low graphics,
- Fixed a visual issue when flying straight down while riding a Wyvern,
- Fixed an issue that caused baby Armadoggo to be unclaimable on server,
- Fixed several exploits,
- Fixed several client crashes,
- Fixed several server crashes,
- FPS DROP FIX on PC: We’ve introduced dynamic VRAM management to mitigate instances of memory buildup caused by changes in how memory is allocated in UE5.2 vs 5.5. This build up would lead to major FPS degradation that took a significant amount of time to recover. Our temporary system adapts internal rendering settings to improve stability and prevent the FPS drop. Cards with 8GB VRAM are operating close to the memory limit, and therefore will often have the new system turned on. When the low-VRAM circumstance is detected, this will result in a performance loss of about 15%, however this should prevent the ~90% FPS drop. This is a temporary workaround while we work on fundamentally resolving this issue, either by restoring the 5.2 behaviour or working with Epic to fix the underlying bug with the transient VRAM allocator.,
- Speculative Foliage Fix on PC: Harvested foliage would reappear on the client upon login or leaving caves, but not be harvestable. We’ll be looking to incorporate the fix on consoles in the coming days if there are no additional side effects.
Given the expansion and major update, expect a follow-up patch or two to be released to fix any issues that surface from this content drop.
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