Ark Survival Ascended New Update 1.070.003 Improves Downloads of Cosmetics
Studio Wildcard has released a minor update for Ark Survival Ascended today on all platforms, and this is both via server-side and client-side. Console gamers will see it appear as Ark Survival Ascended update 1.070.003, and this should be a small download.
Chief among the fixes is an exploit, as well as improving downloads of large cosmetic mods.
Read on for the recent changes made to the survival game.
Ark Survival Ascended’s New Update on Aug. 22 Plugs an Exploit
Here’s what Studio Wildcard shared as the latest changes made (via the official Ark Discord):
v69.25 – Minor version for Servers and Xbox and PS5 Clients – 08/22/2025
- Server Patch Notes:
- Fixed an Exploit
- Client Patch Notes:
- Improved dynamic download speed of larger cosmetic mods.
There was also a patch released earlier this month, which include the following changes:
v69.24 – Minor version for Servers and Clients (v69.23) – 08/13/2025
- Fixed some crafting stations not working after using clipboard and hammer template to place.
- Fix for Rope ladder affecting turret line of sight.
- Fixed issues with equipping cosmetics on dinos that are overweight.
- Fixed an issue with Reaper Queen impregnation.
- Fixed an issue where knocking out a dino on a raft would cause them to teleport back to that spot once tamed.
- Temporarily prevented transfer if a tame is in companion mode while we work on the fix with high priority.
- Fixed an exploit
Once another patch is released, we’ll have it up on MP1st.
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