Ark Survival Ascended New Update on Aug. 29 Adds the Helicoprion via Patch 1.071.006
Studio Wildcard has released the latest major update for Ark Survival Ascended and this adds the Helicoprion! Aside from the new content, this also adds a host of new gameplay fixes, and even map issues are sorted out.
PS5 players will see it as Ark Survival Ascended update 1.071.006, while PC and Xbox Series X|S gamers will see this as v71.5, and all three platforms have the changelog.
For the complete patch notes, head on below.
Ark Survival Ascended Helicoprion Now Out via Patch 1.071.006/71.5
v71.6 – (Steam v71.5, Xbox v71.5, PS5 v71.6) – Major version for Servers and Clients – 08/29/2025
New Creature: Helicoprion
- A prehistoric predator makes its debut! Survivors can now encounter and tame Garuga123’s ARK Additions buzz-saw-jawed Helicoprion.
Armadoggo Rucksack
- Temporarily disabled the Keep Inventory functionality while we continue to work on a bug.
Map Fixes
- Fixed Ragnarok’s puzzle door not correctly showing its open/close state.
- Fixed Ragnarok Lab’s puzzle cave not always killing dinos in the sacrifice pit as intended.
- Fixed a mesh flickering issue on Extinction at night.
- [Xbox] Fixed texture flickering in the Sludge Basin on Extinction.
General Fixes
- Fixed a stutter when riding as a passenger on a Managarmr.
- Fixed a stutter with the Shastasaurus swim animation.
- Fixed a case where companions could be deleted if whistled at the moment they died.
- Potential fix for shoulder pets randomly dying whilst on a character’s shoulder.
- Cleaned up numerous baby dino death animations.
- Tek Bunker:
- Modules can now be painted.
- Fixed central modules having unintended collision.
- Fixed auto-locked structures on PvE not locking correctly when placed via templates.
- Fixed some snapping issues with the Shallow Sloped Wall Railing.
- Prevented rope ladders from being placed directly on the ground.
- Fixed teleporting when dismounting a Battlerig on non-dedicated servers.
- Fixed foliage sometimes remaining visible after being harvested.
- Boss minions no longer count towards milestones.
- Milestones no longer progress while in Club Ark.
- Fixed not being able to turn off frame generation on AMD GPU systems.
- Fixed several icon issues.
- Fixed multiple crashes.
- Fixed an exploit.
Given Studio Wildcard’s history with major updates, expect a hotfix or two to be released soon. Once the studio releases one, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
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