Ark Survival Evolved Servers Down Jan. 18 (Update)

by James Lara January 18, 2022 10:04 pm in News
Ark: Survival Evolved Update 2.97

Following the release of the latest 2.73 update, it would appear that the Ark Survival Evolved servers are down. If you are having log-in issues after downloading the latest Ark Survival Evolved update 2.73, fret not as Studio Wildcard has confirmed that they are experiencing some server issues via Discord channel.

Ark Survival Evolved Servers Down Jan. 18 – Jan. 19 Report:

Update #2 (1/19/5AM ET): Studio Wildcard has announced that PlayStation servers are back online! Slay on!

Update (1/19/2022 at 3AM ET): Studio Wildcard’s latest update says they’re still investigating PSN servers: 

We’re doing some troubleshooting in regards to deploying the servers, shouldn’t take too long(tm) – hang in there folks

They said in a channel update. Hopefully Ark Survival Evolved servers aren’t down too long so you can all go back and enjoy playing. We wil be sure to update this post once Studio Wildcard has confirmed servers are up.

In the meantime, for those interested, the latest patch notes can be found below:

  • Fixed an issue that caused graphical issues with dino and items
  • Fixed several exploits
  • Fixed some holes in lost island
  • Fixed several crashes
  • Addressed some overspawning issues on lostisland
  • Can no longer place dermis of creatures in taxidermy/training dummy if that creature is not transferrable to a given map
  • Fix loot crate spawns of Massive/Devious artifacts
  • Fix for fertilized voidwyvern eggs not decaying
  • Reduced fog while underwater
  • Fixed some clutter & foliage
  • Adjustments & fixes to Amargasaurus
  • Fixes to Sinomacrops
  • Adjusted respawn map and global LAT/LON coords to be more accurate on Lost Island
  • Fixed large beaver dams being invisible for some clients on Lost Island
  • Fixed an issue where some dinos were marked as not tameable in caves on Lost Island
  • Several Lost Island client memory improvements

Stay tuned for status updates on those servers!

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A gamer at heart, James has been working for MP1st for the last decade to do exactly what he loves, writing about video games and having fun doing it. Growing up in the 90's gaming has been in his DNA since the days of NES. One day he hopes to develop his own game.