Ark Survival Ascended Latest Update 1.071.011 Reduces Megalodon Spawns and More
Following the release of the Helicoprion a week ago, Studio Wildcard has released multiple hotfixes to address various issues that have surfaced since the content drop.
That continues today, as the developers have pushed out Ark Survival Ascended update 1.071.011 (PC 71.11), and this plugs an exploit, and reduces the Megalodon spawns for client-side too.
Read on for the complete patch notes for today’s hotfix.
Ark Survival Ascended Update on September 5 Delivers Fixes via Patch 1.071.011
v71.13 – Minor version for Servers and Clients (v71.11) – 09/05/2025
- Reduced Megalodon spawns also for Clients.
- Fixed Babyfy in the Megalab.
- Fixed Freemium mods sometimes not registering as owned if you don’t visit the mod browser.
- Fixed several server crashes.
- Fixed an exploit.
There was also a minor patch rolled out for the Xbox version a few days ago:
v71.8 – Minor version for Xbox Clients – 09/02/2025
- Fixed the grass not rendering in correctly sometimes.
- Updated Helicoprion’s dossier.
- Small optimization in the Engrams menu.
Expect more patches to be released in the coming weeks and months, as Studio Wildcard has been very active in rolling out updates to address any bugs. If one is pushed out, expect it here on MP1st.
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