Ark Survival Ascended Update 1.068.005 Brings Summer Bash 2025; Long List of Improvements
Ark’s Summer Bash 2025 event is now live, and this means new chibis, new skins and more to earn. Players will be prompted to download Ark Survival Ascended update 1.068.005 (or also known as version 68.5) on consoles and PC, that brings the event alongside a host of bug fixes and gameplay improvements.
Read on for the Ark Survial Ascended Summer Bash details for this year, as well as the official patch notes.
Ark Survival Ascended Summer Bash 2025
EVENT DATES
- Start: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
- End: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
EVENT RATES
- PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
- Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
- ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding
EVENT CREATURES
- Slidy ‘N Slippery Kairuku *new*
- Kill to get Popsicles to craft items from the event
EVENT CHIBIS
- Ammonite
- Cnidaria
- Manta
- Plesiosaur
- Straw Hat Otter
- Deal With It Dodo
EVENT ITEMS, STRUCTURES, AND RESOURCES
- Festive Dino Candy (Summer Swirl Taffy)
- Shark Jaw Trophy
- Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Coel
- Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Piranha
- Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Salmon
EVENT SKINS
- Gone Fishin Swimsuit Top *new*
- Gone Fishin Swimsuit Bottom *new*
- Gone Fishin shirt *new*
- Captain’s Hat *new*
- Fishing Top *new*
- Fishing Pants *new*
- Fishing Boots *new*
- Flower Crown Hat *new*
- Flower Bracelets Glove *new*
- Flower Anklets Boot *new*
- Fishing Chair *new*
- Tackle Box Small *new*
- Squirt Gun Auto Turret *new*
- Squirt Gun Heavy Auto Turret *new*
- Sportsman’s Speargun *new*
- Angler’s Fishing Rod *new*
- GoneFishing Swim Short skin *new*
- GoneFishing Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Alpha Raptor Swim Short Skin *new*
- Alpha Raptor Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Eel Swim Short Skin *new*
- Eel Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Floral Swim Short Skin *new*
- Floral Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Ichthy Isles Swim Short Skin *new*
- Ichthy Isles Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- T-Rex Swim Short Skin *new*
- T-Rex Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Giga Poop Swim Short Skin *new*
- Giga Poop Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Jellyfish Swim Short Skin *new*
- Jellyfish Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Fish Bite Swim Short Skin *new*
- Fish Bite Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Floaty Swim Short Skin *new*
- Floaty Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Crab Fest Swim Short Skin *new*
- Crab Fest Swim Bottom Skin *new*
- Alpha Raptor Swimsuit Top
- Alpha Raptor Swimsuit Bottom
- Floaty Swimsuit Top
- Floaty Swimsuit Bottom
- Giga Poop Swimsuit Top
- Giga Poop Swimsuit Bottom
- Eel Swimsuit Top
- Eel Swimsuit Bottom
- Jellyfish Swimsuit Top
- Jellyfish Swimsuit Bottom
- T-Rex Swimsuit Top
- T-Rex Swimsuit Bottom
- Floral Swimsuit Top
- Floral Swimsuit Bottom
- Crab Fest Swimsuit Top
- Crab Fest Swimsuit Bottom
- Fish Bite Swimsuit Top
- Fish Bite Swimsuit Bottom
- Ichthy Isles Swimsuit Top
- Ichthy Isles Swimsuit Bottom
- Inflatable Rex Costume
- Sunglasses
- Angler Hat
- Floppy Straw Summer Hat
- Bulbdog-Print Shirt
- Hoversail-Print Shirt
- Retro Glasses
- Cool Noglin-Print Shirt
- Ice Pop-Print Shirt
- Sea Life-Print Shirt
- Uncle Sam Hat
- Gasbags-Print Shirt
- Shadowmane Fishing-Print Shirt
- Pineapple Sunglasses
- Sun Visor
- Fireworks Hat
- Sarco Sandals
- Puka Shell Bracelet
- Shark Costume
- Grilling Spatula
- Fireworks Flaregun
- Torch Sparkler
- Fireworks Rocket Launcher
- Flying Disc
- Water Soaker
- Balloon Sword
- Balloon Axe
- Balloon Pick
- Water Pistol
- Dino Uncle Sam Hat
- Cooler
- BBQ Grill
EVENT EMOTES
- Sit *new*
- ThisBig! *new*
- Air Guitar
WILD DINO COLORS
- Yellow
- Light Yellow
- Cream
- Teal
- MediumTeal
- Turquoise
- LemonLime
- LeafGreen
- Jade
- Coral
- Peach
- Light Orange
- LightPink
- Light Red
- Dino Light Red
- Dino Albino
- White
- ActualBlack
HOW TO START SUMMER BASH (SINGLE-PLAYER/DEDICATED)
- From the Main Menu, select the mod tab.
- Search for Summer Bash in the ARK Mod list and Install it. Mod ID: 927091
- After it’s installed, go back to your game setup screen and select ‘Mod Settings’
- You will see Summer Bash and any other mods you’ve downloaded in ‘Available Mods’
- Select Summer Bash and activate it.
STARTING SUMMER BASH (UNOFFICIAL)
- If you would like to enable Summer Bash on your private servers, please add the mod ID to your server command-line launch arguments (-mods=modID). No other changes should be necessary to activate the event. Mod ID: 927091
Ark Survival Ascended Summer Bash 2025 Patch Notes via Update 1.068.005
v68.5 (Steam v68.5, PS5 v68.5, Xbox v68.5)- Major version for Servers and Clients – 07/02/2025
Summer Bash event is live! v15
- Mod ID: 927091
- Unofficial server owners can apply this to their servers by adding “-Mods=927091” into their commandline
Club Ark has received a Summer makeover! v198
- Added missing Love Ascended and Summer Bash cosmetics to the store
Gameplay Changes, Balance & QoL
- Phoenixes are now breedable.
- Note: Previously tamed Phoenixes in Single Player will automatically be updated to be male.
- Phoenix fire attack no longer damages mounted players
- Added an Auto-Run toggle, accessible on the Action wheel (R)
- Also added the option to keybind this in the settings
- Ankylosaurus, Doedicurus and Dunkleosteus have been given an extra option called “Harvest Only” which when enabled, will only harvest the resource selected
- This can even be toggled while mounted via the Action wheel (R)
- Ankylosaurus and Doedicurus will no longer stop Auto-Harvesting as long as they are grabbed, and currently, even when slot-capped
- Removed poker table from Bob’s Tall Tales and the Base Game Content to comply with ESRB rating requirements.
- Equipped armor durability is now displayed on the extended HUD (H)
- Added a “quick-select” feature for building, while you are placing a structure, pressing the “quick ping” keybind on a placed structure will swap to placing that structure if you have one available
- Quetzal movement speed has been increased by approximately 15%
- Spinosaurus health scaling has been increased by approximately 15%
- Mammoth health scaling has been increased by approximately 20%
- Brontosaurus health scaling has been increased by approximately 10%
- Pyromane’s Enflamed DoT duration has been reduced to 20 seconds (from 30)
- Fasolasuchus’ damage scaling has been increased by 20%
- Dreadmare’s damage scaling has been increased by 30%
- Basilisk’s damage scaling has been reduced by 20%
- Rhyniognatha’s saddle has been clamped to 74.5 on Official servers
- On PvP enabled servers, all buffs from the Tribe Tower have been doubled
- This can be further tweaked by unofficial servers using this config in the game.ini: TribeTowerBonusMultiplier=2.0
- On PvP enabled servers, weapons can no longer be equipped by mounted players on Megalania, Rock Drake and Ravagers
- Similarly to the Rhyniognatha weapon equipment restriction, unofficial servers can opt out by using the following config: IgnorePVPMountedWeaponryRestrictions=True
- Tesla Coil’s “Bright” mode has been reworked to apply a 99% slow instead of a stun, eliminating dismounts and flyer grounding
- Yi Ling’s can now use Titanoboa Venom as well as Nameless Venom to poison enhance feathers
- Yi Ling’s feather enhancements now last for 10 minutes, up from 5
- Yi Ling’s tamed damage scaling has been increased by approximately 15%
- Poison Wyvern damage scaling has been reduced by approximately 40%
- Dreadnoughtus HP scaling has been reduced by approximately 40%
- Dreadnoughtus’ Titan Slayer buff only activates when they are the only Dreadnoughtus nearby (100m)
- Wyvern Milk buff duration has been reduced to 2 minutes (from 3)
- Consuming Wyvern Milk now applies a 5 minute cooldown
- Does not apply to raising babies
- Torpor applied by Wooden Clubs and Equus/Unicorn should now penetrate armor more effectively, similarly to ASE
- Fixed most cases where projectiles could pass through the Tek Forcefield
- Lightning Wyvern’s breath no longer destroys armor durability, similarly to ASE
- Mek blueprints have been re-enabled in the Tinkering Desk, and like the other pseudo-creature blueprints, can only be tinkered with its own blueprints
- The beam attack from Meks wearing the Power Ranger’s Megazord costume has been reduced by approximately 20%
- Door structures no longer exert enemy foundation control
- Training Dummy placement limit has been reduced to 20 (from 150)
- Training Dummy can no longer be placed on platform saddles
- Telekinesis skill can now access tribe owned creature inventories
- Tek Bunker stack size reduced from 5 to 1
- Increased the chance of Heat Wave weather event on Scorched Earth
- Owners of a Template Hammer building template can now destroy it via the multiuse wheel
- Veilwyn friends now transfer harvested resources to the companion
- Veilwyn’s Tundra Power now also increases ranged damage
- Added Tek saddles to Drakeling’s Dragon Hoard Chest loot
- Adjusted Drakeling’s Dragon Hoard Chest to drop slightly less Tek items
- Drakeling’s no longer store XP for Gift of Knowledge when killing tamed creatures
Ragnarok Changes & Fixes
- Added Archelon, Gigantoraptor and Rhyniognatha spawns
- Added Blue Gems, Fungal Wood, Aggeravic Mushrooms and Auric Mushrooms
- Fixed Bison not respawning correctly
- Fixed temperature not rising during the day time
- Fixed Daytime Transition audio stinger not respecting audio sliders
- Fixed overly red morning and sunset events
- Fixed Dreadmare’s Dark Altar not working
- Fixed Pyromane being killed to the Jungle dungeon’s lava
- Fixed rafts getting stuck traversing parts of the ocean
- Reduced weather event frequency
- Fixed no snowfall during rain event within the snow biome
- Fixed missing rain VFX during electrical storms
- Extended the no-build radius outside of the labyrinth to prevent players blocking it
- Added missing crystal nodes
- Fixed some Palm fronds that were not pickupable
- Fixed incorrect sapling scale in Redwoods
- Fixed missing textures in the labyrinth
- Fixed cases where underwater clutter would appear on land
- Fixed the entire map appearing covered in snow after dying in the boss arena
- Fixed water appearing darker or brighter depending on camera angle
- Fixed several trees that were missing collision and could not be harvested
- Fixed several rocks missing collision
- Fixed several supply crates spawning in the mesh
- Fixed an issue that caused players to get teleported out of Saltveil’s lighthouse
- Fixed light showing through landscape at Hibber’s Summit
- Various visual tweaks
- Fixed various mesh holes
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed a case where changing settings in-game sometimes caused actors to appear invisible
- Fixed issues that caused structures to render on clients slower since 5.5
- Fixed some kill milestones cases where progression was not counting with some creature variants
- Fixed Cat dossier not unlocking
- Fixed Drakeling’s Dragon Hoard Key incorrectly requiring Bob’s Tall Tales to use
- Fixed Skills placed on the hotbar preventing server transfer
- Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect new milestones to appear when partially completing multiple branches
- Fixed Tracker skill highlighting low yield oil rocks in the ocean
- Fixed Veilwyn unable to be deployed on Aberration
- Fixed Veilwyn’s getting stuck when trying to harvest a corpse
- Fixed Display case not displaying cryopodded creatures
- Fixed Bison’s damaging thatch when mounted
- Fixed the Dark Tek cape appearing messed up after spinning your character around
- Fixed missing tooltip information on the inventory sort button
- Fixed various Armadoggo animation issues
- Fixed Armadoggo’s weight showing as 0 after a server restart
- Fixed lighting inside the Underworld Cave on The Center
- Fixed large rocks in the lava biome rendering out too quickly on The Center
- Fixed an issue that caused Shastasaurus to constantly turn around during taming
- Fixed Cat animations that caused its paws to stretch
- Fixed various Drakeling animation issues
- Fixed Drakeling inability to damage mounted creatures
- Fixed a visual issue when equipping a Drakeling
- Fixed Gift of the Season VFX appearing messed up on Reapers
- Added missing multi-use wheel icons for the Decor Box
- Fixed “Bury” option appearing on enemy Reapers
- Fixed Mek attachments not breaking once reaching 0 durability
- Fixed Tek Bunker foundation check being too large
- Fixed inability to quick access Tek Bunker inventory from its terminal
- Fixed inability to access a baby creature’s inventory when babyfying with the Makeshift MegaLab
- Fixed the scroll keybind not working for the minimap overlay
- Fixed Map tab being skipped when using the cycle tabs keybind with a gamepad
- Fixed cases where low foundations would prevent Template Hammer builds on rafts
- Fixed inability to continue building a template with Template Hammer after dying
- Fixed Template Hammer’s template descriptions getting cut off, and inability to scroll through structures required
- Template Hammer no longer creates a new entry if it is replacing one (of the same name)
- Fixed click-to-rotate not working on 3D explorer note preview when captions are displayed
- Fixed inability to delete the last death waypoint via the map
- Fixed Tek Suit’s radiation buff not applying correctly if the Tek Helmet was the last piece equipped
- Fixed Power Rangers Megazord Mek skin displaying the original Mek Sword/Pistol when equipped
- Fixed Power Rangers Dragonzord skin not animating attacks properly when equipped
- Fixed Power Rangers Green and White Ranger costume having a floating dagger underneath the wearer’s feet when equipped
- Fixed Power Rangers Ptero Zord skin having backward jet VFX when equipped
- Fixed invalid error message displaying when left clicking without a target with Tek Binoculars
- Fixed multiple exploits
As with any major Ark patch, we expect a few follow-up updates to be released to address any nagging issues this patch may cause.
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