We wanted to begin tonight’s post with a thank you to all community members who joined our developer live stream today. We hope to be able to continue providing updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.

In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will look to continue streaming live this week!

• The plan for these streams is to review the updates from the latest efforts, preview upcoming fixes and answer player/community questions.

• Current plan is to have live streams every day this week, Tuesday until Friday, (07/22 - 07/25)

• Stream timing will also remain the same at 2PM PST

• Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell

• We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

• Fixed Takifugu textures when inflated.

• Addressed a few issues causing server instability

• Fixed not being able to feed wild Mantis Shrimp a second time while taming.

• Fixed not being able to feed wild Kathreptis a second time while taming. 

• Fixed Tridacna taming issues, should now be tamable in PvE.

• Made several improvements to the Vulcanithys boss encounter.

• Fixed Kibble Mash not being craftable in player inventory.

• Lighting Optimization and Level Streaming Optimization done to address low FPS performance.

• Broadcast system for this update and moving forward.

  • Warnings every minute starting at 15 minutes before server shut down

• Players falling off the map when crossing big pools of lava.

• Water Vehicle Updates in general.

  • Skiffs disappearing between updates.

  • Rafts/motorboats shooting players into the air.

  • Stinger issues (placement issues, missile issues, etc.).

• Ocean platforms placement issue.

• Hydrosphere issues.

• Vulcanithys fight update.

• Addressing more gaps and mesh holes across the map/level.

• Boss battle music fix.

Look forward to more updates soon as we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live stream

• The plan for this stream is to review the updates from last week’s efforts, preview upcoming fixes and answer player/community questions.

• The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday

• Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell

Rest assured, we are working on a larger scale update for the ARK: Aquatica DLC, we hope to be able to provide a pre-patch notes announcement later today.

• We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

The “preaquatica” beta branch is still live and will remain available until further notice.

To navigate to the the “preaquatica” branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

We are continuing to make posts through the weekend to continue to provide transparency regarding issues reported through the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed.

• We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

To continue to remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Takifugu textures disappearing when Takifugu takes damage

• Angler boss death animation

• Mantis Shrimp taming issues

• Kathreptis taming issues

• Crash fixes in relation to current official server instability, in the meantime, an automatic restart solution has been implemented.

• Tridachna fix to enable taming in PvE

• Kibble mash not craftable in inventory

• Cymathoa taking damage from rocket launcher

• Incorrect icon in taming tracker

• Vulcanithys fight updates

• Character bugs out when using the Tek Trident after spawning in single player (GCM).

• Low FPS/Low performance issues

• Raft/Motorboat issue: When picking up a foundation from the motorboat while on it you are teleported to the centre of the map

• Bug that causes characters to disappear when moving servers between clusters.

• Stinger ship issues

• Level holes in large pools of lava

• Water beacon issue requiring reactivation

• Hydrosphere issues

• Skiff loss issues per update, we ask that players do not craft Skiffs during this time until this can be addressed.

• Transferred DLC dinos issue, losing references and vanish or become undeployable when loaded on non-native maps

• Missing Linux Binaries on v360.1

A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live stream

• The focus of this stream would be to showcase the fixes made in the game client

• The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday

• Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #「📩」support  channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

We are continuing to make posts through the weekend to continue to provide transparency regarding issues reported through the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed.

• We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

To continue to remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Low performance/FPS fixes are in progress and are being tested to be pushed onto the live A.S.E. branch (v360.1).

• Game Engine Issue on A.S.E. branch (v360.1)

• Boss Engram Rewards issue, where engrams requiring boss eliminations to unlock are not being rewarded.

• Tame Specific issues

• Issue identified with missing tames when logging off, with no tribe logs showing what happened to specific tames

• Hydrosphere visual and function issues

• Skiff despawn issue after every update pushed to v360.1, we ask that players pause production of Skiffs until this can be addressed.

• More mesh holes to be addressed

• Continuing the search for killboxes/instadeath locations/objects

A member of the Studio Sirens Development team will be doing a live stream

• The focus of this stream would be to showcase the fixes made in the game client

• The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday

• Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #「📩」support  channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

As we continue to post updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord.

• We are looking into issues that relate to shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

To continue to remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Low performance/FPS fixes continue to be in progress, we hope to be able to post more progress into the weekend.

• Fixing broadcast issues for pushing server updates, this way updates/server downtime can be announced in-game to give prior notification to players in-game.

• Dino taming issues related to:

  • Mantis Shrimp

  • Kathreptis

• Boss combat music issues

• Pygocentrus boss issue, we have logged instances where eliminating the boss from a far distance can put users out of range for rewards, as some users obtained engrams as rewards and some have not.

• Other boss issues pertaining to boss engram rewards

• Continuing to search for mesh holes/gaps in the level

• Continuing to search for killboxes and instadeath locations.

• The focus of this stream would be to showcase the fixes made in the game client

• The stream will go live at 2:00 PM PST, 07/21 Monday

• Stream link: https://twitch.tv/Z_Swell

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

This post and continued posts will be bringing more updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being addressed.

• We are looking into issues that relate shader issues built into the engine

• We have been able to identify content that was pushed to the base game that may be conflicting with mods

To continue to remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Yesterday's patch is live now for the dedicated server, players on unofficial servers should be able to return to their servers now on the “preaquatica” branch.

• Low performance/FPS fixes are in progress, continued scope below

  • Fixing performance on environmental hazards.

  • Fixing an issue where cyclones are spawning in abnormal conditions.

  • Fixing an issue where assets are loaded at incorrect distances, meaning some foliage is loading when it is out of view distance and this will be addressed.

  • Organization of the level and level streaming is being looked into for optimization.

  • More issues have been identified and will continue to be announced for transparency.

• Boss Fight Engram issue where engrams aren’t rewarded have been identified. There remains a possibility that the boss engrams, unlocked by creative mode, may interfere with these engrams being rewarded. (Please provide evidence of this issue so that the team can isolate this issue via # 「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord)

• More Boss fight issues have been identified and are being addressed

• Fixed issue of players playing the Aquatica map without purchasing the Aquatica DLC

• Fixed an issue where wall eel trap animation loops endlessly. This animation has been replaced.

This update will require a minor server downtime of 1 hour to official ARK: Aquatica servers. Servers with the highest population will be prioritized. This update will be pushed starting:

8:00 PM UTC
4:00 AM CST
1:00 PM PST
4:00 PM EST

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

This post and continued posts will be bringing more updates and some outlook into the issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved.

To remind everyone of the current solution, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Addressing more holes in the level/map.

• Low performance/FPS fixes are in progress for tomorrow (7/18).

• Fixing performance on environmental hazards.

• Fixing an issue where wall eel trap animation loops endlessly.

• Fixing an issue where cyclones are spawning in abnormal conditions.

• Fixing an issue where assets are loaded at incorrect distances, meaning some foliage is loading when it is out of view distance and this will be addressed.

• Fixing an issue with LODs (Level of detail).

The team is dedicated to tackling the performance issues at hand with the Aquatica DLC, we hope to have fixes trickle out to address performance in waves.

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

We remain dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come and to continue to make announcements on our progress.

This morning, we are bringing more updates to issues revolving around the Aquatica DLC as well as issues in ARK: Survival Evolved.

In the meantime, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch: 

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

• Added Pearl Vacuum Compartment (Moonpool) to Smithy crafting inventories

• Added Stinger to Fabricator crafting inventories

• Fixed Pygocentrus boss fight going straight to cinematic and credits once entering the arena

• Fixed Pygocentrus health bar not being visible

• Fixed players and dinos getting killed in random locations/bounds. If new locations are causing instant death to players and dinos, please report them into the proper thread in the "「❗」bug-reports" channel on the Official Aquatica Discord

• Fixed collision issues in the Fractalis arena

• Adjusted Dino Spawners in Shallows

• Fixed missing textures in foliage

• Filled in holes in the level

The team is also dedicated to tackling the performance issues at hand with the Aquatica DLC, we hope to have fixes trickle out to address performance in waves.

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

We have some progress updates to report surrounding ARK: Survival Evolved and the ARK: Aquatica DLC.

As of yesterday evening, the team was able to push a pre-aquatica release version of A.S.E. This allowed people to return and play a version of the game before the launch of ARK: Aquatica and progress has and will continue to be made to address lingering issues.

The branch is called "preaquatica". To navigate to the branch:

• Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library

• Click Properties

• Betas

• Beta participation

• Opt into "preaquatica" branch

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers now.

Today, an update was uploaded to the "preaquatica" branch:

• The ability to play all other officially released DLC maps has been restored.

• Progress on recovering the ability to load mods on the latest version of A.S.E. will be coming very soon. Currently a top priority.

• We have identified an issue with the game engine; a fix is in the works to address mods from instantly crashing.

Other issues that are being targeted for an update later today:

• Linux Server packaged binaries missing.

• Fixed an issue with Official Small Tribe servers for the ARK: Aquatica map.

• Bounds of maps/objects causing people to be killed instantly.

We will continue to provide updates daily on issues as solutions are identified. 

This is an outreach for all ARK: Survival Evolved Mod creators. We would love to get in touch with you all as we are actively tracking the mods that will need updates as a community. Please contact the team via the ticket system in the #support channel on the Official ARK Aquatica Discord.

Look forward to more updates soon, we are dedicated to making sure that fixes continue to come.

We wanted to make this announcement today to apologize for the issues currently affecting both ARK: Survival Evolved as well as the ARK: Aquatica DLC.

We have enabled a public branch of the game that was the previous build before the update at launch (7/15). Players will be able to opt into that branch and continue to play A.S.E. pre-Aquatica release

The branch is called "preaquatica", in order to navigate to the branch:

Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library -> Click Properties -> Betas -> Beta participation -> "preaquatica"

The branch is available for clients and dedicated servers. We will be working on fixing mods in the main branch in the coming days. If you are unable to see this branch, please restart/exit Steam.

Even if you have purchased Aquatica, you can use the branch to get back to the mods while we update!

If you haven’t purchased Aquatica yet, you can now launch the pre-Aquatica version to play with your existing mods.

Take advantage of the introductory Aquatica discount in the meantime — you can buy it now and play later once fixes have been made.