Wildcard Community StudioWildcard Posted July 18 Wildcard Community Posted July 18 🌴 Summer Bash is back from July 17 through August 5! 🌴 Suit up for some fun in the sun with a fresh wave of summer cosmetics. Dive into the deep end, slip into something shark-shaped, add a touch of jelly to your beach-day look, and keep an eye out for returning favorites from summers past! Back at base, things are looking a lot bouncier. We’re dropping inflatable furnishings, dino balloons, and a bunch of new structure skins to turn any settlement into a proper summer paradise. Even your arsenal is getting a makeover, giving some of ARK’s heaviest firepower a wonderfully ridiculous new look. It’s bright, it’s chaotic, and it’s going to leave you wondering whether that Tek Rifle is actually combat-ready or just one loud noise away from ruining a tribemate’s birthday beach party. Download in full resolution Start: Friday, July 17th, 2026 End: Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 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 Slidy 'N Slippery Kairuku Kill to get Popsicles to craft items from the event Astrocetus *new* Ammonite Cnidaria Manta Plesiosaur Straw Hat Otter Deal With It Dodo 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 Bounce House Tileset *new* Rex Balloon *new* Bronto Balloon *new* Stego Balloon *new* Inflato Bookshelf *new* Inflato Storage Box Small *new* Inflato Storage Box Large *new* Bounce Sofa *new* Bounce Couch *new* Bounce House Bed *new* Life Vest & Water Wings *new* Swim Cap & Goggles *new* Jelly Sandals *new* Silicone Bracelets *new* Balloon Longneck Rifle *new* Balloon Tek Rifle *new* Gone Fishin Swimsuit Top Gone Fishin Swimsuit Bottom Gone Fishin shirt Captain's Hat Fishing Top Fishing Pants Fishing Boots Flower Crown Hat Flower Bracelets Glove Flower Anklets Boot Fishing Chair Tackle Box Small Squirt Gun Auto Turret Squirt Gun Heavy Auto Turret Sportsman's Speargun Angler's Fishing Rod GoneFishing Swim Short Skin GoneFishing Swim Bottom Skin Alpha Raptor Swim Short Skin Alpha Raptor Swim Bottom Skin Eel Swim Short Skin Eel Swim Bottom Skin Floral Swim Short Skin Floral Swim Bottom Skin Ichthy Isles Swim Short Skin Ichthy Isles Swim Bottom Skin T-Rex Swim Short Skin T-Rex Swim Bottom Skin Giga Poop Swim Short Skin Giga Poop Swim Bottom Skin Jellyfish Swim Short Skin Jellyfish Swim Bottom Skin Fish Bite Swim Short Skin Fish Bite Swim Bottom Skin Floaty Swim Short Skin Floaty Swim Bottom Skin Crab Fest Swim Short Skin Crab Fest Swim Bottom Skin 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 Balloon Animal *new* Sit ThisBig! Air Guitar Yellow Light Yellow Cream Teal MediumTeal Turquoise LemonLime LeafGreen Jade Coral Peach Light Orange LightPink Light Red Dino Light Red Dino Albino White ActualBlack 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. 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 It’s been great to see so many players jumping into Genesis 1 since launch. To help meet demand, we’re preparing to bring an additional batch of Official Gen 1 servers online, currently expected to go live Monday (July 20th) evening, Pacific Time. The new servers will include a mix of PvP, PvE, Small Tribes, and Console Small Tribes. We’ll continue monitoring activity and capacity following the rollout. Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community are fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms, and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week! This video features: Quantum: Nebula by Sandi_00 Otter_Suit by Maewing_Ojisan Elder Umbra & Lumina Cosmetics by Beyonyx Piggle’s Nanuqsaurus by Senorpiggles Paleo ARK - Evolution | Dangerous Depths by Team Paleo ARK ClaysLeedsichthysEdit by TheClay_Art Piggle’s Lycosuchus by Senorpiggles ARK Tides of Fortune's Galleon will release with the final Astraeos update. This massive superfortress of a ship will support over 300 player-built structures on it! Alongside the Galleon, we'll also be introducing new technical systems that will increase the number of player-built structures that can be placed on ships by up to four times, depending on the ship class. This will allow for even larger and more elaborate ship builds once the Galleon is ready to leave port. Conquest focuses on large-scale PvP, with increased rates, and other changes listed below. The increased rates will allow tribes to set up and establish themselves quickly and enable them to rebuild after potential losses instead of being wiped completely. The official Conquest servers are open for PC, Xbox and PlayStation. If you need any support during the Conquest season, join the Conquest Enforcement's Discord. Conquest Season 8 details: Total of 18 maps all Genesis part 1 Cluster A: 12 servers that had transfers enabled with Classic before they shut down. Cluster B: 6 servers with Transfers only enabled between those 6 servers for 2 weeks, Transfers between Cluster A and Cluster B will open on July 17th at 10 am PT. 5x Rates Tek is enabled with the exception of: Tek Grenade Tapejara Tek Saddle Megalodon Tek Saddle Rock Drake Tek Saddle Mosasur Tek Saddle Tek Railgun Map: all 18 maps will become Genesis Part 1 In celebration of 11 Years of ARK & Tides of Fortune, we've partnered with Alienware & IntelGaming to give away a custom-skinned Alienware Aurora 16X Gaming Laptop. The winner is... LilithiumDawn! Congratulations! The Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Wednesday, August 5. 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 Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Creator: Etholdir Etholdir gives you an exclusive tour of his survival tribe base on his Community Server. Creator: Steph Lyon TV Steph Lyon shows you how to correctly tame a Magmasaur in Ark Survival Ascended! It is looking at me as if it wants to join the party. by rosaschlueppi It is looking at me as if it wants to join the party. by aoishibaty Is it time yet? Is it time yet? by yuukuro07 Tenebris by lightscameraemerald Can't wait to see them by bia2204 Edmund and Rockwell, ARK: Lost Colony by chaosblades0321 Fan Art by yoink_365 Photo Mode by anhagath My bloodstalker, Calypso by specter0294 This is AAAARK by henrymanson Photo Mode by yang098071 I’ve really enjoyed building this one by kocie.lapki Enjoy your weekend! 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Alysson Posted July 18 Posted July 18 6 minutes ago, StudioWildcard said: The new servers will include a mix of PvP, PvE, Small Tribes, and Console Small Tribes. We’ll continue monitoring activity and capacity following the rollout. Why PvP? They are almost empty while all PvE is suffering 😖 3
ShadowShadex Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Crazy when a custom cosmetic looks 10x better than the actual dragon designs you put out. 4
RKGS Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) No news about TLC creatures yet again? And still no fixes/buffs for the Mining Drill, Trike charge, etc.? We're almost 2/3 of the way into the year now and only 1/5 TLC creatures "releasing through 2026" have been released, seemingly replaced in priority by the new Dragontopia creatures. Edited July 18 by RKGS 1 1
Wildeheart Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Have to say I am really feeling let down by Studio Wildcard these days. Promo materials that do not align with actual released content e.g. small aquariums from the second Genesis 1 promo art and then here again Summer Bash flying dragons presumably on Genesis 1 as no other map has that water for sailing yet. Worst of all the Genesis 1 launch and the ships themselves. I do not see how Wildcard could release this and expect their players that do not buy the dlc to engage with such a core mechanic of the ocean biome on rafts! They should have at a bare minimum given them access to the sloop... the minimum! This does not affect me but you can be sure this affects Wildcards reputation. As to the ships themselves, they are an unmitigated disappointment. Wildcard had a system already in place for larger scale vehicles and how to handle progress with them in the form of the Battle Rig garage. It is not a deep stretch to see they could have built their ships using this method. The garage becomes a dock, the dock manages parts like hulls, cannons, decks, sails, storage (loot and canon balls) and other cosmetics like bow figureheads, ships wheels etc. This would have made the ships infinitely more engaging and gave them a real sense of progress as players found more upgrades and applied them. Far more than a basic menu driven point applicator with an often flawed acquisition pathing. These missteps are doing no favours for Wildcards game or reputation and it is sad to see. 3 1
Lalara Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Can we consider boycotting Ark? They have been giving us mostly poop and broken promises. - Pay to win garbage (How to train yo-, I mean D*agontopia, Tides of Fortune, Fantastic Tames... ) - Constant ridiculous delays (Ark 2, Survival of the Fittest, Animated series) - Ignoring players' complaints and criticism - Ruining maps from Ark: Survival Evolved (Center's ice castle thingy and skull, and lava island, too much sandstone, Scorched Earth's ruins, Aberration, Genesis part 1 ocean biome (made it playable only if you own Tides of Fortune.. which is PAY TO WIN)) !They could've fixed the aesthetic part of these problems but nope.! - RUINED THE STORY. (L*st Colony with its retcons.) - Buggy and laggy as hell (Most for people who play on servers, but it also affects singleplayer.) 3
MMaas Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lalara said: Can we consider boycotting Ark? They have been giving us mostly poop and broken promises. That choice should have been made the moment the switch from ASE update to ASA was made. Boycot now only gives more reasons to "sunset" servers, saving them more money while the main revenue is already in their pocket. If you can't handle this well known behaviour from certain publishers/developpers: Never pre-order anything from them, wait till the promised project is complete. Calling for a boycot 3 years after the fact is going nowhere, you should have sticked with ASE instead of jumping on the trainwreck's bandwagon. Edited July 18 by MMaas 2
TheTwistedKeeper Posted July 18 Posted July 18 1 hour ago, KingAtlhas said: - Ruining maps from Ark: Survival Evolved (Center's ice castle thingy and skull, and lava island, too much sandstone, Scorched Earth's ruins, Aberration, Genesis part 1 ocean biome (made it playable only if you own Tides of Fortune.. which is PAY TO WIN)) !They could've fixed the aesthetic part of these problems but nope.! They didn't make the ocean biome only playable if you have tides of fortune, everything that you can do in gen 1 ASE you can do in gen 1 ASA. Now whether you like it or not is a different subject but, that doesn't make it only playable if have tides of fortune. It means you don't like the fact the new ocean areas the added were only added for to be floors for said DLC, which quite frankly that's all it was added for. 2
Bug71729 Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Wild card here’s some advice you need to do this in single player maybe even unofficial servers have the option to disable DLC‘s one not owned and one for all and maybe even have option to turn off certain DLC so like lost colony the pirate one trust me this will make your player happier 1
Big915 Posted July 20 Posted July 20 So console.player get shafted on event due to stability and disconnect issues after 30 minutes of play time so no we cant enjoy the event..wc chooses not to push a fix for consoles..i will not buy anymore dlcs or content until they fix the stability issues..worst game company ever
PriestessAthena Posted July 20 Posted July 20 Make glowbug tameable please. Add an icon to mods that signifies it is whitelisted! Allow dedi storage on skiff please, it's time. Add more official hairstyles. It's been a decade, or whitelist marniis hairstyle mod. Please and thank you. That would be nice. And for the love of Rockwell rollout those new Gen servers!
eTsWild Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Great job Devs, people with hundreds of thousands of Hexagons can travel to the new gen severs and take everything instantaneously. You guys sure don’t have walking around sense do you? Does anyone at wildcard have a brain? What a bunch of wizards. 👏🏻👏🏻 let’s release more gen servers on PVP too even tho no one is playing them. 👏🏻👏🏻
Apocalipsis18500 Posted July 21 Posted July 21 All of these events are incredible, made with so much effort and love :) 1
biggie1986 Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Oh wow looks great cant wait to see the amazing content coming down and gen1 is so fun great time to b an ark player
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