v87.11 - Major version for Servers and Clients (v87.4) - 05/20/2026
Patch notes are shown in English, as Studio Wildcard published them.
AnnouncementClient and server
Fantastic Tames Season 1: Burrowbuck is now live!
Meet the Burrowbuck, a swift and evasive utility creature perfect for mastering map control, misdirection, and brilliant ambushes! Carve out hidden, bunker-like underground dens and open temporary gateway tunnels for rapid long-distance travel, giving prepared Survivors new ways to reposition, retreat, or spring a trap. When danger closes in, the Burrowbuck can kick up disorienting dust clouds and leave behind concealed hazards for enemies reckless enough to follow.
The Burrowbuck has been added to:
The Center
Scorched Earth
Aberration
Ragnarok
Extinction
Valguero
Astraeos
Araneo TLC is now live!
The Araneo TLC is now live in ARK: Survival Ascended, transforming this once-overlooked crawler into a far more capable ambush predator. These overgrown spiders no longer cling to the ground alone, using web-lines to traverse elevated terrain, reposition through the environment, and descend on unsuspecting prey from above with unnerving precision.
Visual & Movement Update
Fully updated model, animations, and locomotion
Added full wall & ceiling climbing
Added strafe movement while grounded
Can now descend vertically from ceilings using web lines
Wild Araneo can now spawn attached to walls and ceilings
Stat Changes
Base Health increased from 150 → 200
Base Stamina increased from 100 → 150
Base Weight increased from 100 → 150
Base Food increased from 900 → 1200
Increased base Melee Damage by 50%
New Passive - Ambusher
After attaching to or detaching from a surface, the Araneo’s next ability becomes empowered:
+50% damage on next Melee or Web Shot
Instantly applies maximum Webbed stacks
New Mechanic - Webbed
Araneo’s attacks now apply Webbed, a stacking debuff that cripples prey over time.
Slows movement
Reduces attack speed
Increases incoming damage
At maximum stacks, targets cannot sprint or jump
Targets overwhelmed by Webbed will spread the effect to nearby enemies upon death
Web Shot Rework
Araneo’s ranged attack has been completely redesigned.
Increased range and accuracy
Toggles between:
Web Shot - Damage-focused
Poison Web Shot - Torpor-focused
Applies Webbed stacks on hit
New Ability - Web Tether
Araneo can now deploy versatile web lines for traversal and combat control.
Web Zip Lines
Create traversable web lines between surfaces
Function similarly to player ziplines
Araneo can naturally traverse web lines
Temporary web structures decay over time
Creature Grappling
Grapple creatures and players with web tethers
Pull small targets toward the Araneo
Pull the Araneo toward larger targets
Can tether prey to anchored web points for repositioning
Pull strength scales with the Araneo’s Weight stat
New Ability - Web Descent
While attached to ceilings, Araneo can:
Descend on a suspended web line
Fire Web Shots while hanging
Attack while suspended
Instantly detach to drop onto prey below
New Passive - Silk Harvesting
Araneo now generates Silk from creatures slain while Webbed
Higher Webbed stacks increase Silk yield
Additional Changes
Added Turret Mode support
Taming reworked to standard knock-out
Wild AI updated
Bug Fixes
Fixed Tek Spear teleport inconsistencies that could occur on poor performing servers
Fixed an issue that caused the Tek Spear's Dash to be inconsistent on poor performing servers
Fixed a desync issue that could occur when watching another player dash with the Tek Spear
Fixed missing arms on the Forest Titan taxidermy
Fixed invisible Ice Titan taxidermy
Fixed Pheromone dart consuming itself when crafting
Fixed Fire and Ice Wyverns from being considered in the same group when copying settings
Fixed Thralls not visually seated correctly when riding creatures
Fixed Kairuku overspawning on The Center
Fixed a mesh hole on Lost Colony
Fixed multiple GPU crashes that could occur on PC
Fixed a crash that could occur during Scorched Earth ascension
Astraeos Official Release v0.1.3
Fixes
Fixed Landscape collision issues
Fixed Floating statue issues
Fixed Meshholes
Fixed Dinospawn issues