Community Crunch 466: LiveOps Updates, Mod Spotlight, and more!

From Sarco sandals in sports mode to heatwave haute couture, Survivors have been bringing the beachside chaos to ARK, and the party’s not over yet! Summer Bash is still in full swing until Thursday, July 17. It’s the perfect time to soak up the sun, fire off a few sparklers, and hunt those pesky Slidy ‘N Slippery Kairuku.

The Lost Colony Expansion Pass is available now, Survivors! Alongside it comes a bundle of bonus content to kick off your journey—including the adorable new Veilwing companion, the versatile TEK Bunker, and the game-changing Template Hammer, which lets you save and replicate your base builds with ease.

The full ARK: Lost Colony experience arrives in December 2025, but for now, sink your teeth into an early taste of what’s to come.

Available now on Xbox, PlayStation or Steam!

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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!

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ARK Ozone by RyanLucas007 (premium)

MSVV Premium Viking Builders Skins by Deckard (premium)

Sci-Fi in the ARK by PlophoP (premium)

Elemental Skins – Ice by CrazyRespawn, AaronLongstaff (premium)

Lunar Lynx Griffin by Beyonyx

Pegasus Dreadmare Costume by Beyonyx

Farm Animal Costumes by Beyonyx

Heart Shape Tek Mask by BloodForge

Tiger Thyla Costume! by Beyonx

[T.A.C./DETV] Dzungariotherium by Tristans_Modding

Isle of Myths: Oxalaia by BlueSucho

Faye’s Ascended Menagerie by ArtCFaye

A quick final reminder ahead of July 15th: We’re making a key adjustment to OSDs on Astraeos to address a bug. Starting July 15th, when an OSD lands, it will now destroy any nearby player-built structures within its impact radius. This will be the same radius used for OSDs on Extinction.

If you’ve built near potential OSD drop zones, we strongly recommend relocating your base before the patch goes live.

We’ve rolled out a potential fix for a bug that caused sudden FPS drops due to VRAM allocation issues. This update also reverts the temporary workaround introduced in v67 (June 20), which dynamically managed VRAM to reduce memory buildup.
We’ll be actively monitoring player reports to confirm if this resolves the issue—if not, we’ll continue working toward a more permanent solution.

We’re in the process of increasing mod storage space on PlayStation to 30GB. We’re aiming to have this rolled out as soon as next week, so stay tuned!

The Official Network will be receiving summer rates! The event will be active until Thursday, July 17.

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My little babies fighting with their last brain cells by hoshiko.shir

Artfight revenge featuring an ARK Yuty by vikihun

Still not here? Still not here? by yuukuro07

Teleportation by @falco_luna

I made the Thylacoleo! by kab_prob356

I want to finish work quickly and go catch a Drakeling by @cat22nyaa

ARK Laelaps Aberrant version from Retrosauria Assemblage: Laelaps Mod by @DW_ARK

Photo Mode by bloodbornwarrior

Photo Mode by direwolflucas121reis

Photo Mode by tomboynerdy

Photo Mode by the_twisted_demon

Good Morning by jaxoj

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