New July 2025 Update Released for Ark Survival Ascended

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Sooo… there’s this new update for Ark: Survival Ascended that dropped, and we’re talking version 68.34. I kinda feel like they randomly hit numbers, but whatever. It’s out for PC and consoles, in case you’re tracking that kind of stuff. We’re somewhere in mid-July 2025, crazy how time flies, right? Anyway, this update is mainly tackling bugs, not exciting new features, but hey—bugs are bugs and they’ve gotta go.

Ragnarok. It’s this free DLC for Ark: Survival Ascended and, if you haven’t tried it, well… maybe you should? Or not, up to you. It’s been around since October 2023, so almost two years now, depending on when you read this. People are all over the place with opinions—like, some love it, some complain it’s glitchy. And oh, the “pay to win” stuff, classic, right? I’m kinda over it too. But Studio Wildcard, the guys behind it, keep throwing out updates. June 20, they chucked out Ark: Ragnarok Ascended. This massive map with some Norse vibes. It’s like 144 square kilometers, which feels huge or tiny, I can’t decide.

So about this update—happened on July 18, a Friday. They’re zapping bugs and making tweaks. There’s no shiny new stuff in this one, just fixes for Ragnarok performance issues like low frame rates and, oh man, those sandstorms. Ever been caught in one? The sound is… well, it’s like your console choking or something. Anyway, also Basilosaurus (those dino things) are all “Hey, we’re here too!” more often now. And some maze puzzle works better. Which is ridiculously cryptic, I know.

Oh right, the vibe of this update is all about patches for the base game and those mod maps. If you’re one of those folks who love playing with mods because, why not, more fun—this update smooths out some annoying save glitches. That icon is supposed to pop up now, and you can delete saves if you get twitchy about space. I get it.

Let’s see, other fixes include Thylacoleo’s swimming—because somehow it vanished. How does a swimming animation just disappear? Beats me. And toss things on the ground, and they shouldn’t vanish into the landscape now. Because, surprise! That’s not how physics work. Who knew!

Steam reviews are still squeaky with complaints, ‘cause there are always problems, right? But more updates are coming in August. Just in time to keep everyone hopeful. Or distracted.

And here’s a rundown of the patch notes—not that you’d ever read those, right?

– Sandstorms suck less now in Ragnarok.
– That Labyrinth puzzle? Easier to mess with after you mess up—if that makes sense.
– More Basilosauruses (that looks wrong—Basilosaurusi? Who knows).
– Save icon and mod map saves are behaving. Mostly.
– Thylacoleo can swim again—yay?
– Toss some junk on the ground, and it stays put.

If you made it this far, here’s a virtual cookie. Or maybe not, I’m terrible with cookies.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got. Keep surviving out there, or just, you know, try.