Ark Survival Ascended Update 36.18 Patch Notes

Tuna Han

April 2, 2024

Update 36.18 launched for Ark Survival Ascended, which brings several fixes and improvements. The action-adventure survival video game was developed by Studio Wildcard in 2023. Generally, the game has a regular update schedule and offers players a better gaming experience. For instance, the latest version arrived a while ago and fixes crashes. Here are the details.

Ark Survival Ascended Update 36.18 Patch Notes

36.18 – 03/15/2024 – Minor version for servers and clients

• Fix for Female pose when looking down so it is no longer so extreme
• Fix for Female left arm deformation
• Fix for Female chest clipping into multiple guns
• Improved Female mosh pit emote facial animation
• Fix for Female Karampus costume skin right hand deformation
• Fix for a crash that can occur with out of date mods
• Fixed an exploit
• Server memory stability improvements
• Increased mod storage limit from 10GB to 20GB

v36.12 – 03/11/2024 – Minor version for  unofficial servers

• Fixed a crash

v36.11 – 03/11/2024 – Minor version for servers

• Fixed some crashes

v36.8 (36.7 PC client) – 03/11/2024 – Major version for servers and PC clients

Patch Notes

• Improved character model pipeline for armors, weapons, and animations. Removed redundant assets and smoothened out the process for creating and implementing new assets.
• Upgraded Scissors to allow players to update their appearance using similar UI as initial character creation.  See this thread for more information: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/726080-preparing-for-scorched-earth-human-character-pipeline-changes/
• Love Ascended : Migrated needed assets into the base game so the mod can be disabled.
• Fixed some server crashes
• Fixed some exploits

Map Fixes

• Fixed large number of holes in the map
• Fixed some misaligned landscape objects either floating or inside objects
• Fixed Swamp Cave lootdrop floating above terrain
• Fixed multiple map issues in Overworld
• Fixed Under Water Cave west lighting and artifacts on cave walls
• Fixed an issue with Caverns of Lost Hope shadow flickering
• Updated Redwood Waterfall color to match river color
• Fixed some Tek cave streaming issues
• Fixed skylight override blending issue at tek volcanic cavern entrance
• Fixed bounds issue on under water east cave

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Pteranodon Saddle clipping issue
• Fixed Araneo poking through the saddle
• Fixed “crease” lines in Character pixel painting
• Character will now play correct animations when going unconscious or dying in water
• Fixed dinos not conforming to the ground correctly while in torpor. (Sarco / Titanoboa)
• Fixed bad texture in dragon arena
• Fixed an issue in Caverns of Lost Faith  where the water dripping from ceiling also showed while you are under water
• Fixed an issue where player character Male/Females knees appear to bend/jolt forward slightly after standing up
• Fixed an issue where the view info for Tribe option is displaying an empty engram page, rather than tribe info
• Extended the tree platform pickup timer
• You can no longer pick up the bed while it’s on cooldown.
• Fixed an issue where picking up a water tank snapped above another tank will pick up both
• Fixed an incorrect HUD display on some structures
• Can no longer replace normal doors with secret doors
• Fixed an issue where secret door opened too far
• Fixed issue where supply crate beam is occasionally segmented after the crate lands and stays like this for a while
• Fixed lava splash VFX elements floating above the Volcanic Cavern Lava River surface
• Improved Otter LODs on lower settings
• Updated Icons Stone Doorway, Stone Hatchframe, Stone Reinforced Gate, Auto Turret, Heavy Auto Turret
• Fixed some flying trees
• Improved foliage behaviour in strong wind scenarios
• Fixed an issue where Brood mother arena lighting would blink on and off as player moves
• Fixed Female animation when aiming with bows
• Fixed TPV animation on Longneck Rifle
• Fixed some weapon 3D scaling issues
• Fixed an issue where Co-ords from the overlay map or the interactable UI window are not identical
• Fixed issues with flyers passing through mesh
• Fixed an issue where Bola status was not being properly conveyed to players
• Fixed issues where you cannot handcuff other players
• Fixed occasions where crafting items with the Replicator and wireless crafting can cause the server to run bad
• Fixed Dragon boss incorrectly receiving the Alpha dino damage reduction buff

v35.16 – 03/08/2024 – Minor version for servers

• Fixed – Teleporting Dinos to a raised teleporter in an area with no players could cause the Dino to fall through.
• Fixed multiple server crashes.
• Improved Server memory usage and reduced leaks.
• Fixed an exploit.

v35.13 – 03/01/2024 – Minor version for PC clients

Gigantoraptor Patch Notes

• Wild Gigantoraptor babies will now only feel comfortable approaching the survivor if its parent is able to return to its nest
• Fixed a case where new hunt targets would display with fully bonded Gigantoraptor passengers.
• Fixed Eggs visually disappearing from the Gigantoraptor’s saddle when restarting Single Player.
• Adjusted the description of Gigantoraptor feather.
• Removed Ants as potential hunt targets during Gigantoraptor bonding training as they have lower render distance and could cause a hunt to activate with no indicator visible.
• Fixed Wild Gigantoraptor babies getting stuck in their nests.
• Updated wild Gigantoraptor baby claiming text to more accurately indicate they cannot be claimed by survivors when their parent has been killed.
• Updated bonded dino and egg HUD elements to fix overlapping hotbar when using higher than default values.
• Added ability to pickup babies in front of you with AltFire (Left Ctrl single press, hold and release RB on gamepad after 0.33 secs).
• Updated bonding training to clear/ lose training target if you get too far away.
• Fixed issue with Gigantoraptor nests not getting cleared out.
• Added check for ini option OverrideBondedPassImprintMultiplier in ServerSettings section to override percentage of imprint that is passed onto bonded babies.
• Fix issues with Gigantoraptor not spawning with other mods that already override the Therizino.

Patch Notes

• Ally names now display when wearing a Ghillie Suit.
• Fixed being unable to ping targets correctly while being carried by an ally flyer.
• Fixed an issue that caused FPS to drop when opening doors with lights turned on.
• Cosmetic tab now allows item filtering.
• Fixed light sources on rafts not producing light.