Ark Survival Ascended Update 61.62 Patch Notes

Tuna Han

March 12, 2025

Update 61.62 was launched for Ark Survival Ascended, which brought 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 61.62 Patch Notes

Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: 61.62

v61.62 (v61.57 Clients) – Minor version for Servers, Clients and Astraeos DLC – 03/12/2025

• Fixed a few exploits.
• PS5 – Fix for map saves not working correctly after coming back from rest mode.
• Xbox – Fix for Mek pistol aim being off.
• Fixed an issue where running an Astraeos mod server would instead host the DLC map.

Patch Notes (Astraeos)

Added

• New Weather effects for rain
• Added Rhyniognatha & Maeguana Saddle to Hard & Legendary OSD loot
• Added Liopleurodon to Deepsea areas
• Added Deepsea Drops (13 Locations, 4 Crates at the same time max)
• Added More Metal, Obsidian & Crystal to deep sea areas
• Added Red Sap Trees to Therokis
• Added More possible spawn locations for wyvern eggs outside the wyvern cave

Changes

• Cyan Drop is now green and has a green ring effect for better visibility
• Adjusted Map Temperature distribution
• Adjusted Northern map border location
• Adjusted Underwater fog visibility
• Opened two more building caves up for building in PVE
• Shortened the way of some of the OSD walking paths to avoid NPCs losing aggro to the OSD
• Moved Worldborder to fix building prevention on one of the smaller islands
• Updated Some of the big statues on the map with new models for better quality & less meshing
• Replaced one easy OSD drop spawnpoint with a legendary OSD drop spawnpoint to increase legendary spawn chance

Fixes

• Fixed Cyclops 360 attack not hitting correctly
• Fixed Cyclops Wrong damage multiplier which makes it possible to fight him without playing his eye mechanic
• Fixed Element Vein harvest does not scale correctly with tool item damage
• Fixed Element Vein material issues
• Fixed Element Vein & OSD spawn under the landscape
• Fixed Lightning Creatures glowing purple instead of yellow
• Fixed Meshholes
• Fixed Water physics issues
• Fixed Snow mask issues
• Fixed Groundrock graphic issues
• Fixed Moschops can’t harvest sand on wandering
• Fixed Lightning Creatures spawning with wrong colors
• Fixed Flying be allowed in artifact caves by default (You can still allow it via server settings)
• Fixed Underwater Rocks giving less stone than expected
• Fixed Lava Damage Volume issues
• Fixed Teleport to Therokis West & East not working
• Fixed Cave Lighting issues

v61.44 – Minor version for Servers and Clients – 03/05/2025

• Fixed abnormally big heads on baby Maeguanas
• Fixed a hang in Club ARK
• Fixed the ability to use Dino Cosmetics