ARK: Aquatica and A.S.E. Progress 7/28

Posted on July 28th, 2025 07:55 PM EST

Good afternoon,

We continue our efforts to provide updates as we address issues for both ARK: Aquatica and ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Sirens remains dedicated to providing updates daily as issues are being logged or addressed. We are also maintaining visibility regarding bugs reported into the #「📩」support channel on the Official ARK: Aquatica Discord[discord.gg].

In continued support of transparency, continued showcase of progress as well as Aquatica DLC specific content, Studio Sirens developer, Z_Swell will continue to stream live throughout the week!

The plan for these streams is to review the updates from the latest efforts, preview upcoming fixes, and answer player/community questions.
The current schedule will be: Tuesday (7/29) and Thursday (7/31) at 2PM PST.
Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/Z_Swell

We are currently experiencing issues with the latest update, rather than introduce new issues, we will delay the update until a solution is found. We will continue testing to be able to release the next update in full soon.

On Tuesday (7/22), we released an update that included a fix for loading mods that will continue to be developed. Another solution will be coming soon. While we have specifically tested certain mods, we are going through a list provided by the community.

In the meantime, the ‘preaquatica’ branch will remain available.

Top priorities

FPS Improvement
Continued Progress on Mods / Updating the Dev Kit
Server Issues
Core Functionality

Issues pipeline (v360.6 Live Branch)

Adding the Spearbolt to the Anvil
Explorer Note Location update
Raft launching fix
Fixing the Monodon ranged attack to no longer count as melee damage
Balancing Thalassian Rifle damage
Updating select environmental visuals
Adding select Tek Engrams into the boss loot table
Investigating server cluster transfer issues
Continuing to address areas where players are falling off the map when crossing big pools of lava
Addressing rending and mesh popping in the level
Hydrosphere issues
Infected barnacle bugs
Continuing dino spawner updates
Linux binaries missing
Vehicle updates in general (rafts/motorboats and stinger)
Ocean platform placement issues

Tek Engrams to be added to boss drop loot tables:

Tek Boots
Tek Gauntlets
Tek Cap
Tek Chestpiece
Tek Leggings
Tek Shield
Tek Shield Riot
Tek Grenade
Tek Sword
Tek Rifle
Tek Cloning Chamber
Tek Light
Tek Turret

Look forward to continued updates as the development team makes progress, we appreciate the community’s extended patience.

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