Ark Survival Ascended update 1.033.008 is available to download on PS5. According to the official Ark Ascended patch notes, the latest update brings Winter Wonderland event as well as adds Cryopod and Cryofridge. Today’s Ark Survival Ascended PS5 version 1.033.008 also includes various fixes and changes.
Previously, a big ASA update 31.34 added quality of life improvements. Unfortunately, since the last major patch, players have been experiencing several issues and error codes. Today’s Ark Ascended patch 33.8 will fix a few of these errors.
Read more details below.
Ark ASA update 1.033.008 Patch Notes for PS5 – December 22, 2023
Cryopod & Cryofridge Release
- Cryopod and Cryofridge have been added and are now level 50 unlockable Engrams
- When a Cryofridge is placed, they take 5 minutes to “activate”
- Cryopod can only be released within range of an “activated” and powered Cryofridge (range set to 6500 currently)
- PVPOnly:Cryopod can not be released if there are enemies nearby (range set to 3500 currently)
- Dinos cannot be cryopodded if damaged within 60 seconds
- Dino’s mating cooldown will now tick down correctly within a cryopod
- Cryofridge storage capacity has been increased to 120 slots
- Cryopods can now be queued up when crafting them in supply drops and obelisks (previously was one at a time)
- Cryopodded dinos can be stored and displayed on the Display Case structure
- Cryopod configurable settings:
GameUserSettings.ini under [ServerSettings]
DisableCryopodEnemyCheck=True– will ignore the enemy player/structure/dino checks
AllowCryoFridgeOnSaddle=True– will allow Cryofridge to be placed on rafts/saddles
DisableCryopodFridgeRequirement=True– will disable the Cryofridge requirement for releasing cryopodded dinos
Survival of the Fittest Release
- Survival of the Fittest mod is now available CrossPlatform! Select theSOTFoption at the main menu to start playing!
- ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a Battle Royale mod for ARK: Survival Ascended, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.SOTFfocuses on large-scale creature-army confrontations, combined with an optional unique Real Time Strategy overlay. By using tactics and strategy to assemble a fighting-force of history’s most powerful primeval creatures, only one tribe will survive!
Winter Wonderland Event Release
- Winter wonderland is live!
Additional Patch Release Notes
- Fixed full costume skins looking fully damaged when equipped without a chestpiece
- Added updated audio for greenhouse structure set
- Underwater audio can now be adjusted with the SFX slider (was previously Master only)
- Player characters now hold bows correctly while swimming
- Fixed being able to imprint baby dinos without requiring or consuming the item asked for
- Fixed carried dinos sometimes desyncing for other players
- Fixed incorrect weather displaying when joining a server during a weather event
- Fixed moon color changing drastically during weather state change
- Fixed Tek Chest boost not working underwater when overweight
- Fixed double door placement sometimes being obstructed
- Fixed behemoth Gate Frame & Door destroyed mesh being oversized
- Fixed ladders being obstructed when placing them on beams
- Fixed Tek Replicator, Industrial Forge and Tek Teleporter placement being obstructed inside Underwater Vacuum Compartments
- Fixed being able to store structures that are not within their pick-up timer by replacing a supporting structure and picking that up, it will now demolish correctly
- Fixed name not displaying on Display Case structure
- Fixed character jittery movement that would occur after relogging, and would require respawning to fix
- Fixed oviraptor’s missing icon for Egg Collection
- Oviraptor now collects aquatic eggs and no physics eggs (Arthro, Scorpion, Spider)
- Fixed cases where insect eggs would fall through the mesh
- Fixed multiple cases where the Tribe Rename cooldown was not working correctly
- Timer for Tribe Rename is now displayed on the UI when on cooldown
- The command “enablespectator” now requires a true/false bool for destroying the character or not, i.e. “cheat enablespectator 1” will function as before
- All application icons are updated to the ASA icon
- Fixed an issue that caused the players to get stuck floating when jumping up on a raft
- Adjusted Raft collision slightly to make it easier to jump up from the front and back
- Fixed an issue where entering water while grappled was not putting the character in the swimming state
- Fixed camera breaking with enabling photo-mode while in a passenger seat
- Fixed Session List option “Show Player Servers” not checking correctly when selecting the box
- Fixed Session List option “Show Player Servers” not remembering previous checked/unchecked state
- Selecting or deselecting Session List option “Show Player Servers” will now refresh the server session list
- Disabled the use of various console commands used to gain visual advantages (we will continue to monitor and disable more of these as necessary)
- Fixed multiple server crashes
- Fixed multiple client crashes
Download free Ark ASA update 1.033.008 on PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox consoles.