Ark Survival Ascended (ASA) Update 1.073.007 Patch Notes (v73.7)

Ark Survival Ascended update 1.073.007 (v72.25) is available to download on PS5, PC, and Xbox. According to the official Ark Ascended 1.073.007 patch notes, Valguero Ascended arrives with a full remaster of creatures and environments, introducing new tameable creatures like the Megaraptor, Ice Golem, and Elderclaw. The update adds the Grendel boss fight, customizable Valguero Memorial, and expanded wild creature breeding. Today’s Ark Survival Ascended PS5 version 1.073.007 also improves structure placement, creature behavior, visuals, and overall game stability.

Ark ASA update 1.073.007 Patch Notes for PS5 – October 8, 2025

Valguero Ascended Patch Notes

Summary of Major Updates

• Valguero Ascended officially launches with full remaster of creatures and environment.

• New tameable creatures: Megaraptor, Deinonychus, Ice Golem, Chalk Golem, and Elderclaw.

• New Boss Fight: Grendel introduced.

• Memorial Feature: Valguero Memorial now interactable and customizable.

• Major performance and bug fixes across structures, foliage, tames, and Club ARK missions.

Valguero Ascended is now live!

• Remastered all legacy Valguero creatures and environment
• New Tameable Creatures:
  • Megaraptor
  • Deinonychus
  • Ice Golem
  • Chalk Golem
• New Boss Fight: Grendel
• The Valguero Memorial is now interactable, honouring those who have ascended by displaying their names
• Server owners can customize the list of names shown by adding the following line to their game.ini: ValgueroMemorialEntries=Name1;Name2;Name3;

Fantastic Tames: Elderclaw is now live!

• The Elderclaw arrives alongside Valguero Ascended and is included with the Lost Colony Expansion Pass, meaning all pass holders can set out to tame this supernatural forest guardian from day-one. It will also be offered as a stand-alone Fantastic Tame purchase at a later date.
• The Elderclaw has been added to Valguero, Aberration, Extinction, Ragnarok, and The Center

Changes 

• The following wild creatures can now spawn with babies:
  • Argentavis
  • Dimorphodon
  • Gasbags
  • Griffin
  • Ichthyornis
  • Lymantria
  • Pelagornis
  • Pteranodon
  • Quetzal
  • Snow Owl
  • Tapejara
  • Vulture
  • Maeguana
  • Managarmr
  • Yi Ling
  • Hesperornis
• Structure list now consolidated with the Clipboard and Hammer so it doesn’t show every variant
• Increased the structure skin placement range by approximately 70%
• Plant pot no longer counts towards enemy foundation range
• Now shows an icon and description for Bola protection after you have been bola’d
• Deinosuchus’ bleed can no longer be applied to Boss enemies
• Spring Drakeling’s health regeneration buff now pauses when taking damage, matching the behavior of standard health regeneration
• Fixed an issue where shoulder pets could sometimes be unintentionally dropped by a single tap of R while mounted
  • Reduced the double-tap detection window while riding from 0.75s → 0.3s to match behavior when not riding
  • Added an optional keybind override allowing players to throw a mounted shoulder pet with a single consistent input, whether riding or on foot
    • If the override is not configured (or when using a gamepad), the existing double-tap logic will still be used

Bug Fixes

• Fix for tames sometimes falling into the mesh in single player
• Fixed issue with Training dummy that caused server FPS to drop when a lot of them are being attacked
• When painting an item, the icon shown is no longer darker than intended
• Hespergonis and Dimorphodon no longer change positions on server restart
• Tek bunker terminal can now be accessed from its inventory without needing a relog
• Templates placed with Clipboard and Hammer are no longer placed too low when canceling the first time
• Fixed an issue causing Clipboard and Hammer placed structures to sometimes flip when being built
• Fixed Beehives being placeable in the air with Clipboard and Hammer
• Fixed several other issues with Clipboard and Hammer construction
• Fixed certain foliage on the Island being too bright
• Fixed an issue that allowed BattleRig to be equipped with regular armor
• Fixed overspawning Ice Wyverns on Ragnarok
• Fixed chibis visually jittering at certain locations.
• Fixed issue with footprints not displaying at certain locations on specific maps.
• Club ARK – Can now reload weapon in Whac-A-Dodo
• Club ARK – Fixed shark mission failing instantly in Single Player
• Club ARK – Train mission and Lasso Game is no longer underwater
• Fixed several exploits
• Fixed several crashes

Previously, a big ASA update 1.063.002 added 100 bug fixes for creatures, BattleRig, and Astraeos DLC, alongside performance optimizations and new QoL features. Unfortunately, since the last major patch, players have been experiencing several issues and error codes. Today’s Ark Ascended patch 1.073.007 will fix a few of these errors.

Download free Ark ASA update 1.073.007 on PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox consoles.