Ark Survival Ascended (ASA) Update 1.079.005 Patch Notes (v79.5)

Ark Survival Ascended update 1.079.005 (v79.5) delivers stability and gameplay fixes across Lost Colony, creatures, skills, outposts, visual effects, and general systems. According to the official Ark Ascended 1.079.005 patch notes, the latest update also resolves Lost Colony boss fight issues, correcting thrall behavior, fixes skill and mount interactions, improves creature and outpost functionality, and addresses multiple visual, audio, performance, and crash problems.

Ark ASA update 1.079.005 Patch Notes for PS5 – February 8, 2026

Patch 79.5 Summary

• Major Lost Colony boss fight stability fixes

• Thrall behavior, tracking, animation, and combat corrections

• Skill and spectral mount interaction fixes

• Creature functionality and companion improvements

• Broad performance, VFX, crash, and exploit fixes

Lost Colony

• Fixed boss fight incorrectly timing out after one hour.

• Added new spawn locations for resource caches and corrected aerial spawns.

• Corrected tree regrowth near structures.

• Terminals no longer delete stored items on server restart.

• Fixed missing Dreadmare taming trophies.

• Resolved multiple mesh holes.

Lost Colony Boss Fight

• Fixed instant ascension when controlling a thrall.

• Corrected single-player mission text during Lost Queen fight.

• Prevented teleporting into terrain outside the terminal area.

• Fixed Red element node explosion VFX reappearing at render distance.

• Lost Queen flag no longer converts into Lost King flag on pickup.

Thralls

• Fixed missing weapons on boss fight thralls.

• Melee miniboss thralls no longer move while stunned.

• Thralls removed from gene tracker visibility.

• Mounted thrall animations corrected.

• Thrall Warden no longer resets shield cooldown when uncontrolled.

Skills

• Master of Tools no longer activates on blueprints.

• Wisp of Industry cannot access inventory in wisp form.

• Beast Entourage now prevents Compy aggression.

• Ambushing Strike fixed to trigger correctly.

• Spectral Mount cannot be picked up or TEK punched.

• Fixed desync when carried by Karkinos during spectral mount.

• Feline Form cats can no longer attach to pet stands.

Gloon

• Fixed invisibility affecting chibi pet size.

• Stopped eye beam from continuing after unequip.

• Corrected Gloon positioning on Gigantopithecus.

Creatures & Companions

• Companion bed now functions on Oasisaur.

• Wild carnivores regain health when harvesting.

• Fixed duplicated companion whistles.

• Turrets now aggro buried Basilisks.

• Drakeling hoard chest access restored.

• Ossidon now clears rider after taming.

Aureliax

• Fixed T-posing during flight on servers.

• Snowball impacts no longer remove collision.

• Prevented baby Aureliax meshing in saddle baskets.

Solwyn / Malwyn

• Glacial Serenity buff persists through restart and SP transitions.

• Gamepad users no longer auto-slide after jumping.

• High-level Solwyn now drops correct vulpite tier.

• Stego no longer immune to Gigadesodus execution.

• Deinonychus no longer teleports across the map.

• Corrected Revenant Direwolf name typo.

Outposts

• Possessed thralls cannot perform outpost missions.

• Outpost creatures teleport back correctly when displaced.

• City Outpost structures and thralls stay within mission bounds.

Cosmetics & Characters

• Male Turkey Costume no longer hides beards and eyes.

• Beard clipping on custom male faces fixed.

General Creature Behavior

• Dinos obey stop whistle without wandering.

VFX, Performance & Systems

• Fixed TEK Spear block VFX.

• Resolved FPS drops from many fertilized eggs.

• Removed 6× yield bonus from Wasteland Makeshift Megalab element recipes.

• Improved TEK Spear controls at low FPS.

• Fixed Mek M.R.L.M rocket impact VFX.

• Prevented push-back when exiting BattleRig passenger seat.

• Corrected supply crate beam behavior in water.

• Gamepad Multiuse Wheel fixed for low sensitivity values.

• Cryo Hospital no longer instantly heals dinos.

• Prevented infinite Blood Packs from Zombie Dodo on Medical Stand.

• Fixed uncraftable Red Element Megalab recipes.

• Restored glider movement after restart.

• Fixed abrupt crystal lighting and ceiling steam light direction.

• Prevented paintbrush breaking during painting.

Map-Specific Fixes

• Valguero: Boss no longer spawns outside arena.

• Ragnarok: Restored missing waterfall audio.

Stability

• Fixed several crashes.

• Addressed multiple exploits.

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 version 1.079.005 will fix a few of these errors.

Download free Ark ASA update 1.079.005 on PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox consoles.