ARK: Survival Evolved (Switch): all the updates (latest: DLC Update)
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for ARK: Survival Evolved on Nintendo Switch (originally released on November 30th 2018 in Europe and North America)!
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ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. ??? (DLC Update)
- Release date: January 31st 2023 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available.
- Additional notes: this is an optional update for players who bought DLC for the game.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.5
- Release date: January 20th 2023 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
- Added support for upcoming Ragnarok DLC
- Non-dedicated sessions now available
- Fixed broken state in which wild dinos would stop moving online
- Fixed creature spawning issues
- Fixed broken anti-mesh logic incorrectly killing players on entry to pearl caves online
- Fixed days not saving online
- Significantly improved melee combat performance
- Fixed some creatures being lost during ascension
- Fixed crash that would occur when Network Error dialog was present
- Fixed beehives floating on the island
- Fixed tree sap taps
- Fixed Aberration exterior lighting
- Fixed multiplayer movement issues with parachute and zip line
- Improved underwater post process visuals
- Improved Aberration cave lighting
- Fixed overly bright tooltip icons
- Improved Baby Reaper vfx
- Fixed Reaper King aggro issues
- Fixed Reaper impregnation issues whilst riding a creature
- Fixed Rockwell trophy visual issues
- Fixed Manticore trophy colors to be accurate
- Fixed lighting in Rockwell boss arena
- Fixed Rockwell tentacle animation issues
- Fixed issue in which tamed Megalosaurus would stand whilst asleep
- Fixed Megatherium to preserve sitting state on save/load
- Fixed many ground seams and collision issues on all maps
- Fixed bad movement on flyers if player logged out whilst mounted online
- Fixed flickering mating icons online
- Fixed animation hitches online opening map or cycling tools
- Fixed creatures in caves to be untamable by design
- Fixed Cryopod tool tip not displaying stats correctly
- Fixed visuals on “She Who Waits” explorer notes
- Fixed ballista turret visualizing ammo when it had none
- Cheat fly no longer interrupted when colliding with wate
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.4
- Release date: December 13th 2022 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
- Added support for upcoming Aberration DLC
- Added support for Holiday Events
- Added Option to disable Shadows
- Added Option called ‘Default Survivor Items’ to allow players to spawn without additional cosmetic skins
- ‘View Info for Tribe’ now properly shows tribe information
- Fix for Cryopod issues in Single Player
- Fix for a handful of creatures that could not be painted
- Tamed Onycs will no longer prompt you to equip a saddle
- Nerdry Glasses skin now properly hides helmet
- Dye now properly colors clothing
- Fixed ‘Maximum Difficulty’ tooltip to properly show Max Dino Level of 120
- In handheld mode, touching the Chat box in multiplayer will bring up the keyboard
- Fix for turrets not targeting properly in Multiplayer
- Various fixes to map topography
- Various localization fixes
- Various UI fixes
- Various minor bug fixes & stability improvements
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.3
- Release date: November 10th 2022 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
- Boosted gamma when Light Bloom option is toggled off
- Explorer Note audio now continues to play when the Note is closed. This can be toggled in Options
- Pressing + button while highlighting a server in the server browser will immediately join it
- Improved hand animations when switching between weapons, tools and the map
- Fix for tames starving unexpectedly in Single Player
- Cryo sick tames no longer hover
- Fixed Plasma Cannons on Tek Saddles firing properly
- Fix for mate boosted heart icon properly appearing in Multiplayer
- Improvements to gliding while using an Archaeopteryx
- Fix for sorting by weight in inventory
- Fixed scaling on C4 & Transponders when attached to creatures
- Hot Bar now hides when using a scope
- Fix for overlapping demolish timer text
- Various localization fixe
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.2
- Release date: November 10th 2022 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
- Fixed crash when quickly knocking over and/or harvesting multiple trees
- Fixed crop plots and farming
- Fixed crash bringing creatures out of cryopods
- Fixed rare crash entering or exiting the game underwater
- Fixed issues with Ascension not returning to main menu properly
- Fixed mappings issues with TEK leggings and map
- Fixed camera issues while riding raft
- Fixed missing info when targeting creatures with spyglass
- Fixed torches & flamethrower disabling when player was slightly touching water
- Fixed duplicated HLNA when resuming while equipped
- Fixed errant intense wind physics on trees
- Fixed main menu music to use music slider within options
- Fixed Dilo blind visual issues
- Fixed Yutyrannus fear debuff visual issues
- Clarified inventory transferring controls on options screen
- Disabled previewmode toggle
- Improved crop LODs
- Improved TEK LODs
- MP: Fixed timeout issues when watching cinematics
- MP: Fixed Archaeopteryx going invisible sometimes when picked up
- MP: Fixed structure pick up timers
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.1
- Release date: November 3rd 2022 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available.
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.0
- Release date: November 1st 2022 (North America, Europe)
- File size: 6.5GB
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available (yet). This update brings the following to the game:
- provides a much improved version of the game completely rebuilt in the latest version of Unreal Engine. It features the following:
- improved visuals
- Better resolution in docked (1080p) & handheld modes (720p)
- Better texture quality, lighting and shadows effects
- improved performance
- Vastly improved loading times (8x faster on average)
- Consistent dynamic framerate (30FPS)
- gameplay improvements
- Keeping your inventory and various stash boxes organized will be a cinch with the new Virtual Cursor, providing visual guidance when tidying up various resources in your storage, especially when using touch screen controls. Marie Kondo would approve!
- New Cinematics: Original story cinematic content to further expand the narrative of ARK: Survival Evolved.
- Unofficial Server Support: Custom server support powered by Nitrado server networks.
- a reduced install size
- The Host/Join Menu has been renamed to Single Player, where we have refined the menus to provide a more streamlined experience to starting a Single Player game. While Single Player is fully present, please note that Local Play and Non-Dedicated Sessions are removed from the game at launch. They need a little more time in development to work out some issues, and we intend to bring them back in a post-release patch.
- Additional notes:
This new version of the game is compatible with any existing save. However, before downloading the update, make sure to do the following to avoid any issues:
- Remove items from Hot Bar slots 9 & 10
- Do not have any in-progress tames or crafting recipes
Also, players get to keep all their current items, tames, and structures. However, the change in save data files may result in the following occuring:
- Foliage may re-appear inside your base
- You may lose any custom Options settings
- Any structures left ‘on’ will automatically be turned ‘off’
- Fog of War will be reset on your in-game map
- Your Level Up & Engram Points may need to be reapplied
- You may need to re-discover any previously unlocked Explorer Notes
- Source: Grove Street Games
How to download updates for ARK: Survival Evolved for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for ARK: Survival Evolved, you have three options:
- let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
- try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
- select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.