ARK: Survival Evolved (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 2.0.11)
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. 2.0.11 (Ver. 1.0.6 in Japan)
- Release date: October 10th 2023 (North America, Europe) / October 11th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Added support for Fear Evolved event
- Added support for Turkey Trials event
- Alpha Manticore boss now correctly grants 15 levels upon defeat
- Player movement on Zipline no longer affects Radial Wheel selection
- Fixed pounce attack on wild Raptors
- Fixed Heavy and Auto Turrets to shoot down incoming rockets and grenades
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.10 (Ver. 1.0.5 in Japan)
- Release date: July 11th 2023 (North America, Europe) / July 12th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Restored functionality to Cloning Chamber
- Adjusted lighting in Genesis Pt. 1 map
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.9 (Ver. 1.0.4 in Japan)
- Release date: June 30th 2023 (North America, Europe) / July 1st 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following:
- brings Genesis Pt. 1 servers
- the remaining bits of the Summer Bash event will be live for players in all regions.
- Minor performance and lighting improvements
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.8 (Ver. 1.0.3 in Japan)
- Release date: June 12th 2023 (North America, Europe) / June 13th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Added support for Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Map
- Added support for Summer Bash event
- Tuned the Double Tap L to Whistle Attack Target command
- Fixed cinematics to play correctly when viewed from the Explorer Note menu
- Fixed Carcharodontosaurus saddle crafting
- Fixed cryopods to no longer allow for duplicating items
- Fixed cryopodded tames not eating after transferring maps
- Fixed Ice & Fire Wyverns to properly apply elemental immunity in PvP
- Fixed missing option to spay or neuter a tamed Rock Drake
- Fixed helmet armor slot to properly account for headshot damage
- Fixed input issue that could cause Raptor jump to break
- Fixed invisible crops growing on crop plots (Single Player)
- Restored ability for Gacha to consume inventory items while in stasis (Multiplayer)
- Fixed a crash when grabbed by the Forest Titan (Extinction)
- Fixed nighttime lightning visuals on Desert Titan (Extinction)
- Fixed a hole in the ceiling of The Caverns of Lost Faith (The Island)
- Fixed numerous holes in underwater caves (The Island)
- Fixed the emissive effect on the ground of Swamp Cave (The Island)
- Single Player Map Selection screen now defaults to last played map
- Numerous localization fixes for Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean & Russian
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. ??? (Server-side Update)
- Release date: April 12th 2023 (North America, Europe) / April 13th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Fixed turret targeting in PvP
- Several stability fixes
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.7 (Ver. 1.0.2 in Japan)
- Release date: April 4th 2023 (North America, Europe) / April 5th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Fixed Carcharodontosaurus Saddle being craftable in remote inventories
- Fixed console command access for Unofficial Server admins
- Restored Cryo Sickness functionality on PvP servers
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – DLC Updates
- Release date: March 30th 2023 (North America, Europe) / March 31st 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available.
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. 2.0.6 (Ver. 1.0.1 in Japan)
- Release date: March 16th 2023 (North America, Europe) / March 17th 2023 (Japan)
- Patch notes:
- Added support for upcoming Extinction DLC
- Carcharodontosaurus can now be found roaming The Island, Ragnarok & Extinction
- Radial Structure limit increased by 15%
- Added support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean languages
- Fix for launching Non-Dedicated Sessions with DLC maps
- Improvements to Supply Drop accessibility
- Palm Tree bridges in Ragnarok are now usable
- Fixed Wyvern overspawning on Ragnarok
- Fix for Kaprosuchus doing massive damage when attacking players
- Fixed camera position becoming offset while flying tames
- Restored audio to Spray Painter
- Fixed Tek Dedicated Storage to visualize inventory numbers
- Fixed Jetpack visuals in low frame rate situations
- Fixed Holograms in Overseer Arena on The Island
- Fixed Spawn Regions not showing on Create New Survivor screen
- Fixed invisible buttons in painting menu
- Fixed Explorer Note chests to open when discovered while mounted on a tame
- Fix for items in the midst of crafting when exiting and re-entering Single Player
- Disabled UI on Radio as this item is cosmetic-only on Switch
- Painting your Survivor or Tame in Multiplayer now saves properly
- Fixed Ban functionality in Admin Manager on Unofficial Servers
- Disabled access to Engine & Console Command UI for all non-admins in Multiplayer
- Fix for very small inventory numbers when playing in Russian, Japanese, Chinese or Korean
- Wooden Billboard is now appropriately named “Wooden Billboard”
- Known issues:
- Carcharodontosaurus Saddle not being craftable
- Console Command UI cannot be accessed by Unofficial Server admins.
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Grove Street Games / Grove Street Games (Twitter)
ARK: Survival Evolved – Ver. ??? (DLC Update 2)
- Release date: February 21st 2023 (North America, Europe)
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:
Ragnarok DLC
- fixes the wrong map being present on the respawn screen
- Additional notes: this is an optional update for players who bought DLC for the game.
- Source: Grove Street Games (Twitter)
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.