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Sourced from the official ARK Community Crunch + Steam patch notes · updated July 18, 2026
at a glance
# community crunch 515
players   🟢 nothing urgent
admins    🔴 one real action
type      newsletter + summer event
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Latest: Community Crunch 515 — “Bouncing into Summer”

Heads up — this one's a newsletter, not a patch. No version bump, no new dinos on your server, nothing to reconfigure. It's mostly fan art, a Conquest recap, and a laptop giveaway (congrats, LilithiumDawn). If you run a server, there's exactly one thing here for you, so here it is and you can get back to your day.

🔴 Act — do something🟡 Look — worth a glance🟢 Chill — affects you, nothing to do➖ N/A — not your department
What changedWhat it means🎮 Players🛠️ Admins
Summer Bash event (Jul 17 – Aug 5) Cosmetic seasonal event — inflatable furniture, dino balloons, skins, emotes; event creature “Slidy ’N Slippery Kairuku” drops Popsicles to craft the event items. 🟡 Log in for the cosmetics 🔴 Add mod 927091
Official bonus rates 2× harvest / tame / XP / breed (PvP & PvE) · Small Tribes 4.5× + 4× breed · ARKpocalypse 5×. 🟢 Free boost on official 🟡 Mirror if you match official
Galleon ship (teaser) Future ship supporting 300+ structures, up to 4× placeables on ships depending on class — no ETA. 🟢 Nothing yet ➖ Not live
New Official Genesis servers (~Jul 20) Wildcard is adding servers to their own official fleet (PvP, PvE, Small Tribes, Console). ➖ N/A ➖ Their servers, not yours
Conquest S8 · fan art · giveaway Community and newsletter content — a competitive ladder recap, a contest winner, the usual gallery. 🟢 Read if bored ➖ N/A
Bottom line: not a patch. Want the event on your server? Add mod 927091 (-mods=927091) and you're done — Wildcard says no other changes are needed. Otherwise nothing here touches your config. Carry on. And no, we can't tell you the exact minute the bonus rates end — Wildcard left a literal DATE placeholder in their own post. We're going with the event window, August 5.
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Older ARK Updates

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ARK Patch Notes FAQ

Is ARK Community Crunch 515 a patch?
No. Community Crunch 515 is ARK's weekly community newsletter — fan art, a Conquest recap, a laptop giveaway. The only gameplay item is the Summer Bash seasonal event (cosmetic), running July 17 to August 5, 2026.
How do I run the ARK Summer Bash event on my own server?
Add the Summer Bash mod (ID 927091) to your server — launch arg -mods=927091, or add it via the in-game ARK Mod list. Wildcard states no other changes are needed to activate the event.
What are the ARK Summer Bash bonus rates?
On the Official Network: PvP & PvE get 2× harvesting, taming, XP and breeding; Small Tribes get 4.5× harvest/tame/XP plus 4× breeding; ARKpocalypse gets 5× across the board. Event window: July 17 – August 5, 2026.
When do the ARK bonus rates end?
The Summer Bash event runs to August 5, 2026. Wildcard's own post left the recurring weekend-rates end date as an unfilled DATE placeholder, so treat the event window as the authoritative end date.

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