ARK Summer Bash 2025 is now available (Image via Studio Wildcard)

ARK Survival Ascended: Summer Bash event guide

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The Summer Bash returns to ARK Survival Ascended for the second year in a row. This year has been a nostalgic trip for the ARK community. The developers recently brought back the beloved Ragnarok map as part of the Lost Colony Expansion, followed by Summer Bash, featuring an in-game event and a lot of free cosmetics.

Apart from the event-specific items, the update brings several QoL additions. Here’s everything new added with the latest ARK update.


All you need to know about ARK Survival Ascended: Summer Bash 2025

New Squirt Gun Auto Turret skin (Image via Studio Wildcard)
New Squirt Gun Auto Turret skin (Image via Studio Wildcard)

Since its release, the ARK franchise has celebrated multiple events every year, but the Summer Bash was introduced in 2019 with ARK: Survival Evolved. The event ran for three consecutive years before being replaced by Summer EVO.

To everyone’s surprise, it returned in 2024 with ARK Survival Ascended. This year’s event comes right after a massive update, giving players one more reason to keep playing.

Summer Bash 2025 started on July 2, 2025, and will be active for two weeks until July 16. During this time, everyone in the PvP and PvE servers can enjoy double the rate for Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Breeding.

Small Tribes servers can enjoy a 4.5x boost, while ARKpocalypse will get a 5x boost for the event duration. For those unaware, Small Tribes is a PvP server with only six players, and the ARKpocalypse is a hardcore server.


How to take part in ARK Survival Ascended: Summer Bash 2025

Slidy 'N Slippery Kairuku (Image via Studio Wildcard)
Slidy ‘N Slippery Kairuku (Image via Studio Wildcard)

The Summer Bash 2025 event is added as a mod in the game, which you need to install before playing. For players in the dedicated servers or single-player, follow the steps below to install the mod:

  • Open the ARK Mod list and search Summer Bash.
  • Install the one with Mod ID: 927091.
  • Close the mod list and open the “Mod Setting” inside the game setup.
  • Search and activate Summer Bash.

Here’s everything in the Summer Bash 2025 event:

In-game event

The Club ARK has received an update featuring new rewards. These can be crafted using Popsicles, which players can get by killing Slidy ‘N Slippery Kairuku. It’s a Penguin sliding around the map in a summer outfit.

The Popsicles are only rewards after killing and destroying Slidy ‘N Slippery Kairuku’s body. Once you have enough of them for the item you want, use Smithy to craft it.

Here are all the event items:

  • Festive Dino Candy (Summer Swirl Taffy)
  • Shark Jaw Trophy
  • Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Coel
  • Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Piranha
  • Fisherman’s Trophy Wall Mount Salmon

Event skins and returning skins

New Returning
Gone Fishin Swimsuit Top and Bottom Alpha Raptor Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Gone Fishin shirt Floaty Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Captain’s Hat Giga Poop Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Fishing Top Eel Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Fishing Pants Jellyfish Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Fishing Boots T-Rex Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Flower Crown Hat Floral Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Flower Bracelets Glove Crab Fest Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Flower Anklets Boot Fish Bite Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Fishing Chair Ichthy Isles Swimsuit Top and Bottom
Tackle Box Small Inflatable Rex Costume
Squirt Gun Auto Turret Sunglasses
Squirt Gun Heavy Auto Turret Angler Hat
Sportsman’s Speargun Floppy Straw Summer Hat
Angler’s Fishing Rod Bulbdog-Print Shirt
GoneFishing Swim Short skin Hoversail-Print Shirt
GoneFishing Swim Bottom Skin Retro Glasses
Alpha Raptor Swim Short Skin Cool Noglin-Print Shirt
Alpha Raptor Swim Bottom Skin Ice Pop-Print Shirt
Eel Swim Short Skin Sea Life-Print Shirt
Eel Swim Bottom Skin Uncle Sam Hat
Floral Swim Short Skin Gasbags-Print Shirt
Floral Swim Bottom Skin Shadowmane Fishing-Print Shirt
Ichthy Isles Swim Short Skin Pineapple Sunglasses
Ichthy Isles Swim Bottom Skin Sun Visor
T-Rex Swim Short Skin Fireworks Hat
T-Rex Swim Bottom Skin Sarco Sandals
Giga Poop Swim Short Skin Puka Shell Bracelet
Giga Poop Swim Bottom Skin Shark Costume
Jellyfish Swim Short Skin Grilling Spatula
Jellyfish Swim Bottom Skin Fireworks Flaregun
Fish Bite Swim Short Skin Torch Sparkler
Fish Bite Swim Bottom Skin Fireworks Rocket Launcher
Floaty Swim Short Skin Flying Disc
Floaty Swim Bottom Skin Water Soaker
Crab Fest Swim Short Skin Balloon Sword
Crab Fest Swim Bottom Skin Balloon Axe
—————— Balloon Pick
—————— Water Pistol
—————— Dino Uncle Sam Hat
—————— Cooler
—————— BBQ Grill

Event Emotes

  • Sit (new)
  • This Big! (new)
  • Air Guitar (returning)

Wild Dino Colors

  • Yellow
  • Light Yellow
  • Cream
  • Teal
  • Medium Teal
  • Turquoise
  • Lemon Lime
  • Leaf Green
  • Jade
  • Coral
  • Peach
  • Light Orange
  • Light Pink
  • Light Red
  • Dino Light Red
  • Dino Albino
  • White
  • Actual Black

QoL updates with ARK Summer Bash 2025

Phoenix is ARK Survival (Image via Studio Wildcard)
Phoenix is ARK Survival (Image via Studio Wildcard)

Amid all the new rewards, Studio Wildcard has also pushed several quality-of-life changes to the game. The most notable one is making the Phoenix breedable, something the community had requested for a long time.

Other changes include the ability to enable “autorun” from the action wheel, specific resource harvesting using Ankylosaurus, Doedicurus, and Dunkleosaurus, and many more balance changes.


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