Studio Wildcard has officially launched Fantastic Tames Season 1 for ARK Survival Ascended, introducing an entirely new premium creature pack packed with mystical beasts, tactical abilities, and fresh ways for Survivors to dominate the battlefield.
Available now on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S for $9.99, the new content expands ARK’s sandbox survival gameplay with a trio of unique creatures designed around mobility, strategy, and large-scale combat encounters.
Leading the update is the debut of the Burrowbuck, a swift rabbit-like creature capable of digging underground tunnels and creating hidden burrow bases for players to build within.
The Burrowbuck specialises in stealth and mobility, using agile movement, rapid jumps, and surprise ambush tactics to outmaneuver enemies. When threatened, the creature can disappear underground while kicking up blinding dirt clouds, making it a dangerous guerilla warfare companion for PvP and survival-focused gameplay.
Fantastic Tames Season 1 Expands Later This Year
While the Burrowbuck is available immediately, Studio Wildcard has also confirmed two additional Fantastic Tames arriving later in 2026.
Cerberax, launching in Q3 2026, is a massive three-headed frontline beast designed for coordinated multiplayer combat. Each head wields devastating elemental attacks that can combine together into powerful chained abilities, making it a terrifying force during large-scale encounters.
Later in Q4 2026, players will gain access to Enigmasaur, a mysterious shape-shifting creature capable of mimicking nearby dinosaurs and stealing their abilities. The creature’s deceptive nature allows players to adapt to different situations by disguising themselves and utilizing copied powers.
The Fantastic Tames initiative appears to be aimed at introducing more fantasy-inspired creatures into the ARK universe while still maintaining the survival gameplay systems the franchise is known for.
Free Araneo TLC Update Also Launches Today
Launching alongside Fantastic Tames Season 1 is the free Araneo TLC Update, a community-voted creature overhaul originally chosen during the Extra Life 2025 charity livestream.
The redesigned Araneo spider has been transformed into a far more dangerous tactical mount featuring enhanced mobility, advanced web mechanics, and new ambush-focused gameplay.
No longer restricted to ground-level movement, the updated Araneo can now traverse elevated terrain using web-lines before descending from above to trap unsuspecting prey in webbing and strike with venomous attacks.
The overhaul gives the creature a much stronger role in both traversal and tactical combat, turning it into one of the game’s more unique predator-style mounts.
ARK: Survival Ascended Continues to Grow
ARK: Survival Ascended continues to expand with access to all major ARK worlds, including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and both ARK Genesis expansions.
Available now across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam, and Windows PC, the survival title allows players to create tribes, tame prehistoric creatures, build massive bases, and survive inside a living ecosystem filled with dinosaurs and hostile threats.
Fantastic Tames Season 1 is available now.
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