ARK Survival Ascended: Summer Bash event guide

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)

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)

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)

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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Mayank Singh Rathour is an MMO writer at Sportskeeda. He graduated from college with a degree in Business Administration and has over two years of experience as an esports journalist.

Mayank was introduced to gaming at an early age and played Contra, Double Dragon, Castlevania, etc., on his Nintendo DS. When he was a little older, Counter-Strike — a title that majorly helped develop his passion for gaming — became his favorite pastime. Though he's played a bunch of games since then, his love of CS has remained strong. Shroud, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro, is an inspiration to him. He's also a fan of series' esports scene, following teams like Vitality, NAVI, and The Mongols closely.

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Edited by Angad Sharma