Exark Patch 1.02 Notes - Performance and Building Fixes

Read the official Exark 1.02 and 1.02a patch notes: smoother crowded flights, experience changes, and building interaction fixes.

8/21/2026 1.02 Exark Wiki Editorial Team Last updated: 8/28/2026 1 min read

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Patch 1.02 at a Glance

Patch 1.02 is the first optimisation patch and focuses on smoother flights when the ark is carrying a heavy building load. It also adjusts experience gain and fixes several interactions.

Changes in 1.02

Flights should be smoother when the ark is under heavy load.
Less successful runs now grant more experience.
Caged Soul now animates Deep Idol correctly.
Penitent Idols now have the Statue tag and can be animated by Caged Souls.
Crew should no longer be swappable during flights, while crew in cargo can still fill empty slots.
Several typos were corrected.

Patch 1.02a

The August 22 hotfix addressed an issue where upgrading or rigging a building near an Immovable building could cause that Immovable building to become lost.

Data-page impact: When recording building placement rules, keep the Immovable tag and upgrade/rigging state in separate fields. The patch history shows that this interaction has changed before.