Getting Started
How to Connect to Your ARK: Survival Ascended Server
ARK: Survival Ascended servers never appear in Steam's server browser. Join through the in-game Unofficial list by server name on PC and console.
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ARK: Survival Ascended rebuilds the original dinosaur survival sandbox in Unreal Engine 5, with Nanite-detailed landscapes, real-time Lumen lighting, and rebuilt creature models.
ARK: Survival Ascended
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Configuration
How to Change Stats Per Level in ARK (Game.ini Guide)
Change ARK stats per level for players and tamed dinos in Game.ini: full stat index table, breeding keys, and DestroyWildDinos to make new spawns and mods appear.
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Configuration
ARK Ascended Cluster: Transfer Characters Between Maps
Move your survivor, dinos and items between maps with an ARK: Survival Ascended cluster. Rent a server per map, we link them, and you transfer at an Obelisk.
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Configuration
How to Change the Map on Your ARK: Survival Ascended Server
Change the map on your ARK: Survival Ascended server from the panel's Maps tab: pick Ragnarok, Aberration or a mod map, restart, and keep every map's save.
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Getting Started
How to Change Your ARK: Survival Ascended Server Name
Rename your ARK: Survival Ascended server in the Startup tab's Server Name field, restart, and find it under Unofficial with Show Player Servers turned on.
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Configuration
How to Edit GameUserSettings.ini on an ARK Ascended Server
Make ARK: Survival Ascended server settings stick: stop the server first, edit GameUserSettings.ini under [ServerSettings], and know what goes in Game.ini.
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Mods & Customization
How to Install Mods on Your ARK: Survival Ascended Server
Install CurseForge mods on your ARK: Survival Ascended server from the Mods tab: search, add, restart to apply, then players download them on join.
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