Most of ARK: Survival Ascended's gameplay settings, such as harvesting, taming and experience rates, live in two files on your server: GameUserSettings.ini and Game.ini. The ARK wiki lists every setting and its default.
Note
Server Name, Server Password, Admin Password, Max Players and PvE are set in Bropanel under Settings. Your server writes them into GameUserSettings.ini every time it starts, so edit them there instead of in the file.
Editing GameUserSettings.ini
- 1Log in to Bropanel and
Stopyour server. - 2In the sidebar, go to
Files. - 3Open
ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini. - 4Add or change settings one per line under the section the wiki lists for each, then save the file. Most go under the
[ServerSettings]line, for exampleTamingSpeedMultiplier=3.0. - 5Start your server.
Editing Game.ini
Game.ini holds the more advanced settings, such as custom levels, engram points and creature spawns.
- 1Log in to Bropanel and
Stopyour server. - 2In the sidebar, go to
Files. - 3Open
ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini. If it isn't there, create it in that folder with[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]as its first line. - 4Add your settings under the
[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]line, then save the file. - 5Start your server.