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ARK: Survival Evolved
Setting Up Your ARK Server
How to Change the Difficulty Level on Your Ark Server
The Difficulty Level of your ARK server affects the levels of creatures in the world, as well as the quality of loot drops. By default, the max level of all the dinos you can find is 30. If you want higher level dinos and better loot, you can increase the difficulty of the server. Increasing Difficulty in the GameUserSettings.ini Config File The difficulty level settings are found in the GameUserSettings.ini config file, which is located in your server files under `ShooterGame/Save
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How do I connect to my ARK: Survival Evolved server?
Getting Started Connecting to your ARK: Survival Evolved server is quite simple. Though in order to do this, you need to add the server as a favorite server on Steam. Adding A Favorite To add a favorite server, at the top of the Steam application, click View, then click into where it says Servers.  and press Delete Sta
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How to Add Mods to your ARK Server
All mods from the Steam workshop are supported by RAMShard's ARK server hosting. If you wish to add mods to your ARK server - this is the guide for you! ARK mods can add new creatures & enemies, custom structures, custom features and more. Before adding mods, we recommend that you backup your server. Finding Steam Workshop Mods Find the Mod IDs of each mod you wish to install on the Steam Workshop. Browse the steam workshop and find a m
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How to Set an ARK Server Password
Setting a server password on your ARK Server requires users to enter the password before they can join the server. By default, all users can join without a password. You can set a Server Password with the following steps: On the server control panel, navigate to Files > Config Files. Select ARK Server Settings Enter your desired password in the "Server Password" field. Press save, and then restart your server for the change to take effect. Once your server restarts, all
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How to Setup a Custom ARK Map
Finding a Custom Map Find which map mod you would like to run on your server from the Steam Community Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=346110&searchtext=&childpublishedfileid=0&browsesort=trend§ion=readytouseitems&requiredtags%5B%5D=Map Identify the maps mod ID and map’s name from that page. a. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1955086330 b. This Map’s Map Name is listed as Sumero_P Note this information down as it will be
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