ARK: Survival Evolved - Ever happened ?

Ever happened ?
Why can they even be set on fire?
Idk why I wasted my time in this way
It kinda ruins the experience for solo players when you don't have someone to get other engrams for you
hell yeah
Haha Magmasaur go barf
EvIcTiOn NoTiCe
I made this *thing* in a friends share play...
How to turn Ark into a singleplayer game
My friend: Hey uhh, the level 673 giga is attacking our base. Me:
Blood Crystal Wyvern after 8 mutations <3
I feel like the admins are fucking with me
Caving be like:
This is a Map and for everything in the gane
RIP my dragon named toothpaste. You will be missed.
He can’t choose a color.
ay fuck you too water vein I didn’t wanna drink anyways
Another little cabin in the woods.
What is causing servers to crash like this?
Uhhh...
100% Actual Black (79) Ember - Probably should have posted a couple week ago?
My Boat Base
Ark can truly be such an awesome game
Me every time I build in the waterfall in highlands ��

Ever happened ?

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 04:29 AM PST

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Why can they even be set on fire?

Posted: 07 Dec 2020 10:24 PM PST

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Idk why I wasted my time in this way

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:27 AM PST

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It kinda ruins the experience for solo players when you don't have someone to get other engrams for you

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:57 AM PST

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hell yeah

Posted: 07 Dec 2020 11:18 PM PST

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Haha Magmasaur go barf

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:52 AM PST

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EvIcTiOn NoTiCe

Posted: 07 Dec 2020 02:47 PM PST

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I made this *thing* in a friends share play...

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:07 AM PST

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How to turn Ark into a singleplayer game

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:21 AM PST

Okay, one more time.

A couple of years ago I posted this guide for game settings if you want to play singleplayer. Over time I've tweaked the settings that I personally play on to the point that there are some important differences between that original post and what I now consider to be some more balanced and ideal game settings. I might not have made this new post except that I still get people messaging me about this post and I'll occasionally recieve awards on it (I recieved another one right before writing this). The problem is that those original settings are kind of bad. They were a good starting point but they really needed some refinement before I was able to truly forget about the game settings altogether and actually play the game.

So without further adieu, and in the interest of helping new players who may stumble across that original post, here are my ideal game settings to play and enjoy singleplayer. As per last time, these settings are used on a PS4 so I don't have any recommendations for mods and I don't have access to the ini files.

I'm only going to list the settings that I change, so anything not listed below should stay at the default.

Under General settings

Difficulty - 1

Player Resistance - 0.5

XP Multiplier - 12

Taming speed - 0.5

Dino Harvesting Damage - 2

Harvest Amount - 3

Dino Character Food Drain - 10

Dino Character Health Recovery - 2

Player Harvesting Damage - 0.5

And make sure to check the checkboxes for "Maximum Difficulty", "Disable Structure Placement Collision", and "Allow Multiple Platform Floors".

(And don't check the box for "singleplayer settings" because it'll actually screw everything up.)

Under Advanced settings

Check the boxes for "Non Permanent Diseases" and "Override Structure Platform Prevention"

Structure Prevent Resource Radius Multiplier - 0.2

Poop Interval - 20

Lay Egg Interval - 0.5

Mating Interval - 0.1

Egg Hatch Speed - 11

Baby Mature Speed - 50

Harvest Health - 5

Baby Cuddle Interval Multiplier - 0.012

Baby Cuddle Grace Period Multiplier - 2

Baby Imprinting Scale Multiplier - 1.5

Day Cycle Speed - 2

Spoiling Time - 3

No Resource Radius Players - 0.5

No Resource Radius Structures - 0.2

Crop Growth Speed - 3

Crop Decay Speed - 3

"Wild Dino Stats Per Level"

 Health - 2

"Tamed Dino Stats Per Level"

 Health - 0.1 Weight - 1.6 Damage - 0.08

"Tamed Dinos Add Per Level"

 Health - 0.07 Damage - 0.07

"Tamed Dino Stats Affinity"

 Health - 0.22 Damage - 0.22

"Player Stats Per Level"

 Weight - 50

Check the checkboxes for "Flyer Platform Unaligned Basing", "Passive Def Hurt Riderless Dinos", "Only Allow Specified Engrams", "Show Floating Damage Text", "Allow Custome Recipes", and "Allow Raid Dino Feeding"

Raid Dino Food Drain - 10

Crafting Skill Bonus Multiplier - 2

Supply Crate Loot Quality - 2

Fishing Loot Quality - 2

Increase Platform Structure Limit - 1000

Some of these settings are arguably personal preference, like how I set the dino food drain multiplier so high because I like having to feed my dinosaurs more often. But a lot of these settings work in tandem with eachother after agonizing over them for a lot longer than I'd like to admit. For example, the XP multiplier is so high because otherwise it would be impossible to level up a reaper fetus due to the increased egg hatch/pregnancy speeds. Etc etc, use caution when changing lots of settings.

Mostly you can just set up these settings and then forget about them, but bear in mind that it's okay to change them if you want to later on.

A note about Engrams...

When I play I use the giveengrams command to unlock all non-tek engrams from the beginning. I don't feel that this meaningfully detracts from the game. Ark is designed so that one player is not able to learn all crafting recipes by themselves, because you're meant to tribe up online. Singleplayer doesn't have this benefit, and not being able to learn crafting recipes isn't fun when gathering resources and learning how and what to craft is itself a challenge (especially for new players). Keep in mind that you may need to reactivate the giveengrams admin command every time you load into your game, at least if you plan on crafting something in a workbench.

To activate admin commands in singleplayer (on PS4) just pres L1+L2+R1+R2+SQUARE+TRIANGLE at the same time in the pause menu and a text box will appear. Simply type giveengrams into it and press enter to learn all the engrams.

Also remember to disable the engrams for handcuffs, radio, smoke grenade, lance, poison grenade, and silencer because these items have no use in singleplayer. Disabling them will prevent them from showing up in loot crates and drops. Mostly the lance. I hate the lance so much.

Have fun out there, everyone!

Edit: also, bookmark Dododex and download the app on your phone. You'll thank me later. It doesn't hurt to bookmark the Ark wiki as well. If you're new, these will be your best friends because this game doesn't tell you anything, and occasionally the information found in the game itself is outdated or just wrong. Use the wiki, use dododex.

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My friend: Hey uhh, the level 673 giga is attacking our base. Me:

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 10:06 AM PST