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1 Server Configuration

Server Configuration

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The <a href="/ARK:_Survival_Evolved" title="ARK: Survival Evolved">ARK: Survival Evolved</a> dedicated server has a wide variety of configuration options that control its behavior and adjust many aspects of the game. These are options that can only be set at server startup.

Most options can be specified on the command line when launching the server or in the server's configuration files. Options that must be specified on the command line are noted below.

<a href="#Command_Line_Syntax">1 Command Line Syntax</a>
<a href="#Command_line_arguments">2 Command line arguments</a>
<a href="#Configuration_Files">3 Configuration Files</a>
- <a href="#GameUserSettings.ini">3.1 GameUserSettings.ini</a>
  - <a href="#Ragnarok">3.1.1 Ragnarok</a>
  - <a href="#ARK:_Homestead_specific">3.1.2 ARK: Homestead specific</a>
- <a href="#Game.ini">3.2 Game.ini</a>
  - <a href="#Turret_Limit_related">3.2.1 Turret Limit related</a>
  - <a href="#Engram_Entries">3.2.2 Engram Entries</a>
  - <a href="#Creature_Spawn_related">3.2.3 Creature Spawn related</a>
  - <a href="#PlayerBaseStatMultipliers">3.2.4 PlayerBaseStatMultipliers</a>
  - <a href="#PerLevelStatsMultiplier">3.2.5 PerLevelStatsMultiplier</a>
  - <a href="#ConfigOverrideItemCraftingCosts">3.2.6 ConfigOverrideItemCraftingCosts</a>
  - <a href="#ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems">3.2.7 ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems</a>
  - <a href="#ItemStatClamps">3.2.8 ItemStatClamps</a>
<a href="#Administrator_Whitelisting">4 Administrator Whitelisting</a>
<a href="#Cross-ARK_Data_Transfer">5 Cross-ARK Data Transfer</a>
<a href="#References">6 References</a>

Command Line Syntax

The server is currently launched via the command line using the following syntax to specify runtime options:

<b><executable></b> <b><map_name></b>?listen[?<b><option></b>=<b><value></b>][?<b><option></b>=<b><value></b>]...[?<b><option></b>=<b><value></b>] -UseBattleye <b>[<Argument>]</b><i></i>

Following the <executable> name, options are specified as a single string with each option separated by a question mark (?). Most options require a value argument. Refer to the option reference below for more details.

When an option is not specified, its default value is used automatically.

For example, to launch a server that:

shows each player a crosshair
shows each player their position on the map
allows players to view themselves in third person
enforces a minimum distance between player structures built by different players and tribes
enables BattlEye

On a Linux host:

./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?ServerCrosshair=True?MapPlayerLocation=True?AllowThirdPersonPlayer=True?TheMaxStructuresInRange=100 -UseBattlEye

On a Windows host:

start ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?listen?ServerCrosshair=True?AllowThirdPersonPlayer=True?MapPlayerLocation=True?TheMaxStructuresInRange=100" -UseBattlEye

On Windows, quotation marks (") are used to ensure the command shell does not attempt to interpret any options itself.

Command line arguments

These are the options of the server launch command. For the syntax see above. Options starting with a ? (question mark) are appended directly one after another, options starting with a - (dash) have to be noted separately.

For Single Player: Right click in your Steam client on the game's name in the Library, choose Properties, tab General, button "Set Launch Options...", enter the options. But some options won't work this way, especially these starting with a ? (question mark). Try to put them into the section [ServerSettings] of the GameUserSettings.ini (for the location of this file see <a href="#Configuration_Files">Configuration Files</a>).

Argument Platform Effect

-allcores ? ?

-UseDynamicConfig all enables the use of the dynamic config, if you dont provide a customdynamicconfigurl the server will use the default dynamic config for that platform (the one used on official server)
NOTE: It takes about 15 minutes for the config to take effect after the file has been changed. When you want to "undo" the config you should be changing it back to whatever your default is.
Introduced in patch <a href="/307.2" title="307.2">307.2</a>

?customdynamicconfigurl="<link>" all direct link to config file e.g.: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://arkdedicated.com/dynamicconfig.ini">http://arkdedicated.com/dynamicconfig.ini</a> ;
currently only the following options are supported to be adjusted dynamically: TamingSpeedMultiplier, HarvestAmountMultiplier, XPMultiplier, MatingIntervalMultiplier, BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier, EggHatchSpeedMultiplier, BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier, CropGrowthSpeedMultiplier, MatingSpeedMultiplier, BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier, BabyImprintAmountMultiplier, CustomRecipeEffectivenessMultiplier, TributeItemExpirationSeconds, TributeDinoExpirationSeconds, EnableFullDump, GUseServerNetSpeedCheck, bUseAlarmNotifications and HexagonRewardMultiplier.
Introduced in patch <a href="/307.2" title="307.2">307.2</a>

?CustomLiveTuningUrl="<link>" PC direct link to the LiveTuning file e.g.: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://arkdedicated.com/DefaultOverloads.json">http://arkdedicated.com/DefaultOverloads.json</a> ; currently only allows to change the values of DecayDestructionPeriod & DecayDestructionPeriodMultiplier for any items in the game, for more information on how to use this system check out the official announcement: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/569366-server-configuration-live-tuning-system/">https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/569366-server-configuration-live-tuning-system/</a>

-allowansel ? Activates <a href="/NVIDIA_Ansel" title="NVIDIA Ansel">NVIDIA Ansel</a> support, in single player. When connecting to a server, this will cause most lights (lamps) to no longer function, even when powered and lit.
Introduced in patch <a href="/246.0" title="246.0">246.0</a>

?AllowAnyoneBabyImprintCuddle=true Use this if you want ANYONE to be able to "take care" of a Baby Dino (cuddle etc.), not just whomever Imprinted on it.

?AllowCrateSpawnsOnTopOfStructures=true Servers can now allow from-the-air Supply Crates to appear on top of Structures, rather than being prevented by Structures.

?AllowFlyerCarryPvE=true Flyers on PvE can carry wild dinos.

?AllowFlyingStaminaRecovery=false Set to true if flyers should recover stamina when player is standing on instead riding.

?AllowMultipleAttachedC4=false Set to true to allow to attach more than one <a href="/C4" class="mw-redirect" title="C4">C4</a> per dino.

?AutoDestroyDecayedDinos=true Auto-destroy claimable decayed dinos on load, rather than have them remain around as Claimable.
Introduced in patch <a href="/255.0" title="255.0">255.0</a>

-automanagedmods All Automatic MOD download/installation/updating.
Introduced in patch <a href="/244.3" title="244.3">244.3</a>

bAppendItemSets=false Set to true to add item sets to supply crates, rather than overriding all their items. See <a href="#ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems">ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems</a>
Introduced in patch <a href="/273.7" title="273.7">273.7</a>

bAppendPreventIncreasingMinMaxItemSets=false Set to true to dynamically increase the amount of items dropped. See <a href="#ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems">ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems</a>
Introduced in patch <a href="/273.7" title="273.7">273.7</a>

?ClampItemSpoilingTimes=true Will clamp all spoiling times to the items' maximum spoiling times. Could potentially cause issues with Mods that alter spoiling time.
Introduced in patch <a href="/254.944" title="254.944">254.944</a>

?ClampItemStats=true Enable/Disable stats clamping for items. See <a href="#ItemStatClamps">ItemStatClamps</a> for more info.
Introduced in patch <a href="/255.0" title="255.0">255.0</a>

-ClearOldItems All Official PvP servers one-time Clearance of all old unequipped items (with the exception of blueprints, eatables, notes, and quest items), to ensure fairness after Item Duplication bug exploit. Server admins can enforce this once if they run with this command argument (will only work ONCE' on pre-update save games)
Introduced in patch 178.0

-culture=?? All You can directly override the language by using this commandline. List of currently supported language codes: ca, cs, da, de, en, es, eu, fi, fr, hu, it, ja, ka, ko, nl, pl, pt_BR, ru, sv, th, tr, zh, zh-Hans-CN, zh-TW

-d3d10 Windows Only The game is forced to use DX10 instead of DX11 by sm4. This will reduce the graphics engine to a lesser version, reducing some graphics, but raising the framerate.

?DestroyUnconnectedWaterPipes=true All After two days real-time the pipes will auto-destroy if unconnected to any non-pipe (directly or indirectly) and no allied player is nearby.

?DisableImprintDinoBuff=true Use this to disable the Dino Imprinting-Player Stat Bonus, if you don't like it (where whomever specifically imprinted on the Dino, and Raised it to have an Imprinting Quality, gets extra Damage/Resistance buff)

-EnableIdlePlayerKick All Cause characters that have not moved or interacted within the KickIdlePlayersPeriod to be kicked.

?EnableExtraStructurePreventionVolumes=true All Use this to completely disable building in specific resource-rich areas, in particular setup on TheIsland around the major mountains.

?ExtinctionEventTimeInterval=2592000 All Use this to enable extinction for 30 days. The number is the time in seconds.

?FastDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true Will decay unsnapped foundations/pillars at 5x speed.
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.987" title="245.987">245.987</a>

-ForceAllowCaveFlyers All Force Flyer dinos to be allowed into caves (Flyers able to go into caves by default on custom maps)

?ForceFlyerExplosives=true All Flyer (except <a href="/Quetzal" title="Quetzal">Quetzal</a> and <a href="/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a> can't fly with <a href="/C4" class="mw-redirect" title="C4">C4</a> attached to it. Set this parameter to true to let them still fly.
Introduced in patch <a href="/252.83" title="252.83">252.83</a>

-ForceRespawnDinos All Launch with this command to destroy all wild creatures on a startup. (this will only destroy wild creatures that are NOT currently being tamed)
Introduced in patch <a href="/216.0" title="216.0">216.0</a>

-gameplaylogging All Survival of the Fittest servers can launch with this commandline option to output a dated log file to \Saved folder, which will contain a timestamped kill & winners log listing steam id, steam name, character name, etc. Handy for automatic Tournament records…

-insecure Windows Only Disable Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system.

-lowmemory All Launch options that reduces graphics and audio effects to save about 800 MB RAM, likely enabling 4GB RAM players to get past infinite-loading screens

-MapModID=######### All Dedicated servers can now optionally load custom maps via ModID diectly, rather than having to specify the map name directly, using this syntax (where the MapModID is the Steam Workshop FileID of your custom map, and the GameModIds are the Id’s of the stacked mods you wish to use, in order)
Introduced in patch <a href="/193.0" title="193.0">193.0</a>

?MaxPersonalTamedDinos=Number Activates a per-tribe dino tame limit. (500 on official servers)
Introduced in patch <a href="/255.0" title="255.0">255.0</a>

?MinimumDinoReuploadInterval=xxxx All Number of seconds cooldown between allowed Dino re-uploads (defaults to 0, set to 43200 on Official Servers which is 12 hours).

-noantispeedhack All Anti speedhack detection is now enabled by default — to disable it, use this server commandline
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.5" title="218.5">218.5</a>

-NoBattlEye Run server without BattleEye

-NoBiomeWalls Eliminates the upcoming-Biome-change area wall effects as introduced in an unversioned addition of v<a href="/241.5" title="241.5">241.5</a>.
Introduced in patch <a href="/242.7" title="242.7">242.7</a>

-nocombineclientmoves All Server player-move-physics optimization is now enabled by default (improves perf) — to disable it, use this server commandline
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.5" title="218.5">218.5</a>

-nofishloot All disable non-meat Fish Loot when using <a href="/Fishing_Rod" title="Fishing Rod">Fishing Rod</a>
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.9" title="245.9">245.9</a>

-noninlinesaveload All Fixed a savegame corruption case with large savegames: this is experimental, so try with this command, if you have any saves that don’t load. We’ll formally roll this loader change out in a subsequent patch after we’re 100% certain it has no side effects.

-nomansky All Lots of detailed sky features are disabled, such as clouds and starry night sky. This decreases all of those but you can still have them. You still obtain the stars, the sun, and the moon. This just helps you remove the sparkling stars that make you sightless at night

-nomemorybias Reduced client game memory usage by about 600 MB system and 600 MB GPU RAM! (all meshes now stream LOD's dynamically). This could potentially have a small runtime performance impact, so to use the old method (more RAM usage but no potential performance loss), launch with -nomemorybias

?NonPermanentDiseases=true This will make Diseases not permanent (you will then lose them if you respawn).

-NotifyAdminCommandsInChat

-oldsaveformat Defaulted to using "new save format", which is approximately 4x faster and 50% smaller. If you want to use the old save format, launch with -oldsaveformat.

?OnlyAutoDestroyCoreStructures=true You can launch an autodestroy enabled server with this opion to prevent any non-core/non-foundation structures from autodestroying (however they'll still get autodestroyed if a floor that they're on gets autodestroyed, of course). Official PvE Servers use this option.
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.989" title="245.989">245.989</a>

?OnlyDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true If set, only unsnapped core structures will decay. Useful for eliminating lone pillar/foundation spam on PvP Servers.
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.986" title="245.986">245.986</a>

?OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0 Allows you to override the default server difficulty level of 4 with 5 to match the new official server difficulty level.
Introduced in patch <a href="/247.95" title="247.95">247.95</a>

?OverrideStructurePlatformPrevention=true Use this override if you want <a href="/Auto_Turret" title="Auto Turret">turret</a> or <a href="/Wooden_Spike_Wall" title="Wooden Spike Wall">spike</a> structures to be buildable and functional on <a href="/Category:Platform_Saddles" title="Category:Platform Saddles">platform saddles</a>.
Introduced in patch <a href="/242.0" title="242.0">242.0</a>, changed in patch <a href="/247.999" title="247.999">247.999</a>

?OxygenSwimSpeedStatMultiplier=1.0 Use this to set how swim speed is multiplied by level spent in oxygen. The value was reduced by 80% in <a href="/256.0" title="256.0">256.0</a>.
Introduced in patch <a href="/256.3" title="256.3">256.3</a>

?PreventDiseases=true This will completely disable Diseases on the server. (thus far just 'Swamp Fever').

?PreventDownloadSurvivors=False ?PreventDownloadItems=False ?PreventDownloadDinos=False ?PreventUploadSurvivors=False ?PreventUploadItems=False ?PreventUploadDinos=False Prevent <a href="#Cross-ARK_Data_Transfer">Cross-ARK Data Transfer</a>
Introduced in patch <a href="/246.0" title="246.0">246.0</a>

-PreventHibernation In both Single Player and Non-Dedicated Servers creatures in inactive zones are in hibernation instead of in stasis. Use this option to prevent hibernation at the cost of performance and memory usage.
Introduced in patch <a href="/259.0" title="259.0">259.0</a>

?PreventOfflinePvP=true Use this to enable the offline raiding prevention option.

?PreventOfflinePvPInterval=900 That would be a 15 min wait before a tribe/players dinos/structures become invulnerable/inactive after they log off. (if Tribe, requires ALL Tribe members logged off!)

?PreventSpawnAnimations=false Setting to true lets player characters (re)spawn without the wake up animation.
Introduced in patch <a href="/261.0" title="261.0">261.0</a>

?PvEAllowStructuresAtSupplyDrops=false Set to true to allow building near supply drop points in PvE mode.
Introduced in patch <a href="/247.999" title="247.999">247.999</a>

?PvEDinoDecayPeriodMultiplier=1.0 Dino PvE Auto-Claim time multiplier
Introduced in patch <a href="/241.4" title="241.4">241.4</a>

?PvPDinoDecay=true Set to true to prevent dinosaurs from decaying while the Offline Raiding Prevention is active.

?PvPStructureDecay=true Set to true to prevent structure from decaying while the Offline Raiding Prevention is active.
Introduced in patch <a href="/206.0" title="206.0">206.0</a>

?RCONEnabled=True Enables RCON, needs ?RCONPort=32330 and ?ServerAdminPassword=123 to work
Introduced in patch <a href="/185.0" title="185.0">185.0</a>

?RCONPort=32330 specifies the connection port for the RCON is needed for RCOn to work, you need to manually enable the specified port, any not used port can be used
Introduced in patch <a href="/185.0" title="185.0">185.0</a>

?ShowFloatingDamageText=true Use this to enable RPG-style popup text stat mode.

-server ? ?

?ServerAdminPassword=passwort If specified, players must provide this password (via the in-game console) to gain access to administrator commands on the server. Also used to log in via RCON.

-servergamelog All Enable Server Admin Logs (including RCON support) use RCON command “getgamelog” to print 100 entries at a time also outputs to dated file in in “\Logs”, adjust max length of RCON buffer with commandline: “?RCONServerGameLogBuffer=600”
Introduced in patch <a href="/224.0" title="224.0">224.0</a>

-servergamelogincludetribelogs

-ServerRCONOutputTribeLogs Allows tribe chat to be displayed in rcon, in addition to global chat.

-sm4 Windows Only The game is forced to use Shader Model 4 instead of the Shader Model 5 as usual. Well, there is no much difference, the game still looks and feels the same, but you can obtain better performance (Windows only?) (reported to increase frames but changes the game lighting)

-StasisKeepControllers AI Controllers to once again be destroyed on Stasis, too much memory overhead to keeping them around on large maps. For servers with a lot of RAM, they can now optionally gain performance by running with this to keep the AI's in memory.

-StructureDestructionTag=DestroySwampSnowStructures All One-Time Auto-Structure Demolish on Swamp and Snow Zones: To do this, which you can only execute once after updating to v216, run your server or game with this commandline

?TheMaxStructuresInRange=10500 new value for maximum allowed structures on a server. replaced NewMaxStructuresInRange
Introduced in patch <a href="/252.1" title="252.1">252.1</a>

?TribeLogDestroyedEnemyStructures=true By default enemy structure destruction (for the victim tribe) is not displayed in the tribe Logs, set this to true to enable it.
Introduced in patch <a href="/247.93" title="247.93">247.93</a>

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES All All of your CPU cores will be used, if all of them are not being utilized after using this launch option, then try to disable it!

-usecache All ~70% faster loading speed option. Choose “Experiment Fast Load Cache” launch option (use add “-usecache” to your launch commandline manually). After the first & second times that you start the game & load will be still be slow, but the third time onwards will be fast. This may be deprecated, as of <a href="/188.2" title="188.2">188.2</a> as it was added, by default, for the PrimalData. It was also supposed to be added to all maps, but has never been clarified as to if this occurred.

?UseOptimizedHarvestingHealth=true "optimized" server with high HarvestAmountMultiplier (but less rare items).

?bRawSockets ? Direct UDP socket connections rather than Steam P2P, for significantly increased server network performance. Need to manually open ports 7777 & 7778 if you do so in order for your server to accept connections.
Introduced in patch <a href="/213.0" title="213.0">213.0</a>, disabled since v311.78

-nonetthreading option for bRawSockets servers to only utilize a single thread for networking (useful to improve performance for machines with more servers than cpu cores, on Linux in particular)
Introduced in patch <a href="/271.15" title="271.15">271.15</a> seems to be deprecated with patch <a href="/271.17" title="271.17">271.17</a>

-forcenetthreading Defaulted dedicated server ?bRawSockets mode to not use threaded networking, seemed to generally be a net performance loss in our analysis. Use this to forcefully enable it.
Disabled since v311.78

-vday

All

Activate Valentine’s Day Event (2x Mateboost Range, 3x Mating Speed/Mating Recovery, 3x Baby/Egg Maturation Speed, 1/3rd Baby Food Consumption).

Possibly deprecated; use -ActiveEvent=vday instead.

-webalarm All Activate Web alarms when important things happen to a tribe, such as Tripwire Alarms going off and Babies being born. See <a href="/Web_Notifications" title="Web Notifications">Web Notifications</a> for details.
Introduced in patch <a href="/243.0" title="243.0">243.0</a>

-exclusivejoin

All

Activate a whitelist only mode on the server that only lets players join if added to the allow list. Not to be confused with "Admin Whitelisting" which uses "AllowedCheaterSteamIDs.txt" to allow players to cheat. This option uses "PlayersJoinNoCheckList.txt" to allow people to join but not give them cheats. If the file does not exist in your Linux/Win64 Binaries folder, create it and add the Steam64 IDs of the players you wish to be allowed to join your server. Path; "\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\" "/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/".

You will need to restart your server, if you add new lines to the file while it is running. You can however use "Cheat AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck 12345678901234567" in game, to add a new player to the whitelist. This method will also save to the file, so you don't need to reboot the server.

-ActiveEvent=<eventname>

PC

enables a specified event
Only one can be specified and active at a time
<tbody> </tbody>

eventname	Description
Easter	Allows for the <a href="/ARK:_Eggcellent_Adventure_5" title="ARK: Eggcellent Adventure 5">Easter Event</a> to be activated
Arkaeology	Allows for the <a href="/ARK:_ARKaeology" title="ARK: ARKaeology">Arkaeology Event</a> to be activated.
ExtinctionChronicles	Allows for the <a href="/Extinction_Chronicles" title="Extinction Chronicles">Extinction Chronicles Event</a> to be activated.
WinterWonderland	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_Winter_Wonderland_4" title="ARK: Winter Wonderland 4">Winter Wonderland 2019 Event</a> to be activated.
vday	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_Love_Evolved" title="ARK: Love Evolved">Love Evolved</a> to be activated.
Summer	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_Summer_Bash_2020" title="ARK: Summer Bash 2020">Summer Bash 2020 Event</a> to be activated.
FearEvolved	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_Fear_Evolved_4" title="ARK: Fear Evolved 4">ARK: Fear Evolved 4</a> to be activated.
TurkeyTrial	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_Turkey_Trial_4" title="ARK: Turkey Trial 4">ARK: Turkey Trial 4</a> to be activated.
birthday	Allows for <a href="/ARK:_5th_Anniversary" title="ARK: 5th Anniversary">ARK: 5th Anniversary</a> to be activated.

?GameModIds=ModID1,ModID2 PC Specifies the order and which mods are loaded, ModIDs need to be comma seperated
Introduced in patch <a href="/190.0" title="190.0">190.0</a>

?MaxTamedDinos=4000 Sets the maximum number of tamed Dinos on a Server, this is a global cap.
Introduced in patch <a href="/191.0" title="191.0">191.0</a>

?SpectatorPassword=mypassword To use non-admin spectator, the server must specify a spectator password. Then any client can use these console commands: requestspectator <password> and stopspectating. See patch <a href="/191.0" title="191.0">191.0</a> for more information and hotkeys.

?AllowCaveBuildingPVE=true If set to True, allows building in caves when PvE mode is also enabled.
Introduced in patch <a href="/194.0" title="194.0">194.0</a>, seems to have been removed from the command-line options before patch <a href="/241.5" title="241.5">241.5</a>.

?AdminLogging=true logs all admin commands to ingame chat
Introduced in patch <a href="/206.0" title="206.0">206.0</a>

?ForceAllStructureLocking=true enabling this will default lock all structures
Introduced in patch <a href="/222.0" title="222.0">222.0</a>

?AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier=1.0 Server Option to allow Auto-Destroying Structures after sufficient "no nearby Tribe" time has passed (defined as a multiplier of the Allow Claim period). Useful for servers to clear off abandoned structures automatically over time if they wish
Introduced in patch <a href="/222.0" title="222.0">222.0</a>

?RCONServerGameLogBuffer=600 determines how many lines of gamelogs are send over RCON
Introduced in patch <a href="/224.0" title="224.0">224.0</a>

?PreventTribeAlliances=true Enabling this will prevent tribes from creating Alliances
Introduced in patch <a href="/243.0" title="243.0">243.0</a>

?AllowRaidDinoFeeding To allow your Server's Titanosaurs to be permanently tamed (namely allow them to be Fed)
However, note that TheIsland currently only spawns 3 Titanosaurs whatsoever, so 3 Tamed ones would ultimately block any more Wild ones from spawning.
Introduced in patch <a href="/243.0" title="243.0">243.0</a>

?AllowHitMarkers=false Use this to disable optional hitmarkers for ranged attacks
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.0" title="245.0">245.0</a>

?ServerCrosshair=false Use this to disable the Crosshair on your Server
Introduced in patch <a href="/245.0" title="245.0">245.0</a>

?PreventMateBoost=true Option to disable Dino Mate Boost
Introduced in patch <a href="/247.0" title="247.0">247.0</a>

?ServerAutoForceRespawnWildDinosInterval Force Respawn of Wild Dinos on Server Restart. Enabled by default on official servers, this will force weekly respawns of dinos on all servers to prevent certain dino types (like the Basilo and Spino) from becoming depopulated on long running servers.
NOTE in some cases this may not work more than once
Introduced in patch <a href="/265.0" title="265.0">265.0</a>

?PersonalTamedDinosSaddleStructureCost=19 determines the amount of dinoslots a platform saddle will use towards the tribe dino limit
Introduced in patch <a href="/265.0" title="265.0">265.0</a>

-structurememopts PC enables structure memory optimizations
NOTE avoid using it when running structure-related mods (until they get updated) as it can break the snappoints of these mod structures
Introduced in patch <a href="/295.108" title="295.108">295.108</a>

-nodinos PC prevents wild dinos from being spawned
NOTE you need to wipe dinos (cheat destroywilddinos) after adding this on a not fresh server

-noundermeshchecking PC Will turn off the anti meshing system entirely
Introduced in patch <a href="/304.445" title="304.445">304.445</a>

-noundermeshkilling PC Will turn off the anti meshing player kills (but still allow teleporting)
Introduced in patch <a href="/304.445" title="304.445">304.445</a>

-AutoDestroyStructures PC Enables auto destruction of old structures.
Timer can be adjusted with AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier

-crossplay PC enables Crossplay (between EPIC and Steam) on Dedicated Server
Introduced in patch <a href="/311.74" title="311.74">311.74</a>

-epiconly PC enables Epic Game Store only players to connect to the Dedicated Server
Introduced in patch <a href="/311.74" title="311.74">311.74</a>

-UseVivox PC enables Vivox on Steam only servers
default for EPIC servers can be enabled for Steam server
Introduced in patch <a href="/311.74" title="311.74">311.74</a>

-PublicIPForEpic=<IPAddress> PC this is the public IP that EGS clients will attempt to connect to, if this command line is missing and -Multihome is specified, then EGS clients will attempt to connect to the Multihome IP; Note that if you're using Multihome and specify a non-public IP address, then players will not be able to connect to your server using EGS. Make sure to set a public IP address (e.g WAN or external)

-high PC runs game (ARK:SE) as a high-priority process

-noaafonts PC removes fonts anitalising

?IgnoreLimitMaxStructuresInRangeTypeFlag=false PC Removes the limit of 150

-UseStructureStasisGrid PC enables the structure stasis grid to improve server performance on large bases with lots of players, more info can be found here: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-241-fear-evolved-4-live-tuning-system-network-improvements-and-more-r1652/">https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-241-fear-evolved-4-live-tuning-system-network-improvements-and-more-r1652/</a>
Introduced in patch <a href="/314.5" title="314.5">314.5</a>

Configuration Files

Most options can also be specified in the games configuration files. The location of the configuration files varies by platform

Platform	Configuration File	Location
Linux	GameUserSettings.ini	`ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/`
Linux	Game.ini	`ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/`
Windows	GameUserSettings.ini	`ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/`
Windows	Game.ini	`ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/`

The GameUserSettings.ini file contains options for both the game client and the game server. Options for the game client are not used by the server. Server options are specified in the section labeled [ServerSettings], which is usually located at the bottom of the file.

The Game.ini file is used for more advanced modifications, such as changing engram points or XP rewarded per level, disabling specific content, or rebalancing depending on player tastes.

For all supported platforms, options are listed one per line using the same basic syntax:

<b><option></b>=<b><value></b>

All options in the configuration file require a value. If an option is not listed in the configuration file, its default value is used automatically.

To configure a game server with the same configuration as shown in <a href="#Command_Line_Syntax">Command Line Syntax</a> above:

ServerCrosshair=True
AllowThirdPersonPlayer=True
MapPlayerLocation=True
TheMaxStructuresInRange=100

With these options in the configuration file, the server can be launched with a much shorter command line. For Linux:

./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen

For Windows:

start ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?listen"

GameUserSettings.ini

To easy create this file, you can use this <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://ini.arkforum.de/index.php?lang=en&mode=all">ini-Generator</a>.

Option	Value Type	Default	Effect
`<map_name>`	string	None	(command line only) Specifies the map to use for gameplay Note: This option is mandatory and must be the first option specified on the command line. Map options are `TheIsland`, `TheCenter` (requires DLC), `ScorchedEarth_P` (requires DLC), `Ragnarok` (requires DLC), `Aberration_P` (requires DLC), `Extinction` (requires DLC), `Valguero_P` (requires DLC) and `Genesis` (requires DLC), `CrystalIsles` (requires DLC) NOTE: A Mod map may have a different map name then here specified, check the modpage or contact the author of the mod for the exact name.
`listen`	N/A	None	(command line only) Listen for (and accept) player connections from other systems Note: This option is mandatory for multiplayer servers.
`MaxTributeDinos`	integer	`20`	Slots for uploaded creatures Note: Some player claimed maximum 273 to be safe cap and more will corrupt profile/cluster and lead to loose of all storaged creatures but it need to be checked
`MaxTributeItems`	integer	`50`	Slots for uploaded items and resources Note: Some player claimed maximum 154 to be safe cap and more will corrupt profile/cluster and lead to loose of all storaged items and resources but it need to be checked
`alwaysNotifyPlayerJoined`	boolean	`False`	Players will always get notified if someone joins the server
`alwaysNotifyPlayerLeft`	boolean	`False`	Players will always get notified if someone leaves the server
`allowThirdPersonPlayer`	boolean	`False`	Enables 3rd Person view
`globalVoiceChat`	boolean	`False`	Voice chat turns global
`ShowMapPlayerLocation`	boolean	`False`	Show each player their own precise position when they view their map
`noTributeDownloads`	boolean	`False`	Disables downloading characters from other servers
`proximityChat`	boolean	`False`	Only players near each other can see their chat messages
`serverPVE`	boolean	`False`	Disables <a href="/Player_vs._Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Player vs. Player">PvP</a>, enables <a href="/Player_vs._Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Player vs. Environment">PvE</a>
`serverHardcore`	boolean	`False`	Enables <a href="/Hardcore" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardcore">hardcore</a> mode (player characters revert to level 1 upon death)
`serverForceNoHud`	boolean	`False`	HUD always disabled
`DisableStructureDecayPvE`	boolean	`False`	Disable the gradual (7 days) decay of player structures Introduced in patch <a href="/173.0" title="173.0">173.0</a>
`DisableDinoDecayPvE`	boolean	`False`	Disable the gradual (7 days) decay of dinosaur ownership. Without this set to true, every dinosaur can be claimed by any player. Introduced in patch <a href="/206.0" title="206.0">206.0</a>
`AllowFlyerCarryPvE`	boolean	`False`	Permit flying dinosaurs to pick up other dinosaurs and players when mounted by a player in <a href="/Player_vs._Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Player vs. Environment">PvE</a> Introduced in patch <a href="/173.0" title="173.0">173.0</a> but changed from bAllowFlyerCarryPVE to AllowFlyerCarryPVE
`TheMaxStructuresInRange`	integer	10500	Specifies the maximum number of structures that can be constructed within a certain (currently hard-coded) range. Introduced in patch <a href="/252.1" title="252.1">252.1</a> replacing the old value `NewMaxStructuresInRange`
`bAllowPlatformSaddleMultiFloors`	boolean	`False`	Set to true to allow multiple platform floors. Introduced in patch <a href="/260.0" title="260.0">260.0</a>
`MaxPlayers`	integer	70	Specifies the maximum number of players that can play on the server simultaneously. Must be placed under [/script/engine.gamesession] in GameUserSettings.ini to function when not used in the command line.
`DifficultyOffset`	float	0.2	Specifies the <a href="/Difficulty" title="Difficulty">difficulty level</a>.
`ServerPassword`	string	None	If specified, players must provide this password to join the server.
`ServerAdminPassword`	string	None	If specified, players must provide this password (via the in-game console) to gain access to administrator commands on the server.
`SpectatorPassword`	string	None	To use non-admin spectator, the server must specify a spectator password. Then any client can use these console commands: requestspectator <password> and stopspectating. See patch <a href="/191.0" title="191.0">191.0</a> for more information and hotkeys.
`DayCycleSpeedScale`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the passage of time in the ARK, controlling how often day changes to night and night changes to day. The default value `1` provides the same cycle speed as the singleplayer experience (and the official public servers). Values lower than 1 slow down the cycle; higher values accelerate it. Base time when value is 1 appears to be 1 minute real time equals approx. 28 minutes game time. Thus, for an approximate 24 hour day/night cycle in game, use .035 for the value.
`NightTimeSpeedScale`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the passage of time in the ARK during night time. This value determines the length of each night, relative to the length of each day (as specified by `DayTimeSpeedScale`. Lowering this value increases the length of each night.
`DayTimeSpeedScale`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the passage of time in the ARK during the day. This value determines the length of each day, relative to the length of each night (as specified by `NightTimeSpeedScale`. Lowering this value increases the length of each day.
`DinoDamageMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the damage dinosaurs deal with their attacks. The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values increase damage. Lower values decrease it.
`PlayerDamageMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the damage players deal with their attacks. The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values increase damage. Lower values decrease it.
`StructureDamageMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the damage structures deal with their attacks (i.e. spiked walls). The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values increase damage. Lower values decrease it.
`PlayerResistanceMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the resistance to damage players receive when attacked. The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values decrease resistance, increasing damage per attack. Lower values increase it, reducing damage per attack. A value of 0.5 results in a player taking half damage while a value of 2.0 would result in taking double normal damage.
`DinoResistanceMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the resistance to damage dinosaurs receive when attacked. The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values decrease resistance, increasing damage per attack. Lower values increase it, reducing damage per attack. A value of 0.5 results in a dino taking half damage while a value of 2.0 would result in a dino taking double normal damage.
`StructureResistanceMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the resistance to damage structures receive when attacked. The default value `1` provides normal damage. Higher values decrease resistance, increasing damage per attack. Lower values increase it, reducing damage per attack. A value of 0.5 results in a structure taking half damage while a value of 2.0 would result in a structure taking double normal damage.
`XPMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the experience received by players, tribes and dinosaurs for various actions. The default value `1` provides the same amounts of experience as in the singleplayer experience (and official public servers). Higher values increase XP amounts awarded for various actions; lower values decrease it. In <a href="/313.5" title="313.5">313.5</a> an additional hardcoded multiplier of 4 was activated.
`PvEStructureDecayPeriodMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the decay rate of player structures in PvE mode. The specific effect(s) of this option and its range of valid values are unknown as of this writing.^{<a href="#cite_note-extended_game_options-1">[1]</a>}
`PvEStructureDecayDestructionPeriod`		0	Specifies the time required for player structures to decay in PvE mode. The specific effect(s) of this option and its range of valid values are unknown as of this writing.^{<a href="#cite_note-extended_game_options-1">[1]</a>}
`PvEDinoDecayPeriodMultiplier`	float	1.0	... Introduced in patch <a href="/206.0" title="206.0">206.0</a>
`TamingSpeedMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for dinosaur taming speed. Higher values make taming faster.
`HarvestAmountMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for yields from all harvesting activities (chopping down trees, picking berries, carving carcasses, mining rocks, etc.). Higher values increase the amount of materials harvested with each strike.
`HarvestHealthMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the "health" of items that can be harvested (trees, rocks, carcasses, etc.). Higher values increase the amount of damage (i.e. "number of strikes") such objects can withstand before being destroyed, which results in higher overall harvest yields.
`MaxPlatformSaddleStructureLimit`	integer		Changes the maximum number of platformed-creatures/rafts allowed on the ARK (a potential performance cost) Example: MaxPlatformSaddleStructureLimit=10 would only allow 10 platform saddles / rafts across the entire ark Introduced in patch <a href="/212.1" title="212.1">212.1</a>
`PerPlatformMaxStructuresMultiplier`	float	1.0	Higher number increases (on a percentage scale) max number of items place-able on saddles and rafts Example: PerPlatformMaxStructuresMultiplier=1.5 Introduced in patch <a href="/211.0" title="211.0">211.0</a>
`MaxGateFrameOnSaddles`	integer	0	Defines the maximum amount of gateways allowed on platform saddles. Example: MaxGateFrameOnSaddles=2 Would prevent players from placing more than 2 gateways on their platform saddles. This setting is not retroactive, meaning existing builds won't be affected. Set to 0 to not impose any limits. Official PVP servers have it set to 2. Introduced in patch <a href="/312.65" title="312.65">312.65</a>
`ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for the respawn rate for resource nodes (trees, rocks, bushes, etc.). Lower values cause nodes to respawn more frequently.
`PlayerCharacterWaterDrainMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for player characters' water consumption. Higher values increase water consumption (player characters get thirsty faster).
`PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for player characters' food consumption. Higher values increase food consumption (player characters get hungry faster).
`PlayerCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for player characters' stamina consumption. Higher values increase stamina consumption (player characters get tired faster).
`PlayerCharacterHealthRecoveryMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for player characters' health recovery. Higher values increase the recovery rate (player characters heal faster).
`DinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for dinosaurs' food consumption. Higher values increase food consumption (dinosaurs get hungry faster). It also affects the taming-times.
`DinoCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for dinosaurs' stamina consumption. Higher values increase stamina consumption (dinosaurs get tired faster).
`DinoCharacterHealthRecoveryMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for dinosaurs' health recovery. Higher values increase the recovery rate (dinosaurs heal faster).
`DinoCountMultiplier`	float	1.0	Specifies the scaling factor for dinosaur spawns. Higher values increase the number of dinosaurs spawned throughout the ARK.
`AllowCaveBuildingPvE`	boolean	`False`	If set to True, allows building in caves when PvE mode is also enabled. Introduced in patch <a href="/194.0" title="194.0">194.0</a>
`BanListURL`	URL	`"<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://arkdedicated.com/banlist.txt">http://arkdedicated.com/banlist.txt</a>"`	Use the official global ban list, or point to any online ban list that you want. Must be enclosed in double quotes. Before <a href="/279.233" title="279.233">279.233</a> the URL was <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://playark.com/banlist.txt">http://playark.com/banlist.txt</a> Introduced in patch <a href="/201.0" title="201.0">201.0</a>
`PvPStructureDecay`	boolean	false	Turns off structure decay on PvP servers.
`TributeItemExpirationSeconds`	integer	86400	Set the expiration timer for uploaded items.
`TributeDinoExpirationSeconds`	integer	86400	Set the expiration timer for uploaded dinos.
`TributeCharacterExpirationSeconds`	integer	86400	Set the expiration timer for uploaded survivors.
`AutoSavePeriodMinutes`	float	15.0	Set interval for automatic saves
`NPCNetworkStasisRangeScalePlayerCountStart`
`NPCNetworkStasisRangeScalePlayerCountEnd`
`NPCNetworkStasisRangeScalePercentEnd`	float
`CrossARKAllowForeignDinoDownloads`	boolean	false	if set to true, you will be able to tribute download non-native creatures on the <a href="/Aberration" title="Aberration">Aberration</a> map Introduced in patch <a href="/275.0" title="275.0">275.0</a>
`DisablePvEGamma`	boolean	false	Prevents use of console command "gamma" in PvE mode Introduced in patch <a href="/207.0" title="207.0">207.0</a>
`EnablePvPGamma`	boolean	false	Allow use of console command "gamma" in PvP mode Introduced in patch <a href="/174.3" title="174.3">174.3</a>
`TribeNameChangeCooldown`	integer	15	Cooldown, in minutes, in between tribe name changes Introduced in patch <a href="/278.0" title="278.0">278.0</a>
`AllowHideDamageSourceFromLogs`	boolean	false	Allows the hiding of damage sources in tribe logs. Introduced in patch <a href="/278.0" title="278.0">278.0</a>
`RandomSupplyCratePoints`	boolean	false	If true, supply drops are in random locations. NOTE: This setting is known to cause artifacts becoming inaccesable on [Ragnarok] if active Introduced in patch <a href="/278.0" title="278.0">278.0</a>
`DisableWeatherFog`	boolean	false	If true, disables fog. Introduced in patch <a href="/278.0" title="278.0">278.0</a>
`ActiveMods`	integer	ModID	Specifies the order and which mods are loaded, ModIDs need to be comma seperated and in one line Introduced in patch <a href="/190.0" title="190.0">190.0</a>
`AdminLogging`	boolean	true	logs all admin commands to ingame chat Introduced in patch <a href="/206.0" title="206.0">206.0</a>
`ClampResourceHarvestDamage`	boolean	false	Limit the damage caused by a dino to a resource for harvesting. Introduced in patch <a href="/182.0" title="182.0">182.0</a>
`ItemStackSizeMultiplier`	float	1.0	allow increasing or decreasing global item stack size, this means all default stacksizes will be multiplied by the value given Introduced in patch <a href="/291.100" title="291.100">291.100</a>
`PlatformSaddleBuildAreaBoundsMultiplier`	float	1.0	increasing the number allows structures being placed further away from the platform
`bForceCanRideFliers`	boolean	false	allows flyers to be used on maps where they normally are disabled NOTE: if you set it to false it will disable flyers on any map
`AllowTekSuitPowersInGenesis`	boolean	false	enable or disable TEK suit powers in <a href="/Genesis_Part_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis Part 1">Genesis Part 1</a>
`EnableCryoSicknessPVE`	boolean	false	Enable/Disable Crypod cooldown timer when deploying a creature. If false, deployed creatures do not experience cryosickness. Introduced in patch <a href="/307.56" title="307.56">307.56</a>
`EnableCryopodNerf`	boolean	false	Enable/Disable Cryosickness when deploying a creature. The following settings need to be set also: <a href="#CryopodNerfDamageMult">CryopodNerfDamageMult</a> & <a href="#CryopodNerfDuration">CryopodNerfDuration</a>. If true, there is no Crypod cooldown timer, and creatures do not become unconscious. Introduced in patch <a href="/309.53" title="309.53">309.53</a>
`CryopodNerfDuration`	integer	10	Amount of time, in seconds, Cryosickness lasts after deploying a creature from a Cryopod. If <a href="#EnableCryoSicknessPVE">EnableCryoSicknessPVE</a> is enabled, it will override this line. Introduced in patch <a href="/309.53" title="309.53">309.53</a>
`CryopodNerfDamageMult`	float	0.01	Reduces the amount of damage delt by the creature after it is deployed from the cryopod, as a percentage of total damage output, and for the length of time set by <a href="#CryopodNerfDuration">CryopodNerfDuration</a>. <a href="#CryopodNerfDuration">CryopodNerfDuration</a> needs a valid value. CryopodNerfDamageMult=0.01 means 99% of the damage is removed Introduced in patch <a href="/309.53" title="309.53">309.53</a>
`CryopodNerfIncomingDamageMultPercent`	float	0.25	Increases the amount of damage taken by the creature after it is deployed from the cryopod, as a percentage of total damage received, and for the length of time set by <a href="#CryopodNerfDuration">CryopodNerfDuration</a>. CryopodNerfIncomingDamageMultPercent=0.25 means a realeased tame takes 25% more damage while the debuff lasts Introduced in patch <a href="/310.11" title="310.11">310.11</a>
`AllowSharedConnections`	boolean	false	AllowSharedConnections=False means family sharing is disabled Introduced in patch <a href="/312.73" class="mw-redirect" title="312.73">312.73</a>
`MaxTamedDinos`	integer	4000	Sets the maximum number of tamed Dinos on a Server, this is a global cap. Introduced in patch <a href="/191.0" title="191.0">191.0</a>
`NewMaxStructuresInRange`	integer	6000	Specifies the maximum number of structures that can be constructed within a certain (currently hard-coded) range. Introduced in patch <a href="/188.0" title="188.0">188.0</a> and deprecated with patch <a href="/252.1" title="252.1">252.1</a> by `TheMaxStructuresInRange`
`MaxStructuresInRange`	integer	1300?	Specifies the maximum number of structures that can be constructed within a certain (currently hard-coded) range. Introduced in patch <a href="/173.0" title="173.0">173.0</a> and deprecated with patch <a href="/188.0" title="188.0">188.0</a> by `NewMaxStructuresInRange`

Ragnarok

The following options are only available when playing the DLC <a href="/Ragnarok" title="Ragnarok">Ragnarok</a>.

They need to be set in the [Ragnarok] section (if you dont have one you can create it at the bottom) of the GameUserSettings.ini file.

NOTE: You don't need to use these settings. The game will use the default values if these settings aren't specified.

Option	Value Type	Default	Effect
`AllowMultipleTamedUnicorns`	boolean	false	false = one unicorn on the map at a time, true = one wild and unlimited tamed Unicorns on the map. *This setting currently does not seem to work properly
`UnicornSpawnInterval`	integer	24	How long the game should wait before spawning a new <a href="/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a> if the wild one is killed (or tamed, if `AllowMultipleTamedUnicorns` is enabled). This value sets the minimum amount of time (in hours), and the maximum is equal to 2x this value.
`VolcanoIntensity`	float	1	The lower the value, the more intense the volcano's eruption will be. Recommended to leave at 1. The minimum value is 0.25, and for multiplayer games, it should not go below 0.5. Very high numbers will basically disable the flaming rocks flung out of the volcano.
`VolcanoInterval`	integer	0	0 = 5000 (min) - 15000 (max) seconds between instances of the volcano becoming active. Any number above 0 acts as a multiplier, with a minimum value of .1
`EnableVolcano`	boolean	true	false = disabled (the volcano will not become active), true = enabled

ARK: Homestead specific

Option	Value Type	Default	Effect
`AlwaysAllowStructurePickup`	boolean	false	if true disables the timer on the quick-pickup system
`StructurePickupTimeAfterPlacement`	float	30.0	amount of time in seconds after placement that quick pickup is available
`AllowIntegratedSPlusStructures`	boolean	true	if false disables all of the new S+ structures (intended mainly for letting unofficials that want to keep using the S+ mod version to keep using that without a ton of extra duplicate structures)
`StructurePickupHoldDuration`	float	0.5	used to specify the quick-pickup hold duration use `0` to disable and have instant pickup

Game.ini

The following options can only be set in the [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] section of Game.ini, located in the same folder as GameUserSettings.ini (see above for the location for each platform). Specifying them on the command line will have no effect.

Option Arguments Effects and Example

ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="<<a href="/Item_IDs" title="Item IDs">Class Name</a>>",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=<n>, bIgnoreMultiplier=<value>))

`Class Name`	string	<a href="/Item_IDs" title="Item IDs">Class Name</a> of the item that will be overriden to new stacksize
`n`	integer	new stacksize of the specified item
`value`	boolean	if false, that means that the real stack size is ItemStackSizeMultiplier MaxItemQuantity* for that item if true, it uses MaxItemQuantity directly and ignores the multiplier

allow manually overriding item stack size on a per-item basis

Example:

ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemAmmo_ArrowTranq_C",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=543, bIgnoreMultiplier=true))

this will make the Tranqarrows stack to 543 items per stack

bAllowUnlimitedRespecs=<value>

value = boolean (true/false)
Default = false

Set to true to allow more than one usage of <a href="/Mindwipe_Tonic" title="Mindwipe Tonic">Mindwipe Tonic</a> without 24 hours cooldown.

bOnlyAllowSpecifiedEngrams=<value>

value = boolean (true/false)
Default = false

If true, any Engram not explicitly specified in the <a href="#Engram_Entries">OverrideEngramEntries</a> or <a href="#Engram_Entries">OverrideNamedEngramEntries</a> list will be hidden. All Items and Blueprints based on hidden Engrams will be removed.
Introduced in patch <a href="/187.0" title="187.0">187.0</a>

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=( ExperiencePointsForLevel[<n>]=<points> [,ExperiencePointsForLevel[<n>]=<points>] ... [,ExperiencePointsForLevel[<n>]=<points>])

`n`	integer	Level to configure
`points`	integer	Points needed to reach level

Configure the total number of levels available to players and dinosaurs and the experience points required to reach each level.

This directive can be specified twice in the configuration file. The first time it appears, the values provided will configure player levels. The second time it appears, the values provided will configure dinosaur levels.

Because of this, each time the directive is used, it must list all of the levels players (or dinosaurs) can reach on the server. One ExperiencePointsForLevel argument must appear for each desired level. Values for <n> must be sequential, starting from zero. Keep in mind that the last 15 levels are used for ascension, meaning that you have to put 15 extra levels in your configuration file.

The examples provided here are split into multiple lines for space considerations. In the configuration file, an entry must be placed on a single line.

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(
ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=1,
ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=5,
...
ExperiencePointsForLevel[64]=1000)

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(
ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=1,
ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=5,
...
ExperiencePointsForLevel[34]=1000)

The first example specifies 50 player levels and 15 ascension levels. The second example (when placed in the configuration file after the first example) specifies 35 dinosaur levels.

OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=<points>

points = integer

Configure the number of engram points granted to players for each level gained.

This option must be repeated for each player level configured on the server; if there are 65 player levels available, this option should appear in the configuration file 65 times. The first appearance of the option configures engram points for reaching level 1. The next one configures engram points for level 2, and so on all the way to the 65th appearance, which configures engram points for level 65.

OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=5
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=10
...
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=100

GlobalSpoilingTimeMultiplier=<value> value = float
Default = 1.0 Scales the spoiling time of perishables globally. Higher values prolong the time. (Note: As of patch 196.0 there is still a bug whereby items moved to the player's inventory have their spoilage times reset to normal (value 1.0) despite what this value is set at. It seems that as of <a href="/248.5" title="248.5">248.5</a> this has been fixed.)
Introduced in patch <a href="/189.0" title="189.0">189.0</a>

GlobalItemDecompositionTimeMultiplier=<value> value = float
Default = 1.0 Scales the decomposition time of dropped items, loot bags etc. globally. Higher values prolong the time.
Introduced in patch <a href="/189.0" title="189.0">189.0</a>

GlobalCorpseDecompositionTimeMultiplier=<value> value = float
Default = 1.0 Scales the decomposition time of corpses, (player and dinosaur), globally. Higher values prolong the time.
Introduced in patch <a href="/189.0" title="189.0">189.0</a>

HarvestResourceItemAmountClassMultipliers=(
ClassName="<classname>",
Multiplier=<value>
)

`classname`	string	Class Name of resource, see <a href="/Item_IDs" title="Item IDs">Item IDs</a>
`value`	float	Default = 1.0

Scales on a per-resource type basis, the amount of resources harvested. Higher values increase the amount per swing/attack. E.g.:

HarvestResourceItemAmountClassMultipliers=(
 ClassName="PrimalItemResource_Thatch_C",
 Multiplier=2.0
)

will provide 2x the amount harvested when harvesting thatch from a tree. Resource classnames can be found at <a href="/Item_IDs" title="Item IDs">Item IDs</a>. Functions in the same way as the global setting HarvestAmountMultiplier but for only the type of resource named on this line. Additional lines can be added with other resource types, such as Wood, Stone etc.
Introduced in patch <a href="/189.0" title="189.0">189.0</a>

OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=<value>

OverrideMaxExperiencePointsDino=<value>

value = integer
Default = N/A

Overrides the Max XP cap of players & dinosaur characters, respectively, by exact specified amount.
Introduced in patch <a href="/189.0" title="189.0">189.0</a>

PreventDinoTameClassNames="<classname>"

classname = string

Prevents taming of specific dinosaurs via classname. E.g. PreventDinoTameClassNames="Argent_Character_BP_C"

Dino classnames can be found on the <a href="/Creature_IDs" title="Creature IDs">Creature IDs</a> page.
Introduced in patch <a href="/194.0" title="194.0">194.0</a>

DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(
ClassName="<classname>",
Multiplier=<multiplier>
)

TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=( ClassName="<classname>", Multiplier=<multiplier> )

classname = string

multiplier = float Default 1.0

Multiplies damage dealt of specific dinosaurs via classname. Higher values increase the damage dealt.

Dino classnames can be found on the <a href="/Creature_IDs" title="Creature IDs">Creature IDs</a> page.

The examples provided here are split into multiple lines for space considerations. In the configuration file, an entry must be placed on a single line. Multiple DinoClassDamageMultipliers and TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers entries can be specified in the file, but ClassName values should not be repeated across multiple entries.

Examples:

DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(
 ClassName="MegaRex_Character_BP_C",
 Multiplier=0.1
)

TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=(
 ClassName="Rex_Character_BP_C",
 Multiplier=10.0
)

Line breaks and spaces are here for better readability of the example. Keep it as one line in your configuration file.

Introduced in patch <a href="/194.0" title="194.0">194.0</a>

DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(
ClassName="<classname>",
Multiplier=<multiplier>
)

TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=( ClassName="<classname>", Multiplier=<multiplier> )

classname = string

multiplier = float Default 1.0

Multiplies resistance of specific dinosaurs via classname. Higher values decrease the damage received.

Dino classnames can be found on the <a href="/Creature_IDs" title="Creature IDs">Creature IDs</a> page.

The examples provided here are split into multiple lines for space considerations. In the configuration file, an entry must be placed on a single line. Multiple DinoClassResistanceMultipliers and TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers entries can be specified in the file, but ClassName values should not be repeated across multiple entries.

Examples:

DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(
 ClassName="MegaRex_Character_BP_C",
 Multiplier=0.1
)

TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(
 ClassName="Rex_Character_BP_C",
 Multiplier=10.0
)

Line breaks and spaces are here for better readability of the example. Keep it as one line in your configuration file.

Introduced in patch <a href="/194.0" title="194.0">194.0</a>

ResourceNoReplenishRadiusPlayers=<value>

ResourceNoReplenishRadiusStructures=<value>

Value = float Default = 1.0

Allow resources to regrow closer or farther away from players & structures. Values higher than 1 increase the distance around players and structures where resources are not allowed to grow back. Values between 0 and 1 will reduce it.

Introduced in patch <a href="/196.0" title="196.0">196.0</a>

bIncreasePvPRespawnInterval=<Boolean>

IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalCheckPeriod=<value1>
IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalMultiplier=<value2>
IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalBaseAmount=<value3>

`boolean`	boolean (true/false)	Default = N/A
`value1`	float	Default = 300
`value2`	float	Default = 2
`value3`	float	Default = 60

PvP servers have an optional +1 minute additional respawn (<value3>) that doubles (<value2>) each time if you are killed by a team within 5 minutes (<value1>) of your previous death to that team (timer indicated on Spawn UI). Is enabled in pvp by default, and on all the official pvp servers. Helps prevent PvO ammo-wasting of auto turrets by repeatedly throwing sacrificial players at them.

bIncreasePvPRespawnInterval must be set to True for these options to be activated.

Introduced in patch <a href="/196.0" title="196.0">196.0</a>

bAutoPvETimer=<Boolean1>

bAutoPvEUseSystemTime=<Boolean2>
AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds=<value1>
AutoPvEStopTimeSeconds=<value2>

`boolean1`	Boolean (true/false)	Default = N/A
`boolean2`	boolean (true/false)	Default = N/A
`value`	0 to 86400	Default = N/A
`value`	0 to 86400	Default = N/A

Allow switching from PvE to PvP mode at pre-specified in-game times OR a pre-specified real-world (server-side) times! For more detailed information regarding using system time vs. in-game time, please see patch notes <a href="/196.0" title="196.0">196.0</a>.

bAutoPvETimer must be set to True for these options to be activated.

Introduced in patch <a href="/196.0" title="196.0">196.0</a>

bPvEDisableFriendlyFire=<value> Value = boolean (true/false)
Default = false Prevent-Friendly-Fire (among tribesmates/tribesdinos/tribesstructures) option for PvE servers
Introduced in patch <a href="/202.0" title="202.0">202.0</a>

bDisableFriendlyFire=<value> Value = boolean (true/false)
Default =false Prevent-Friendly-Fire (among tribesmates/tribesdinos/tribesstructures) option for PvP servers
Introduced in patch <a href="/228.4" title="228.4">228.4</a>

bFlyerPlatformAllowUnalignedDinoBasing=<boolean> Value = boolean (true/false)
Default = false Quetz platforms will not allow any non-allied dino to base on them when they are flying. If you want your server to allow non-allied dinos to be able to stand on the Quetz platforms set this to true.
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.3" title="218.3">218.3</a>

bUseCorpseLocator Value = boolean (true/false)
Default = false If set to true, you will see a green light beam at the location of your death

MatingIntervalMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (on a percentage scale) interval between which dinosaurs can mate
Example: MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.5 would allow dinosaurs to mate 50% sooner

Introduced in patch <a href="/219.0" title="219.0">219.0</a>

MatingSpeedMultiplier=<value>

Value = float

Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (by percentage) speed at which dinosaurs mate with each other

Example: MatingSpeedMultiplier=2.0 would cause dinosaurs to complete mating in half the normal time

Introduced in patch ??? (this var is undocumented in patch notes)

EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number decreases (by percentage) time needed for fertilized egg to hatch

Introduced in patch <a href="/219.0" title="219.0">219.0</a>

BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number decreases (by percentage) time needed for baby dino to mature

Introduced in patch <a href="/219.0" title="219.0">219.0</a>

BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Lower number decreases (by percentage) the speed that baby dinos eat their food

Introduced in patch <a href="/222.3" title="222.3">222.3</a>

CropGrowthSpeedMultiplier=<value> Value = float
Default = 1.0 Higher number increases (by percentage) speed of crop growth
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.0" title="218.0">218.0</a>

LayEggIntervalMultiplier=<value> Value = float
Default = 1.0 Higher number increases (by percentage) time between eggs spawning / being laid
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.0" title="218.0">218.0</a>

PoopIntervalMultiplier=<value> Value = float
Default = 1.0 Higher number decreases (by percentage) how frequently you can poop
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.0" title="218.0">218.0</a>

CropDecaySpeedMultiplier=<value> Value = float
Default = 1.0 Higher number decrease (by percentage) speed of crop decay in plots
Introduced in patch <a href="/218.0" title="218.0">218.0</a>

HairGrowthSpeedMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increase speed of hair growth.

Introduced in patch <a href="/254.0" title="254.0">254.0</a>

StructureDamageRepairCooldown=<value>

Value= integer
Default = 180

Option for cooldown period on structure repair from the last time damaged. Set to 180 seconds by default, 0 to disable it

Introduced in patch <a href="/222.0" title="222.0">222.0</a>

bPvEAllowTribeWar=<value>

Value = boolean
Default = True

False disables capability for Tribes to officially declare war on each other for mutually-agreed-upon period of time

Introduced in patch <a href="/223.0" title="223.0">223.0</a>

bPvEAllowTribeWarCancel=<value>

Value = boolean
Default = False

True allows cancellation of an agreed-upon war before it has actually started

Introduced in patch <a href="/223.0" title="223.0">223.0</a>

bPassiveDefensesDamageRiderlessDinos=<value>

Value = boolean
Default = False

True allow spike walls to damage wild/riderless Dinos

Introduced in patch <a href="/224.0" title="224.0">224.0</a>

CustomRecipeEffectivenessMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (by percentage) the effectiveness of a custom recipe

Introduced in patch <a href="/226.0" title="226.0">226.0</a>

CustomRecipeSkillMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (by percentage) the effect of the players crafting speed level that is used as a base for the formula in creating a custom recipe

Introduced in patch <a href="/226.0" title="226.0">226.0</a>

DinoHarvestingDamageMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 3.2

Higher number increases (by percentage) the damage done to a harvestable item/entity by a Dino. The higher number, the faster you collect

Introduced in patch <a href="/231.1" title="231.1">231.1</a>

PlayerHarvestingDamageMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (by percentage) the damage done to a harvestable item/entity by a Player. The higher number, the faster you collect

Introduced in patch <a href="/231.1" title="231.1">231.1</a>

DinoTurretDamageMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0

Higher number increases (by percentage) the damage done by Turrets towards a Dino

Introduced in patch <a href="/231.4" title="231.4">231.4</a>

bDisableLootCrates=<value>

Value = boolean
Default = False

True prevent spawning of Loot crates (artifact creates will still spawn)

Introduced in patch <a href="/231.7" title="231.7">231.7</a>

SupplyCrateLootQualityMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0
Range= 1 to 5

Increases the quality of items that have a quality in the supply crates. The quality also depends on the Difficulty Offset.

Introduced in patch <a href="/260.0" title="260.0">260.0</a>

FishingLootQualityMultiplier=<value>

Value = float
Default = 1.0
Range= 1 to 5

Increases the quality of items that have a quality when fishing.

Introduced in patch <a href="/260.0" title="260.0">260.0</a>

KickIdlePlayersPeriod=<value>

Value = integer
Default = 3600

Time after which characters that have not moved or interacted will be kicked (if -EnableIdlePlayerKick as command line parameter is set).

Introduced in patch <a href="/241.5" title="241.5">241.5</a>

TribeSlotReuseCooldown=<value>

Value = float
Default = 0

Set this to a number > 0 to act as a timer. Locks a tribe slot for the value in seconds, so a value of 3600 would mean that if someone leaves the tribe, their place cannot be taken by another player (or rejoin) for 1 hour. Used on Official Small Tribes Servers.

Introduced in patch <a href="/280.114" title="280.114">280.114</a>

MaxNumberOfPlayersInTribe=<value>

Value = float
Default = 0

Set this to a number > 0 to act as a limit. 1 Player Tribes effectively disables Tribes