Best Singleplayer/Server Settings | Ark: Survival Evolved

Get your settings right the first time! Singleplayer and server settings are explained thoroughly, with info cards you can copy and use for yourself. Sometimes the difficulty in Singleplayer is all sorts of off, so I'll teach you how to use commands via the console in Ark! Also, do yourself a favor and use #GPORTAL if you're gonna rent. You won't find anyone better!

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0:00 Overview
0:47 Config 1 overview
0:53 Gameplay settings
3:19 World settings
4:21 Structure settings
5:43 Character settings
6:57 Dino settings
8:42 Player stat settings
9:02 Dino stat settings
9:48 Config 2 overview
10:23 G-Portal server setup
11:45 Config 3 overview
12:31 Outro

[crabypoplton]

Im honestly perfectly fine with default settings so long as creatures are max 150. the only instance where i would increase xp gain is on maps without explorer notes and the time it takes to grind alot of metal for instance is usually enough time for the metal from a previous run to smelt. Mating speed multipliers are really the only default setting that i find to slow.

[kassie-bear]

Yay, you still do videos of Ark! :) This guy is still the number one person to whom I follow. He has given so many good tips and tricks on Ark Survival Evolved that I follow. And because of these tips, my gaming in Ark has been sooo much smoother. I've been able to survive longer and tame better dinos. These videos are sooo helpful. Thank you very much for all the helpful advice!

[glee]

For taming dinosaurs I like to set the taming multiplier to 2 and dino food drain to 2.
Taming x2: cuts the number of feeds required and number of hits to taming effectiveness in half.
Dino food drain x2: makes the dinos starve out in half the time, and cuts down on the wait time for passive feeding.
Together this cuts the default taming time by 1/4, but still keeps a difference between kibble taming vs mutton/crops/prime meat etc... but almost completely removes need for narcotics. Considering changing to taming x2.25 & dino food drain x1.75 to stay balanced.

(But it is REALLY nice not having to wait forever after that first passive feed)

[connerwills]

Finally I’ve been waiting for this one for a while

[javierdelcueto]

The difficulty slide in single player is super important. So first thing it does is that it changes is your Dino levels. So 1.0 is max level 120 so multiply your amount by 120 to figure out the max level. To get max level 150 you could use the command like in the video, but what I think is a better experience is checking the maximum difficulty box. This setting pretty much changes everything the difficulty slider does.

The slider also changes overall loot tables for drops. I found on lower settings that it is really difficult to find things like Rex saddles and other important items. Maximum difficulty makes it so the whole loot table is available like in official settings.

Finally the slider changes the difficulty of bosses. Bosses take increased damage the lower the slides is. This makes bosses so underwhelming when you beat them in like twenty Rex bites.

[tzm-]

First video I've seen of yours. You seem super genuine and it's awesome. Detailed and informative as well. Top tier video man thank ya

[Da_KnightGaming]

Dude you are awsome i got into Ark not to long ago like a few weeks ago and am so into it that i watch gameplay 24/7 and you are one of the best channels i have found keep it up

[Su-jkve]

4:10 I highly recommend keeping the night cycle on if you want a Megalosaurus since if you make nights go by quickly then they'll become useless since they're nocturnal

[maxpope]

even with 450+ hours I still get tips from you pterafier, keep up the great work

[ExcludedYT]

THATS WHAT I NEEDED THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! 1:36

[tristankitchen]

This was very helpful! I been trying to find a video to understand wtf the settings do and out of the dozens of videos I watched this was the only helpful one

[mrhawk]

this is perfect for me thanks! it helped me fix my difficultties with the game settings so thanks alot once again!

[kalebwhite]

Legit never subscribe to ANYTHING, but I just hit that button. Your guides have helped me learn this amazing game. Thank you for your time and effort making these videos, bro

[reirdonplaysgames]

Truly a great video. Video and audio quality is PRO. I have been playing a long time and have a great handle on all this BUT it took a lot of digging and experimenting to get settings I like. Thx and keep it up!

[davidivaskovic]

5:36 Ok... He is the first youtuber who actually made me like.

[Thugalicous-qdsl]

tysm for the ark settings and how to set up servers in the same video

[IceKarma]

A really helpful guide! Just used your referral link to set up my own Ark server for me and my friends.

[wmgthilgen]

The issue I as a retired senior one of millions and million finding we have a lot more time than unretired do. And new to video games. This game as other AAA games do, have a very high learning curve. The settings which can make it an easier process has it's own learning curve. Increaseing a setting that actually decreases something is confusing as hell. As a completely new NOOB!!!. We first need to adjust the settings which will allow us to play long enough to learn how to play the game. We have time, so the grind isn't nearly as important as it is to live long enough to grind.

[joshuan]

You really helped me and my mate a lot regarding the difficultyOffset/override topic. There is so much confusing or contradicting information out there regarding that. #KUDOS

[Emma.]

Just started ark… on my 3rd vid of yours and it’s so helpful thank you! Earned another sub!