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🦖 Easy ARK Server Settings Config Generator

If you’ve ever tried editing your Game.ini file manually, you know how frustrating ARK server settings can be. Whether you’re running a private server for friends or setting up a dedicated ARK: Survival Ascended server, this tool helps you quickly generate clean, error-free INI lines. No more digging through the wiki or guessing what values do — just enter what you want, and get instant Game.ini output tailored to your setup.

This generator works for ARK dedicated servers, non-dedicated sessions, and even unofficial private servers hosted through providers like Nitrado. Adjust breeding rates, enable corpse locator, tweak PvP respawn timers, or just explore how ARK’s default server settings compare to custom ones. Perfect for survival-focused playthroughs, creative builds, or hardcore PvP balance.

How To Use

This generates a full, ready-to-edit Game.ini with every relevant setting. Even if you leave some options blank now, they’re already in place and ready to tweak later and will use default values until you edit them — no hunting or copying needed.

So, Change only what you want to, and leave the rest. When you are done, hit Generate, and copy the contents into your Game.ini file.

GameINI ARK:SA

📂 Where to Find Your Game.ini File

Your Game.ini file can usually be found here:

Windows (local or server host):
...ShooterGameSavedConfigWindowsServerGame.ini

Linux (dedicated server):
ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini

🛠️ If the file doesn’t exist yet, just create it manually in that folder — ARK will use it.

🧬Breeding & Imprinting

Adjust how forgiving ARK SA is when you miss a cuddle during dino imprinting Player Tip: Bumps up the time window before imprint quality drops—great for real-life interruptions like food, sleep, or existential dread. → Higher = more time before losing imprint quality. Lower = punishes you faster if you miss the window.
Change how often baby dinos want cuddles in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower values make cuddle requests more frequent, speeding up imprinting. Great for those who don’t mind babysitting pixel pets. → Lower = more cuddles, faster imprinting. Higher = fewer cuddles, slower imprint progress.
Adjust how quickly imprint quality drops if you miss a cuddle in ARK SA Player Tip: Want to AFK without tanking imprint quality? Lower this value. Forgetful breeders, this one’s for you. → Lower = imprint quality decays slower (or not at all). Higher = quality tanks faster if you miss a cuddle.
Control how fast baby dinos eat food in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower this to keep babies from devouring entire troughs in 10 minutes. Great for low-maintenance breeding setups. → Lower = slower food drain, less chance of starving. Higher = faster consumption, riskier if you’re not watching.
Change how much imprinting progress each cuddle gives in ARK SA Player Tip: Crank this up to hit 100% imprint in fewer interactions. Perfect for speeding through the snuggle grind. → Higher = more imprint per cuddle. Lower = more cuddles needed to max out.
→ Higher = bigger stat gain from full imprint. Lower = smaller bonus, more balanced gameplay. Adjust how much stat bonus dinos get from full imprinting in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Boost this to make imprinted dinos hit like trucks and tank like champs. Leave it at 1.0 for default balance.
→ true = disables mating entirely. false = normal breeding behavior. Turn off all dino breeding in ARK: Survival Ascended with a single true/false setting Player Tip: Want a no-babies server or just hate managing imprints? Flip this to true and enjoy dino celibacy.
→ true = players can unclaim their dinos. false = you’re stuck with every tame forever. Enable or disable the option to unclaim dinos in ARK SA Player Tip: Useful for tribe dino management or ditching that unwanted 12th parasaur without using a shotgun.
→ true = no taming at all. false = standard taming is enabled. Completely disable dino taming in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Great for hardcore or PvP servers where everyone starts equal—or if you just want a no-tame challenge run.
→ Higher = faster maturation. Lower = slower growth. Adjust based on how much babysitting you want to do. Control how fast baby dinos grow up in ARK SA Player Tip: Don’t want to wait 3 real days for a giga to mature? Crank this up and skip the diaper phase.
→ Higher = faster egg hatching. Lower = slower hatch times—why would you do that to yourself? adjust how quickly fertilized eggs hatch in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Tired of staring at eggs like a chicken whisperer? Raise this to pop out babies fast and get to the fun part.
→ Lower = dinos can mate again sooner. Higher = longer cooldown between breedings. Change how long dinos wait before mating again in ARK SA Player Tip: Lower this to let your dinos get freaky more often. Great for breeding farms—or population explosions.
→ Higher = faster mating progress. Lower = longer time to complete the mating cycle. Adjust how fast dinos complete the mating process in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Speed this up if you’re tired of watching awkwardly long dino foreplay. Especially useful when breeding in bulk.
→ Lower = shorter time between feeding prompts (faster tame). Higher = longer intervals, slower overall taming. Control how often a creature wants food during passive taming in ARK SA Player Tip: Lower this to speed up passive tames like the annoying Ichthy. Great for fast taming, but watch your back—some passive tames still bite.
Adjust how frequently dinos and survivors poop in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower it for fertilizer factories. Raise it if your base is turning into a turd minefield. Yes, this is a real setting. → Lower = more poop, faster. Higher = less poop, slower. Great for managing dung beetle supply chains or keeping it clean.

🧠 XP Multipliers

Change how much XP players and dinos earn from kills in ARK SA Player Tip: Want fast leveling through murder? Crank this up. Want pain and grind? Leave it low. → Higher = more XP per kill. Lower = slower progression from combat.
Description: Adjust how much XP is earned from harvesting resources in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Boost this if you want players to level up while smacking rocks and trees. Great for chill, grind-heavy servers. → Higher = more XP per harvested resource. Lower = slow gain, even with a mammoth.
Description: Control how much XP players earn from crafting items in ARK SA Player Tip: Great for boosting early-game progress—craft a hundred spears and watch your XP skyrocket (if this is set high). → Higher = more XP per craft. Lower = slower gains from crafting.
Description: Adjust overall XP gain across all actions in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: This is the master dial. Crank it up to speed up the whole game—or turn it down if you hate fun. → Affects XP from all sources (kills, crafting, harvesting, etc.). Use carefully—it stacks with the others.
Description: Adjust how much XP is earned from unique or special events in ARK SA Player Tip: Covers weird XP sources like mission rewards or map-specific activities. Tweak this if you’re using mods or maps with extra XP paths. → Doesn’t affect combat, harvesting, or crafting—just the odd stuff. Think of it as the XP wild card.
Description: Control how much XP players get from discovering Explorer Notes in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Perfect for story-driven runs or fast leveling via map exploration. Works great with boosted XP servers. → Only affects the XP bonus from picking up Explorer Notes—not kills or crafting afterward.
Description: Adjust how much XP players and dinos earn from defeating bosses in ARK SA Player Tip: Want to reward the tribe that takes down the Broodmother? Jack this up and make it rain XP. → Impacts XP from boss kills only—great for endgame progression boosts.
Description: Change how much XP is rewarded for killing alpha creatures in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Alphas are tough—make the grind worth it by giving a fat XP bonus. Your tribe will thank you. → Only affects XP from alpha kills like Alpha Rex, Alpha Carno, etc.
Description: Adjust how much XP players and dinos earn from killing wild (non-alpha, non-boss) creatures in ARK SA Player Tip: This is your standard dino-kill XP. Crank it if you want fast leveling from slaughtering the local wildlife. → Doesn’t apply to bosses or alphas—just everyday dino murder.
Description: Adjust how much XP is earned from killing tamed creatures in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Useful for PvP servers—reward players for wiping enemy tames, or nerf it to reduce griefing incentives. → Affects XP gained from killing player- or tribe-owned tames only.
Description: Change how much XP is awarded for killing unclaimed dinos in ARK SA Player Tip: Helps balance XP farms or cleanup events. Boost it if you want to reward clearing server clutter. → Applies only to unclaimed tames—those released or abandoned by players.
Description: Adjust how much XP is earned from killing creatures inside caves in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Cave runs are dangerous—reward the risk by cranking up the XP. Great for boosting mid- to late-game leveling. → Only affects XP from creatures killed inside cave zones.

🦴 Player & Dino Stat Multipliers

Description: Control how quickly players regenerate health in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Boost this to make healing faster between fights, or lower it for hardcore survival vibes. Just don’t complain when a dilo wrecks you at half-health. → Affects passive health regen for players (not healing from items or dinos).
Description: Adjust how fast players lose hydration in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Tired of chugging water every 5 minutes in the desert? Lower this. Or raise it if you enjoy dehydration roleplay. → Impacts how quickly the water stat drains over time—especially in hot biomes.
Description: Control how quickly players get hungry in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower this to stop your survivor from constantly begging for snacks. Raise it for a survival challenge or if you hate cooked meat. → Affects how fast the food stat decreases over time or during activity.
Description: Adjust how quickly players use stamina while running, jumping, swimming, and fighting in ARK SA Player Tip: Lower it for marathon runners. Raise it if you want survivors gasping after 3 steps. → Affects all stamina-draining actions. Great for tuning PvP or hardcore survival.
Description: Change how much resource damage players do when harvesting in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Boost this to gather more with each swing—less tool spam, more efficiency. Especially good for solo players or boosted servers. → Impacts the amount of resources gathered by punching, tools, and weapons.
Description: Adjust how much swim speed increases with each point in oxygen stat in ARK SA Player Tip: In ARK, oxygen isn’t just for breathing—it makes you swim like a torpedo. Crank this if you want to turn survivors into underwater missiles. → Affects how much faster players swim when they level up oxygen.
Description: Adjust how much damage dinos deal in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Want brutal dinos that rip survivors apart? Raise this. Want them to slap like wet noodles? Lower it. → Affects all dino attacks—wild and tamed. Changes PvE and PvP balance dramatically.
Description: Control how much damage dinos take in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower it to make dinos tankier. Raise it if you want them to fold faster than a paper parasaur. → Affects all dino types—wild and tamed. Good for tuning overall difficulty.
Description: Adjust how effective dinos are at harvesting resources in ARK SA Player Tip: Raise this to turn your mammoth into a lumber mill or your anky into a metal god. → Impacts how much a dino gathers per hit. Doesn’t affect combat damage—just resource yield.
Description: Control how much damage dinos take from player turrets in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Boost this to shred raid dinos faster. Lower it to give them a fighting chance. Great for tuning PvP turret balance. → Only affects turret-to-dino damage. Doesn’t change how much turrets hurt players or structures.
Description: Adjust how fast tamed dinos lose torpor (unconsciousness) in ARK SA Player Tip: Want to leave a knockout tame unattended? Lower this. Want a challenge taming stubborn beasts? Raise it. → Affects only tamed dinos that are unconscious—useful during re-tames or PvP.
Description: Control how quickly tamed dinos get hungry in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower it to save on food and trough refills. Raise it if you want dinos to starve faster for some reason (weirdo). → Impacts food drain rate of tamed dinos—not wild or babies.
Description: Adjust how fast wild dinos lose torpor while being tamed in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Lower this to keep them knocked out longer—ideal for lazy tamers. Raise it if you like stressful narcotic micro-managing. → Affects wild dinos only during knockout taming—not tamed or bred creatures.
Description: Control how quickly wild dinos get hungry while being tamed in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Raise this to speed up taming—hungrier dinos eat faster. Lower it if you’re into slow, old-school taming pain. → Impacts food drain rate during knockout taming only. Doesn’t affect babies or tamed dinos.

🧱 Structure & Resource Settings

Description: Set how long players must wait before repairing a damaged structure in ARK SA Player Tip: Raise this to prevent instant repair abuse in PvP. Lower it if you’re running a chill PvE server where repairs should be easy. → Timer starts when a structure is damaged—prevents spam-repairing under fire.
Description: Adjust how much damage structures take in PvP zones in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Crank it to make raids brutal. Lower it for longer fights or if you want to give bases a fighting chance. → Only affects structure damage in PvP areas—does not impact wild dino or player weapon damage elsewhere.
Description: Control how quickly fuel is consumed by structures like forges and generators in ARK SA Player Tip: Lower it to burn fuel slower—great for low-maintenance bases. Raise it if you want realism or just hate gasoline. → Affects all fuel-burning structures (e.g., campfires, grills, chem benches, generators).
Description: Set how close players must be to block natural resource respawns in ARK SA Player Tip: Lower it if you want metal and trees to regrow near your base. Raise it to keep areas cleared and lag down. → Controls the radius around players where resources (like rocks and trees) won’t respawn.
Description: Control how close to player-built structures resources are blocked from respawning in ARK SA Player Tip: Want trees and rocks to grow near your base? Lower this. Want a clean perimeter with no clutter? Raise it. → Affects resource respawn blocking radius around structures like foundations, beds, and crafting stations.

💀 Decay & Lifespan Settings

Description: Adjust how long player and dino corpses stick around before decomposing in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Raise this to give yourself more time to loot your stuff. Lower it for a cleaner world or hardcore survival servers. → Affects all corpses, including players and dinos—does not affect dropped bags.
Description: Control how long dropped items remain in the world before disappearing in ARK SA Player Tip: Raise this if you need more time to recover gear. Lower it to clean up clutter and improve server performance. → Affects all dropped items, including from players, dinos, and containers—not corpses.
Description: Adjust how fast food and other items spoil in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Tired of your meat going bad in 5 minutes? Raise this. Want a challenge or more spoiled meat? Lower it. → Affects spoil timers on items like meat, berries, and narcotics—works in inventory and containers.
Description: Enable or disable the use of corpse lifespan multipliers in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Set this to true if you’re using corpse decay settings like GlobalCorpseDecompositionTimeMultiplier. Without it, those settings won’t apply. → Acts as a toggle—must be true for corpse lifespan changes to take effect.
Description: Enable a visual beacon that shows where your body is after death in ARK SA Player Tip: Turn this on to make corpse runs way easier—especially when you die in tall grass, deep caves, or mid-air regret. → Adds a green beam above your corpse. Doesn’t affect bags or dino bodies.
Description: Control how quickly abandoned or unsupported structures decay in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Helps clean up old bases or spam structures. Combine with structure decay settings for a tidier server. → Applies to structures in “fast decay” mode—usually unconnected or placed outside of a base foundation.
Description: Adjust how fast player hair and beards grow in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Raise it if you want to rock a Viking beard in a day. Lower it if you prefer a clean-cut survivor look. → Affects both male and female characters’ hair growth rate.

🎣 Loot & Crafting

Description: Control the quality of loot found in supply drops in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Raise this to get better loot from drops—goodbye primitive bows, hello ascendant shotguns. → Affects all supply crate types, including air drops and beacons. Doesn’t affect boss rewards or mission loot.
Description: Adjust the quality of loot obtained from fishing in ARK: Survival Ascended Tired of fishing up garbage? Crank this up and reel in the good stuff—like ascendant gear or BP jackpots. → Only affects loot quality from fishing—not the frequency or difficulty.
Description: Control how much extra quality players get from crafting with high crafting skill in ARK SA Player Tip: Want crafters to matter? Raise this and let skilled survivors pump out god-tier gear. → Only affects items with variable quality, like weapons, armor, and saddles.
Description: Adjust how effective player-made custom recipes are in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Want your energy drinks to actually do something? Boost this. Higher values mean better healing, stamina, or buffs. → Affects the power of food and drink made in the cooking pot using the custom recipe system.
Description: Control how much the crafting skill stat affects custom recipe strength in ARK SA Player Tip: Raise this to make high crafting skill really matter when cooking. Lower it if you want balanced effects regardless of stats. → Impacts how much bonus a player’s Crafting Skill provides when making custom food or drink.
Description: Adjust how fast crops grow in plots in ARK: Survival Ascended Hate waiting forever for longgrass? Speed this up and become a prehistoric farmer in no time. → Affects growth speed of all crop types in crop plots—not wild plants or seeds.
Description: Control how fast grown crops spoil in ARK: Survival Ascended Lower this to keep your fridge stocked longer. Raise it for more realism (and more rot). → Affects already harvested crops sitting in inventories, not the plants themselves.

⚔️ PvP Timers & War Settings

Set when PvP should automatically switch to PvE mode each day in ARK SA, using seconds after midnight Player Tip: Useful for mixed-mode servers—set this to control when daily PvE protection begins. Pairs with AutoPvEStopTimeSeconds. → Time is in seconds past midnight (e.g., 3600 = 1:00 AM, 43200 = 12:00 PM).
Description: Set when PvE mode ends and PvP resumes each day in ARK: Survival Ascended Combine this with AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds to create safe hours. Great for casual servers that only want PvP during specific windows. → Uses seconds after midnight (e.g., 64800 = 6:00 PM). PvP resumes when this time hits.
Description: Enable or disable automatic switching between PvE and PvP based on scheduled times in ARK SA Set this to true to activate time-based PvE/PvP cycles using AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds and AutoPvEStopTimeSeconds. → If false, the server stays in its current PvE/PvP mode permanently.
Description: Toggle whether the server uses real-world system time for PvE/PvP switching in ARK SA Set this to true for consistent real-time scheduling. Use false if you want time based on server uptime instead. → Works with bAutoPvETimer. Only matters if that setting is also enabled.
Description: Allow tribes to declare war on each other in PvE mode in ARK: Survival Ascended Keeps the peace… until someone accepts a war request. Great for consensual PvP without leaving PvE. → Only works in PvE mode and requires both tribes to agree to the war.
Description: Allow tribes to cancel pending tribe war requests in PvE mode in ARK SA Turn this on so players can back out before war actually starts. Saves a lot of regret and salty Discord messages. → Applies only before a tribe war is accepted—once active, it can’t be canceled.
Description: Prevent friendly fire between tribemates and allies in PvE mode in ARK: Survival Ascended Turn this on to stop accidental torch murders and dino stomps during base building. → Applies only in PvE mode—won’t affect PvP servers or tribe wars.
Description: Set how much extra time is added to respawn cooldowns during repeated PvP deaths in ARK SA Helps stop spawn spamming during raids. Each death adds this much extra time to your respawn timer. → Only applies in PvP mode. Works alongside IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalCheckPeriod.
Description: Set how far back in time ARK checks for previous PvP deaths when adding respawn delay Controls the window for stacking respawn penalties. Bigger value = more deaths counted = longer respawn times. → Only active in PvP mode, used with IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalBaseAmount.
Description: Multiply how much extra respawn time is added per death in PvP mode in ARK SA Combine this with BaseAmount and CheckPeriod to punish spawn spam during raids. Want to slow zergs? This is your friend. → Each death within the check period adds: BaseAmount × Multiplier seconds to respawn delay.
Enable or disable increased respawn delay for players dying repeatedly in PvP mode in ARK SA Player Tip: Turn this on to stop zergs from instantly flooding back into fights. Combine with multiplier and timer settings for full control. → This must be set to true for the PvP respawn interval system to work.
Description: Set how long a tribe must wait before reusing a tribe slot after a member leaves or is kicked in ARK SA Helps block tribe cycling exploits during PvP—no more insta-rejoins just to bypass cooldowns or reset timers. → Time is in seconds. Applies to reusing the same tribe slot, not general tribe invites.
Description: Set how long structures and dinos stay invincible after a player logs in on offline-protected PvP servers in ARK SA Player Tip: Stops people from logging in mid-raid just to drop invincibility shields. Adds a delay before their base can be hit. → Only applies if offline PvP protection is enabled. Time is in seconds.

🦖 Dino & Player Settings

Description: Completely disable the ability to ride dinos in ARK: Survival Ascended Want a hardcore no-riding server or challenge? Flip this to true and force players to run everywhere. → true = no riding allowed. false = standard riding mechanics enabled.
Set the maximum XP a player can earn in ARK: Survival Ascended. Cap player leveling to control balance or prevent endless grinding. Use 0 for no cap. → Limits total XP a player can accumulate from all sources.
Description: Set the maximum XP a dino can earn in ARK: Survival Ascended Cap dino leveling to control power creep or server balance. Use 0 for no cap. → Limits total XP dinos can accumulate from kills, harvesting, and other XP sources.
Description: Limit the maximum number of players allowed in a single tribe in ARK: Survival Ascended. Keep your server balanced by preventing giant tribes from dominating. Lower values create tighter communities. → Applies server-wide, affects all tribes.
Limit how many tribes can join a single alliance in ARK: Survival Ascended. Control alliance size to prevent mega-coalitions. Set low for competitive PvP, higher for casual or RP servers. → Applies server-wide to all alliances.
Limit how many alliances a single tribe can join in ARK: Survival Ascended. Keep diplomacy simple by restricting tribes to fewer alliances. Set to 1 for exclusive allegiance or higher for complex politics. → Applies server-wide for all tribes.
Set the maximum number of logs a tribe can store in ARK: Survival Ascended. Helps manage server performance—lower this if your tribe logs get too big and laggy. → Limits how many events (like taming, deaths, and building) are recorded per tribe.

🧪 Mutagen & Genesis Buffs

Adjust how often mutagen spawns appear in ARK: Survival Ascended. Raise this to make mutagen spawn less often, lower it for more frequent mutagen drops. → Controls the spawn delay multiplier for mutagen creatures or items.
Adjust the base reward multiplier for hexagon objectives or events in ARK: Survival Ascended. Crank this up to make hexagon challenges more rewarding, great for PvE or PvP event servers. → Modifies rewards earned from hexagon-related content, boosting loot and XP.
Enable or disable access to the Hexagon in-game store in ARK: Survival Ascended. Disable this to prevent players from buying items with hexagons, making them earn rewards the old-fashioned way. → true disables the store, false keeps it active.
Enable or disable Genesis mission quests in ARK: Survival Ascended. Disable if you want a more open-world experience without mission objectives interrupting exploration. → true disables Genesis missions; false keeps them active.
Description: Enable or disable structure building restrictions in special Genesis zones in ARK SA Player Tip: Turn this on to prevent players from building in protected Genesis areas, keeping missions and landmarks intact. → true enforces build restrictions in Genesis prevention zones; false allows building anywhere.
Enable or disable world buffs like weather effects or map-wide bonuses in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Disable to keep gameplay predictable without random buffs or debuffs. Enable for dynamic, challenging environments. → true disables world buffs; false keeps them active.
Description: Enable or disable scaling of world buffs based on player count or other factors in ARK SA Player Tip: Turn this on for dynamic difficulty that adjusts buffs as player numbers change. → Works with world buffs; scales their strength automatically.
Description: Adjust how effective world buff scaling is in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Higher values make buffs stronger as player count increases. Lower values keep buffs mild. → Works only if bEnableWorldBuffScaling is enabled.
Increase the level boost dinos receive from mutagen exposure in ARK: Survival Ascended Player Tip: Crank this to supercharge your dinos with mutagen buffs for stronger stats and abilities. → Adds bonus levels to dinos exposed to mutagen effects.
Description: Increase the level boost for bred dinos exposed to mutagen in ARK: Survival Ascended. Boost bred dinos’ mutagen levels separately to keep breeding progression balanced or supercharged. → Adds bonus levels to bred dinos affected by mutagen, separate from wild mutagen boosts.

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