ARKSE GameUserSettings Generator

Editing ARK server settings by hand is a special kind of torture — endless scrolling, guessing values, and breaking things that were working fine five minutes ago. The ARKSE GameUserSettings Generator does the heavy lifting for you. Just choose what you want, hit Generate, and get a clean, error-free INI file built for your setup.
Whether you’re running a private session with friends or managing a full ARK: Survival Evolved dedicated server, this tool saves you time and sanity. Adjust breeding rates, enable corpse locator, fine-tune PvP timers, or just explore how your custom setup compares to the defaults.


How To Use

ArkSE GameUSerSettings Generator

Tweak what you want using our ARKSE GameUserSettings Generator — leave what you don’t. Default values fill themselves in automatically. When you’re done, hit Generate and paste the results into your Game.ini file. No copy-paste chaos, no guesswork — just working configs, instantly.

Your GameUserSettings.ini file lives inside ARK’s saved configuration folders. On PC, you’ll usually find it at …\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\GameUserSettings.ini. If you’re running single-player or non-dedicated, it’s under …\WindowsNoEditor\ instead. Mac users, same idea — just look inside your ARK install path under ShooterGame/Saved/Config/MacNoEditor/. In short: follow the “Saved/Config” trail, and you’ll find it hiding there like a scared dodo.

GameUserSettings Generator
Setting a password will require players to enter it before they can join the server/game.

Set this if you would like to use in-game admin commands.

Set this to allow spectating.




Determines the loading order of your mods. Seperate mod ID’s with a comma. Example: ActiveMods=731604991,821530042,928102085

Set to false to disable admin commands being broadcast in chat.

Allows anyone to be able to imprint baby dinos.

When True will allow building in caves on PVE maps.

When True will allow building in caves on PVP maps.

If set to true will allow flyers to recover stamina while in the air.

Enables / disables multiple platform floors.

Allows picking up dinos and player with flyers.

Hides source of damage in tribe logs.

Enables or disables the red hit markers.


Allows the feeding of raid dinos such as the Titanosaur.

Enable or disable family sharing.

Allows 3rd person.

Notification system announcement when a player joins the game.

Notification system announcement when a player leaves the game.

Allows structures to be able to be picked up all the time or not.

If enabled, will destroy all claimable dinos on server load. If disabled, all “decayed dinos” on the map will be claimable by anyone.

If set to True, will auto destroy structures when the demo timer expires.

Defines how often the server runs its auto save function. In Minutes.

Enable or disable the use of TEK suits in Genesis.

Use the official global ban list, or use any online ban list that you want. Must be enclosed in double quotes. “”http://arkdedicated.com/banlist.txt””

Allows using a direct link to a config file, with those options able to be adjusted dynamically. Good for server events and such. Only specific options are currently able to be adjusted in this way: TamingSpeedMultiplier, HarvestAmountMultiplier, XPMultiplier, MatingIntervalMultiplier, BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier, EggHatchSpeedMultiplier, BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier, CropGrowthSpeedMultiplier, MatingSpeedMultiplier, BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier, BabyImprintAmountMultiplier, CustomRecipeEffectivenessMultiplier, TributeItemExpirationSeconds, TributeDinoExpirationSeconds, EnableFullDump, GUseServerNetSpeedCheck, bUseAlarmNotifications, HexagonRewardMultiplier and NPCReplacements. See https://Gamesomg.com/dynamicconfigexample.ini for a working example.

Will clamp all spoiling times to the items maximum spoiling time. May interfere with mods that alter spoiling times.

Limits the amount of damage a dino can do to a resource while harvesting.

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 CryopodNerfDuration. CryopodNerfIncomingDamageMultPercent=0.25 means a realeased tame takes 25% more damage while the debuff lasts.

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 CryopodNerfDuration. CryopodNerfDuration needs a valid value. CryopodNerfDamageMult=0.01 means 99% of the damage is removed

Amount of time, in seconds, Cryosickness lasts after deploying a creature from a Cryopod. If EnableCryoSicknessPVE is enabled, it will override this line.

Setting this to true will allow the downloading of dinos onto the server that are not native to the Aberration map..

Values lower than 1 slow down. Values higher speed up. Specifies the scaling factor for the passage of time in the ARK, controlling how often day changes to night and night changes to day.

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.

If enabled will destroy any unconnected pipes after 2 days provided they are not being loaded in by players.

Sets the difficulty level.

Higher values increase consumption and lower numbers reduce it.

Enables or disables dino imprinting buff.

Enable or disable dino decay. After the decay period dinos can be claimed by other players. Additional decay options can be changed via the game.ini file

Enable or disable fog.

Self explanatory.

Setting to true will allow players to use the gamma console command.

Higher values increase consumption and lower numbers reduce it.

Lower values reduce damage taken. Higher values increase damage taken. Setting this to 0.5 means dino would take half the damage it normally would.

Higher values increase health recovery and lower numbers reduce it.

Higher values increase and lower values decrease.

Raising this number will increase dino spawns. Lowering it will decrease.

Setting to true will allow players to use the gamma console command.

Enable/Disable Cryosickness when deploying a creature. The following settings need to be set also: CryopodNerfDamageMult & CryopodNerfDuration. If true, there is no Cryopod cooldown timer, and creatures do not become unconscious.

Enable or disable the cool-down timer when deploying a creature. Setting to false will prevent creatures from experiencing cryosickness.

Prevents building around oblisks and some ruins, etc.

If this is set to true, you can then adjust the speed by changing the decay interval.

Enables flyers on maps they are normally not allowed like Aberration.

Enables or disables the automatic locking of boxes and such placed down.

Turns voice chat global.

Higher values increase and lower values reduce yields. This adjust every strike or picking of an item.

Higher values increase the amount of strikes before a tree is chopped for example, thus giving more resources per tree, rock, etc. Keep in mind your HarvestAmountMultiplier when adjusting or you may get more than you want.

Higher number increases global stack size of stack-able items. Lowering this number would reduce stack sizes.

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Max amount of Dinos that can be uploaded.

Maximum total tames allowed on the server.

Max amount of items that can be uploaded.

Sets a server amount of rafts / platform saddles allowed on the server.

Limit the amount of gateways on platform saddles.

Max dinos per character on the server.

The amount of time before a dino can be re-uploaded. Default is 720 (12 hours)

Adjusts the time passage at night. This adjusts the length of night in relation to the length of day as specified by the DayTimeSpeedScale setting. A lower value makes nights longer, and higher value makes nights shorter.

Prevents downloading characters off different servers.

If set to True, you will lose any diseases upon death/re-spawn.

If set to true, only unsnapped core structures will decay. Good way to control pillar or foundation spam on maps.

If auto destroy structures is enabled and this is set to True will destroy only core structures such as foundations. Anything on a foundation may be destroyed though with no floor. If set to false, will include all structures.

Allows auto turrets to be placed on platforms.

Controls swim speed based on the amount of points put into the Oxygen skill. This may need to be set rather high to get good results since the nerf of this stat.

Controls the maximum level of creatures on the server. Default is 1.

Higher numbers increase lowers number decrease. This multiplier adjusts the amount of items place-able on saddles/rafts.

Set a cost per dino for each platform saddle. This counts towards a characters personal dino limit as defined by the PersonalTamedDino setting.

Higher numbers means being able to build further out off of platforms.

Higher values increase consumption and lower numbers reduce it.

Higher values increase recovery rate making you heal faster and lower numbers reduce it.

Higher values increase and lower values decrease.

Higher values increase consumption and lower numbers reduce it.

A lower value reduces damage you take. A higher value obviously then increases the damage you take. Setting this to 0.5 means you would take half the damage you normally would.

Enable or disable diseases.

Enable or disable the downloading of dinos on the map.

Enable or disable the downloading of survivors on the map.

Enable or disable the downloading of items on the map.

How long in seconds until offline raid protection kicks in after a player has disconnected from the server.

Enable or disable the mate boot dinos receive by being near a member of the opposite sex.

Enable or disable offline raiding protection. While this is enabled, tribe alliances are not permitted.

Enable or disable spawn animations.

Self Explanatory.

Enable or disable the uploading of Dinos.

Enable or disable the uploading of survivors.

Enable or disable the uploading of Items.

Chat will only display messages from players in their vicinity.

Allow or disallow structures at supply drops on PvE servers.

Adjust the rate of decay in PVE for structures. Higher values increase the rate and lower values decrease.

Specifies the time required for player structures to decay in PvE mode.

Enable or disable structure decay on PvP servers.

Multiplier on the base decay of dino ownership time. This setting is only applicable if DisableDinoDecayPVE is set to false.

Higher values increase consumption and lower numbers reduce it.

Enable or disable the dino decay process.

Supply drops spawn at random locations. Has been known to cause issues.

Adjust the re-spawn rate of trees, rocks, etc. Higher numbers re-spawn faster, lower numbers delay the process.

Start at lvl 1 each time you die.

Turns off PVP.

Enables or disables crosshairs.


Disables the HUD

Reveals your location on the map when viewing the map.

If enabled will show floating damage numbers.

How many seconds you have to pick up a structure after placement. If AlwaysAllowStructurePickup is enabled then this setting is void.

Higher values increase damage taken by structures. Lower values reduce it. So a value of 0.5 means a structure will only take half damage.

Higher values increase lower values decrease. (Spiked walls)

How long before you can pick up a structure in seconds.

Set to true to show your tribes actions concerning the destruction of enemy structures in your tribe log. False to hide it.

Cooldown between tribe name changes. In Minutes.

The cool-down length in minutes you must wait between tribe name changes.

Higher values tame faster and lower values tame slower.

Amount of damage tamed dinos do with their attacks.

A lower number means dinos can take more damage, higher numbers less.

Sets the amount of structures that can be built in an area.

Defines the expiration timers for uploaded survivors.

Defines the expiration timer for uploaded items.

Defines the expiration timer for uploaded Dinos.

Set to true to get a more optimized server with higher harvest amount multiplier, but you will get less rare resources.

Higher values increase and lower values decrease.

Make sure the below options are placed under

[/script/engine.gamesession]


Make sure the below options are placed under

[SessionSettings]

This is the name that shows up in the server list.

This is your game port.

This is your game port.

Make sure the below options are placed under

[MessageOfTheDay]

This is the message players will see when logging in.

Time in seconds the message of the day is displayed.

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