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ARK Mods and Settings

Currently online ARK servers: https://www.ldsgamers.com/game-servers

The mods can be pre-downloaded by subscribing to them here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2351741175

Mod list

We use the following mods on our ARK servers, in the following load order:

  1. HG Element Fix (Genesis2 only)
  2. HG Stacking Mod 2500-90
  3. Structures Plus
  4. Castles, Keeps and Forts: Remastered
  5. Castles, Keeps and Forts: Science Fiction
  6. eco Trees
  7. Awesome Spyglass!
  8. Homing Pigeon
  9. XP Kibble
  10. Dino Tracker
  11. Custom Dino Levels (server-side only, non-Ragnarok maps only)
  12. Dino Storage v2
  13. Death Recovery Mod

Server settings summary

  • PvE only
  • Wild dinos are up to level 150
  • Faster taming: 3x
  • Faster breeding: 8x egg hatching and maturation, 1/8 mating cooldown
  • Faster harvesting: 2x overall + another 1.25x for dinos
  • Faster experience gain: 3x + 1.25x for kills
  • Death bags last much longer
  • Reduced food and water drain, including tamed dinos
  • Fuel lasts twice as long
  • Flyer speed leveling
  • Nights are half duration (except Aberration)
  • Minor stat boosts to some stats for players and dinos
  • All maps have a Ragnarok-like distribution of wild dino levels
  • Character, dino and item transfers enabled between all LDSG servers
  • Transfer up to 100 items at a time

Mod settings summary

  • Awesome spyglass does not show outlines
  • Range of most S+ structures increased to 50 foundations
  • S+ engrams replace vanilla engrams (Use S+ Converter to get vanilla parts)
  • S+ Root Beer Barrel crafts at twice the speed
  • S+ Industrial Forge and Tek Replicator are smaller
  • Nanny feeds dinos more often
  • Element lasts 48 hours in the Tek Generator
  • Death Recovery Mod gravestone will not recover resources and consumables
  • Dino Tracker can only track tamed dinos and tribe members
  • Dino Storage v2 Terminal can collect and incubate fertilized eggs if powered by a Tek Generator

Detailed settings

This list includes only settings not at their defaults and that are meaningful to list. The complete list can be found on the official ARK wiki: https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Server_configuration

Game.ini
[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling=True
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.4
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=8.0
CropDecaySpeedMultiplier=1.25
DinoHarvestingDamageMultiplier=1.25
bDisableStructurePlacementCollision=True
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=8.0
FuelConsumptionIntervalMultiplier=2.0
GlobalItemDecompositionTimeMultiplier=3.0
KillXPMultiplier=1.25
LayEggIntervalMultiplier=1.25
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.125
MaxAlliancesPerTribe=20
MaxTribesPerAlliance=20
# 0: Health  1: Stamina  4: Food  5: Water  7: Weight
# 8: MeeleDamageMultiplier / Charge Emission Range  9: Speed
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0]=0.3
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[1]=1.1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[7]=1.1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8]=0.25
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0]=0.24
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[1]=1.4
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[7]=1.1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[8]=0.22
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[9]=1.4
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[0]=0.54
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[1]=1.1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[7]=1.1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[8]=0.54
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player_Add[0]=1.2
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player_Add[4]=1.25
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player_Add[5]=1.25
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player_Add[7]=1.2
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player_Add[9]=1.2
bPvEDisableFriendlyFire=True
StructureDamageRepairCooldown=180
SupplyCrateLootQualityMultiplier=3.0
TamedDinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier=0.5
UseCorpseLifeSpanMultiplier=32.0
bUseCorpseLocator=True
 
GameUserSettings.ini
[ServerSettings]
AllowCaveBuildingPvE=False
AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True
AutoSavePeriodMinutes=7
CrossARKAllowForeignDinoDownloads=True
DifficultyOffset=1.0
HarvestAmountMultiplier=2.0
MaxGateFrameOnSaddles=8
MaxTamedDinos=5000.000000
MaxTributeItems=100
NightTimeSpeedScale=1.5
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0
PerPlatformMaxStructuresMultiplier=10.0
PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier=0.75
PlayerCharacterWaterDrainMultiplier=0.5
PreventDownloadDinos=False
PreventDownloadItems=False
PreventDownloadSurvivors=False
PreventUploadDinos=False
PreventUploadItems=False
PreventUploadSurvivors=False
serverPVE=True
ShowFloatingDamageText=True
ShowMapPlayerLocation=True
StructurePickupHoldDuration=0.500000
TamingSpeedMultiplier=3.0
XPMultiplier=3.0

[AwesomeSpyGlass]
AllowOutline=False

[DeathRecovery]
DelayTimer=15
DisableDecay=True
DecayMultiplier=1
DisablePickup=False
UseOnce=False
ThereCanOnlyBeOne=False
UseGlobalTimer=False
ExclusionList=PrimalItemResource.,Thatch.,Consum.

[DinoStorage2]
EnableFertEggCollection=True
EnableIncubation=True
TerminalNeedsPower=True
VaultTerminal=True

[DinoTracker] 
DisableWildTracking=True
DisableWildFindButton=True
DisableTribememberTracking=False
DisableDeathTracking=True
DisableAllyTracking=True
DisableWildCoordinates=True

[StructuresPlus]
BeeHiveWateringRangeInFoundations=50
BeerBarrelCraftingSpeed=2
DisableSmoothBuild=True
EnableEngramOverride=True
FarmerRangeInFoundations=50
GardenerRangeInFoundations=50
HatcheryRangeInFoundations=50
IndustrialForgeScaleMultiplier=0.5
ItemAggregatorRangeInFoundations=50
ItemCollectorRangeInFoundations=50
NannyIntervalInSeconds=25
NannyRangeInFoundations=50
RemoveLearnedEngramRequirementFromConverter=false
ReplicatorScaleMultiplier=0.8
ResourcePullRangeInFoundations=50
ResourceTransferCooldown=0.2
TekGeneratorFuelUseIntervalInSeconds=172800
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