Ark: Survival Ascended is usually a game you play with others, but playing by yourself can be a blast too. The key is choosing the best settings so the game isn’t too easy or too tough, and the developers have provided plenty of them to help you fine-tune the experience.
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Difficulty Settings
Hard is the best difficulty for a single-player server in Ark: Survival Ascended. It’s better than Easy and Medium because the other two are far too easy, even for newcomers. You can also prevent Hard from being too difficult by fine-tuning individual settings to the ones listed below.
Player settings
| Setting | Value |
| Damage | One |
| Resistance | One |
| Water Drain | 0.7 |
| Food Drain | 0.7 |
| Stamina Drain | 0.7 |
| Health Recovery | One |
| Harvesting Damage | Three |
Creature settings
| Setting | Value |
| Max Count | One |
| Damage | One |
| Resistance | One |
| Food Drain | 0.7 |
| Stamina Drain | One |
| Health Recovery | One |
| Harvesting Damage | Five |
| Turret Damage | One |
| Disable Taming | Off |
| Disable Riding | Off |
Structure settings
| Setting | Value |
| Damage | One |
| Resistance | One |
| Damage Repair Cooldown | 179 |
| Disable Structure Placement Collision | On |
World settings
| Setting | Value |
| XP Multiplier | Two |
| Taming Speed Multiplier | Four |
| Harvest Yield Multiplier | Five |
| Allow Speed Leveling | On |
| Allow Flyer Speed Leveling | On |
| Maximum Difficulty | On |
| Difficulty Level | One |
| PVE Mode | Off |
| Hardcore Mode | Off |
| Allow Unlimited Respecs | On |
Game rules
| Setting | Value |
| No Survivor Downloads | Off |
| No Dino Downloads | Off |
| No Item Downloads | Off |
| No Tribute Downloads | Off |
| Non-Dedicated Tethering Distance | One |
| Enable PVP Gamma | On |
| Show Creative Mode | Off |
| Disable Loot Crates | Off |
| Disable Friendly Fire | Off |
| Use Single Player Settings | On |
What do these difficulty settings do?
Essentially, these difficulty settings moderate things like damage, resistance, and how much food and stamina you and your tamed dinosaurs need on the server.
They also tweas things like leveling speed, harvest yields, and more to strike a balance between being challenging and fun.
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