If you don’t want to spend your time on the island with others, and you’d rather build up your own army of dinosaurs without having to worry about other players, then single player mode is the way to go. In this article we’ll tell you everything you need to know to dive into Ark: Survival Evolved and start up the game’s single player mode so you can do whatever you want.
How to Play Single Player
Launching into a single player game in Ark is very easy, but it also comes with a lot of setup, depending on how you want to run the game. If you just want basic settings, with the default setup, then all you need to do is launch the game, press the HostLocal option, and then choose Play Single Player from the center menu.
If you want to spice things up, though, you can actually change all of the rules of the game, including damage output, the overall difficulty, and even the rate at which you tame dinosaurs and gain experience.
- Configure the number of engram points granted to players for each level gained.This option must be repeated for each player level configured on the server; if there are 65 player levels available, this option should appear in the configuration file 65 times. The first appearance of the option configures engram points for reaching level 1.
- There are several settings for controlling and configuring you Ark Survival Evolved Dedicated Server. This is a list of the currently available settings. To make things easier we have created a set of configuration tools that allow quick and easy generation of the code you need to modify your server.
- Aug 29, 2019 Ark Best Settings For Single Player 8/29/2019 UpdateThe article has been updated and new aspects have been added that will further help you in reducing your ARK: Survival Evolved lag.Ever since the release of ARK: Survival Evolved, the players or in general the entire community has greatly applauded the game except its unavoidable lag problem.
You also have the option of changing how things decay—like structures, food, dinosaurs, etc. If you’re running a server for your friends, then you can allow cave building, flyer carry in PVE, or even disallow those things depending on what you feel your game needs.
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And don't forget, most of these settings apply just the same to Single Player & Non-Dedicated Sessions on Windows, Linux, and Mac! For detailed information on finding the customization files for these situations, or for a general overview of what customization can do for you, please see this page: Balancing Ark For Your Play Style.
These aren’t the only settings you can change, either. You can also determine which Engrams you want to be available to players by pressing on the Engram tab. Here you can double click on items to grey them out, which will remove them from the game world when you launch your server.
The Benefits of Local Gameplay
If you aren’t sure what the benefits of playing single player, or even hosting a private server are, then let’s go over a few. Not only can you decide which Ark story you want to play, but you can also choose to create a procedurally generated Ark, which will make the world something different each and every time. It’s not something you see all that much right now, and it might be something you want to explore on your own.
The real benefits of local gameplay, though, come in the form of being able to tell your own story without having to worry about the interference of other players. If that sounds like your thing, then you should definitely check it out and give it a shot. You can find more help in Ark by checking out our guides on how to tame dinosaurs, and how to build your first house.
We’ll have more Ark content coming as we grow closer to release, so be sure to stay up to date with the latest information to make sure you’re ready when the game is fully available on August 29.
About the author
Josh has been exploring fantastic worlds and getting lost in video games for as long as he can remember. Starting out on the Super Nintendo with Super Mario World, and ending up in the world of next-generation gaming. He enjoys digging into the story and lore of massive RPGs, as well as getting lost just trying to make that last jump in any platformers he gets pulled into, as well as everything in between. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Entertainment.
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Primal Fear Settings[edit | edit source]
All values given below are default values. Everything except ToxicDmgMultiplierTorpAmount CANNOT be set to 0, or else it reverts to the default amount
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For these settings to work it must be have the header:
Argument | Effect |
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CelestialPowerStaminaDrop=500 | How fast the stamina drops when using the celestial power-up ability (per second) |
CelestialPowerTorporAdd=1000 | How fast torpor increases when stamina is empty on celestials when using their power-up ability (per second) |
ToxicDmgMultiplierTorpAmount=0 | Additional Torpor that can be added to Toxics. The higher the number, the more torpor |
ToxicTorpSpeedToAdd=.01 | How long it takes for the extra added torpor to fully apply to creature. The lower the number, the faster it applies all torpor. The higher the number, the longer it builds up to max torpor per hit (in seconds) |
CausticAOEDamage=250 | The damage the caustic cloud does per interval to all creatures who are inside |
CausticAOEDamageInterval=1 | The interval time for damage to be applied to all creatures inside a caustic cloud (in seconds) |
AlphaReaperKingPheromoneInterval=1200 | The amount of time it takes for 1 Reaper King Pheromone to be created by an Alpha (in seconds) |
ApexReaperKingPheromoneInterval=900 | The amount of time it takes for 1 Reaper King Pheromone to be created by an Apex (in seconds) |
PegasusEvolutionKillsRequired=250 | Amount of kills required before a pegasus can evolve |
StonePrimalForgeSpeedMultiplier=5 | X times faster than the normal stone forge |
AdvancedPrimalForgeSpeedMultiplier=10 | X times faster than the normal industrial forge |
DebugPegasusKills=0 | turning this on will simply display a string at the top left corner every time you kill something. This string will display the required amount of kills set in the kills required config to ensure its working |
PreventKamikazeDodoSpawn=false | set to true to prevent Kamikaze dodos from spawning |
KamikazeDodoExplosionDamage=5500 | |
KamikazeDodoExplosionRadius=2500 | |
KamikazeDodoExplosionParticleSize=15 | |
NukaDodoExplosionDamage=15000 | |
NukaDodoExplosionRadius=7500 | |
NukaDodoExplosionParticleSize=45 | |
CorruptItemQuantity=1 | Default amount of items every time the interval is reached. |
CorruptItemInterval=3600 | Default interval (in seconds) |
CorruptOutgoingDamageMultiplier=5 | In Vanilla, Corrupted dinos do less damage overall, but destroy structures. I add this stat to bring their damage up, making them more powerful than non-corrupted version. (Default shown) |
CorruptIncomingDamageMultiplier=.5 | Corrupted dinos take less damage. Change this multiple to change how much damage they take.(Default shown) |
CelestialBladeDamageMultiplier=1 | This can increase or decrease the max base damage of the celestial blade. Cannot be 0 |
DemonicBladePowerUpMaxMultiplier=100 | Change this to change what the final damage multiplier of the demonic blade can be once fully charged. |
DemonicBladeMaxPowerUpTimeBeforeOverload=60 | Change this to change the amount time before demonic blade overloads. |
DemonicBladePowerUpOverloadDamage=5000000 | Change this to change the amount of damage the demonic blade does when it overloads and explodes. |
PrimalSmithySpeedMultiplier=5 | Change this to change the crafting speed of the Primal Smithy. |
PrimalTekBenchSpeedMultiplier=1 | Change this to change the crafting speed of the Primal Tek Bench. |
PrimalTekTurretDamageMultiplier=20 | Change this to adjust the damage multiplier on the Primal Turrets. |
PreventUnknownSubstanceUsage=false | Change this to True to prevent the usage of Unknown Substance. |
ClubTorchOfDestructionDamageMultiplier=500 | Change this to adjust the damage the Club Torch of Destruction does. |
ClubTorchOfDestructionPreventDamagingMetal=false | Change this to True to prevent the ability of the Club Torch of Destruction to destroy structures. |
CelestialArgentSpineDamageMultiplier=1 | Change this from 0.001 to 5 to adjust the damage output by the Celestial Argentavis spine attack. |
AllowDemonicBreeding=false | Set to true to enable Demonic creatures to breed. |
AllowCelestialBreeding=false | Set to true to enable Celestial creatures to breed. |
AllowChaosBreeding=false | Set to true to enable Chaos creatures to breed. |
AllowSpiritBreeding=false | Set to true to enable Spirit creatures to breed. |
SpiritProjAOEDamage=4500 | Changing this changes the amount of damage that the Spirit creatures projectile AOE does. |
SpiritProjAOEDamageInterval=0.25 | Changing this alters how often the AOE goes off. |
SpiritGuardianProjAOEDamage=35000 | Changing this changes the amount of damage that the Spirit Guardians projectile does. |
SpiritGuardianProjAOEDamageInterval=0.125 | Changing this changes the amount of time that the ChaosGuardians projectile AOE goes off. |
ChaosGuardianAOEDamage=35000 | Changing this alters how often the Chaos Guardians passive AOE goes off. |
ChaosGuardianAOEDamageInterval=0.0125 | Changing this alters how often the passive AOE goes off. |
ChaosAOEDamage=4500 | Changing this changes the amount of damage that the Chaos creatures passive AOE does. |
ChaosAOEDamageInterval=0.25 | Changing this alters how often the AOE goes off. |
ChaosDisablePassiveDamage=false | Disables the chaos passive damage buff. |
DemonicDisablePassiveDamage=false | Disables the demonic passive damage buff that happens when powered up. |
PlayerDefenseBuffDamageAllowed=0.0 | Configure the rider protection buff. Default is 0.0, meaning the rider takes 0 damage. This can be any number. 0.1 is 10% damage, 1.0 is 100%, and you can go higher if you wish. |
Primal Fear Boss Expansion[edit | edit source]
These settings are only if you have the Primal Fear Boss Expansion installed on your server or single player game.
For these settings to work it must be have the header:
Argument | Effect |
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PercentToTame=.2 | The require health percentage for a boss to become tameable. Cannot be set to 0. If you wish to essentially disable it, make it .00000001 or something absurdly small. .2 = 20% health |
AllowBossBreeding=false | Enable this to allow boss breeding |
ChaosAOEDamage=15000 | |
ChaosAOEDamageInterval=0.25 | |
VanillaWeightMultiplier=1 | |
VanillaStamMultiplier=1 | |
VanillaHealthMultiplier=1 | |
VanillaDamageMultiplier=3 | |
VanillaTorpMultiplier=1 | |
AlphaWeightMultiplier=1 | |
AlphaStamMultiplier=1 | |
AlphaHealthMultiplier=1 | |
AlphaDamageMultiplier=3 | |
AlphaTorpMultiplier=1 | |
ApexWeightMultiplier=1 | |
ApexStamMultiplier=1 | |
ApexHealthMultiplier=1 | |
ApexDamageMultiplier=3 | |
ApexTorpMultiplier=1 | |
ChaosWeightMultiplier=1 | |
ChaosStamMultiplier=1 | |
ChaosHealthMultiplier=1 | |
ChaosDamageMultiplier=3 | |
ChaosTorpMultiplier=1 |
Primal Fear Aberration Expansion[edit | edit source]
These settings are only if you have the Primal Fear Aberration Expansion installed on your server or single player game.
For these settings to work it must be have the header:
Argument | Effect |
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ReaperKingPheromoneInterval=1800 | The amount of time it takes for 1 Reaper King Pheromone to be created by a PF Vanilla Reaper (in seconds. min 60) |
AlphaReaperKingPheromoneInterval=1200 | The amount of time it takes for 1 Reaper King Pheromone to be created by a PF Alpha Reaper (in seconds. min 60) |
ApexReaperKingPheromoneInterval=900 | The amount of time it takes for 1 Reaper King Pheromone to be created by a PF Apex Reaper (in seconds. min 60) |
GlowPetRiderDismountBuffDeactivationTime=30 | The amount of time the player has until the buff from riding your glowpet wears off (in seconds) |
Primal Fear Noxious Creatures[edit | edit source]
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These settings are only if you have the Primal Fear Noxious Expansion installed on your server or single player game.
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Argument | Effect |
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WeightMultiplier=3 | The multiplier this stat has on the vanilla stats |
StamMultiplier=3 | The multiplier this stat has on the vanilla stats |
HealthMultiplier=3 | The multiplier this stat has on the vanilla stats |
DamageMultiplier=3 | The multiplier this stat has on the vanilla stats |
TorpMultiplier=3 | The multiplier this stat has on the vanilla stats |
ToxicDmgMultiplierTorpAmount=0 | How much extra torpor should be added per hit for every noxious creature |
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