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ARK: Survival Ascended — Create and start a headless ARK: Survival Ascended server. More information: <https://ark.wiki.gg/wi

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Problem

How to use the ARK: Survival Ascended command: Create and start a headless ARK: Survival Ascended server. More information: <https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration>.

Solution

ARK: Survival Ascended — Create and start a headless ARK: Survival Ascended server. More information: <https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration>.

Start the server with a specific map:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}

Start the server with a specific session name, server password, and admin password:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?SessionName={{session_name}}?ServerPassword={{server_password}}?ServerAdminPassword={{admin_password}}

Start the server with a specific port and set a maximum player count:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}} -port={{7777}} -WinLiveMaxPlayers={{1..70}}

Enable PvE and disabling PvP:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?ServerPVE=true

Set a multiplier to scale the server difficulty, affecting the maximum level of wild creatures:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?DifficultyOffset={{1.0}}

Disable creature animation optimization to prevent collision issues:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}} -AlwaysTickDedicatedSkeletalMeshes

Enable specific mods by their ID (comma-separated):

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}} -mods={{mod_id1,mod_id2,...}}

Allow connections from specific platforms:

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}} -ServerPlatform={{PC+XSX+PS5}}

Code Snippets

Start the server with a specific map

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}

Start the server with a specific session name, server password, and admin password

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?SessionName={{session_name}}?ServerPassword={{server_password}}?ServerAdminPassword={{admin_password}}

Start the server with a specific port and set a maximum player count

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}} -port={{7777}} -WinLiveMaxPlayers={{1..70}}

Enable PvE and disabling PvP

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?ServerPVE=true

Set a multiplier to scale the server difficulty, affecting the maximum level of wild creatures

{{path/to}}/ArkAscendedServer {{TheIsland_WP}}?DifficultyOffset={{1.0}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/ARK: Survival Ascended

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