How to Change the Difficulty Level on Your Ark Server
Overview
Difficulty affects the level of creatures in the world and the quality of loot. Default max dino level is 30.
Step-by-Step Instructions
<ol><li>Open File Manager and navigate to ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini.</li><li>Edit under the [ServerSettings] section.</li><li>Set DifficultyOffset=1.0.</li><li>Set OverrideOfficialDifficulty to (desired max level / 30). For max level 150 use 5.0; for 300 use 10.0.</li><li>Save and restart the server.</li><li>Optional: run admincheat DestroyWildDinos to respawn dinos at the new difficulty.</li></ol>
Code / Configuration
<pre><code>[ServerSettings] DifficultyOffset=1.0 OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0 # max dino level 150</code></pre>
Warning
Newly spawned dinos only get the new level range. Existing wild dinos keep their old levels until killed or wiped.
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