Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- PC Report: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Steam Community Discussions
- Official wiki
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Season Pass |
Includes the three paid expansion packs. |
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| Aberration |
Expansion Pack |
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| Extinction |
Expansion Pack |
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| Scorched Earth |
Expansion Pack |
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| Ragnarok |
Free Expansion Map |
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| The Center |
Free Expansion Map |
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| Primitive+ |
Free Total Conversion |
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Version differences
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition
- Combines the base game with the season pass (includes the three paid expansion packs).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
- In single-player mode, Ark will perform an automatic save if it detects an attempt to shut down the application (such as by Alt+F4, or via the task manager or Windows taskbar), in order to prevent players from "dashboarding out" in an attempt to avoid a sudden unfavorable situation in-game.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
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Set FOV multiplier[3][4]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>/Engine/Config/
- Open
BaseEngine.ini.
- Change
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV to AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
- Test the change in-game.
- For higher values, edit
<path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini
- Adjust the
FOVMultiplier= value.
Notes
- This value multiplies the effects of the in-game FOV setting. Experiment with the two to get the FOV you want.
- This solution results in a significantly higher base FOV than the game's default settings.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type |
Native |
Notes |
| Local play |
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Xbox One version only.[5] |
| LAN play |
| Co-op, Versus
You need a better hardware to host a non-dedicated session |
| Online play |
| Co-op, Versus
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Connection types
VR support
Issues fixed
Tweaks to raise the frame rate
- The following tweaks can help improve the game's infamously poor performance even on high-end systems.
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Frame rate tweaks[8]
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- Adding the following command line arguments to the game's launch options.
-high -useallavailablecores - These commands maximize Ark's CPU usage. They can increase FPS by as much as 30% with no loss of visual quality.-sm4 -dx10 - These commands force the use of Shader Model 4.0 and DirectX 10 instead of Shader Model 5.0 and DirectX 11. It has a dramatic effect on performance, i.e. raising FPS from ~40 to ~100, but also lowers the game's visual quality by a noticeable degree.-lowmemory - This setting forces Ark to run in low memory mode, using only 4gb of RAM. This can improve performance in systems with less than 16gb of RAM.
- In the in-game menu, the setting that seems to have the greatest effect on performance is shadows. Reducing shadows from Epic to Low can increase frame rate by more than 50%.
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- The -useallavailablecores command is unnecessary in Windows 10 and may in fact cause extremely poor performance due to the different way in which it handles CPU core management compared to Windows 7.
Issues unresolved
Stuck in Server Browser After Selecting "My Survivors" Filter
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Change the server filter type in the config files[9]
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- Go to
<Steam-folder>\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor and open GameUserSettings.cfg
- Look for the line
LastServerSearchType and change the value to 1
- Launch the game and the filter should be set on Unofficial servers
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
10, 11 |
Direct3D 12 coming when UE4 support is stable.[10] |
| Shader Model support |
4, 5 |
Shader Model 4 support requires launching the game with the -sm4 command line argument. |
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
Console commands
Console commands are available.
System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
7 SP1 |
8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz Dual-core | |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
40 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.9 |
| Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB |
| Video card (GPU) |
1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3 compatible |
| Linux |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu |
| Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz 64-bit |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB |
| Video card (GPU) |
1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3 compatible |
Notes
References
