Ark Survival Ascended has a variety of settings for you to optimise your experience. For single players, the world is fully yours to enjoy, so let’s make sure you’ve got the right settings.
The best settings for single player in Ark Survival Ascended
The default settings for Ark Survival Ascended are fine tuned for servers, where the time ticks even when you’re not playing. For single players, where the time stops when you’re offline, you may find the game more challenging or less accessible.
Many players advise changing the settings in single player for a more user-friendly experience. A lot of these setting changes focus on increasing certain speeds. Don’t feel like you’re cheating, as the default speed didn’t really have single player games in mind.
Also, know that players have different preferences, so use this as a benchmark for you to go off and perform your own tweaks and changes to make your experience as good as you can.
Not every setting needs to be tweaked, so I won’t be changing every one.
You can also modify these settings any time you want, so don’t worry about permanent change. Make sure to experiment with different settings.
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Player
Here are the settings you should modify under the Player tab:
| Damage | 1 |
| Resistance | 1 |
| Water Drain | 0.7 |
| Food Drain | 0.7 |
| Stamina Drain | 0.7 |
| Health Recovery | 1 |
| Harvesting Damage | 2 |
Creature
Here are the settings you should modify under the Creature tab:
| Max Count | 1 |
| Damage | 1 |
| Resistance | 1 |
| Food Drain | 0.7 |
| Stamina Drain | 1 |
| Health Recovery | 1 |
| Harvesting Damage | 2 |
| Turret Damage | 1 |
| Disable Taming | Off |
| Disable Riding | Off |
World
Here are the settings you should modify under the World tab:
| XP Multiplier | 1 |
| Taming Speed Multiplier | 3 |
| Harvest Yield Multiplier | 3 |
| Allow Speed Leveling | On |
| Allow Flyer Speed Leveling | On |
| Maximum Difficulty | On |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| PVE Mode | On |
| Hardcore Mode | Off |
| Allow Unlimited Respecs | On |
Note that some players prefer much higher XP multipliers and harvest yields, however I think that makes the game too easy. If you find these settings too arduous, don’t forget that you can increase them at any time.
Game Rules
Here are the settings you should modify under the Game Rules tab:
| No Survivor Downloads | Off |
| No Dino Downloads | Off |
| No Item Downloads | Off |
| No Tribute Downloads | Off |
| Non-Dedicated Tethering Distance | 1 |
| Enable PVP Gamma | On |
| Show Creative Mode | Off |
| Disable Loot Crates | Off |
| Disable Friendly Fire | Off |
| Use Single Player Settings | On |
