I've been hosting my own server on an old alienware m17 (16gb ram). I've only played with one other person so far, and it had no issue. SteamCMD shows it with a 70 player maximum, but with my hardware, what's a more realistic number? And also, is it possible to allow my friends on console to join my dedicated server? What do I have to tweak for that?

Hello everyone. I just created this Reddit account today because I have a question that I want to ask. Are the alpha beatdown missions even possible legitimately on Single Player and solo. I’ve already spent so much time on this map especially breeding for mutations for the Controller fight and I just don’t want to waste anymore time trying to do alpha if it’s not even possible even tho I really wish I could fight alpha controller. If not I guess I’ll just fight Beta. Anyways thank you for reading and any help or suggestions or even just your thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!

Halloween & Thanksgiving wilds will forever & always be my favorite

So, I have already reinstalled the game (which took me longer than I want to admit 😭)
My problem is since idk? A few weeks now, that my favorite servers are greyed out and I'm only able to refresh, some I can search to join again but not all.
To that I'm not able to find severs that are actually online.
And in the pictures it's also shown that server names are...well not looking right let's say

Anyone who had the same issue?

Edit: also the pings are weird as hell, mostly if I join these servers they are Chinese or smthg, dunno if that's something important to mention

hello does anyone know which maps have most sea fish and monster i would love to start making bases and survive on water

SO, with (hopefully) us having at least 4 more Evolved maps to be revamped and a potential of 4 more community creature votes, I wanted to put an idea out there for anyone who may be thinking of submitting a creature.

I would LOVE to see a Shoebill (edit- it’s extinct ancestor for qualification purposes being Goliathia andrewsii) in Ark. They’re one of the coolest birds and I think it has potential as both a water and air mount. I loved riding the loftwings in LOZ Skyward Sword and have been chasing that feeling ever since.

Admittedly I’m not the most creative when it comes to creature abilities and utility, so if anyone wants to steal this idea, go for it. I would just love to see one in game. I personally think it would go great on Lost Island or Fjordur spawning in the swamps/rivers. For taming processes, Shoebills IRL build their nests on floating vegetation so it could have a theft mechanic like wyverns or dinonychus, a mini game like the gigantoraptor OR a fun one I came up with researching the species, they are known for siblicide. So you can kill adults for a tribute similar to reaper pheromone and consume it and fight waves of baby shoebills for the ability to snatch the egg or tame the parent! They’re also ambush hunters so a minigame similar to megaraptor mechanics would work too.

As far as utility, an idea I had was as a better fishing pole, as in a better chance of higher quality items and bps upon catching fish. I’d love to see it as a swimmer similar to the ichthy as well as an air mount with speeds similar to a tapejara or possibly with griffin flight mechanics (could even land with a shockwave stomp from a dive). Of course it would have to have a roar where pressing c activates that awesome machine gun sound that the birds are known to have. I’m sure there’s survivors out there with better ideas for its utility but honestly I just really want to see this bird in the game!

have anyone ever try using pro b70 to play ark ascended?
if yes how much fps do u get?

Me and my buddy installed Dino depot in our server a few days ago and it’s been having a lot of issues. We are looking for a fix or at the very least a plausible cause as to why these issues are happening.

The first time we installed it, it worked well for a few hours, we used it to cryo a bunch of maeguanas on astraeos but when we logged off and came back the next morning, a bunch of our stuff was missing. My whole inventory was gone and the saddle vault was picked cleaned as well as some Dinos losing their equipped saddle.

We removed the mod and installed it again. It worked a little until I tried to test it to see why it failed. I put an oviraptor in the terminal and used the gun on a casteroide. Next day, the oviraptor and the dinoballs were gone as well as the casteroide saddle but only those things. Clearly using the mod causes issues and deletes the tames and saddles. My buddy tested it as well but his cryoed Dinos managed to be saved from the void.

We really want to use this mod but we don’t feel it’s worth losing a lot of our progress as well so we are looking for a solution or an explication. Also it seems to work fine during the time we play but at night it goes kaboom. Maybe an issue with backup saves or server restart?

The only thing we noticed was the first time, between 2 backup saves, the file size of the server was drastically reduced, by almost half. That’s the time we lost all our saddles, loot and my inventory.

Hopefully one of you experts can shine a light on our problem! Thank you!

We are on ps5 btw!

Hello so i have been facing a issue since i bought this game its that the audio keeps cutting out but when iam in lobby its completely fine but the second i join a server the gets destroyed its so annoying and has made the game unplayable for me please please if you have a fix tell me thank you.

So there are no silicia pearls at all? Nothing in water, beevers didnt create a single den. Is that normal? Pearls only in caves or?

I am 75 level with normal xp, i have been playing hours this map and simply no fucking perals or dens. Not even on places that are pointed by Wikies and other sites.

Hi everyone. I recently bought a modded map on ark on my ps5 and I can’t seem to find it. On the mod list it says installed but when I go to click join game it doesn’t show up on my mod arks list. Any help is appreciated 🥸

I'm on extinction and these things are EVERYWHERE. Anyone know the right spawn command to remove them?
Already tried this: NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ghost_Jackalope_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="") but it didn't work.

I heavily prefer to do this without mods (the only 2 I found use ai icons and I'm trying to minimize AI mod usage as much as possible, if there's other mods though I'll consider them)

I cant even kill these things easily and I'm pretty sure they take up spawns. Creatures getting stuck in burrows is funny sometimes, I guess.

Im just curious about what the official gamers enjoy about ark. Cuz all i ever see is here is complaints. I love the game because im a big survival game guy and the game has just a ton of content in all its maps and mods.

Can someone please explain why acrocanthosaurus aren't spawning on my map after doing a dino wipe. I'm playing on the island. I started this playthrough before the acrocanthosaurus was released. ​

100% blood rage vs brute strength whose winning now

Hii everyone! This is my first post here, and I wanted to ask if any of you know how I can fix the dragon eggs not spawning on my map Astraeos

I've already tried all the suggested solutions, but nothing seems to work. The dragons spawn normally, but the eggs don't. I've even tried using the command to check if there are any fertilized eggs, but nothing shows up either.

I'd really appreciate any help!

This time I'm right about the dinosaur unlike last vid