How to change the difficulty on your ARK server
To change the difficulty offset you can do the following:
Change via Configuration Editor:
- Log into your control panel and click on Configuration Files.
- Find GameUserSettings.ini, select Configuration Editor.
- To change your server's difficulty, you need to edit the DifficultyOffset in this file, default value is 1.0.
- Save the changes made to the file and restart your server.
Change via Text Editor:
- Log into your control panel and click on Configuration Files.
- Find GameUserSettings.ini, select Text Editor.
- Location the [ServerSettings] section of the file.
- To change your servers difficulty, you’ll need to add or change the following lines in this section:
DifficultyOffset=1.0
- Save the changes made to the file and restart your server.
To change the difficulty override you can do the following:
- Click on the custom command line button on the control panel, then click new
- Look for and modify the Difficulty Override value
- Tick the box on the left to enable it.
- Give the custom command line a name in the Description box then save the command line.
- Once saved on the right of the command line there is a select button to activate it.
- Restart your server.
What does DifficultyOffset mean?
DifficultyOffset is a multiplier, and it’s applied to the official difficulty of your server. We recommend this is set to 1.0 as it’s easier to calculate the difficulty you’d like to use (remember the default value is 0.2).
What does OverrideOfficialDifficulty mean?
OverrideOfficialDifficulty values can be between 1.0 and 10,0. This value should be set to the maximum level you’d like, divided by 30. Example: If you wanted your max level as 300 - set this value to 10 (300/30=10)
