ARK: Survival Ascended

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Gooben Oct 31, 2023 @ 5:01am
How to raise the max dino level to 180
just for starters i have no experience with dealing with settings that involve the game files or what not. So just like some players I'm trying to have my dinos in my singleplayer world be lvl 180 cause that's what I'm use to and would prefer. I've seen mods in the in-game mod part but so far I'm just having way to much trouble trying to figure out there guide to having them change the level. I was wondering if there was another way to change the max dino lvl with simple directions cause i'm very slow when it comes to mods and dealing with setting other than the one's in game. Any help would be very appreciated.
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GazTheGray Nov 2, 2023 @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by GazTheGray:
Hey folks, can anyone confirm that they have successfully gotten this to work?
No matter what I've tried, after dino wipes, I still can't get my max wild level dinos to 180.

I know this, because wild dinos should spawn with levels at a factor of 6, ie 6, 12, 60, 180 etc...

Yes, it works just fine.

Heyo, would you mind posting what settings you are using in your GameUserSettings.ini, and perhaps what in game settings you are using that may affect this?

Kind thanks in advance

PS, my settings are below:
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=6.0

In game - single player is off, and max level dinos is on. I can't think of what else may affect it.
margalus Nov 2, 2023 @ 2:54pm 
Originally posted by GazTheGray:
Originally posted by margalus:

Yes, it works just fine.

Heyo, would you mind posting what settings you are using in your GameUserSettings.ini, and perhaps what in game settings you are using that may affect this?

Kind thanks in advance

PS, my settings are below:
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=6.0

In game - single player is off, and max level dinos is on. I can't think of what else may affect it.

In the "game.ini" set MaxDifficulty=False If it's set to true I believe it will limit you to max 150 for dinos. Is that the setting you meant when you said "max level dinos?"
GazTheGray Nov 2, 2023 @ 4:17pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by GazTheGray:

Heyo, would you mind posting what settings you are using in your GameUserSettings.ini, and perhaps what in game settings you are using that may affect this?

Kind thanks in advance

PS, my settings are below:
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=6.0

In game - single player is off, and max level dinos is on. I can't think of what else may affect it.

In the "game.ini" set MaxDifficulty=False If it's set to true I believe it will limit you to max 150 for dinos. Is that the setting you meant when you said "max level dinos?"

Thanks a million, this worked for me!

For anyone else reading this, here's how I got it to work in my single player ark world.
In the `game.ini` - set
MaxDifficulty=False

In the `GameUserSettings.ini` - set
DifficultyOffset=1`
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=6.0

EDIT - almost forgot, don't forget to run the console command `destroyWildDinos` when in game in order for the level change to take effect.

This gives me max level 180 dinos, and wild dino levels are in multiples of 6.
ie; 6, 12, 30, 66, 180... etc.
Last edited by GazTheGray; Nov 2, 2023 @ 4:31pm
BullsEye Jan 4, 2024 @ 7:41am 
Originally posted by War3zuk:
DifficultyOffset=5
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=20

Thats spawns max 300 BUT youll more than likely see levels between 20 & 280 average unless really lucky...
BullsEye Jan 4, 2024 @ 7:46am 
20 would give you max wild 600 not 300... simply divide 30 by the max lvl you want.. the answer is your settings..

I.e if you want max lvl 150.. 150÷30= 5 5 would be your override... however there are issues with the levels on asa atm with some servers so if its already correct just forget about it for the time being or check if something else is interfering like mods ect. Other ini settings... check for spaces and mistakes if you've copied and pasted
Last edited by BullsEye; Jan 4, 2024 @ 7:47am
ThunderWolf013 Feb 18, 2024 @ 4:27pm 
So there’s this setting called ‘max difficulty’ that doesn’t allow any of this if it’s enabled.
Last edited by ThunderWolf013; Feb 18, 2024 @ 4:28pm
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