What are multipliers?

[NeddyTheNoodle]

People keep talking about them,

Could yall give me some input on how you all use them? And what they are really?

[NeddyTheNoodle]

Originally posted by NGCaliber:

.... well the letter X and sometimes an asterisk like * are used to represent multiplication. So 2 * 2 means there are 2 sets of 2, which is 4. 2 * 3 means there are 2 sets of 3 so that makes 6.

I know what multiplication is. I'm not asking that lol

[Archie]

Multipliers, multiply. They multiply resource gathering, taming speed, breeding, etc.

[Kraken:1]

Go forth and multiply.

[NeddyTheNoodle]

How do you guys use them? How should I use them?

[NeddyTheNoodle]

I noticed at least for me, about 80% of the normal game, I'm crafting stone walls/other structures. Will multipliers make the game fun and not be crafting stone walls simulator 2017?

[Hamstermancer]

Originally posted by NeddyTheNoodle:

How do you guys use them? How should I use them?

Hey, bud! It's a passive effect. In other words, if you'd normally get 1 wood from hitting a tree, you'll get two. If you'd normally get 50 xp for killing a dodo, you'll get 100. You don't have to do anything special - just enjoy it!

And to address the second part of your question, you might want to look for unofficial servers that have "x" and then a number in their advertisements - those are servers that are always giving you more resources and/or more experience when you play. I only play singleplayer myself, where the devs have given us lots of options for making it less grindy and more fun.

[Bis]

Official servers has default 2x. meaning youll get resources twice as much, get xp twice as much and tame dinos twice as fast and half the resources (kibble/narcotics)

[🦊 Hermit]

Multipliers modify various aspects of the game, from XP gain, to resource gathering and taming speed, and even to night time and day time length.

They multiply the field by themselves. So for example a multiplier of 1 on XP would give 100% XP for every action you take, a multiplier of 2 would give twice that amount, a multiplier of 10 would give ten times the amount you would get at 1x.

Multipliers are set on a server basis, so to play mutiplayer with them you have to either join a server with the setup you want, or create your own. However you can also set them in your single player game if you wish, so as to increase (or decrease, if you prefer) the game factor they pertain to.

The wiki has a list of multipliers and other commands that can be set up in the configs, take a look at the list and fine-tune your game however you wish: http://ark.gamepedia.com/Server_Configuration

Some settings go in the game.ini config file, some in the gameusersettings.ini config file, and if on a server, some go in the command line to boot the server up. They're all listed by section in that link.

In your case, I'd recommend setting gather multiplier to 3 or 4, perhaps even 5, that way you will get materials much quicker to craft all those walls, so collecting the resources needed won't be such a grind.