Copying Server Data To Single Player

[rovers14]

This is a copy/paste from the Survival Servers forum, I rented a server through them and asked this question on their forum and no one replied, so hopefully I can get some help here! If you're wondering what the "modify config" button is, it's just where all of the settings are located that you would normally see after hitting "Host/Local" on the main menu of Ark, plus many more options that would normally require someone to manually modify the .ini files.

"Can anyone advise as to how, or if it is even possible to transfer my server files to my single player game? I would like to transfer all files including tames, structures, items and survivor details to my single player game. I would also like to copy the server settings (basically everything under the "modify config" button on the control panel) to my single player game as well. I am currently the only one on my server due to my friends being busy at the moment, and would like to continue what I have started on the server in a single player game."

[🦊 Hermit]

It's possible, but a tad tricky.

First of all, you'll need to download the map, tribe, and character profile files. The file types are .ark, .arktribe and .arkprofile respectively. The .ark file will be the name of the map you are playing on, while the other two will be strings of numbers.

Important note: you'll need to isolate which .arkprofile file is your own character. To do this, get your Steam64ID (search online for how to find it if you don't have it already) and compare the strings of numbers to that ID. One of them will be yours, so that will be the file you need.

Go to the following location on your computer:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved

From there, it depends on what map you are playing. There will be folders with the name of the map and 'SavedArksLocal' (for example 'RagnarokSavedArksLocal' or 'ScorchedEarth_PSavedArksLocal'). Open the folder which has the name of the map you are playing on. If you are playing on the Island map, then open the folder just called 'SavedArksLocal' without any other prefix.

Once you've pasted the files in there, select your character file (the .arkprofile one) and rename it from your SteamID to 'LocalPlayer.arkprofile'.

Then it should be a simple matter of downloading the config files from the server and pasting them into the following location:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

I think that should work, but make sure to keep a clean backup copy of the files stored elsewhere just in case I made a mistake. And hopefully if I did others on the forum will be able to correct me. Hope you get it working^^

[rovers14]

Awesome thanks a lot for taking the time to write that up, much appreciated!