Setting up Game.ini for Single Player & Severs

This guide will help you to make a level 100 server for players and mounts/pets. Aswell as how to setup Stats Per Level.

Intro

Updated Jan 16 2016

(I HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE CODING FOR ARK LATELY. SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE NEW CODE!)

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To setup player\dino levels & emgram points.

For single player maps go to: "Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini"

For servers go to:
"Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\Game.ini "

As of patch v224.0 XP caps are as follows:
Level cap for players & dinos: is 94 for player & 59 for dinos. Modded you can go as high as XP will let you.
Player XP cap: "As of patch 218.0 you can't have more than 506187 EXP" -wiki

Dino XP cap: "As of patch 225.4 your creature can't have more than 275000 EXP"
"You can level up a tamed creature 59 levels past the original level it was tamed at (after Taming Effectiveness is applied)." -wiki
"60th level is not obtainable i.e. you don't get the skill point for this level, 275000 EXP is just the EXP required for that level if it existed as per the UI." -wiki

Engram Point cap: 2764 "As of patch v224.0" -wiki
"As of patch 201.3, there are 728 Engram Points that you cannot earn." -wiki

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU USE THIS I AM STILL TWEAKING THINGS AND THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES!
In addition as stated in an old post but the Dev's It's highly recommend that servers which use these custom level/engram values have NoTributeDownloads=true in their [ServerSettings] section, or NoTributeDownloads=true as commandline, else players could import characters with unsupported engrams/levels.

In addition when you first open "Game.ini" it's empty. Don't freak out it's suppose to be. Just add the text in this guide and you'll have you're very own custom SP map or server!

NOTE: Make sure you have "[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]" as the 1st line in the Game.ini or it will not work.
If you are modding XP have: "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=" as the 2nd line followed by a "(" and have a "," to seperate the levels. Also the levels line has to be 1 line for players & 1 line for dinos.

If you are modding Engrams or Stats you don't need to do anything special you can just start adding the lines.
"e.g:
Engrams: OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=20
Stats: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0".

Level cap and Exp cost

In this section I'll show you how to setup max level and xp for players and dinos.

In the line "ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=25" there are 2 values. The 1st value "1" is the level and the 2nd value "25" is the exp cost.

ExperiencePointsForLevel[level goes here]=exp cost goes here

Sample:
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=0,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=25,

Engram Points

In this section I'll show you how to setup Engram Points or "EP".

In the line "OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=20" you have only 1 value. This value is how many "EP" you get per level.

NOTE: Whatever your level cap is you need to have "OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=20" that many time -2. For instance for 100 levels you need to have "OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=20" 98 times.

Stats Per Level

1st off a big thank you goes to Angelous Wang for helping me understand how to mod stats!

In this section I'll show you how to setup points per point used or points per level up!

PLEASE NOTE I DON'T MEAN BEING ABLE TO PICK MULTIPLE STAT PER LEVEL (E.G. HEALTH & STAMINA). I MEAN HOW TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT YOU GET PER LEVEL UP (E.G. +100 HEALTH INSTEAD OF +10).

To mod the stats you get per point used, you need to goto "Game.ini"

For single player maps go to:
"Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini"

For servers go to:
"Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\Game.ini "

Once you've opened "Game.ini" you can start adding the line(s) you want for that stat(s) you want. But let's breakdown the lines 1st so we know what they do shell we!

LINE BREAKDOWN!
In the line "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0" there are 2 values. The 1st value "0" is the stat (e.g Health) and the 2nd value "1.0" is the magnitude or points per point used.

1.0 is the default amount for stats you get per points per point used.
So if "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0" is 10 health per level up.
Then to get 50 health per level up we'd need to change "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0" to "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=5.0" Now we get 50 health per level up.

Further Breakdown:
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0 This line is for Health. Why? Because of "Player[0]=" In the chart above you can see that "0" is the number to change Health! So if you wanted to mod Stamina you'd change the "0" to a "1".

I don't think modifying 2 and 6 does anything since you cannot pick them during level up.

You can also do the same thing for Dino's!

Note: Reguarding the dino stats. Like the Engrams & Exp you can just add the commands under the commands for the player (if you're using the player commands!).
In addition dino's cannot use stats 2, 5, 6, 10 or 11 (Land/Sky Dino's use 3, but Sea Dino's do not.

To do tamed dino's only use "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed"

To do wild dino's use "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild"
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STAT LIST:
Here is the list of stats you can mod:
0: Health
1: Stamina
2: Torpidity
3: Oxygen
4: Food
5: Water
6: Temperature
7: Weight
8: MeleeDamageMultiplier
9: SpeedMultiplier
10: TemperatureFortitude
11: CraftingSpeedMultiplier
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NOTE: You must have "[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]" be the 1st line in "Game.ini" if it's empty otherwise you can ignore it! Also I haven't tested PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed or PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild yet.

"e.g:
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0"

Player Stats:
0: Health: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1.0
1: Stamina: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[1]=1.0
3: Oxygen: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[3]=1.0
4: Food: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[4]=1.0
5: Water: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[5]=1.0
7: Weight: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[7]=1.0
8: Melee Damage: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[8]=1.0
9: Movement Speed: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[9]=1.0
10: Fortitude: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[10]=1.0
11: Crafting Speed: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[11]=1.0

Tamed Dino Stats:
0: Health: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0]=1.0
1: Stamina: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[1]=1.0
3: Oxygen: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[3]=1.0
4: Food: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[4]=1.0
7: Weight: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[7]=1.0
8: Melee Damage: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8]=1.0
9: Movement Speed: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[9]=1.0

Wild Dino Stats:
0: Health: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[0]=1.0
1: Stamina: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[1]=1.0
3: Oxygen: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[3]=1.0
4: Food: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[4]=1.0
7: Weight: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[7]=1.0
8: Melee Damage: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[8]=1.0
9: Movement Speed: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoWild[9]=1.0

This is a list of the default stats for those that need\want to use then for reference:
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0: Health: 10 points per point used
1: Stamina: 10 points per point used
3: Oxygen: 20 points per point used
4: Food: 10 points per point used
5: Water: 10 points per point used
7: Weight: 10 points per point used
8: Melee Damage: 5 points per point used
9: Movement Speed: 2 points per point used
10: Fortitude: 2 points per point used
11: Crafting Speed: 10 points per point used

Deleting Single Player Save

By request I'll show you how to delete a single player save.

Go to "Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved"

Look for the folder "SavedArksLocal" and delete it. (Deleting this folder will delete everything in your single player world. Including your character.

If you only want to delete your character or map go into the folder. You should see 6 files, for me I have:

PLAYER FILES:
Charactername.arkcharactersetting
LocalPlayer.arkprofile
LocalPlayer.profilebak

MAP FILES:
TheIsland.ark
TheIsland_AntiCorruptionBackup.bak
TheIsland_NewLaunchBackup.bak

To delete character only delete the 3 PLAYER FILES lister above or MAP FILES for the map. Deleting the map files will delete everything you have done on your SP map.

How I have my Game.ini setup (Levels for Player & Dinos)

All levels in this guide are now 100% vanilla up to level 89. Because that's where vanilla stops. I have my levels goto level 100.

ExperiencePointsForLevel[86]=451484,ExperiencePointsForLevel[87]=506186 is level 88 & 89. from there I subtracted 451484 from 506186 and got 54702. From here I added 54702 all the way up to level 100 to try to keep it as vanilla as I can. So for example: 506186+54702=560888. So level 90 will be 560888 XP.

Level 90 -100: (NOTE: I will be changing these to vanilla values when Arks level cap increases.)
ExperiencePointsForLevel[88]=560888
ExperiencePointsForLevel[89]=615590
ExperiencePointsForLevel[90]=670292
ExperiencePointsForLevel[91]=724994
ExperiencePointsForLevel[92]=779696
ExperiencePointsForLevel[93]=834398
ExperiencePointsForLevel[94]=889100
ExperiencePointsForLevel[95]=943802
ExperiencePointsForLevel[96]=998504
ExperiencePointsForLevel[97]=1053206
ExperiencePointsForLevel[98]=1108000 (This one I rounded up from 1107908.)

(NOTE: I found a few errors in my last ini file that is why I re-did it and most likely why it didn't really work. Sorry to anyone that had problems. Also because of the way the vanilla dino XP is setup I'd have to redo it from level 1-100 in order for it to work. so I'm not doing it atm. Once I figure out a balanced way for dino XP I'll post it. But if anyone wants to play around with it it's posted below.)

How I have my Game.ini setup (Engram Points)

All engrams in this guide are now 100% vanilla up to level 89. Because that's where vanilla stops. I have my levels goto level 100.

Engrams for level 89 is 60 so the list below is 90-100.

(NOTE: I'm testing this on single player atm so I will be posting 2 more links with increase engrams made mainly for single player. 1 for vanilla and another for primitive play. On that note if anyone knows of any primitive mods that WORK please let me know.)

OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=60
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=70
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=70

Copy and paste the file you want into your Game.ini

XP for Players[pastebin.com]
XP for Players & Dinos (Adding link to this at a later date.)
Engrams ONLY[pastebin.com]
Engrams & XP[pastebin.com]
XP for Dinos ONLY[pastebin.com] <-- For anyone that wants to mess around with vanilla XP.

Helpful Links

DISCLAMER!: I do not lay any claim to any of the links below. Nor do I take any credit for them!

If anyone knows of any other useful links please pm me so I can add them to the list!

ARK Wiki[ark.gamepedia.com]
Admin Server Commands By Ryven
Vanilla Exp & Engrams[ark.gamepedia.com]
Beacon[thezaz.com] By Thom McGrath (Let's you make your own beacons)

[ivy_l]

for those who have windows 10 like i do this is how i found the windowsnoeditor.

click on the folder steam library, then steamapps folder then, the folder common, then ARK folder ,then shooter game folder,then saved folder ,then config folder, and there you will find the folder WindowsNoEditor folder then click on the editor file called GameUserSettings..

sorry if this doesnt work for you this is just whare i found it for me

[MeatballFreak352]

i doesn't say windows no editor

[MrGebby]

when i change the settings and i go into ark it still all default

[swimmernick]

after it go to config in files there is WindowsNoEditor does anyone know why

[Spirit3057]

@rcarpenter
To increase tamed dino speed, you would need to:
1) Talk Wildcard into letting tamed dinos gain flying speed
2 Use mods that allow dinos to increase their speed
take your pick.

[rpcarpenter]

Could someone tell me how to increase the Ark tamed dino's flying speed? Is that possible? Im using Epic Games, and probably should have stayed on Steam.

[SAVANAH]

Hi ! I made some changes in the parameters. The thing is that now, it is hard to see creatures again. what did i made wrong ? lolll

[Hobgoblino the III]

you go into file explorer search steam open that the rest is called a file path so you go into steam and in their is steam app you open that etc till you reach the end

[dillon0130]

how do i get to here i dont know what this Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini" means

[Zoeline Razrose]

i maxed at 186 is it the exp cap?