ARK: Survival Ascended server hosting with 8 official maps (The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, The Center, Ragnarok, Extinction, Fjordur, Genesis), 500+ CurseForge mods, full PC + Xbox crossplay, visual Game.ini/GameUserSettings.ini editor, server clustering, and 16-64GB RAM plans optimized for Unreal Engine 5 performance.
Our modified Pterodactyl panel gives you everything you need to manage a dedicated game server from any device.
Every server you run, on one screen. Live CPU, RAM, network, and player counts update in real time — no refresh, no terminal, no hunting through tabs. Start, stop, or restart any instance with a single click.
13 data centers across 5 continents. Pick the location closest to your players at checkout — switch anytime.
ARK: Survival Ascended is Studio Wildcard's Unreal Engine 5 remaster of ARK: Survival Evolved — same dinosaur taming, base building, and tribe PvP, rebuilt on modern rendering and engine systems. Released in late 2023 with a staggered map release schedule (The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, The Center, Ragnarok, Extinction), it's now the current ARK for most communities. Server caps are officially 70 players; cluster setups span multiple servers sharing an economy for larger tribes.
ASA modding moved off Steam Workshop onto CurseForge — a mixed blessing of more robust versioning at the cost of easy browsing. Our panel's mod manager resolves CurseForge mod IDs and auto-installs them; no more hand-editing Game.ini mod lists. The template ships with the correct crossplay configuration for Steam (PC) and Xbox Game Pass clients out of the box. PlayStation ASA servers use separate infrastructure.
ASA is RAM-hungry. Studio Wildcard officially recommends 16 GB minimum for 70-player official-size servers; in practice, 24–32 GB is where ASA stops tick-spiking on busy worlds with multiple tribes and heavy base construction. CPU scales with entity count (every dino ticks). We run ASA on Ryzen 9 7950X / 9950X with 32 GB nodes as the baseline; Dedicated plans offer 64 GB for community clusters.
ARK: Survival Ascended includes eight official maps rolled out on Studio Wildcard's content cadence: The Island (starter map with caves and bosses), Scorched Earth (desert biome with wyverns), Aberration (underground radiation zones), The Center (community favorite with floating islands), Ragnarok (Norse-themed with griffins), Extinction (corrupted Earth with mechs), Fjordur (Nordic archipelago), and Genesis (mission-based progression).
Map switching is a panel dropdown—your save data is per-map, allowing you to run different progression on each. Server clustering (available on Dedicated plans) enables tribe data and dino transfers between multiple servers running different maps, letting your community experience all content without starting over.
Classic ARK experience with caves, bosses, and tek tier
Desert survival with wyverns and sandstorms
Underground biomes with radiation and rock drakes
Floating islands and massive cave systems
Norse map with griffins and ice wyverns
Corrupted Earth with orbital drops and titans
Nordic archipelago with realm teleports
Mission-based progression with biome rings
ASA moved from Steam Workshop to CurseForge for better versioning. The panel's mod manager resolves CurseForge mod IDs automatically—paste a mod URL, auto-install, no manual Game.ini editing. 500+ mods available including new creatures, structures, QoL improvements, and total conversions.
Full crossplay between Steam (PC) and Xbox Game Pass clients sharing the same ecosystem. PlayStation ASA runs separate infrastructure. Our servers come pre-configured for PC/Xbox crossplay—no manual setup required. Enable/disable crossplay per-server from the panel.
Visual Game.ini and GameUserSettings.ini editor with GUI controls for taming speed, XP multipliers, harvest rates, breeding timers, mating intervals, imprint quality, structure damage, and 100+ settings. No manual config file editing required for common customizations.
ARK: Survival Ascended runs on Unreal Engine 5 with significantly higher resource requirements than the original Survival Evolved. Studio Wildcard officially recommends 16GB RAM minimum for 70-player official-size servers, but practical experience shows 24-32GB is where ASA stops tick-spiking on busy worlds.
CPU scaling depends on entity count—every dinosaur, structure, and wild creature ticks server-side. Large tribes with massive bases (thousands of structures, hundreds of tamed dinos) stress CPU performance. Our Ryzen 9 7950X and 9950X processors maintain stable tick rates where budget CPUs start hitching during prime-time raiding hours.
Memory usage grows with base complexity and player count. Small 10-20 player servers can run on 16GB. Medium 40-60 player communities need 24GB. Full 70-slot servers with multiple large tribes benefit from 32GB to prevent crashes during rendering-heavy events like titan spawns or massive base raids. Dedicated plans offer 64GB for server clusters sharing tribe data.
Standard plan. Friend groups, single map, minimal base complexity.
Pro plan. Multiple tribes, extensive bases, modded servers, active PvP.
Dedicated plan. Full 70-slot capacity, server clusters, heavy mod stacks.
“Crossplay between PC and Xbox working perfectly. Our tribe has both platforms in the same world.”
“32GB RAM plan handles our 70-player cluster with zero lag. UE5 performance is finally smooth.”
“CurseForge mod manager saved hours. Auto-install, auto-update, no manual .ini editing.”
ASA uses CurseForge for mods. Our panel has a CurseForge mod manager — paste a mod URL, we resolve the ID and auto-install. No more hand-editing Game.ini.
Yes — between Steam (PC) and Xbox Game Pass clients, which share the same ecosystem. PlayStation ASA runs on separate infrastructure; our PC-compatible servers don't connect to PS5 clients.
Wildcard says 16 GB minimum; we recommend 24–32 GB for 70-player official-size servers, especially with multiple tribes and heavy base construction. Dedicated plans offer 64 GB for clustered communities.
Wildcard rolls out ASA maps on a content cadence — Scorched Earth, Aberration, The Center, Ragnarok, and Extinction are all available. Map switching is a panel dropdown; your save data is per-map.
Yes. Our Dedicated plan handles cluster setups where multiple servers share the same save directory and tribe data, enabling dinos/items to transfer between maps.
ASE is the original Unreal 4 version with Steam Workshop mods; ASA is the UE5 remaster with CurseForge mods. The ecosystems don't share saves or mods. We host both — pick the version that matches your community.
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