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Tethering in Ark: Survival Ascended is a mechanic that prevents players from getting too far away from the host player when playing on a non-dedicated server. This can be frustrating for players who want to explore the map freely, or who want to split up and work on different tasks.

Below we’ll explain how to change and remove tethering in Ark: Survival Ascended.

How To Remove the Tether Distance in Ark: Survival Ascended

You’ll have to run a private server to remove the tether distance in Ark: Survival Ascended. This will allow you to use the server without any limitations on memory because those limitations are only for public servers. That also means that you could have issues with your own game’s performance because of this.

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Ark: Survival Ascended can be played alone, but the game truly shines when you are playing with others. There are different server types, but if you are looking to play with a group of friends, then your best bet is to set up a non-dedicated server.

Related: Ark: Survival Ascended – Complete Taming Guide

If you’ve never set up a non-dedicated server, don’t worry! The process is fairly simple, but we are here to go over the basics, allowing you to quickly get a server up and running for you and your friends. First, let’s take a look at each type of server, so you can choose appropriately.

Server Types

There are a few different server types, which you can check out below.

While Ark: Survival Ascended didn’t quite have a wonderful launch, the game is still getting loads and loads of new players with each passing day. It was certainly unfortunate to see Studio Wildcard sunset the official servers for Ark: Survival Evolved, but let’s just hope that the remake gets as much support as the original one. But before that, there are issues that players would prefer fixed ASAP. And one of those happens to be the Unable to Invite Friends issue that many have reported recently.

Currently, there are loads of issues with the friend invite system in Ark Survival Ascended. For some players, they are unable to find the invite option, while there are those who can’t join their friends on non-dedicated servers. It’s a major issue, which is why we have featured…

Ark: Survival Evolved’s remake, Ark: Survival Ascended, saw its official release on October 25, 2023, and is available for PC right now. In true Studio Wildcard fashion, the game suffers from major optimization issues, which have certainly made lots of players disappointed with the release. There’s just no shortage of bugs and errors in ASA, and this guide in particular will be dealing with one of them. The Dino Disappearing/Floating bug, to be exact.

Well, as the name here suggests, players seem to be encountering a lot of floating or disappearing dinos. There are instances where players have found their tamed dinos disappear randomly. It’s mostly affecting dedicated server players, but there are reports of the same thing happening on single-player too. Now, while this bug…

Ever wondered why your game stopped or lagged the further away you went from your host in Ark Survival Ascended? This is because of something called tether distance. Tether distance limits the rendering of the game to save server space and resources. This is a value that can be increased beyond the limit imposed in-game, allowing you to travel far away from the host. So, if you are interested in knowing how to increase tether distance in Ark Survival Ascended, here’s everything you need to know.

This setting was implemented to make it easier for the game to run in invite-only sessions. These sessions are often not hosted on platformed servers, but the device itself is a server hosting the game. This makes it harder for the device to run the game since it has to render and…