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There are several server types in ARK you can create, with dedicated and non-dedicated being the main multiplayer ones hosted by players. Here’s how to make a non-dedicated server in ARK: Survival Ascended so you can start playing with friends.

How to Start a Non-Dedicated Server in ARK: Survival Ascended

To start a non-dedicated server in ARK: Survival Ascended, head into the create game menu, select non-dedicated, and enter your server info. Your server info includes the session name you’ll use to identify the server and a password to enter the game. You can also determine whether it’s a private or public lobby in this menu.

Once you accept your choices, you’ll spawn into a new world, letting you and your friends join as long as the host is online.

In the create game menu,…

First Published October 31, 2023, 11:14

Hosting dedicated server has been an essential part of ARK Survival Ascended, as it will allow you to enjoy the game with your friends or other players online. The server runs independently of the host’s game client and offers more stability, performance, and customization than non-dedicated servers.

If you want to host a dedicated ARK: Survival Ascended server, here is how to do it using the official way via Nitrado, and if you want to do it for free, you can still follow this guide as we will provide instructions regarding that as well.

Ark Survival Ascended: How to Host Dedicated Server Using Nitrado

Ark: Survival Ascended is the long-awaited remake of Studio Wildcard’s massively popular Ark: Survival Evolved. Released for PC at the moment, the early access console version will see its own launch sometime in November 2023. The player numbers for the game are certainly impressive, thanks to ASE’s own popularity with fans of the survival genre. One of the great things that made ASE such a beloved title was the ability to set up your own servers. Thankfully, Ark: Survival Ascended has that too. However, for newbies, it can be an overwhelming task. So, we have featured this guide, sharing all the details on how you can host a dedicated server in Ark Survival Ascended.

A major reason why players love to set up dedicated servers is the freedom it allows them. You can pretty much…

The tether distance setting in Ark Survival Ascended allows you to move farther away from the host in a session. We’ll show you how to increase tether distance in Ark Survival Ascended.

Adjusting tether distance allows you to customize how close your team has to be to one another while just playing the game. Furthermore, it also determines how much of the game world your PC has to load directly influencing performance.

Ark Survival Ascended: How to Increase Tether Distance

As we mentioned, tether distance is a customizable setting in ASA co-op that determines how far a player can move away from the host. This setting applies solely to non-dedicated servers where a host creates a game for him and his friends. Hosting works differently for dedicated servers so tether distance isn’t…

Ark: Survival Ascended is more fun with friends. It’s an open world survival game with loads of potential for mischief, so there’s no sense in keeping that potential to just one-player worlds. However, it can be tricky to find the same server as friends without a unique name.

Thankfully, there are a few ways for players to change their server name in ASA. There’s one rather obvious option that doesn’t keep out strangers, and one much more complex method that requires in-depth knowledge of server hosting and Steam’s systems. Below, we’ve broken down each of these ways to change server names so that, hopefully, every player who wants a dedicated server can create one and give it the name they want.

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