Turn the ARK rates up

Official ARK rates are punishing for a few friends. Set XP, harvest and taming multipliers, plus server and admin passwords.

Updated 11 October 2026

Official rates assume a server full of people playing all the time. For a few friends they're punishing, and this is the first thing most groups change.

  1. Stop the server.
  2. In Files, open ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Under [ServerSettings], the three to change first are XPMultiplier, HarvestAmountMultiplier and TamingSpeedMultiplier. Somewhere between 3 and 5 suits most small groups.
  4. ServerPassword makes it private. ServerAdminPassword is the one you need for admin commands; set it and don't share it.
  5. Breeding and maturing rates are in Game.ini in the same folder, not this file.
  6. Save and start the server.

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