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ARK: Survival Ascended and Evolved server guides: connect, admin commands, GameUserSettings.ini and Game.ini, mods, RAM, restarts and save transfers.

• How to Enable Cheats in ARK: Admin Commands

  To become an admin on your ARK server, open the in-game console, type enablecheats followed by your server admin password, and you can then run cheat commands like giveitem, fly and settimeofday to manage the world.

  2 min read · ark, admin, cheats · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Schedule automatic restarts to keep ARK stable

  ARK slowly uses more memory the longer it runs, so setting up an automatic restart every 6 to 12 hours on the Scheduled tasks page keeps your server fast and stable, and saving the world first means nobody loses progress.

  2 min read · ark, restarts, schedules · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• ARK server settings: GameUserSettings.ini and Game.ini

  Most ARK server settings live in two files you edit on the Server properties page: GameUserSettings.ini for common options like XP, taming and harvest rates, and Game.ini for deeper tuning like breeding and per-level stats.

  2 min read · ark, settings, gameusersettings · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• ARK Ascended vs Evolved: hosting differences

  The two ARK games host very differently: ARK: Survival Ascended is the newer Unreal Engine 5 version that needs far more RAM and loads mods from CurseForge, while ARK: Survival Evolved is lighter to run and uses Steam Workshop mods.

  2 min read · ark, ascended, evolved · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Connect to your ARK server (Ascended and Evolved)

  To connect to your GuavaHost ARK server, copy the server IP and port from the top of your server page, then either add it to your Steam favorites, find it in the in-game session browser with the Unofficial filter on, or use the console open command to connect directly.

  2 min read · ark, connect, join server · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• How much RAM does an ARK server need?

  ARK is one of the most memory-hungry games you can host. Plan on 8 GB for a small ARK: Survival Evolved server and 16 GB for ARK: Survival Ascended.

  2 min read · ark, ram, requirements · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Install mods on ARK: CurseForge (Ascended) vs Workshop (Evolved)

  ARK: Survival Ascended loads mods from CurseForge using their numeric mod IDs, while ARK: Survival Evolved uses Steam Workshop IDs, and on GuavaHost you add either kind on your server's Mods page.

  3 min read · ark, mods, curseforge · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Transfer an existing ARK save to GuavaHost

  To move an existing ARK world to GuavaHost, stop both servers, copy your SavedArks files across with SFTP so the map name matches, and start it up, or simply open a ticket and let our team migrate it for you.

  2 min read · ark, migration, save transfer · Updated Sep 24, 2026

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