How can I change the difficulty on my ARK server?

How to change the difficulty on an ARK server

ARK's difficulty sets the highest level that wild creatures spawn at. It's set in your server's game settings, on the Configs tab of the control panel.

1. Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your ARK server.
2. Open the Configs tab, choose Game settings, then click Text to edit the file.
3. Under [ServerSettings], set these two lines (add them if they aren't there):
   DifficultyOffset=1.0
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0
4. Click Save, then Restart at the top of the page.

With DifficultyOffset at 1.0, the highest wild creature level is OverrideOfficialDifficulty times 30. To work out the number, divide the highest level you want by 30. For example, for level 150 creatures: 150 / 30 = 5.0. (DifficultyOffset is also the Difficulty (0 to 1) field under Settings.)

Wild creatures already in the world keep their levels; new ones spawn at the new levels. To replace them all now, send DestroyWildDinos on the Console tab once the server is up. It removes every wild creature (tamed ones stay), and they respawn over the next few minutes.

Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.