Setting rates: XP, harvest, taming, breeding

The multipliers that make an ARK server fun for a small group, with values that work.

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Official rates are tuned for hundreds of players over months. A friends server wants faster progress. Suggested "boosted but not silly" values:

GameUserSettings.ini [ServerSettings]

SettingOfficialFriends server
XPMultiplier13
HarvestAmountMultiplier13
TamingSpeedMultiplier15
PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier10.7
DinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier10.7
ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier10.5

Game.ini [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

SettingOfficialFriends server
MatingIntervalMultiplier10.1
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier120
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier130
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier10.1
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier11

With mature speed 30 an imprint window may be shorter than a cuddle interval; if imprints show 0 %, lower BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier further or mature speed a little.

Level cap and difficulty

OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0 gives wild dinos up to level 150 (Evolved). DifficultyOffset=1.0 alongside it. On Ascended the same keys apply.

Change rates, restart, and tell your tribe. Rates apply to new actions, not to a taming in progress.