2023 Best Singleplayer Settings for Ark: Survival Evolved

Whether you are just starting out or have been playing Ark for years, these settings are the ones I use and highly recommend in 2023 as we get closer to the sunsetting of the official servers..
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[@DragonDeen253]

Honestly the only setting I would recommend people to change is the weight setting because caring that stuff back and forth can be mind numbing

[@shurngirdleh3936]

Honestly that’s actually one of the things I wouldn’t change, I find that is sort of the core gameplay loop and figuring out how to get around those issues (carrying an Anky, ect) is what makes the farming seem more realistic.

[@Jokessss]

@@shurngirdleh3936its soo time consuming tho and taming(i use starving method)

[@jamsie8753]

It won’t let me change that for my Dino’s lol no matter what number I put it too. It’s always the same

[@cmac6136]

I always change it. After playing on PvP servers with infinite weight, it's hard to go back

[@AristelCrowley]

How do you change it?

[@unclesam3245]

Something I like to change is the baby food multiplier, having fast babies is more quality of life for solo, having to play nearly 4 days of PLAYTIME like 3 hours a day is crazy, NOT changing the food drain I dont think people think about, but it makes something like wyvern babies super easy to get, or anything else like that, normally you have to go through the process of sleeping a wyvern, nabbing milk then raising a kid, without changing the drain, you can just nab an egg and run like hell and the kids fine now. completely skipping a key point in getting a dragon, able to raise a dragon at pteradon level rather than like 60+ or whenever the sleep darts are unlocked, So making the drain high enough to where they still need to eat, and eat a good bit, but not where you dont gotta feed babies

[@Smeekbastion]

Island note run who?

[@siobhantheprawn]

Thanks for posting your settings again, my single player settings got reset a while ago and i was just about to dive in and search for the last vid then this one popped up 😊yay

[@slaggedfpv599]

Thanks for the tips. I don't have time to wait for taming or breeding so my rates are definitely turned up on that. I love single player. I can go at my own pace. I used to have a pve tribe. On playstation now I'm Xbox. And been single player since. Thank you for all the videos. Definitely helps and every now and then I love red text. 😂

[@INFERNOPL999]

In "singleplayer setting" Dinos get a bit of a bonus to health per level and huge bonus to overall damage the moment they are tamed, increasing it by like 30 to 50% making the game far too easy, it created a common misconception that Bosses are weak in this mode, but it is not true at all, I lowered the stat gain of my dinos to official and Bosses are as they should be, even tested it by disabling the setting and managed to beat Alpha Broodmother with simmilar effectivnes, she did about 20000 dmg to a dino with 100 armor and 30000 to 80.armor in both fights. If you want to see my damage: Stats per level Damage 0.106 Add per level Damage 0.04 Affinity Damage 0.194 When it comes breeding, last time I used 1.4 maturation and imprint interval at 0.1, it is possible that 0.4 maturation is better but I can't remember right now. It is fast because I don't like to sit for hours, but 1.4 worked for most dinos. 0.1 imprint time is about 8 min per imprint, works pretty well for smaller dinos but it is an effort for bigger ones. You may want to lower it for otters as they grow too fast. Seriously just change both settings often and you will eventually find your sweet spot, you can go back to menu and change it before baby matures to ensure 100% if you have to.

[@zerogstormz4444]

Fucking love you bro 😂 are those the offical settings? Or the ones you found as close as possible

[@INFERNOPL999]

@@zerogstormz4444 I think melee is 0.01% highier than official so it is pretty much the same.

[@Mr.Dingo7118]

Can't thank you enough Phlinger. I watched your SP setting video of a few yrs back and I'm watching this in 2023. Always, always, always good content. 🔥

[@Orca-stra]

thank you so much for sharing your settings, as well as your work in figuring out the math for the baby imprint settings!

[@VISiegeIV]

this was taken on my birthday the exact day i got this pc and this year i got a ps5 which indeed i bought ark and this has HELPED so so much so thank you lots Phling

[@weakwav987]

Anyone else's fuel consumption rate just randomly changing? I could swear it started at 1 but changed to 1.6, then to 1.88, and 2.11

[@martinlindores8161]

I’m running these settings, most fun I’ve had on ark in years

[@smilemore3181]

It’s nice to have an update like this. Thank you very much, very helpful. 👍

[@KairoMontano]

I play single player because of years of fail multiplayer experiences, since Ultima Online! There's good things, but the toxicity is overwhelming... So I like fun. I like not doing everything professionally, calculated, mathematically exact. I also called my nephew to play alongside me. He can use split screen or he plays on his PS4. For it it's good to have friendly fire OFF among other settings.

[@kooper9320]

UO is stilll goin strong I’m playin it right now! There’s an event this month

[@John-eh6jg]

I am about to download this game and intend on only playing solo /pve ... is this the type of game i can stay on 1 map and build a huge base and just do the grind of farming /harvesting and surviving? Or is there certain quests and missions i must complete to do certain things? And whats the best map for a guy who just likes to casual play / grind / mess around on a vast open world solo?

[@lelewgajah]

stay on 1 map. and survive.

[@kadentraeger]

Start on the island and if you like it if you beat it just play other maps if you want

[@stevepaul7223]

abberation is fun , but hard until you get to mid-late game

[@John-eh6jg]

@stevepaul7223 yeah I got brutal in the early days lol I tried on other players servers a couple of times . But I found some of the community to have the same GTA toxic/griefers so I went back to solo .since the release of 7 days to die console edition I have been playing that game full tilt for the last month or so

[@austinservos9495]

Brother, I wish I could like this video more than once!! For a guy like me, I love souls games and want challenge and going in blind! I played this game for 60 hours an was tweaking things but couldn’t find the right formula!!! Thanks man!!

[@tamarackgaming]

I like survival games and you are right, the early game is the most fun. I play ARK, The Long Dark, The Forest, Subnautica, ect., the early is way more fun the the mid or endgame. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of satisfaction in those stages but yeah, early game.

[@lfd720]

i used to switch to sp-settings for breeding. thx for the settings, now i can stay on mp

[@marianogarcia2709]

I always have to set my FOV to 110 in admin command, but it messes up my spyglass and aim on my weapons. Ark really needs an Fov slider. :)

[@cyathoris7530]

It does have an FOV slider lol in the options in game

[@marianogarcia2709]

@@cyathoris7530 not on xbox, at least not that I am aware of

[@cyathoris7530]

@@marianogarcia2709 ah ok my bad bro I’m on PC so could be different

[@marianogarcia2709]

@cyathoris7530 Yea, dk why they don't have it on console, and it drives me nuts!

[@zerogstormz4444]

​@@marianogarcia2709im on xbox amd ive had one for years?? Possibky sense beta, yearssssss ago

[@scottishtitan3501]

The biggest thing i wish i could change is that time carries on like on official when you log off

[@BryanOnAPC]

its because of this that i might rent a server out just so i can play by myself. I like time continuing when i log off. only if this was available in single player mode.

[@scottishtitan3501]

@@BryanOnAPC agreed bro

[@peterdragonz7629]

I'm not really interested in peoples recommended settings I want to know how to set it up like official servers and 1 ain't it can't figure it out

[@almondbread8255]

I would put resource respawn time even lover because of a stupid bug wild card hasn't fixed after all these years and it somehow persisted in to ARK:SA

[@terryakamadcat]

It was just lastnight I was watching the older version of this from you,thanks for the update 👌

[@Freddy_Bear_Bland]

Definately trying these settings cheers I alaws have single player settings checked and wondered why nothing was working thanks again

[@fadetoblack3648]

Did they fix the Single Player resources not respawning bug, where harvested nodes don’t come back if you exit the game while they havent respawned?

[@lyca4397]

Good Morning Phlinger and Phamily!

[@lokiikol]

I have a problem with hatching eggs with this settings it doesn't incubate the health also doesn't go down

[@UpDaHolden]

Air con

[@hagron5702]

Thanks my guy. This was very useful.

[@gojizard704]

Sorry but 0.25 is too slow xp gain for me what if i bump it to like 0.50 is that good?

[@horvyy]

Do what works for you, man! It's all personal preference in the end

[@zNorway97]

idk why but everytime im trying to start singleplayer and i log out it wont let me load in again and it just crashes

[@GangsterGringo]

1 life time for every single setting in any game no matter if its from 1999 or 2023 put aa OFF MOTION BLUR = 0

[@skezeksskybreaker5425]

I am wondering if I should turn down my XP for Ark Ascended. I feel like I go from bow to crossbow in a blink of the eye.

[@UpDaHolden]

Depends

[@Shadow-iz4rz]

I can’t seem to know my creatures grow up too fast before the imprint

[@nekomerra]

Eternally grateful for these videos

[@worlddontstop]

Started playing with these settings and I've found myself to be over encumbered pretty quickly when collecting simple resources, Is this normal? Should I knock down the yield amount a touch?

[@taylorposten4264]

i would just up the weight setting so when u put a point into weight it goes up a lot more

[@darklighter31]

Ilove this setting. I use these to the T. They are amazing. I know u do not use Mods, but can you recommend some quality of life Mods or make a video also would be great.

[@arkie14]

Some QoL mods I find useful are Awesome Spyglass (shows you the dino's wild stats, taming method, and a list and qty of preferred foods to tame), Dino Storage V2, and S+ Structures. Those are 3 you really want. Recently I've been playing with a friend on Svartalfheim (custom mod map by Nekatus who did Fjordur) and my friend showed me a mod called Wooden Hanging Bridges so you can make like a rope bridge a la Indiana Jones Temple of Doom style. I believe there's a companion or updated mod that has that bridge as well as other bridges in it too. That REALLY makes your Redwood tree platform bases pop. Also the Ark Additions The Collection and Paleo Ark: Legends Expansion mods add in new dinos, some of which have crazy new ways to tame and adds in Paleo variants of many existing dinos but changes them up a little- from colours, patterns, speed, HP, attack. Definitely adds in a bit of a kick.

[@Phlinger]

I would say the ONLY true QOL Mod is Structures Plus.

[@darklighter31]

@@Phlinger Thank you, am a new player and scared adding mods would break the experience, but single player vanilla gets too grinding at some point. Again thank you, will try s+ .

[@darrylwhite7669]

I'm looking to play ark single. I would like my settings set at 50x. Would any one know what to set my settings on the ps to. Or have a video or settings. Many thanks. Yes I know easy game but I would like to build and gather more and have a fast craft rate.

[@discord1410]

Are you able to send the mathematical formula for the breeding and imprinting

[@alldaygamer_]

Appreciate the detailed guide 👍🏽

[@allison2001022]

I know this is for single player, but. Ark Survival Evolved is broken now on Xbox. No admin command bar. Dedicated servers are unless now. Unless you buy Survival Ascended and pay for a service to run a Dedicated server. Not happening. It is a real same after all these years.

[@tallmaris]

Curious to know what the math formula is for the imprinting

[@chaosiprince]

Do you (or anyone reading this) have map recomendations? I only played the island map

[@Lord-eo9ho]

Ragnarok

[@joshfoley4798]

What he said

[@ddawg3514]

look up what the next one in the story is maybe?

[@Scubasteves3d]

I changed my setting to much without realizing. Started the game punched a tree and immediately died 😂😂😂

[@Tusk7]

Great video, i really enjoy it!

[@chrisreinhardt5493]

I think Ps4 still has no mods. Please correct me if I'm wrong :) not sure about Xbox.

[@fergamashure6254]

You should make an updated one for ark survival ascended.

[@jfds1234]

Question: If I have a world that has 0.5 difficulty Dino’s and I change the slider to 1.0, do all the Dino’s including tamed ones get scaled?

[@MrKalidascopeEyes]

Nope the dinos stay at their current levels new ones spawn with higher level. You need to wipe all dinos to see the new levels or wait till they die and respawn naturally. Sorry nothing can be done for your current tames.

[@marcokelada7141]

Does anyone knows how to put mods on PS4? I've been playing Ark since 2016 and I always wanted to use structure +.

[@umiya6809]

Mods not possible on console.

[@dirtsailoroff-road5580]

Anyone know how to get the Hawaiian shirts? I see it's in the cooking pot, I put the meat in the cooking pot but once I do that, I can't get it

[@motu_tm349]

You can just look up commands to spawn the shirts and just throw out the meat

[@HenryParker_357]

Can you tell me how to stop running in ark on ps4

[@slimjimbumchin]

Thank you, this is very helpful

[@kuriea552]

very helpful vid, thanks for sharing this

[@Agent-ur9tp]

Fully explain the “maths” involved with your baby mature speed and cuddle interval settings, you never explained how those work “in tandem” or in general. What math? Im asking genuinely and only have 13 hours in

[@Shadow-iz4rz]

My dino levels are so low anyone know why and I have both of the settings on that should make them be high level but they are still really bad the best I found is a 120 and I been playing it for 3 week

[@wagscer]

make sure your difficulty is at the max (first thing on the settings) and once you scroll down a bit you should see a checkbox called 'Maximum Difficulty' make sure that is ticked

[@kevinnigins9488]

Two things 1. Max difficulty 1 only gives you a max dino level of 30, I recommend doing 5 or 6. 5 giving 150, and 6 giving you 180 max. 2. The island has god awful level spawns even on high difficulty settings unfortunately, so if you’re playing on that map, that is probs why

[@Shadow-iz4rz]

@@kevinnigins9488 Im playing on aberatioin but I did that!! I put my difficulty at 5 but still get all trash lvls and if I do any higher when I leave the game and go to settings its at 1 again even if I put it at anything above 1

[@zamfy7141]

@@Shadow-iz4rz All the official map except genesis 2 have awful high level dino spawn rate. It's just one of those things you just have no control except using mods.

[@Shadow-iz4rz]

@@zamfy7141 like what mod would help ?

[@peterang6912]

What is the max in the top part??? I have by taming a 3.0, can i put 6 or even 10???

[@joshfoley4798]

Put 999999 if you want

[@N3OA]

Is it normall when applying these settings and starting a solo game, then close the game and restart all my settings are reset? Do i need to put it each time a want to play??

[@zamfy7141]

Nope, unless you uninstall the game, all these settings should be saved. The settings work for every map that you play so you don't have to reset the setting each time you want to play on a different map. P.S, if you want to play on Aberration you should have the night and day cycle on default as it would make it easier if you want to go to the surface area.

[@N3OA]

@@zamfy7141 when i apply these settings and leave the game and go back these er reset by itself, how can i fix this?

[@brendanoneill5830]

I've used these settings but now my dinos don't gain levels? Help?

[@joshfoley4798]

I think Dino's can only progress 88 levels after being tamed...

[@guywithweridsenseofhumor]

very helpful thanks

[@Kyoujin_shin]

Is this version different from ark mobile?

[@stuartstapleford]

Great video

[@linusborgert1673]

Will the dino max spawn level be 150?

[@ProjectSlaz]

New soloing the ark series possibly?! :0

[@johnhamilton6768]

I also found with pve enabled my wyvern wouldn't pick up wild thylas but with pvp enabled it would!

[@Unmatchedforcexbl]

enable flyer carry pve in your settings

[@Phiborius]

Flyer carry pve setting is broken as far as I known. Never worked on my playthrough. This is a single player / non dedicated server problem a lot of people have. You can still pick up your tames at least

[@dannymccray72]

Thank you very much

[@ewa8723]

can somone leave all the setting changes in the comment section?

[@mixnitsch]

thank you for the best settings :)

[@donnawilson6489]

Thankyou for this helps i've been on single trying out new stuff mostly building. :)♥

[@peterdragonz7629]

Can you show official settings

[@gojizard704]

Using these settings on xbox so i have no mods

[@john_vinith]

good info.

[@Gameup2332]

phlinger pls respond i get 0% imprint

[@Parkerevolved]

Copied all settings they work very well 👍

[@dridda9117]

video could have been half as long, too much bs

[@Druski_1]

y’all imma tell y’all something no one told me when you player single player ark after like the first couple days in game once you’ve explored all the map everything stops spawning for example i was trynna take a queen bee but all the hives were duds you need to do admin code destroy wild dinos otherwise nothing will ever spawn

[@bobbiejobatt-hensley2905]

👍👍🤗🤗

[@camdenbowser5940]

you talk a lot and it makes me mad

[@lordlongstroke5989]

Why would anyone invest their time/money in a game who's producers are actively hostile to it's player base? Ya'll probly pay 2k a month in OF subs...

[@WolfMagistar]

it only matters to those who interact with the producers. that last jab of yours is just... pathetic. come on, man, do better.