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# How to Change Ark Server Multipliers & Rates

> Customize your Ark: Survival Evolved experience. Learn how to adjust taming speeds, harvest rates, and experience multipliers in your configuration files.

## Tuning Your Ark Experience

Configuration in Ark: Survival Evolved (ASE) is split between two primary files. Mastering these settings allows you to create a unique balance between challenge and progression, whether you want a hardcore survival experience or a fast-paced "instatame" environment.

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    Intermediate
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    10 Minutes
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## The Configuration Files

To customize your server, you need to understand where specific settings are stored.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="GameUserSettings.ini (GUS)">
    This file handles the high-level environmental rules and most common multipliers.

    * **Header:** Most settings go under `[ServerSettings]`.
    * **Usage:** Taming, Harvesting, XP, and basic Breeding rates.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Game.ini">
    This file manages advanced game logic and granular overrides.

    * **Header:** Most settings go under `[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]`.
    * **Usage:** Stat gains per level, engram overrides, and supply drop customizations.
  </Tab>
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## Essential Multipliers (GUS.ini)

Modify these values in your `GameUserSettings.ini` under the `[ServerSettings]` header to change the pace of gameplay.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Progression Rates">
    * **TamingSpeedMultiplier=5.0:** Makes dinosaurs tame 5x faster.
    * **HarvestAmountMultiplier=3.0:** Players gather 3x more resources from every node.
    * **XPMultiplier=2.0:** All experience gains are doubled.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Breeding Rates">
    *Note: Some values use inverse logic.*

    * **MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.1:** Lower numbers are faster. This reduces the cooldown between mating sessions.
    * **EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=10.0:** Higher numbers are faster.
    * **BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=10.0:** Higher numbers are faster.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Balancing Imprinting

When you increase the maturation speed of your dinosaurs, you must also adjust the imprinting frequency. If a baby grows up too fast, it will reach adulthood before you can cuddle or feed it, resulting in a 0% imprint bonus.

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  **The Golden Rule:** If you set your `BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier` to **10.0**, you should set your `BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier` to **0.1**. This ensures the imprinting timer remains synchronized with the growth speed.
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<Important>
  ### Advanced Stat Gains

  To change how much a stat increases per level (e.g., granting more Weight per point), you must use `Game.ini`.

  * **Example:** `PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[7]=50.0` increases player Weight gain by 50x per point spent.
</Important>

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  **Last Updated:** January 2026 | **Ark:** Your world, your rules.
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