Installing Mods

Lets spice up your Jurassic adventure with mods!

Adding a Mod

To add a mod to your server, follow these easy steps:

• Log into your Game Server Dashboard and select your Ark: Survival Evolved server.

• Go to the Console tab under the System menu and click "Stop".

  • Power off your server, this is crucial when editing file contents so that nothing is damaged, goes missing, or overlaps and glitches. Also, so that when you start your server backup afterwards your changes are immediately applied.

• Locate the Configuration menu on the left-hand side, use the dropdown and click the Startup Parameters tab.

• Under "Mods", you are able to enter the Mods Workshop ID, to add multiple simply user commas between each of the mods (ModID1, ModID2, ModID3, etc).

  • It will save automatically when you hit "Enter" and navigate away.

• To find the Mod Workshop ID:

  • Go to your Steam Libary and click on Ark: Survival Evolved

  • Select "Workshop" from the mini navigation bar

  

  • Find a mod that you like and Subscribe to the mod by clicking the green "+Subscribe" button.

  • Locate the "Description" area below to find the Mod ID #, copy the ID.

  
• Add the corresponding ID to the Mods area in your Game Server Dashboard panel, for example, ID #1609138312

• After adding the Workshop ID to the Mods area, go to your file explorer and use this file path: steamapps/workshop/content/346110/ (example 1609138312)

  • Find the folder with the corresponding Workshop ID (example 1609138312)

• Use an SFTP client with the credentials provided in the SFTP Details tab under the System menu in the Game Server Dashboard.

SFTP Details Location

• Once logged in, proceed to drag the chosen mods folder (1609138312) into the following directory: ShooterGame/Content/Mods

• Once finished, close everything up and you are free to start your server!