# ARK: Survival Ascended

> Create and start a headless ARK: Survival Ascended server.
> More information: <https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration>.

- Start the server with a specific map:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}}`

- Start the server with a specific session name, server password, and admin password:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}}?SessionName={{session_name}}?ServerPassword={{server_password}}?ServerAdminPassword={{admin_password}}`

- Start the server with a specific port and set a maximum player count:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}} -port={{7777}} -WinLiveMaxPlayers={{1..70}}`

- Enable PvE and disabling PvP:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}}?ServerPVE=true`

- Set a multiplier to scale the server difficulty, affecting the maximum level of wild creatures:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}}?DifficultyOffset={{1.0}}`

- Disable creature animation optimization to prevent collision issues:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}} -AlwaysTickDedicatedSkeletalMeshes`

- Enable specific mods by their ID (comma-separated):

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}} -mods={{mod_id1, mod_id2, ...}}`

- Allow connections from specific platforms:

`{{path/to/ArkAscendedServer}} {{TheIsland_WP}} -ServerPlatform={{PC+XSX+PS5}}`