ARK: Survival Ascended Server Hosting

More than most listings suggest. We measured 10,152 MB with nobody connected on The Island, so 16 GB is our smallest plan and the one we would recommend for a private server. A public or heavily modded server wants 24 GB.

No. Ascended is a rebuild in Unreal Engine 5 with its own servers and its own mods. Saves and mods do not carry across, and it needs considerably more memory. We host both, separately.

Ascended uses CurseForge rather than the Steam Workshop. Put the mod ids into your server settings and the server downloads them on the next start, then prompts players joining to do the same.

Any official Ascended map, set from your server page. The Island is the default. Changing map does not delete your existing save, but each map keeps its own.

Yes. RCON is enabled and its port is published on your server automatically, with the admin password you set in the panel.

Yes, automatic updating is on by default, so the server picks up new Ascended builds when it restarts. You can turn it off from your server settings if you would rather control when that happens.

ARK: Survival Ascended plans start at US$49.49 (€42.99) a month with 16 GB RAM and 20 player slots, up to US$70.99 (€61.49) with 24 GB RAM and 48 player slots. That is the regular monthly price, before any first-month discount, and every plan includes DDoS protection, SFTP and 24/7 support.

An ARK: Survival Ascended server at PlayNHost comes with: PC & Console Crossplay; One-Click Mod Installer. You choose the region when you order (Europe, North America, South America, Asia or Australia), and setup starts as soon as payment clears.