To kick idle players on your ARK: Survival Ascended server, add -EnableIdlePlayerKick to Extra Launch Flags in Game Settings, then set Kick idle players after (seconds) in Game User Settings. The default is 3600 seconds, one hour. ARK only kicks idle players when the flag is there.
Switch the idle kick on
- Open your server in the panel and click Stop. Wait for Offline.
- Click the Settings tab. On Game Settings, type
-EnableIdlePlayerKickin Extra Launch Flags. If the field already has flags, add it after them with a space.
- Click outside the field to save.
- Under Config files, click Game User Settings and open the Rules group.
- Set Kick idle players after (seconds), for example
1800for 30 minutes. - Click Save & start.
The ARK wiki describes it: characters that have not moved or interacted within that time are kicked, if -EnableIdlePlayerKick is set as a launch option.
Switch it off
Take -EnableIdlePlayerKick out of Extra Launch Flags and restart.
Good to know
- A kicked player can join again straight away.
- Extra Launch Flags takes letters, numbers, spaces and
_ - . , =, up to 512 characters. Every flag is in the settings reference. - To remove a player by hand: How to kick, ban and unban players on your ARK: Survival Ascended server.
