Game Starter
In stock$14.99/mo
$14.99 billed monthly
- Memory
- 4 GB DDR5
- CPU
- 2 × Zen 5 threads
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe
- Slots
- Unlimited
Chicago · deployed automatically
Configure Game Starter
ARK: Survival Ascended · Survival, clusters
ARK: Survival Ascended server hosting
ARK: Survival Ascended server hosting at $2.49 per GB of memory, on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hardware with mirrored NVMe Gen4 storage. ASA is the heaviest title on this list, so the plan sizes below are deliberately generous.
Recommended for ARK: Survival Ascended
Extreme · $60.99/mo
- Memory: 16 GB DDR5
- CPU: 4 × Zen 5 threads
- Storage: 160 GB NVMe
- Slots: Unlimited
How much memory
Plan 16 GB for a single ASA map with a normal mod list. A heavily modded map, or a cluster where you want more than one map resident at once, needs 32 GB. Eight GB will boot a map but leaves no headroom once a tribe has built.
The server itself
What a ARK: Survival Ascended server runs here
Every ARK: Survival Ascended server is installed from a maintained template on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X node with DDR5 memory and NVMe Gen4 storage in a RAID 1 mirror.
- Template
- ARK: Survival Ascended dedicated server
- Default ports
- 7777 UDP game, 27015 query
- Mods
- CurseForge mod ids in the startup config
- Clusters
- Several services sharing a cluster id
- Players
- Limited by your plan, not by a slot cap
Mods, configuration and control
Running a ARK: Survival Ascended server day to day
- 01
CurseForge mods by id
ASA loads mods from CurseForge rather than the Steam Workshop. Add the mod ids to the startup configuration and the server downloads them on the next restart.
- 02
Clusters across maps
Give two or more game services the same cluster id and a shared transfer directory and survivors, items and tames move between maps. Each map is its own plan, because each map is its own server process.
- 03
Restarts before they are needed
ASA leaks memory over long uptimes. A nightly restart on a cron expression from the client area is the simplest fix, and it is one scheduled task.
- 04
Save files on mirrored NVMe
ASA save files grow quickly and are written often. They sit on NVMe Gen4 in a RAID 1 mirror, and the backup add-on keeps restore points off the node.
Plans
ARK: Survival Ascended server hosting plans
Priced by memory at $3.74 per GB per month, in USD. Quarterly billing saves 5% and annual billing saves 15%. Every plan and add-on is listed on the hosting pricing page.
Game Servers
Game hosting priced by memory, on the highest single-thread performance we can buy. Pick a title at checkout and the server is installed, configured and listening, with a console, a file manager, databases and scheduled tasks in the client area.
Billing term
Location
Game Performance
Popular$30.99/mo
$30.99 billed monthly
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR5
- CPU
- 3 × Zen 5 threads
- Storage
- 80 GB NVMe
- Slots
- Unlimited
Chicago · deployed automatically
Configure Game PerformanceGame Extreme
In stock$60.99/mo
$60.99 billed monthly
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR5
- CPU
- 4 × Zen 5 threads
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe
- Slots
- Unlimited
Chicago · deployed automatically
Configure Game ExtremeGame Network
Low stock$122.99/mo
$122.99 billed monthly
- Memory
- 32 GB DDR5
- CPU
- 6 × Zen 5 threads
- Storage
- 320 GB NVMe
- Slots
- Unlimited
Chicago · deployed automatically
Configure Game Network
Included with every Game Servers plan
- Ryzen 9 9950X cores, DDR5 memory
- NVMe Gen4 storage mirrored in RAID 1
- Always-on L3 and L4 DDoS filtering
- Client area, invoices and API keys
Prices are in USD and exclude any VAT that applies to your country. Per GB of memory, per month. Term discounts are charged up front for the whole term and change nothing else about the plan.
Other titles
More game servers on the same hardware
A reinstall from the client area switches your server to any other supported title at no extra cost.
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