HaruHost

ARK: Survival Ascended server guide

Keep your ARK: Survival Ascended server updated

When ARK: Survival Ascended updates, players on the new version can't join a server on the old one. Press Update in HaruHost, or create an automation that warns players, backs up and updates as soon as the update is out.

Update now

Press Update on the server. The Details tab shows the version the server runs.

Update automatically

  1. Create an automation that runs when an ARK: Survival Ascended update is released.
  2. Add the steps, for example a message to players, a backup, the update and a restart.
  3. From then on, the server updates itself and players see a warning first.

More on the Automation page.

Mods and the ARK Server API

Mods update when the server starts. The ARK Server API sometimes needs its own update after an ARK update; the console shows its messages while the server gets ready. See the ARK Server API.

Questions

Why can't players join after an ARK update?

The game and the server are on different versions. Update the server and players can join again.

Can HaruHost update every map of my cluster?

Yes. Add each server to the automation, or create one per server.

Related guides

Everything HaruHost does for ARK: Survival Ascended

The complete community suite, one command away.

One command on an Ubuntu VPS, or an installer on Windows. One plan for every server you run, from €4.99 a month.