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Sized for your lobby
Pick the CPU and memory your matches need, and add more when your lobby grows.
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest Server Hosting
Run your own Survival of the Fittest matches. Set how many tribes it takes to start, how big a tribe can be, and who gets in, then lead your dino army against your friends.
- Start a match with just a few tribes
- Tribe size, match rules and BattlEye in the panel
- No player slot limits, ever
- Switch between 446 games for free, anytime*
- From, per month
- $15.49
- Player slots
- Unlimited
- Uptime
- 99.9%
- Money-back
- 3 days
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Tell us about your server and we'll recommend a plan.
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No per-slot fees. Choose your own slot limit. To help us recommend the right plan for you, tell us how many friends are joining you!
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Megapithecus8 GB RAM, 150% CPU
$20.99/mo
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Secure Backups Included
Megapithecus
$20.99/mo
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- Megapithecus plan $20.99
- Secure Backups 30 GBFree
3-day money-back guarantee
Part of the Gamebox
Switch your ARK: The Survival of the Fittest server to any of 445 other games, right from the panel, whenever you want!*
Included with
every plan
99.9%+ Uptime
Config Editor
MySQL Database
(S)FTP Access
Secure Backups
Auto Restarts
BattlEye Anti-Cheat
DDoS Protected
No Player Slot Limits
US & UK Locations
Instant Setup
Why host your SOTF server with Physgun?
Your tribes, your rules. Set up the match in the panel and start playing with your own group.
2 tribes in ยท match started
Start with a few tribes
Lower the tribes needed to start, and a match begins as soon as your group is in the lobby.
Deploying server Installing SOTF Server online
Online in minutes
Your server installs itself the moment you order. No setup, no waiting.
Startup
Tribes to start52
Tribe size42
Max players6024
BattlEye
Saved live on the next restart
Your matches, your rules
Match Rules, Set in the Panel
Set how many tribes it takes to start a match, how many players fit in a tribe, and the player limit. Add a password for a private lobby, keep BattlEye on, and restart.
- Matches for small groups and full lobbies
- Private matches with a password
GameUserSettings.ini - Physgun VS Code main GameUserSettings.ini Game.ini
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[TSOTF]
MinPlayersToQuickStartMatch=20
PreventSpectator=False
PreventBosses=True
Terminal
$ ssh server@physgun.com
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$ ls ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer
Game.ini GameUserSettings.ini
For the power users
SSH Access & VSCode
Connect with real developer tools and edit GameUserSettings.ini directly. Or skip it and use the config editor for the match countdown, bosses, spectating, creature crates and creature damage.
- Full SSH access included
- Edit files live in VSCode
Game console
Type a commandenablecheats ******
Admin commands unlocked
Your Own Admin Password
Every server comes with its own admin password, which unlocks admin commands in the game's console.
Audit Log
Alex restarted the server2m
Sam edited GameUserSettings.ini14m
You restored a backup1h
Full Audit Trail
Every action on your server, logged with who did it and when. No blind spots on a shared admin team.
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Invite Subusers
Give your event staff their own login with limited access. No password sharing.
The panel every Survival of the Fittest server deserves.
One place for your whole server: tribe size, tribes to start and BattlEye in the startup settings, a config editor for countdowns, bosses, spectating and creature damage, scheduled restarts and backups, subusers for your admins, a file manager with SSH and VS Code, and every other universal tool.
gamecp.physgun.com/true-console-ssh-access
True Console & SSH Access
Accurate, blazing-fast output piped directly from the container. Paired with complete SSH access inside the Panel!
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ARK: The Survival of the Fittest Server Hosting, Explained
New to SOTF?
What is ARK: The Survival of the Fittest?
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is the battle royale spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved. Tribes form up in a sky lobby, fly to the island aboard a giant Quetzal and glide down to a starting spot. There is no harvesting or crafting: you loot supply crates, kill creatures to earn taming tokens, and spend them to build an army of dinosaurs. A shrinking ring of death pushes everyone together until one tribe is left standing.
Build a Dino Army.
Tame wild creatures with tokens, steal downed tames, and level your dinos up through kills.
Command Mode.
Switch to a bird's-eye view to direct your army, and keep commanding it even after you die.
Why rent a server?
What is SOTF Server Hosting?
A server of your own means you play when your group is ready, not when a public lobby fills up. Lower the tribes needed to start so a handful of friends gets a full match, set the tribe size for your teams, and lock the lobby with a password. It suits groups teaching new players, and organisers running their own events and scrims.
No Waiting.
Start a match with the tribes you have, without waiting for a public lobby to fill.
Your Rules.
Set tribe size, bosses, spectating and creature damage, and add CPU or memory as your lobby grows.
Questions, answered
Straight answers before you order. Still stuck? Real people are here around the clock.
Physgun
As many as you set. We never charge per player slot: you choose the player limit, and size the CPU and memory to match your lobby.
Yes. Lower the tribes needed to start, and a match begins as soon as that many tribes are in the lobby. You can also set how many players fit in a tribe, or make every player fight alone.
Yes. Set a server password, and only the players you give it to can join.
Yes. BattlEye is on by default to keep cheaters out of your matches, and you can turn it off whenever you like.
Yes. Your server comes with its own admin password, which unlocks admin commands in the game's console.
Yes. You decide whether bosses, creature crates and spectating are part of your matches, how hard creatures hit players, and how long the countdown runs before a match starts.
Yes. Your server checks for a game update every time it starts, so a restart is all it takes.
Yes. You can set up a backup schedule in the panel, and secure backup storage is included in every Physgun server!
Yes. Your server can switch to other Gamebox games from the panel, as long as your box meets that game's needs. The panel offers a backup first, since a switch reinstalls the server.
Yes. Every Physgun server is protected from DDoS attacks.
Chicago, USA and London, UK. Pick the one closest to most of your players when you order.
Still stuck?
Ready to launch your Survival of the Fittest server?
Set the tribe size, lower the tribes needed to start, and run private matches with your group.
- 3-day money-back guarantee
- Online in minutes
- Real people, around the clock
