Rules

Ark Ascended ASA

Ark: Survival Ascended on dedicated EU hardware, a single cluster across nine maps, and rates tuned for adults who want a meaningful grind without the grind taking over their week. Pick a map below to copy its address, then read on for the rules, rates and everything else that makes our ASA cluster tick.

Our Vision

We build this cluster around three ideas. We don’t want Ark to feel like a chore, we do want players to engage with the game rather than going AFK all day, and we want the community to matter as much as the gameplay.

Balanced for limited time. High breeding rates, fast taming (without devaluing better foods), increased stack sizes and a pull system so your farming actually lasts.
Engagement over automation. Boosted manual harvest rates but limited passive generation. No dino scanner. Automation is deliberately capped.
Community-first. Kudos for helpful members, voting rewards, regular events — see Voting and Kudos below.

How to connect

Use the in-game unofficial server browser — search for MatureGaming or MGS, make sure you untick Password and PC Only, and tick the “Player Server” filter.

Prefer direct connect? Open the console with ` in the main menu, then type open asa.maturegaming.co.uk:PORT using the port for the map you want. Every live map address is listed in the connection cards at the top of this page — click to copy.

Rates & settings

XP Multiplier — 1.0
Harvest Amount — 3x
Difficulty — 5 (150 max wild)
Egg Hatch Speed — 10x
Mating Interval — 0.1x
Baby Mature Speed — 20x
Taming — ~5x effective with food adjustments (multiplier 1.8, wild food drain 2.5)
Imprinting — one imprint is enough

Heads up for Dododex users: what it calls “taming speed” is actually the multiplier — so set 1.8 there, not 5.

Custom decay timers

Everyone gets auto-graded into a tier based on hours played across the cluster. Type /groups in-game to see your current tag.

Beach Bob — under 5 hours played — 7-day decay
Tourist — 5–23 hours played — 14-day decay
Resident — 24+ hours played — 28-day decay
Supporters — extended decay timers for donators (see the VIP page)

Mod list

All required mods auto-download when you join. Links to each on CurseForge:

Plus admin-only tooling: Admin Panel, ASA API Utils, MX-E Ark Shop UI, Inventory Backup Saver, Lethal Quests Ascended UI.

Server rules

Last updated 3 October 2025. The short version: be reasonable, share the map, and don’t force us to write another rule.

Base & building

One main base, one water base and up to two outposts (4x4) per map, per tribe.
Structure limit: 8,000 per tribe. Be creative but keep it reasonable.
Build at least 500m from other bases unless you have permission — 300m on Extinction and Aberration.
No reserving construction sites with pillar/foundation spam or empty platforms.
Don’t block caves, explorer notes, loot crates, or major resource spawns. Major = an area with 5+ metal/obsidian/crystal nodes or 2+ beaver dams. Exceptions for areas like Aberration Blue Zone — if in doubt, open a ticket.
Pick up your traps when you’re done taming.
Resource structures (oil pumps, sap taps, gas pumps) must be left unlocked.

Behaviour

Be a decent human being.
Don’t leave tames out in the wild.
Fair gifting — don’t hand out gear, dinos or resources that skip new players past the bits that make the game fun.
Don’t use names that make identification harder (Human, 123, etc.).
Don’t become the reason for new rules.

Important disclaimer: always log out on a bed — ideally with an empty inventory — to avoid mesh deaths when you log back in.

Kudos & MG Tokens

Using the :thankyou: emote on a helpful member in Discord gives them 1 kudos. 10 kudos = 1 MG Token = £1 on the shop. It’s how we say “thanks” to the people who make this community work.

Useful commands:

/balance — check your MG tokens
/prices — shop prices
/buysubscription — purchase a subscription (DM MG Donobot and follow the prompts)
/redeem — activate a subscription code

You can also spend tokens on dino recolours — 1 recolour for 2 tokens, 2 recolours for 3 tokens. Open a ticket with the details.

We run automated moderation on kudos. Abusers lose their kudos and tokens, no exceptions.

Voting

Our servers are listed on ark-servers.net — no account needed, and voting helps us rank higher. You get three votes a day, so please use them on:

Rewards: 5 shop points per vote. Hit 60 votes in a month to earn the Voter role — that bumps shop points from 4 to 5 per 30 minutes and drops a 100-point bonus. See the Stats page for this month’s leaderboard.

To get rewarded you need to link your ASA account to Discord and vote using your Discord identity (not Steam).