Settings

These are the settings for the cluster Bukanier.org.

1. BASIC SETTINGS (H4, XP1, W4, B24, T4)

  • 3-4x harvest (Home map 3x, PVP x4 and rotation 4x), 1x XP, 3-4x weight (players 3x; animals: 2x wild + 2x leveling), 24x breeding, 4x taming
  • Meat & Co spoils about 2x slower, and gasoline lasts 2x longer in the generator. Additionally, the stacking (amount) of resources has also been increased by 3-5x.
  • Engram points have been distributed a bit more generously, so that almost all engrams can be learned in the later game.
  • Structures 7,500.

∆PVP, Weapons & Armor

  • PVE on the island. PVP on the maps Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction, as well as the "Rotation Maps".
  • The maximum values have been increased by +50% and are 694 for Flak armor (1,011 durability), 397% for weapons, and about 173.5% for saddles.
  • Slightly increased cave damage at x8 (instead of x6)
  • Turrets max 80 but with +25% damage.

Dinos

  • Imprint at 0.0625 (30min), with a 2x imprint amount (Giga thus requires about 10 imprints and a Direwolf 2 imprints)
  • Slightly simplified breeding (animals ready to mate again after 1-3h, max. 125 animals)
  • Hatching time at x24 and raising the animals also at x24, but with 2x food requirement for the babies
  • Raised dinosaurs up to a max of 488 total levels (best to be born up to 400 levels)
  • Currently, the vanilla cryopods are used. No timeout/timer on the home map, but PVP with a regular timer (but without conditions that a cryofridge must be nearby). Possibly, it will later switch to Dino Depot once it runs stably at all times (currently too many reported bugs).

Massive Base Protection (MBP)

  • Can only be used on the home map.
  • Available for LARGE (= main base) or SMALL (= outpost).
  • Limit of 1x main base and 1x outpost each
  • Indicates in which area/range you are allowed to expand your base.
  • Can also be removed and repositioned.
  • Should be set up within the first 7 days after construction begins, otherwise the structures will be destroyed. Within such a zone, the usual decay runs (8x compared to vanilla, e.g. straw = 32 days).
  • Animals are not affected by this but must not stand outside of an MBP.
  • This is neither a safe base nor an ORP and does not protect against wild animals!

Hyper's Offline Raid Protection (ORP)

  • Can only be used on the PVP maps.
  • Same size as the MBP on the home map (70 foundations in diameter).
  • Currently, it is automatically activated after 60min when the last tribe member leaves the map.
  • When the ORP is active, structures receive 3x HP (hit points).
  • Turrets deal 2.4x DMG (damage) and have unlimited ammunition (they are colored "gold" when the ORP is active).
  • Animals are not protected.

Bob's Tall Tales & Fantastic Tames

Structures from the paid Bob's Tall Tales and the Fantastic Tames are generally supported. Exceptions include that no Fantastic Tames spawn on the home map or that the railways and trains are generally blocked.

2. Structures and Decay

Amounts (per main base)

The compliance with the amounts is to be managed by the player themselves. In general, anyone who accumulates excessive structures and resources, causing lags or other problems for the server and players, will be asked to remove them. A total of 6,000 structures are allowed, and further details can be found under Structures.

Decay

  • Your base will remain for up to 32 days without login, provided you have set up a "Massive Base Protection".
  • For each base on a home map, a "Massive Base Protection Large" must be set up, otherwise, 7 days after construction begins, the structures will be automatically destroyed upon restart.
  • Decay is set to 8x on the regular maps (32-160 days). This means in detail:
    - Straw = 32 days
    - Wood = 64 days
    - Clay = 64 days
    - Stone = 96 days
    - Metal = 128 days
    - Greenhouse = 128 days
    - TEK = 160 days
    - Other = 32 days (except for oil wells, which are due after 16 days)
  • Abandoned/unattended dinosaurs will be automatically killed after 32 days.
  • On the maps that are changed daily (Rotation Maps), the decay is set to 4x instead of 8x (or for animals to 2x), as these maps are not online daily, this corresponds to similar decay times as on the regular maps.
  • Individual standalone structures (e.g., a standalone foundation) have a significantly higher decay and could be automatically deleted within 24h. This also applies if a box or similar is placed on a foundation.

3. Income & Currency (Coins)

  • For the shop, 10 silver coins are awarded per 30min of gameplay.
  • Exchange rate for coins is: 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin

4. ARK Smart Breeding

With the tool (ARK Smart Breeding Download), you can easily manage your dinos and get information about their food requirements and growth times. The settings are available here as an image:

ARK Smart Breeding Configuration

5. Updates

03/08/2025: Initial Version