ARK: Survival Ascended (ASA) is a complete Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved, and its dedicated server demands substantially more hardware than the original. If you are upgrading from ASE or starting fresh, this guide covers the exact CPU, RAM, and storage requirements, the SteamCMD installation process, and the performance tuning that keeps your server stable at 20\u201370 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before renting hardware, compare dedicated server plans on our comparison table<\/a> \u2014 ASA’s UE5 engine punishes underpowered CPUs more than any other survival game server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASA’s move to Unreal Engine 5 brings Nanite geometry, Lumen lighting, and a fully rewritten networking layer. The server binary is heavier than ASE \u2014 it needs more CPU cycles per player, more RAM per map, and faster storage for the larger save files. These specs come from testing on dedicated hardware running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\nARK: Survival Ascended Server Hardware Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Player Count<\/th> CPU<\/th> RAM<\/th> Storage<\/th> Network<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 1\u201310<\/td> 4 cores @ 4.0 GHz+<\/td> 12 GB<\/td> 100 GB NVMe<\/td> 500 Mbps<\/td><\/tr> 10\u201330<\/td> 6\u20138 cores @ 4.5 GHz+<\/td> 16\u201324 GB<\/td> 150 GB NVMe<\/td> 1 Gbps<\/td><\/tr> 30\u201350<\/td> 8\u201312 cores @ 4.5 GHz+<\/td> 32 GB<\/td> 200 GB NVMe<\/td> 1 Gbps<\/td><\/tr> 50\u201370<\/td> 12\u201316 cores @ 5.0 GHz+<\/td> 48\u201364 GB<\/td> 300 GB NVMe<\/td> 1 Gbps<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Why ASA Needs More Hardware Than ASE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n