Installation & Setup

This is extended guide how to install ARK Guardian on your server, pretty much explaining everything required for this process.

⚠️ System Requirements

ARK Guardian is supported only on

ARK Guardian is not supported on

🔌 Server Requirements

• ARK Server API 3.56 or

• Visual Studio C++ 2019 Runtime

• MySQL 8.0.20 Database ( MariaDB)

• Permissions Plugin

• Steam API Key

💡 User Requirements

🔨 Installation Steps

1. Move in "ShooterGame/Binaries/Win64/ArkApi/Plugins" path of your server

2. Open config.json inside ArkGuardian Folder

3. Put your LICENSE KEY in line

4. Put your MySQL Credentials in section

Base installation is finished at this point, you can run server and check if everything is working.

If you are using ARK Guardian API, you need to switch "UseGuardianAPI" to TRUE

Note: If you don't switch this, it may lead to some instability but won't create big issues

Warning: Server will crash on startup if you are not using ARK Guardian API

If you are using something that reads Console Title switch "DisableConsoleTitle" to TRUE

Basic installation README.txt is always included with zip archive.

🔗 Setup Discord Integration

If you are using any plugins, you could receive connected discord accounts while someone is detected & other similar actions that we support. Here's how to set it up:

1. Check your Database for Discord Linker Table

2. Replace "MysqlTable_Discord" with Discord Linker Table name

3. Find in Table, replace "Discord_IdKey" with field name.

4. Find in Table, replace "Discord_SteamIdKey" with field name.

Final result should look and ARK Guardian will now display extended information.

You could also setup second database or different credentials for this integration.

🔎 Settings Recommendation

Make sure to use these settings while running protected servers.

Startup Arguments: (Click to see what it does)