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ARK: Survival Evolved server requirements calculator
How much RAM, CPU and storage does a ARK: Survival Evolved server need? Enter your players and mods and see what the server needs and which one fits, with its price per hour.
A ARK: Survival Evolved server for 8 players needs
- RAM
- 16 GB
- CPU
- 4 full cores
- on its own VM
- Storage
- 128 GB disk
- World saved at every pause
The server that fits on EphemeralHost
Modded · 8 slots
1.19 €/h
16 GB RAM · 4 full cores
That is 0.149 € per player slot and hour. An evening of 4 hours: 4.76 €.
All prices include 19 % VAT and are billed to the minute. A paused server costs you nothing.
How the calculator sizes a ARK: Survival Evolved server
ARK: Survival Evolved runs on its own VM with 4 full cores up to 4.5 GHz and 16 GB RAM, whatever the number of players, with 128 GB of disk for the game and its data.
For big modpacks and full servers, More power gives the VM 8 cores and 32 GB RAM for +0.49 €/h, only while the server runs.
ARK: Survival Evolved servers load mods from the Steam Workshop: up to 40 mods and 20 GB per server.
| Server | RAM | Price per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 4 slots | 16 GB | 1.19 €/h |
| 8 slots | 16 GB | 1.19 €/h |
| 16 slots | 16 GB | 1.19 €/h |
| 32 slots | 16 GB | 1.59 €/h |