Host/Local Settings

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=Overview= Host/Local Settings are options available in ARK: Survival Evolved that are changeable to enhance single player and/or small group playthroughs of the game. There are three categories of Host/Local Settings: Basic, Advanced, and Engrams. In addition to the settings, there are also different modes available which can also be found here.

=Settings=

Basic
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Engrams
=Modes= There are five modes available, you can find a brief description of each mode below:
 * Single Player
 * Run Dedicated
 * Run Procedural
 * Run Nondedicated

All modes have the in-game timers (cooking, incubation, maturation, spoil, etc.) only running while the "server" is active whether that is an actual server or playing single player. Therefore, eggs, baby dinos, and resource respawn will only progress when playing on the desired Ark. This means hatching a baby Rex without increased speed will mean Ark must be left open for approximately 3 days and 20 hours.

Single Player
Single player is essentially just regular ARK: Survival Evolved, but the player has access to Console commands. In addition to Console commands, Single player can also support split screen play and the pause menu actually pauses the gameplay unlike on a dedicated server.