Crash triage
After a crash the Server page names the likely cause — out of memory, a damaged save, a mod, an update mismatch or a port in use — next to what changed since the last good start.
tools v0.1.28
ARK: Survival Ascended server manager
Run ARK: Survival Ascended on your PC or a rented server — Nitrado PC and console, a Pterodactyl panel, or any host with RCON and FTP or SFTP: one steady RCON connection, tribe logs without plugins, admins without typing enablecheats, crash triage, CurseForge mods with test boots and verified backups.
ARK: Survival Ascended server manager at a glance
- Live connection
- Source RCON, one steady connection per server
- Hosting
- Your PC (SteamCMD, anonymous) or rented: Nitrado PC and console, a Pterodactyl panel (BisectHosting and others), or any host with RCON and FTP/FTPS or SFTP
- Players
- By EOS id
- Admins
- Your Staff page list, served to a server on your PC over
AdminListURL: noenablecheatsneeded - Mods
- CurseForge, in load order (names with your free CurseForge API key)
- Tested
- Live, on a real ASA server; rented servers not yet on a real host
- Signed
- The tool is digitally signed by its publisher, so Windows can tell who made it and that it hasn't been changed
ARK: Survival Ascended tools
What RCON Hub does for ARK: Survival Ascended servers
Memory trend
A warning, and an optional early restart, before the server runs out of memory.
Admins without enablecheats
On a server on your PC, the admins on the Staff page are written into GameUserSettings.ini as an AdminListURL the tool serves itself (EOS ids only), so they can use admin commands without typing enablecheats. You can also set your own admin password.
Tribe logs without plugins
The game log and tribe logs as a killfeed, raids, tames, tribe changes and admin commands, with nothing counted twice. It tells you when the game log is off, and a server on your PC starts with tribe logs fully on.
CurseForge mods with test boots
Mods in load order with their newest files, what the log says about each, update checks, and a test boot with its own save folder before going live.
Settings editor with search
GameUserSettings.ini and Game.ini with plain labels, a search box and a raw view, in the same layout as ARK: Survival Evolved. Saved only while the server is stopped (it rewrites the file when it stops).
Verified backups and wipes
Backups that are checked to open, wipes with a dry run — the whole world, survivors only, wild dinos or cluster uploads — and the cluster doctor.
Players, bans and imposter admins
Kicks and timed bans shared across your servers, with the reason shown to the player first, private messages and tribes. An admin's name used from another account is flagged.
Rented servers
Nitrado PC and console servers, a Pterodactyl panel (BisectHosting and others) or any host with RCON and FTP or SFTP. Fix it for me turns RCON on at a free port the panel opens. Console mode reads the log when there's no RCON.
Discord and triggers
News, two-way chat, slash commands, a daily summary and triggers, with posts in your community's language. Plugin extras such as ArkShop points only when a plugin framework is found.
Under the hood
How RCON Hub connects to ARK: Survival Ascended
ASA speaks Source RCON, with its own quirks: replies have no end marker, so RCON Hub reads until the line goes quiet. It keeps one connection open and reuses it for everything, because reconnecting for every command is reported to leak threads on ASA servers, and one reader asks for players, chat and the game log every few seconds. ASA's kick has no reason, so the player is shown why for 3 seconds first. Adding a rented server is still a preview for this game: Nitrado and Pterodactyl panels have been tested on real servers with other games (7 Days to Die on Nitrado, Project Zomboid on BisectHosting), not yet with this one.
Bans
Banning players on ARK: Survival Ascended
Ban in all games
RCON Hub can ban one person on every server of every game you run, from one page. Here's how that ban reaches ARK: Survival Ascended: ASA only knows players by EOS id, so a hub-wide ban reaches ASA servers when RCON Hub knows that player's EOS id. It's sent with BanPlayer over RCON; a stopped or unreachable server gets it when it's back.
ClanStop global bans (Fair-Fight)
On servers where you turn it on, a clear cheat confirmed by ClanStop keeps a player off every server that enforces global bans. A match kicks the player from that server right away; only ClanStop can make a ban global, after re-checking the evidence. How global bans work. How to set it up, step by step (English guide).
No global rules are possible on vanilla ARK: its logs have no weapon, distance or position, and beds, Titans and transfers look like cheating.
Guides
ARK: Survival Ascended guides
Step-by-step fixes for the problems ARK: Survival Ascended server owners hit most.
Every game
Plus what RCON Hub does for every game
- One sign-in, per-game accessGive each person a role per game and per server from one People page.
- Ban in all gamesBan one Steam64 id on every server of every game at once, and see how it went in each.
- Flags from every gameFair-fight flags, triggers, cheat signals and reports in one table.
- Rented serversNitrado, Pterodactyl panels like BisectHosting, or any host with FTP or SFTP, with the same screens as a server on your PC.
- Player profiles and leaderboardsModeration history, notes, watch list, seasons and per-wipe boards.
- ClanStop sharingList your server and share player data — off until you turn it on.
- Your languageEvery screen in 12 languages, and Discord posts in your community's language. What players read in game stays English.
ARK: Survival Ascended server manager FAQ
Why one RCON connection instead of reconnecting?
Reconnecting for every command is reported to leak threads on ASA servers. RCON Hub keeps one connection per server, reuses it for everything and reconnects with a growing pause when it drops.
Do I need a server plugin?
No. Killfeed, raids, tames and tribe changes come from the game's own logs. Plugin extras like ArkShop points appear only when a plugin framework is found.
Can I ban an ASA player from every game at once?
Yes, when RCON Hub knows their EOS id — ASA never shows Steam ids. Without it, the ban page says why ASA was skipped.
How do I make someone an admin on ASA without enablecheats?
Add them on the Staff page. For a server on your PC, RCON Hub serves that list to the server over AdminListURL before every start, so admin commands work without enablecheats. Your own admin password with enablecheats works too.
Is there a free RCON tool for ARK: Survival Ascended?
Yes. RCON Hub's ASA tool is free for Windows. It keeps one steady Source RCON connection for the console, players, chat, kicks and bans, and adds tribe logs, mods, settings, backups and wipes.
Can I manage a Nitrado ASA server?
Yes, PC and console servers on Nitrado, a Pterodactyl panel (BisectHosting and others), or any host with RCON and FTP/FTPS or SFTP. Console mode reads the log when there's no RCON, and settings Nitrado manages go to Nitrado. Rented servers are still a preview for this game: the Nitrado and Pterodactyl panel support has been tested on real servers with other games, not yet with this one.
Is the ARK: Survival Ascended server manager ready?
Yes. Its tools have been tested on a real ARK: Survival Ascended server. Adding a rented server (Nitrado, a Pterodactyl panel or FTP) is still marked Preview until it has been fully tried on a real host. RCON Hub is beta software, so back up before big changes.
Where can I get help with the ARK: Survival Ascended server manager?
Ask on ClanStop's Discord. Server owners and the RCON Hub team answer setup questions, bug reports and game requests there. The link is in the menu and at the bottom of every page.
Questions or problems?
Ask on ClanStop's Discord: support, ideas, game requests and ban appeals.
Other games RCON Hub manages
Run ARK: Survival Ascended with RCON Hub 0.3.13
Free for Windows 10 and 11, published by ClanStop. Beta software — back up your server's settings and world before changing anything.