Affordable UK ARK servers - full mod support, custom rates, DDoS protected from £5.99/mo
About This Game
Setting up an affordable ARK server on our entry plan.
Cheap ARK server hosting in the UK doesn't mean you have to sacrifice performance or control. Our entry ARK plans start at £5.99/mo with 4 vCPU and 8GB RAM - suitable for a 20-player server on smaller maps like The Island. The same AMD Ryzen 9 7950X hardware, NVMe SSD storage, and DDoS protection applies across all plans. As your community grows, scaling to a larger plan is straightforward without migrating servers.
Game server performance at Glitch runs on AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processors - the high single-core clock speeds that game server software depends on for physics calculations, entity management, and script execution. NVMe Gen4 storage eliminates the map-load pauses and save-cycle stutters that affect game servers on spinning-disk or SATA SSD storage.
Network routing through AS212868 with direct LINX and LONAP peering keeps British players on UK-native ISP paths, avoiding the 30–60ms additional latency that routing via Frankfurt or Amsterdam adds for players connecting from UK residential broadband. Corero Smartwall DDoS mitigation is always on - game servers are frequent targets for volumetric attacks, and scrubbing runs at the network edge without adding processing latency to legitimate player traffic.
All plans include full root or admin access for custom configuration, mod installation, and plugin management. No port restrictions. Full game server plan details are on the game server hosting page.
Why Glitch Servers
Game servers demand high single-core clock speeds, fast storage for map loading, and DDoS protection as standard - not an upsell.
Entry: 4 vCPU + 8GB RAM from £5.99/mo - 15–20 players on small maps
Scale: 8 vCPU + 16GB RAM for large maps and 40+ players
Mods: SteamCMD Workshop install; budget 500MB–2GB extra RAM for mods
Getting Started
Most servers are online within minutes of ordering.
Deploy a 4 vCPU / 8GB RAM plan with Ubuntu. Install SteamCMD and download ARK Dedicated Server (App ID 376030): steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 376030 +quit. Around 15GB download.
Configure GameUserSettings.ini and Game.ini in ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/. Set XPMultiplier, HarvestAmountMultiplier, and TameSpeedMultiplier to your preferred rates. Set SessionName and ServerPassword.
Start the server with: ./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?MaxPlayers=20 -port=7777 -QueryPort=27015. Monitor RAM with free -m after players join to decide if you need to scale up.
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AMD Ryzen, NVMe, DDoS protected. Full root access on all plans.
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