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    ARK Server Message of the Day – Guide

    ARK Server Message of the Day – Introduction

    In ARK: Survival Evolved server hosting, you and your friends spawn on an island full of dangers. You’ll quickly discover that you’re fighting a battle for survival with common goals to collect resources and build a shelter. Other players will be joining too and often, players can be unsure of where to go or what to focus on leading to confusion. To help your friends and other players that are joining to play, an ARK server message of the day can keep them informed.
     
    An ARK message of the day is broadcasted to players when they join your server. It can inform them about the most recent server updates, locations for new builds, your server rules, and more. Seeing this, players will know exactly what’s going on or what they need to do upon joining. Knowing what to do, you and your server players can enjoy the world of ARK. You can learn how to set up a MOTD on your own ARK server by following the steps below!

    How to Set an ARK Server Message of the Day

    Changing the MOTD for Your ARK Server

    1. Firstly, head to your server webinterface and stop the server.
    2. Then, looking to the left under “Settings”, select “General” to edit your server options.
    3. You can find the “Message of the Day (MOTD)” option at the top of your settings.
    4. ARK server message of the day - editing your ARK settings

    5. You can change the message and set a custom duration for that message right below.
    6. Lastly, press “Save changes” and start your ARK server. A custom message of the day will now appear for you and your players upon joining!

    Editing the Message of the Day with Expert Mode

    Your ARK server can support Expert Mode with Nitrado, a way to edit your settings in a more advanced way directly through the files. You can enable this and edit the ARK server message of the day using expert mode by following these steps:

    1. Proceed to your ARK webinterface and ensure the server is stopped.
    2. Then, within your “General” server settings, at the top, ensure that “Expert Mode” is ticked. This will activate the mode and add an “Expert Settings” section to the left side.
    3. ARK game settings - enabling expert mode

    4. Next, on the left select the “Expert Settings” option. You’ll immediately be editing the “GameUserSettings.ini” file, where the message of the day option is stored.
    5. Inside that file, scroll down until you see the “[MessageOfTheDay]” section. You can now adjust this option to set your own ARK server message of the day and duration.
    6. ARK server message of the day setting in game.ini

    7. After changing that option, press “Save changes” and start your server. Your ARK server will now have a custom message of the day set!

    Go Beyond and Create Your Dream ARK Server

    After setting your ARK server message of the day, you can still adjust many other settings. You can install mods, customize nearly any setting including multipliers, create whitelist and ban lists, and more. To help get you started in the right direction to creating your dream server, you can follow these server guides:

    Greet Your Players and Start an Epic Journey with Friends

    An ARK server message of the day is a powerful tool to keep your players informed. Now that you know how to set one up on your server, your players will always know of the latest updates, server rules, and happenings going on. Using that knowledge, you and your fellow ARK survivors can safely venture into the mysterious worlds of an ARK: Survival Evolved server!

     

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    ARK Server Message of the Day – Introduction

    How to Set an ARK Server Message of the Day

    - Changing the MOTD for Your ARK Server

    - Editing the Message of the Day with Expert Mode

    Go Beyond and Create Your Dream ARK Server

    Greet Your Players and Start an Epic Journey with Friends

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