Version: 1.5.0.6

Server Management

• Importing an Existing Config
• Using Beacon with Ark Single Player
• Updating Your Nitrado Server
• Updating Your Server With FTP
• Updating Your Server Manually
• Ark Config File Reference
• The Difference Between Deploy and Export

Core Features

• Using Config Sets
• Using Presets to Automate Item Set Creation
• Adding Unsupported Engrams, Creatures, or Spawn Points to Beacon

Config Groups

• How to Design Loot Drops Effectively
• How to Edit Crafting Costs
• Changing the Level Cap and Required Experience
• How to Change Stack Sizes
• Using Custom Config Content with Beacon
• Adjusting Breeding Multipliers and Finding the Perfect Imprint Multiplier
• Changing Creature Damage and Resistance
• Setting Harvesting Rates While Avoiding Server Lag
• Editing Creature Spawn Points
• Adjusting Server Day and Night Length
• Changing Player, Tamed, and Wild Creature Stats
• Setting Item Maximum Stats
• Controlling Engram Level Requirements, Auto Unlocks, and Earned Engram Points.

User Accounts

• Create or Recover Your Account
• Sign Into Beacon
• Activating Beacon Omni
• Sharing Beacon Documents with Other Users
• About User Privacy

Troubleshooting

• Item Quality Is Different Than Expected
• Some Drops Are Edited, Others Are Not
• How to Stop Using Custom Config Content
• Solving Connection Problems to Beacon or Nitrado
• Beacon System Status

For Developers

• Registering Your Mod With Beacon
• Beacon API Documentation

Adjusting Server Day and Night Length

Beacon has an easy-to-use editor for setting the day and night lengths on servers.

Users may edit any of the four fields. For example, increasing the Night Time Multiplier from 1 to 2 will update the Night Time Result from 20 to 40 minutes. Adjusting the Night Time Result back down to 20 will set the Night Time Multiplier to 1.

The Full Cycle value displays the total time it will take to complete one 24-hour cycle in the game.

Server admins interested in making their in-game days last one real time day might use 960 minutes for day and 480 minutes for night, equalling 1,440 total minutes.