This guide shows you what is required to get your very own PixARK dedicated server up and running. Not too much is known about PixARK right now and i will update this guid as more is known. If you see any errors, please let me know and i will update them here in the guide.

The first step is to retrieve the files for the game, this is done via SteamCMD.

Follow the guide here on how to use STEAMCMD.

Download SteamCMD for Windows: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip

Once you have STEAMCMD, run the following command:

steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir C:\pixarkserver +app_update 824360 validate +exit

Note: You can adjust the +force_install_dir paramter to the directory you want to download the server to.

This will then download the entire game, Once completed, it's time to setup the server configuration.

In this section we define the options on configuration and some basic commandline parameters

The best method for a self-hosted solution is to use the provided .batch file

Inside pixarkserver\ folder where you downloaded the game files, create a bat file e.g. start.bat

Inside the .bat file enter in this:

start "" /NORMAL "C:\pixarkserver\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\PixARKServer.exe" "CubeWorld_Light?listen?MaxPlayers=10?Port=27015?QueryPort=27016?RCONPort=27017?SessionName=MYSERVERNAME?ServerAdminPassword=YOURADMINPASSWORD" -NoBattlEye -nosteamclient -game -server -log

Change parameters as required e.g. change max players to max players desired.
Change sessionname to the name of your server.
Change admin password for admin\rcon purposes.


You can also set this in the configuration file, see below:


Go into: GameUserSettings.ini file

Add the following, you can change "My Server" to anything you want e.g. Garrys server

[SessionSettings]
SessionName=YOURHOSTNAME


There are several other options you can set in GameUserSettings.ini, these are:

[ServerSettings]
ServerPassword=Password123

The Serverpassword is the password required to join your server, the Port and Queryport can be used to set alternative specific ports, useful if running multiple servers



Go into: GameUserSettings.ini and add the following:

[/script/engine.gamesession]
MaxPlayers=70

Change 70 to desired max player count you want

The best method for a self-hosted solution is to use the created .bat file you created above

Insidepixarkserver\ folder where you downloaded the game files, Run Start.bat.

Please note some port-forwarding may be required, by default the server will use port 7777 and 27015, you should unblock this port in your firewall\router.

If setting up your own server is too much work for you, then please consider renting a server from Citadel Servers[https://citadelservers.co/game-servers/pixark-game-hosting#aff=34356] - They setup everything for you and offer over 20 locations worldwide, i would highly recommend them