ARK - OFFICIAL VS SINGLEPLAYER, BOSS DIFFICULTY COMPARISON & TUNING S.P to OFFICIAL Guide - S2E194

A 2021 Comprehensive DIY Guide to configure Boss difficulty TO Official Servers of your Unofficial/Non-dedicated/Singleplayer sessions. I will be addressing the following below:

Official vs SP Settings OFF vs SP settings ON vs SP default difficulty
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Questions to be answered
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1. How are bosses different beween Singleplayer/SP & Official Servers ?
2. How can we make SP bosses equal to Official servers difficulty wise ?


Patches that affect SP vs Official Boss Difficulty:
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254.3: Singleplayer/non-dedicated bosses are reduced in damage and effective-HP by 67%

261.0: Rebalanced all boss HP and damage to scale from 1x (Gamma) to 3x (Alpha) in singleplayer. This does not include The Center double boss arena, which has 35% less HP and damage than it's individual Island counterparts.

264.0: Yutyrannus now has an automatic-courage mode in singleplayer. When set, the Yuty will give a courage roar every 30 seconds if an ally dino is in front of it.

264.2: Fixed boss scaling for multiplayer sessions (approximately 67% easier)

Experimental Setup
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Boss: Gamma Center Boss (Broodmother & Megapithecus)
Army:
10x Theris → Lv 383, 22,000 Health, 1120% melee, 110-124 saddle
1x Yuty → Lv 340, 70,000 health, 2400 stamina, 124 saddle

Test Approach
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1. Full Official:
game.ini changes + SP settings = OFF + Max Difficulty = true + Difficulty Level = 1.0 + Difficulty Override = 5x
DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_TheCenter_C",Multiplier=3.0)
DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_TheCenter_C",Multiplier=3.0)

DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_C",Multiplier=3.0)
DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_C",Multiplier=3.0)

2. SP Settings OFF:
SP settings = OFF + Max Difficulty = true + Difficulty Level = 1.0 + Difficulty Override = 5x

3. SP Settings ON:
SP settings = ON + Max Difficulty = true + Difficulty Level = 1.0 + Difficulty Override = 5x

4. Default Singleplayer
SP settings = ON + Max Difficulty = false + Difficulty Level = 0.2 + Difficulty Override = 5x (for center it's always 5x)

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Dinos: 10x Therizinosaur, 1x Yuturannus
Boss: Gamma Center
Map: The Center
Dated: 2021-10-08 12-28-45-12
Ark Survival Evolved (Season 2) Video: 194

Old File Names
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Desktop 2021.10.08 - 12.28.45.12 0,1 prep+Full official
Desktop 2021.10.08 - 12.54.33.13 2. No SP setting
Desktop 2021.10.08 - 13.01.54.14 3. SP setting ON
Desktop 2021.10.08 - 13.10.32.15 4. sep default