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How to Change the Version of Your ARK Survival Evolved Server

If you don’t want to play ARK Survival Evolved on the latest public version and would rather play a different beta branch to play older versions such as pre aquatica, here’s how to change the version of your ARK Survival Evolved server.

When changing server versions, you must also change your ARK SE game version to match the version of your server. The process for downgrading your game version can be found here.

  1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and Stop your server.
  2. Go to Configuration > Startup Parameters.
  3. Edit Steam Beta Branch with the version you want to use (A list of versions is below).
  4. Go to Configuration > Server Actions.
  5. Click Reinstall Server and wait for the install to finish.

Here are the currently available beta branches to choose from. They can be found here:

The latest version is public, preaquatica is used to downgrade to the latest version before the Aquatica update.