ARK: Survival Evolved RCON Tool by BattleMetrics

What is RCON?

RCON is used to implement admin tools for your game. Basically it lets you see what's going on in the server without you having to spend ages starting up a game client and connecting to your server manually. You can run commands remotely and automatically. Kick, ban, restart, you name it. Whatever the game server will let you do over RCON is possible.

Can I detect VPNs or ban evaders using BattleMetrics?

Unfortunately not for ARK: Survival Evolved. The game's RCON protocol does not allow us to get player IPs, so we have no way to provide that feature to you, despite the fact that we can provide it for our other supported games where IPs are available.

How do I automate running my server?

You can automate a lot of rules and common tasks using triggers and schedules. You can automatically kick, ban, message, etc in response to any number of conditions. Don't want players with fewer than 250 game hours? Done. Don't want players saying racist things in chat? Easy. Want to get notified when a player asks for an admin? Not a problem. For more information on triggers and the scheduler, see these resources:

Trigger System Overview
The Scheduler
Example Triggers

Can I automatically message players?

Yes. Using triggers and schedules you can send Global Chat messages automatically. Unfortunately private messages are only supported by triggers and not schedules.

How do I ban players?

You can ban a player by clicking the drop down menu next to their name and clicking “Add Ban”. This will add the ban to our internal database. We'll kick the player from the server and continue to kick them if they try to rejoin while the ban is active. This does not take up any additional resources on your server.

Can I ban players without using the BattleMetrics database?

Sure, you just need to issue the “Add ARK Ban” command for the player you want to ban. You can run any supported RCON command through our system.

Can I give items to players using BattleMetrics?

Unfortunately not as far as we're aware. The RCON protocol doesn't seem to allow sending those commands over RCON.

Can I see the survivor's in-game name on the player list?

Yes and no. There is currently no RCON command that provides a list of survivor names over RCON. Survivor names are only available if the player speaks in chat, which isn't a guarantee. When the player does speak in chat, we add the survivor name as an identifier to their player profile for your later use.