How to Set Up an Active Event on Your ARK Server

Published 8 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

ARK: Survival Evolved seasonal events, such as TurkeyTrials or the holiday events, can be enabled on your server through the command line. You pick the event from the Active Events option, then select your command line. Events are controlled by Wildcard and only work during their active windows.

Enable an event

  1. Log into the game panel and open the Command Line Manager.
  2. Choose a predefined command line, or set up a custom one as shown in loading a map or DLC, and find the Active Events dropdown.
  3. Choose the event you want and save the command line.
  4. Make sure the command line is Selected after saving, then restart.

Warning: Wildcard has removed events from dedicated servers outside their scheduled times. Most events only run when Wildcard releases the matching update, so an event like TurkeyTrials only works on the dates Wildcard specifies. If an event will not start, it is almost certainly outside its active window.