Are you trying to decide on the best stats to level up early in Ark Survival Ascended? Here are your best options.
Overall, I highly recommend prioritizing health, weight, and melee damage as they’ll allow you to deal with any threats in your way while also being able to carry enough stuff during your first farming runs.
In this guide, I will explain the best stats to level up in ASA to help you get started during the early stages of the game, where everything is significantly more hectic.
If you want to experiment with these at your own pace, check out our ASA dedicated server setup guide. With your own server, you’ll be able to explore your options without worrying about other players.
Best Stats to Level Up in Ark Survival Ascended – Early Game Guide
The best stats to level up early in Ark Survival Ascended are the following:
- Health: Overall self-explanatory, it’s essential to increase survivability. Aim for 200 health at least.
- Weight: Allows you to carry more items, which is extremely helpful early on for farming runs.
- Melee Damage: Helps you deal with players and wildlife early on.
The main thing to keep in mind is that you can’t level up movement speed. Leveling up movement speed was the best strategy in Ark Survival Evolved but it’s no longer an option.
Since you can’t do it in ASA, your best bet is focusing on HP and Melee Damage to ensure you have the means to fight back if needed, and Weight to help you carry extra items.
Secondarily, you can level up Fortitude to increase your tolerance to the weather and to various debuffs caused by wildlife.
Keep in mind that these stats may vary based on your spawn region. If you went for a North spawn, Fortitude can be more helpful than melee damage since it’s better to avoid fighting completely. For more details, check out our guide on the best spawn region in Ark Survival Ascended.
Wrapping up
In conclusion, the best stats to increase early in ASA are Health, Melee Damage, and Weight, with Fortitute also being a helpful option depending on your starting location.
Keep in mind that getting started early on will be challenging, so it’s important to be patient, careful, and not take unnecessary risks.
What’s your favorite early-game stat build? Do you have any other tips to offer? Feel free to share them in the comments section below.
For more early-game content, check out our guide on the best base locations in Ark Survival Ascended.
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