Summary
Ark: Survival Evolved has a convenient feature known as alliances; this feature allows users in a tribe to make a pact with each other to work together. Each tribe can only join up to five alliances. However, an alliance itself can hold up to 12 individual tribes. In addition, while Offline PvP Protection is an often requested feature to servers, this setting disables and causes alliances to stop functioning, requiring them to be re-enabled later.
| Note | Alliances will cease to function with offline pvp protection enabled. Ensure that server members are aware when making any changes. |
How to Fix or Adjust Alliance Settings on an Ark Server
1. Log in to the BisectHosting Games panel.
2. Stop the server.
3. Choose Config Files > Ark User Settings from the left sidebar.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the [ServerSettings] section.
5. Add the following lines if not present: PreventOfflinePvP=False and PreventTribeAlliances=False .
6. Once finished editing, choose Save Content. 
7. Choose Config Files > Ark Game Settings from the left sidebar.
8. Adjust the following settings, or add them if not present: MaxAlliancesPerTribe=5 and MaxTribesPerAlliance=5
| Note | The Alliance Per Tribe maximum is 5 . However, the Max Tribes Per Alliance is up to 12 . |
9. Once finished editing, choose Save Content.
10. Start the server.
