Pay your players for the hours they actually put in.
PlaytimeRewards pays your players shop points for time online, with VIP group boosts and hour milestones that keep your regulars coming back for more.
Time on your server ought to be worth something. PlaytimeRewards counts every player's minutes and turns them into shop points on whatever schedule you pick. You set the pace and I keep the books. VIP groups earn a boost, hour goals drop a one time bonus with a shout across the server, and an idle check stops anybody farming points while they make a cup of tea. Totals live in a database, so a crash never wipes anybody's progress.
| Command | What It Does | Where |
|---|---|---|
PlaytimeRewards.Reload |
Reload the config with no restart. | Both |
PlaytimeRewards.TestDiscord |
Push a test message to your Discord webhook. | Console |
The player command names live in config.json, so rename them or switch one off whenever you like.
| Command | What It Does |
|---|---|
/playtime |
Show your time played, points earned and time to the next reward. |
/playtimetop |
Show the players with the most time on the server. |
There is no node to hand out and no command is gated. Permissions does exactly one job here: it tells me which groups a player is in, so the VIP multiplier can pay your supporters more. With it missing or switched off, everybody simply earns the base rate and I carry on as normal.
To see every configuration option, visit our docs. To edit your config files the easy way, open our configuration editor.
PlaytimeRewards folder.ArkApi/Plugins/. AsaApi loads a plugin only when the folder name and the DLL name match, so leave the name alone.PlaytimeRewards/config.json and set your interval, your points, your VIP group and your hour goals.ArkApi.log for the loaded line.Setup fights back sometimes. Bring your question to the Discord and I will get you sorted: https://discord.gg/8GGaEzWk9p
What does PlaytimeRewards do?
PlaytimeRewards pays your players for the time they spend on your server. It counts each player's minutes and hands over shop points on the schedule you set, with a bigger rate for VIP groups and one time bonuses when somebody passes an hour goal.
How do I install PlaytimeRewards?
Unzip the download and drop the PlaytimeRewards folder into ArkApi/Plugins/, keeping the folder name so it matches the DLL. Set your interval and points in config.json, then restart the server through the AsaApi loader and watch ArkApi.log for the loaded line.
Does time still count without ArkShop?
Yes. PlaytimeRewards keeps counting everybody's minutes and totals either way. Points only move when a shop is there to hold them, and that can be ArkShop or WShop, whichever one your server already uses. The day you install one the payouts begin, and nobody has lost the time they already put in.
Can players farm points by standing still?
Not with the moving check on. I look at each player's position every second, and one who does not move earns no time toward the next payout. You set how far they have to move to count as awake.
What happens to progress when the server crashes?
Very little is lost. The running counter is written to the database on a timer, when a player leaves and when the plugin unloads, so after a crash a player picks up within about a minute of where they were.
Can a milestone bonus pay twice?
No. The database remembers the last milestone each player reached, so an hour goal pays its bonus once and once only. A restart, or even a reinstall on the same database, will not hand out old bonuses again.
Was any AI content used in the making of this?
The source code itself was fully created by myself. I do use ChatGPT occasionally to generate product images, and I do use ChatGPT to generate the website descriptions. I do this because I don't speak native English perfectly. I am natively from Sweden, so I use GPT to help translate and write product descriptions. I also will sometimes use GPT to write better English logs. Majority of my Free plugins are open source, so you can review the code yourself and freely fork and edit it to your liking.
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PlaytimeRewards | Pay Players Points for Time Online in ASA is a plugin for ARK: Survival Ascended, published on GameServersHub by Lucas F. PlaytimeRewards pays your players shop points for time online, with VIP group boosts and hour milestones that keep your regulars coming back for more.
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The category holds 29 resources across every game, 26 of them for ARK: Survival Ascended.
PlaytimeRewards is aimed at server owners and admins who want to add features to their ARK: Survival Ascended server. In the creator's words: PlaytimeRewards pays your players shop points for time online, with VIP group boosts and hour milestones that keep your regulars coming back for more.
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PlaytimeRewards was created and published by Lucas F, a GameServersHub member since October 2, 2026 (21 days ago). Lucas F has 25 resources on the site.
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The latest version is 0.0.3, released on July 22, 2026. It is a patch release, which fixes bugs without changing features.
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PlaytimeRewards was first published on GameServersHub on July 21, 2026, 94 days ago.
The creator's notes for 0.0.3 (July 22, 2026): Version 0.0.3. Imported from the developer's release catalog.
PlaytimeRewards has had 2 releases between July 21, 2026 and July 22, 2026, about one every 1 day on average.
Its last release, 0.0.3, came out 93 days ago (July 22, 2026). That can mean it is stable rather than abandoned, so check recent reviews and the description.
Download the latest release from this page, back up your current config, then replace the old files with the new ones and restart.
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The default license covers your own game servers or projects, so running PlaytimeRewards on several servers you operate is allowed unless the creator says otherwise in the description.
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Changing its settings for your own servers is what the config is for. Deeper edits for your own use are not forbidden by the default license, but sharing an edited copy still counts as redistribution, which is not allowed without the creator's permission.
Keep a note of your changes: updates to PlaytimeRewards can overwrite edited files.
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PlaytimeRewards has 1 download and 3 page views on GameServersHub. Among 26 ARK: Survival Ascended plugins it ranks number 3 by downloads.
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