ARK tribe and server applications for clusters and PvP
ARK tribes are essentially small companies with dinosaurs. Someone has to breed, someone has to farm, someone has to be awake when the other side raids — and recruiting the wrong person costs you an entire base.
No card required · Free plan available · Set up in an afternoon
ARK: Survival Ascended and Evolved
Survival & Sandbox
Also searched as
ARK: Survival Ascended · ASA · ARK: Survival Evolved · tribe · cluster
Recognise any of this?
Tribe recruitment happening in DMs with no record of who vouched for whom
No structured way to check timezone coverage before inviting someone
Cluster whitelists managed by hand across multiple servers
Guildbase gives tribes and cluster owners a real application system: timezone-aware recruitment forms, Steam verified applicants, a shared review queue for your officers, and automatic Discord roles when someone is brought in.
Applications ARK communities actually run
Every one of these is its own template with its own questions, requirements, reviewers and workflow. Build the ones you need and ignore the rest.
Tribe recruitment applications
Your core intake: hours, timezone, breeding and taming experience, and whether they can defend during off-peak.
Cluster whitelist applications
Gate access to a private cluster with rule comprehension and a short screening on playstyle.
Admin and moderator applications
Recruit server admins with questions about handling duping reports, mesh reports and raid disputes.
Alliance requests
Let other tribes formally request an alliance with a roster and terms, reviewed by your leadership.
Trial member reviews
Turn the end of a trial period into a recorded decision rather than a conversation that never happens.
Ban appeals
Handle appeals through the ticket system with the original decision and outcome kept together.
What Guildbase does for ARK communities
The features that matter when you are running intake for ARK: Survival Ascended and Evolved, not a generic form builder.
Timezone coverage questions
Build forms around the questions that actually matter for a tribe: when are you online, and can you defend at 4am your time.
Steam verification
Require a linked Steam account so you can check a profile and hours before handing over tribe permissions.
Officer review queue
Your officers review from one shared queue with internal notes, so vouching happens on the record instead of in DMs.
Trial-to-member workflows
Trial and full member as workflow stages, with Discord roles swapped automatically when someone is promoted.
Cluster-wide Discord roles
Roles applied and removed automatically on acceptance, so cluster access and Discord access stay in sync.
Permanent decision record
Every application, note and outcome is stored, so when a recruit turns out badly you can see exactly who approved them.
See the full platform feature list, or compare what is included on each plan on the feature comparison page.
Setting up ARK applications takes an afternoon
Create your community
Sign up with Discord, Google or email, create your community and connect your Discord server.
Build your form
Drag your questions into place, or start from a community template someone has already built for ARK.
Set requirements and stages
Decide who can apply, add review, interview and exam stages, and choose which Discord roles get applied at each one.
Share one link
Post your public page in Discord and your server listing. Applications land in a queue your whole staff team shares.
Browse community templates to start from a form someone else has already built and tested.
Questions worth asking on a ARK application
Steal these. They are the questions that separate applicants who will stick around from applicants who wanted to see what was behind the form.
- 1 Link your Steam profile and tell us your ARK hours.
- 2 What is your timezone and when are you usually online?
- 3 Are you a breeder, farmer, builder or PvP main?
- 4 What is your experience with imprinting and stat mutations?
- 5 Have you been in a tribe before? Why did you leave?
- 6 Can you help defend during off-peak hours?
- 7 Which maps do you have the most experience on?
- 8 Do you use voice comms and have a working microphone?
ARK application FAQs
Can I use Guildbase for ARK tribe recruitment?
Yes. Build a recruitment form around hours, timezone coverage and roles, require a linked Steam account, and have your officers review from a shared queue with internal notes instead of vouching in DMs.
Does it work for ARK: Survival Ascended and Evolved?
Yes. Nothing is version specific, so tribes and clusters on either version use the same forms, workflows and Discord automation.
Can I whitelist a private cluster?
Yes. Run a whitelist application template with rule comprehension questions, and use workflow actions to apply the cluster access role in Discord when someone is accepted.
How do trial periods work?
Model trial and full member as workflow stages. Accepting an application applies the trial role, and moving to the member stage swaps roles automatically and records who approved it.
Can I keep a record of who approved a recruit?
Yes. Every stage change, reviewer assignment and internal note is stored against the application permanently, so the decision history is always available.
Is there a free plan for a small tribe?
Yes. One community with two application templates covers recruitment and admin applications, and you can upgrade when you outgrow it.
Still stuck? The help centre covers setup step by step, or ask in our Discord.
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Give your ARK community a real application system
Free to start, no card required. Bring your Discord server and your first form can be live today.