How To Join Your ARK: Survival Evolved Server

How to Join Your ARK Server – Introduction

ARK: Survival Evolved server hosting is a beautiful and dangerous journey exploring the deepest depths of caves, to conquering powerful creatures that get in your path, ensuring an amazing experience for all. This experience can be further enhanced by adventuring with fellow ARK players and friends leading to a desire to learn how to join your ARK server rather than playing in single player.

Whether you are joining an existing server or connecting to your own, ARK features several ways to join allowing you to start your adventure with ease. This guide will explore the different methods of joining your ARK: SE server with Steam, Epic Games, or both to ensure you can get started on your dino adventure!

Getting Started – Joining Your ARK Server

How to Find Your ARK Server IP Address

1. 1. Proceed to your Nitrado ARK server panel.
   2. On the left side of your panel, locate the IP address here.

1. We will use that server IP address to connect to your server.

How to Join Your ARK Server through EpicGames Launcher

EpicGames launcher currently does not support a way to join servers directly through IP address, however, there is a way to join once inside of ARK!

1. Open the EpicGames launcher.
2. Start the ARK: Survival Evolved Game on the launcher.
3. Join a single-player game in ARK.
4. Once in-game, press “Tab” to open the ARK game console.
5. In the console, type the command “open SERVERIP:PORT“.
6. Press the “Enter” key and you will now start connecting to your server!

How to Join Your Server in ARK

1. 1. Open Steam and click on the “Library” tab.
   2. Locate the ARK: Survival Evolved game and right-click it.
   3. Select the “Priorities…” option.
   4. Click the “General” section and locate “Launch Options“.
   5. Add “+connect SERVERIP:PORT“. If the server includes a password, you would add “connect SERVERIP:PORT +password YOURPASSWORD“.

1. Once added, close that window.
2. Start ARK:SE and you will now directly connect to your server as the game starts.

Play Together with Your Friends in ARK: Survival Evolved

You are now ready to begin your ARK server adventure with friends. Using one of the various methods you learned on how to join your ARK server, you can join from IP, the EpicGames Launcher, or directly in ARK. Grab your friends, share this guide to help them with joining, and then see where your ARK: Survival Evolved server adventure heads!

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