How to check server status for ARK: Survival Evolved

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As a survival game, ARK: Survival Evolved can be a lot of fun and even quite difficult. But players don’t have to go into the wild and face ferocious dinosaurs by themselves, though they can. Why not bring friends along for the ride?

While players can create servers of their own as well, the game has official servers that the developer Studio Wildcard runs. Servers can’t run forever and sometimes they need to be shutdown for maintenance or to quickly patch out a bug.

And when that happens, players need to be informed. Here is how to check the server status for ARK: Survival Evolved.

Studio Wildcard has an entire official Twitter account dedicated to ARK: Survival Evolved. It is a great place to pick up on recent news, such as updates. In fact, there was an official tweet showcasing the latest map, Fjordur, and what was included in it. It is also a good place to find other gamers to play with.

Most importantly, the Twitter profile for ARK: Survival Evolved will tweet any recent changes to the server. This also includes information on whether the servers will be going down for a particular platform (or all), in addition to a time frame, though that isn’t always the case. At the same time, it will also be the place to revisit to check when the servers do return online.

By extension, players can also visit the official forums for ARK: Survival Evolved. There is an entire section dedicated to announcements. Fans can also add suggestions, discuss general aspects of the game, and even throw up problems they are having, such as server issues.

What happens if the servers are running but players still can’t seem to join? They can then choose to check the service status for the said platform, whether it is Xbox Live or the PlayStation