Check if your ARK: Survival Ascended server is online
Ascended is the one game on this page that the checker never contacts directly. An ASA server registers itself with Epic Online Services, and the in-game browser and this tool both look it up there by address and port.
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The ports ARK: Survival Ascended uses
That changes what a failed check means. There is no query port to forget, because Ascended has none: everything runs over the single UDP game port, 7777 unless you changed it. The check asks Epic whether a session exists at your exact public address and port, so a session registered under a different address or port comes back as not found even while the server is running.
Every port a default ARK: Survival Ascended install uses
With the game port left at 7777. If you changed it with ?Port= in the launch line, the other ports move with it.
| Port | What it is for |
|---|---|
| 7777 UDP | Game trafficRequired Ascended dropped the separate Steam query port — it advertises through Epic Online Services instead, so this single port carries everything. |
| 27020 TCP | RCONDo not forward RCONPort. Administrative only; keep it on the LAN. |
Router-by-router forwarding steps for ARK: Survival Ascended
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Type the server’s public address, not a LAN one, and the port from its launch line (?Port=). Give a freshly restarted server several minutes: on a large save it loads for a long time and only registers with Epic once it is fully up. If players can still join while the lookup finds nothing, the server is fine and only the listing is affected.
What a ARK: Survival Ascended server needs to run well
- Memory, 20 players
- 16 GB
- CPU cores
- 6+
- Disk
- 60 GB+
The UE5 rebuild is heavier across the board than Evolved and benefits from real core count.
Updates and version mismatches
Ascended is patched often, and clients update automatically while a dedicated server does not. Until you update the server through SteamCMD (app 2430930) and restart it, players on the new version cannot join, however healthy the server looks. On patch days, update first and investigate second.
Finding the server in the in-game list
Because the listing comes from Epic rather than from your server directly, players find an unofficial server by searching its SessionName. A name that is long, generic or shared with other servers is hard to pick out; something short and distinctive is easier to search for. If a lookup by address finds the server here, the listing exists; a player who still cannot see it should search for the exact name among the unofficial servers.