ARK: Survival Evolved Forum

No, characters are saved server-side.

Welcome, make sure to check the Community Servers, finding a server you like is probably a good start to finding new friends.

Good to hear.

Nope, not yet anyway. Hopefully that's something that gets added in the future.

Don't really see that happening either. It's not like you can drag your Megalodon from the sea, through the forest, into a water basin in your base. And then drag him back every time you want to take him out to sea.

That's not supported by the engine unfortunatly. Most likely we'll never be able to edit the terrain ingame.

What's the manufacturer and model name of your router?

Normally your router should have an option to send all traffic for certain ports (in this case 7777 and 27015) to a specific computer inside your own network.

Most likely a port forwarding issue. Make sure ports 7777 and 27015 are opened on the router (and your firewall) and forwarded to your server.

You don't need to be logged into steam on the server, so you don't need a 2nd account.