Only servers with no players showing up

[KoenigPhilip]

Help, i just installed ark on Pc, but only servers with 0-7 players are showing up and by far not all of them. (1000 official servers in total) i dont know how i can see all servers

[EK]

Check out https://ark-servers.net/ or https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark

Dont forget to filter by player count.

[KoenigPhilip]

Originally posted by KK 👑:

Check out https://ark-servers.net/ or https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark

Dont forget to filter by player count.

yea i filtered it, the highest pop was 13 players

[SuveranVladut]

Check this https://ark-servers.net/

[KoenigPhilip]

Originally posted by KK 👑:

Check out https://ark-servers.net/ or https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark

Dont forget to filter by player count.

i filtered right but reinstalled it but still nothing shows up

[KMAN]

have you got any type of VPN program on? Had a similar thing where exiting certain program in windows from the bottom right will allow visibility of servers

[retsam1]

Originally posted by KMAN:

have you got any type of VPN program on? Had a similar thing where exiting certain program in windows from the bottom right will allow visibility of servers

It is also important to understand that the in game server search system is unable to search and show all 70,000+ servers out there to play the game on. This is why people state to use battlemetrics(not ark servers.net as it doesnt list all and pays to promote servers that arent necessarily good ones to be featured).

Originally posted by KoenigPhilip:

Originally posted by KK 👑:

Check out https://ark-servers.net/ or https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark

Dont forget to filter by player count.

i filtered right but reinstalled it but still nothing shows up

I find that hard to believe for battlemetrics:

I just sorted it for you by players:

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark?sort=-players

First page of 10 servers has 50+ players on as of the time of writing this with one at 70.

Make sure you're doing your filters properly. If you're being too too picky with the things you're filtering for, of course dont expect to necessarily have high population servers.


And lastly, as a general rule, people don't play ark on super high pop servers. This is because it tends to be more large tribe centered and ecocide is an issue. Most choose to play low and medium population cluster servers(unofficial ones) that are made by a gaming community(ie ark not being the only game they play so the community is sustainable and thus the likelihood the game is more sustainable too for the long term).

[KoenigPhilip]

Originally posted by KMAN:

have you got any type of VPN program on? Had a similar thing where exiting certain program in windows from the bottom right will allow visibility of servers

i dont see any vpn on the bottom right except some security warnings but thats normal i guess

[KoenigPhilip]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by KMAN:

have you got any type of VPN program on? Had a similar thing where exiting certain program in windows from the bottom right will allow visibility of servers

It is also important to understand that the in game server search system is unable to search and show all 70,000+ servers out there to play the game on. This is why people state to use battlemetrics(not ark servers.net as it doesnt list all and pays to promote servers that arent necessarily good ones to be featured).

Originally posted by KoenigPhilip:

i filtered right but reinstalled it but still nothing shows up

I find that hard to believe for battlemetrics:

I just sorted it for you by players:

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark?sort=-players

First page of 10 servers has 50+ players on as of the time of writing this with one at 70.

Make sure you're doing your filters properly. If you're being too too picky with the things you're filtering for, of course dont expect to necessarily have high population servers.


And lastly, as a general rule, people don't play ark on super high pop servers. This is because it tends to be more large tribe centered and ecocide is an issue. Most choose to play low and medium population cluster servers(unofficial ones) that are made by a gaming community(ie ark not being the only game they play so the community is sustainable and thus the likelihood the game is more sustainable too for the long term).

yea i understand that but if i search for mts for example nothing shows up. And i think at least some high pop servers should be showing up doesnt it

But thanks for helping anyways maybe well find a solution

[KoenigPhilip]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by KMAN:

have you got any type of VPN program on? Had a similar thing where exiting certain program in windows from the bottom right will allow visibility of servers

It is also important to understand that the in game server search system is unable to search and show all 70,000+ servers out there to play the game on. This is why people state to use battlemetrics(not ark servers.net as it doesnt list all and pays to promote servers that arent necessarily good ones to be featured).

Originally posted by KoenigPhilip:

i filtered right but reinstalled it but still nothing shows up

I find that hard to believe for battlemetrics:

I just sorted it for you by players:

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark?sort=-players

First page of 10 servers has 50+ players on as of the time of writing this with one at 70.

Make sure you're doing your filters properly. If you're being too too picky with the things you're filtering for, of course dont expect to necessarily have high population servers.


And lastly, as a general rule, people don't play ark on super high pop servers. This is because it tends to be more large tribe centered and ecocide is an issue. Most choose to play low and medium population cluster servers(unofficial ones) that are made by a gaming community(ie ark not being the only game they play so the community is sustainable and thus the likelihood the game is more sustainable too for the long term).

and yea i know what you mean, ive been playing ark on ps4 since release, there were always some big clusters on top i know how to filter properly im not playing it the first time. but like i said only 0-7 players are showing up and for example there are only 70 official servers for center pvp. and total of 100 inoficiall servers on the center

[Liralen]

If you're playing on a PS4, and using it to see other servers, you may be seeing fewer servers than those of us playing on PCs can see. Try accessing battlemetrics through your phone or a PC to see the servers PC servers can play. I don't play on a PS4, so I haven't a clue about how that works for PS4 players.

[KingDisastrous]

im encountering the same thing rn, deleting and reinstalling is not a option it doesnt work, deleting your personal and ark cache data doesnt work either, the only thing i found that works slightly is filtering servers by name but even so i only still see servers with 0-6 i have no idea how you can fix it

[retsam1]

Originally posted by KingDisastrous:

im encountering the same thing rn, deleting and reinstalling is not a option it doesnt work, deleting your personal and ark cache data doesnt work either, the only thing i found that works slightly is filtering servers by name but even so i only still see servers with 0-6 i have no idea how you can fix it

You didn't need to inanely necro this thread with a "same" silly post. You'd have been better served to make your own thread but since you're here, (and in case someone else might be so inclined as to do this can read and not do so).

The in game search system for ark is 100% incapable of listing all 80,000+ servers available for game play. The system is just simply unable to handle it.

There is nothing to fix on your end. Its just that the system in game itself is hamstringed.

This is why the majority of players for years have known to use the battlemetrics website as mentioned.

I've set battlemetrics in this link to provide you with sorting by player numbers here (again as I did it above 8 months ago)

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark?sort=-players

This is not filtering unofficial or official so if you're wanting more specific choices, do so yourself. But honestly, you should've done that to begin with from the links and help already given in this thread.

All in all, stop relying on the in game system if it doesn't meet your wants. Period.