Sometimes you get random crashes, render issues, or just cannot get ARK to load or connect to game servers properly. We will go through a few simple steps below to help you verify your game files for any corruption or missing data.

Step 1

Open your steam app by looking for the icon on your taskbar, or hitting the windows key and searching for “Steam”. Once you have it loaded, click on “LIBRARY” at the top.

Step 2

Once your library is up, look for the list of games you own on the left, find ARK: Survival Evolved in the list. Right click on the game, and then click on “properties…” in the box it pulls up.

 Step 3

Once you have this screen up, find the tab “Local Files” on the left and click on it. When it brings up the options click on “Verify integrity of game files…”

Once you do this, steam will start going through each file of ARK and verify that it is correct. This process could take a while depending on your machine. Once it finishes verifying your files, it will then download anything that needs fixed. When all downloads are finished, you should be able to load back into the game and play as normal. If these steps do not resolve your problem, please go to our discord and open a support ticket for more help (use !faq support in discord for more information)