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Oct

15

2023

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 ##  [ARK links are no longer working (Unable to connect to server)](/en/artikel/ark-links-are-no-longer-working-unable-connect-server)

  By Louis Bang Bang

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1\. Fehlermeldung schliessen, dann werden die Details angezeigt

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Since September 12th, the links on websites (<https://deutsche-arkserver.de/>, <https://www.battlemetrics.com/>) or even on the desktop no longer work and generate the error message: "**Failure: Unable to connect to server, app id specified by server is invalid**". The links are all structured as steam://connect/&lt;server-ip&gt;:query-port&gt;.

The error seems to have originally existed in the beta version of the Steam client and then been transferred to the main/standard Steam version with a minor update on September 11th, 2023.

[https://survivetheark.com/index…](https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/bugs/steam-connect-url-no-longer-works-r30173/)

## Current workarounds

### URL with RUN

The game can also be started via Steam using the ID, and a server IP &amp; port can be passed through connect.

Syntax:

```

steam://run/<GAMEID>//+connect%20<IP:PORT>
```

Example:

```

steam://run/346110//+connect%2023.88.7.42:17000
```

The disadvantage is that the game itself must not be started yet. If the game is already running, it cannot be connected to the desired server/IP:Port (and no "error message" will appear) - at least in ARK Survival Evolved. So we should get a solution with "connect" directly from Steam again.

### Server Browser

For each server, the following needs to be done once:

1\. Close the error message, then the details will be displayed
2\. Copy the "&lt;server-ip&gt;:&lt;port&gt;" (e.g. from our cluster 23.88.7.42:17000)
3\. Open STEAM and go to "Game Servers" (View-&gt;Game Server)
4\. Switch to Favorites (top) and click Add (plus symbol) at the bottom/right
5\. Add the previously copied content with "ip:port"
6\. Now the desired server will appear under Favorites

In addition to the main server "The Island" with Safebase (23.88.7.42:17000), the other IPs are available on the page [Server](/node/44) (but in-game cluster transfer is not affected by this).

- [Steam](/en/tags/steam)
- [ASE](/en/tags/ase)
- [Bug](/en/tags/bug)

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