Is ark survival not able to join non dedicated sessions anymore?

Hi JoseMelendezintx, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Are you both playing on the Console? If you one you is on a PC and have mods enabled, the server won't be joinable.

You can try to change your connection DNS.

Please, follow these steps:

Go to Profile and System > Settings

In the Settings menu, select General > Network settings.

Select the network you're connected to, then select Advanced settings > Manual

On the DNS field, input these:

Primary: 8.8.8.8

Secondary: 8.8.4.4

Save settings.

Let me know if it works!

My friends haven’t been able to join me on ARK Survival Evolved (Non-Dedicated Session), Astroneer, Kingdom Two Crowns and there may be others I don’t remember.

The weird thing is that sometimes they can join me on those games and other times they can’t and it says “Failed to Connect”.

Srry man this didnt show me anything

Here's a good link for how he can set up a non dedicated server and allow you to connect to it.

https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/4738-faq-non-dedicated-multiplayer-sessions/

Here is a "how to" article about creating dedicated servers for Ark. How to Host an ARK: Survival Evolved Dedicated Server

Let me know if this was of any assistance.