join failed when playing ARK on PC (xbox game pass for pc)

If i buy xbox pass and download ark for free, will i able to join steam ARK servers or EPIC ark servers, plz let me know so that i can buy it.

The Xbox Game Pass will only allow you to play with the Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Xbox versions.

Hi there OualidEL welcome to the community forum! Christopher here, an Xbox fan just like you and has been on Xbox for years already. I would really love to make your day by helping you out. Well, I suggest you try this:

Open the Settings app it is the gear in the start menu.

Open Accounts

Click Sign-in Options

Scroll down to Privacy

Uncheck "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update and restart."

Restart your PC!

I tried it and it worked but only for once after that it stopped working and i don't know why i didn't change anything

I just wanted to add that this has been an ongoing issue for years. I used to play ark about 4 years back on a private server with a few buds, but the difference was that we all had Xbox consuls at the time (standard Xbox 1 then). Then sometime into our play-through, my consul gave me the "failed to join." so I switched to a new PC; since the game was cross-play at that time, it fixed the issue.

Moving ahead to last year, I was getting back into the game but had a PC-breaking bug with Ark. The game (for some reason I cannot figure out to this day) broke my PC WI-FI. To put it simply, I could not browse the internet (with Chrome and Microsoft edge,) with ark installed. However, ark and games were still connected to their respective servers to allow me to play games, but my network broke (yes, I was also using an antivirus at the time, so my laptop was clean of malware!!). Also, I should add that I have a VPN installed but don't have it on when gaming.

Moving ahead to 3 months ago to today, I still cannot play ark even though I have it installed through an Xbox game pass. My bud is on (again) Series X, and I'm on PC to this date, and the game still gives me the "failed to join" error.

So basically, TL: DR, I'm pretty sure it's Ark's issue and not Microsoft/Xbox that has been tormenting the game for years.

So I have done some more troubleshooting. She can join other servers. I on my pc can also join official servers. I do have all the ports open and forwarded that Xbox normally requires. My pc still says join failed when I try to join her. Same on Xbox side. My pc does say could not retrieve address when I try to join unofficial dedicated arks.