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ARK DDoS Protection
Survival worlds protected across game and query ports, through wipes and peak hours, before an attack can knock your tribe offline.
How ARK Servers Are Protected
Game & Query Ports
Both the 7777 game port and the 27015 query port are filtered, covering the two paths attackers actually use against ARK.
Evolved & Ascended
ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended servers are both supported; the protection is protocol-level, not game-version-level, so an engine update never strands you.
Clusters
Protect each map in a cluster behind its own IP, or consolidate behind fewer protected addresses; both patterns work, and trust rules cover the cross-server links.
Setup in Practice
Put the 7777 game port and the 27015 query port behind one protected address, or give each map in a cluster its own IP; both patterns work, and trust rules cover the cross-server links between maps. Evolved and Ascended are both supported because the protection is protocol-level.
Host It on the Edge
Or skip the forwarding hop entirely: run the server on Sentry Compute and it lives behind its anycast address inside the perimeter, with the same filtering in front and nothing public between the edge and the game.
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All Game Servers
Every supported game, the three-step setup, and the built-in extras.
Game Query Caching
Query-port floods answered upstream, before they reach the island.
Sentry Compute
Host the server on the protected edge instead of forwarding to it.
Getting Started
Account to protected traffic in about fifteen minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Gateway Sentry protect ARK servers from DDoS attacks?
Keep the Server Up
Provision a protected IP and point your record at it; setup takes minutes