The server host has informed me that after a severe hardware malfunction/failure, all data of the saveworld has been lost.
This means the server has wiped.
They also informed me that they are currently not equipped to provide a cluster server, therefore as none of us want to see another wipe the server will be allowing data uploads so that if/when we finally are able to cluster with the scorched earth map players can save their items, dinos and characters at the obelisks to then download them on the next map (if a wipe is even nessessary to cluster)
I hereby swear that i will do everything i can to keep the server from ever wiping again. (including downloading the server saveworlds privately incse the hosts have another "malfuntion")
Thankyou for your continued support, see you in game.

The Ark server has been wiped.

The post is pinned in the steam group discussions.
http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/groups/UnityGamingArk/discussions/0/133260492053705599/

The server should be joinable any second now.

After an S+ mod update this morning the server has been crashing repeatedly. I am currently working on a fix. Though it is possible that the mod developer may need to update his mod before we are fully crash free. In the mean time i can make some changes to reduce the likelyhood of a crash. Server will be back up in 5 minutes. Thankyou for your patience and understanding.