u/Omega6192021

My friend is trying to get me to get ARK Survival Evolved so that I can play with her, but she is convinced that we would have to buy a dedicated server in order to play in the same world. Everywhere I look it says that all it takes is for one person to host the server themselves and the other person can join so long as the host is logged on and playing. She says that she has tried to do that with another friend and it did not work (but that it did work when they were on the same Wi-Fi). Since most posts that I can find about this are years old, I figured I would ask the experts to clear it up. Thank you for any advice that you may have!