Kattzia

I don't know if this post is in the right place, but here's the situation.. I bought a server through shockbyte. The server shows on there to be up and running, but when I go to Ark it isn't there. So I then found out I could download firezilla and use that, but that's not working either. I do not use Ark on Steam, I only use it on windows via gamepass. Can anyone help me with this? Am I going to be forced to buy Ark on Steam?