Game server guides
Setup guides, fixes, mods and top lists for every game we host. Written by people who run servers all day.
How to Read Game Server Hosting Reviews (and Spot Fake Ones)
How to judge game server host reviews: what matters in a complaint, signs of fake or rewarded reviews, where honest opinions live, and how to test.
ReadHow to Recover a Corrupted Game Server World (Before You Start Over)
Signs a server world is corrupted, the hidden backups many games keep automatically, and how to salvage a save in Minecraft, Valheim, Rust, Factorio and more.
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Core Keeper5 min readHow to Reset a Core Keeper Server World (Start a New World)
Wipe or restart a Core Keeper dedicated server world: switch the world index, delete the world file, pick a new seed and hard mode, and keep the old world as a backup.
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Zomboid5 min readHow to Reset a Player's Character on a Project Zomboid Server
Delete or reset one player's character on a Project Zomboid server without wiping the world, by editing players.db or changing their username.
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Palworld5 min readHow to Reset One Player on a Palworld Dedicated Server
Give one player a fresh start on a Palworld server without wiping the world: find their player file in the Players folder and remove it safely.
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No One Survived5 min readHow to Reset or Restore a No One Survived Server World
Start a fresh No One Survived world with a new SaveName, switch between worlds, or roll back to an autosave after a raid or bad update. Step by step.
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Astroneer5 min readHow to Reset or Roll Back an Astroneer Dedicated Server Save
Start a fresh world or roll back to an earlier save on an Astroneer dedicated server using ActiveSaveFileDescriptiveName, the SaveGames folder and backups.
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7DTD5 min readHow to Reset Part of the Map on a 7 Days to Die Server
Reset one town or area on a 7 Days to Die server without a full wipe by deleting its region files, so POIs and loot come back as generated.
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Terraria5 min readHow to Restore a Corrupted Terraria World on a Server
Terraria server will not load its world after a crash? Restore the .wld.bak backup, handle tModLoader .twld files, and stop it happening again.
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ARK5 min readHow to Roll Back an ARK Survival Ascended Server to an Earlier Save
Roll back an ARK Ascended dedicated server by restoring a timestamped .ark save, plus how to recover single players and tribes from .bak files.
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Risk of Rain 27 min readHow to Roll Back Risk of Rain 2 to Join a Dedicated Server
The Risk of Rain 2 dedicated server is stuck on version 1.2.4.1. Download that build with download_depot 632360 632361 and run it to join.
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Left 4 Dead 26 min readHow to Run 8 Player Co-op on a Left 4 Dead 2 Server
Get more than 4 survivors on a Left 4 Dead 2 server: L4DToolZ with sv_setmax and sv_maxplayers, removing the lobby, and a SourceMod multislots plugin.
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Mindustry5 min readHow to Run a Mindustry PvP Server (Maps, Teams and Rules)
Set up a Mindustry PvP server: host Veins, Glacier or Passage in pvp mode, how teams are assigned, custom PvP maps, rules, map rotation and admin tools.
ReadHow to Run a Windows Only Game Server on Linux With Wine or Proton
Run Windows only dedicated servers like ARK: Survival Ascended, Enshrouded, V Rising and Space Engineers on Linux using Wine or Proton, step by step.
ReadARK5 min readHow to Set a Tame Limit on an ARK Survival Ascended Server
Cap tames per tribe and server wide in ARK Ascended with MaxPersonalTamedDinos, MaxTamedDinos and the soft tame limit, with values that keep servers smooth.
ReadLeft 4 Dead 26 min readHow to Set Up a 100 Tick Left 4 Dead 2 Server
Run a Left 4 Dead 2 server at 100 tick: L4DToolZ with -tickrate or sv_tickrate, the rate cvars for server.cfg, the Boomer vomit fix and client settings.
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CS25 min readHow to Set Up a Map Rotation on a CS2 Server (Map Groups)
Make a CS2 server cycle through your own map list with a map group in gamemodes_server.txt, end of match voting, or a Workshop collection.
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Team Fortress 26 min readHow to Set Up a TF2 MGE Server (MGEMod Install Guide)
Run a Team Fortress 2 MGE server: install MGEMod on SourceMod, load mge_training_v8_beta4b, set server.cfg, and fix arenas that do not appear.
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Insurgency5 min readHow to Set Up an Insurgency Co-op Checkpoint Server (2014)
Run Insurgency (2014) co-op against bots: start a _coop map in checkpoint mode, set sv_playlist nwi/coop, bot difficulty and lobby size in the right config.
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AssaultCube5 min readHow to Set Up Map Rotation on an AssaultCube Server (maprot.cfg)
Edit maprot.cfg on an AssaultCube server: the map:mode:time:allowVote format, every mode number, player count rules, skiplines and custom maps in servermaps.
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Schedule I5 min readHow to Start a New World on a Schedule 1 Dedicated Server
Wipe a Schedule I dedicated server and start fresh by moving DedicatedServerSave aside, so the server builds a clean save. Keep the old world too.
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Enshrouded5 min readHow to Start a New World on an Enshrouded Server (Keep the Old One)
Start a fresh world on an Enshrouded dedicated server by moving the 3ad85aea files out of savegame. Keep the old world to switch back later.
ReadHow to Sync Game Server Files to Your PC Automatically (SFTP)
Keep a copy of your hosted world on your own PC with a WinSCP script and Task Scheduler on Windows, or rclone on Mac and Linux. Step by step, with dated copies.
ReadHow to Tell If a Game Server Host Is Overselling RAM and CPU
Overselling means a host sells more RAM or CPU than its machines have. The signs, how to measure it on your own server, and what to do about it.
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