Build your Unturned server
PremiumSalt Lake CityAMD Ryzen
Per month
$8.00
DDoS protection and daily backups included
Game
Hardware
Memory
Plus: a busy server with a few mods.
Storage
50 GB included. Extra 50 GB NVMe for $1.50/mo.
Location
Billing
Billed every month. Cancel any time.
Add-ons
Optional extras for your server.
Unturned is easy on hardware, which makes it one of the most affordable games to host. A small server for friends runs well on 2 GB, and the builder suggests 4 GB, which leaves room for a Workshop map and a set of plugins.
Larger community servers with many plugins, big custom maps and lots of players are happier on 6 to 8 GB.
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Your server's main settings live in its Commands.dat file: the map, max players, difficulty, PvP or PvE, perspective and the welcome message. Game rules such as item spawns and zombie behaviour can be changed in Config.json. Edit both in the file manager and restart the server to apply them.
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Unturned servers download Workshop content by ID. Add the file IDs to WorkshopDownloadConfig.json and the server fetches them on start, and players download them when they join. That's how most curated maps and custom items reach a server.
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For admin tools, kits, economy and roleplay features, servers use a plugin framework such as RocketMod or OpenMod. Upload the framework and its plugins into your server files with the file manager or SFTP. You get full file access, so any plugin that runs on a Linux server will work.
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To show up in the public server list, Unturned needs a Game Server Login Token from Steam. Create one on Steam's game server account page and add it to your server's settings. Pick the location closest to your players: Salt Lake City or Dallas for North America, Newcastle for the UK and Europe.
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Set yourself as owner in Commands.dat with your Steam ID and you'll have admin rights when you join. From there you can add other admins in game. If you use RocketMod or OpenMod, their permission files let you give staff exactly the commands they need.
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2 GB is fine for a few friends. 4 GB suits most servers with a Workshop map and plugins, and big communities do well on 6 to 8 GB.
Yes. Add the Workshop IDs to WorkshopDownloadConfig.json and set the map in Commands.dat. The server downloads them when it starts.
Yes. You have full file access, so you can upload the framework and plugins with the file manager or SFTP.
Unturned needs a Game Server Login Token from Steam to list publicly. Create one on Steam and add it to your server's settings.
Budget runs on Intel Xeon servers with DDR4 memory and SSD storage, and is great value for smaller servers and friends. Premium runs on AMD Ryzen 7950X servers with DDR5 memory and NVMe storage: much faster per core, which busy or heavily modded servers notice most.
Premium servers are set up automatically: once your payment goes through, your server is created and you can log in to the game panel straight away. Budget hardware and our Dallas location are on pre-order, so those servers are set up as soon as they launch.
Pick the one closest to most of your players: Salt Lake City or Dallas for North America, Newcastle for the UK and Europe. Distance adds lag that no amount of hardware can remove.
