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Server Management

The day-to-day jobs of a server owner, from changing versions to planning wipes and restarts.

7 Days to Die

All 7 Days to Die guides
Server Management

7 Days to Die game version and experimental

Keep your 7 Days to Die server on an older version while a mod catches up, try the experimental build, and match your game's version in Steam.

Updated 31 Oct 20263 min read

ARK: Survival Ascended

All ARK: Survival Ascended guides
Server Management

How to change the map on an ARK Ascended server

Switch your ARK: Survival Ascended server to another map, see which maps need a bigger plan, and bring a save across from another host.

Updated 6 Nov 20264 min read

Garry's Mod

All Garry's Mod guides
Server Management

Update Your GMod Server

How a Garry's Mod server updates itself on every restart, what the Console lines mean, and what to do when an update stalls.

Updated 30 Oct 20263 min read

Minecraft

All Minecraft guides
Server Management

Advertise your Minecraft server

Set up the address, server list message and icon players see first, follow Mojang's rules for promoting a server and choose where to list it.

Updated 24 Oct 20264 min read
Server Management

Build a Minecraft lobby or hub server

Set up a lobby Minecraft server with Adventure mode, game rules and a fixed spawn, then join it to your other servers on the Networks page.

Updated 26 Oct 20265 min read
Server Management

Build a multi-server Minecraft network

How a Minecraft network with a lobby works, and how to link two or more of your servers behind one address from the Networks page.

Updated 23 Oct 20263 min read
Server Management

Change your Minecraft server's world seed

Set a new Minecraft world seed in the Config Editor, then start a new world in a fresh folder or replace the old one, and check the result in the Console.

Updated 26 Oct 20263 min read
Server Management

Change your Minecraft version or mod loader

Switch between Vanilla, Paper, Fabric, Forge and NeoForge in about a minute, keep your world, and avoid the downgrade trap we hit in testing.

Updated 14 Oct 20269 min read
Server Management

Clear a Minecraft player's inventory or ender chest

Empty a Minecraft player's inventory from the Players tab, remove one item type with clear, and handle ender chests and offline players.

Updated 26 Oct 20263 min read

All 16 Minecraft server management guides

Project Zomboid

All Project Zomboid guides
Server Management

Reset Your Project Zomboid World

Wipe your Project Zomboid world and start fresh, or reset loot and zombies in chosen towns, while keeping your settings, mods and accounts.

Updated 22 Oct 20264 min read

Satisfactory

All Satisfactory guides
Server Management

Satisfactory Factory Stats, Planner and Map

Read your Satisfactory factory from your server's dashboard: Factory Stats and its History, the Factory Planner and the Interactive Map.

Updated 19 Oct 20268 min read

Terraria

All Terraria guides
Server Management

Update Your TShock or tModLoader Server

Update TShock or tModLoader from the Startup tab's Server software card, with an automatic backup, and see what stays, what updates and how to roll back.

Updated 30 Oct 20264 min read

Valheim

All Valheim guides
Server Management

Manage and switch Valheim worlds

See the worlds on your server, switch with World name, import from your PC, download a copy or delete one.

Updated 28 Oct 20264 min read
Server Management

Reset your Valheim world on purpose

Start a fresh Valheim world beside the old one, or wipe it and keep the name. Back up first, then pick a World name.

Updated 28 Oct 20264 min read
Server Management

Save your Valheim world and set autosave

Change how often Valheim saves, how many automatic world backups it keeps, and the safe way to force a save before a restart or a risky change.

Updated 28 Oct 20264 min read

General guides

Server Management

Reinstall your server or switch game

Reinstall your server's game files or switch it to another game on the same plan from Settings, backing up first so you can get your world back.

Updated 2 Nov 20265 min read
Server Management

Rename your server and set a custom address

Change the name on your dashboard, claim a free custom address players can join with, and set the name players see in each game's server list.

Updated 4 Nov 20265 min read
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Schedule automatic restarts and tasks

Set your server to restart, back up or run console commands on a timer, and warn players in chat or on Discord before each restart.

Updated 2 Nov 202610 min read
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Use the Notes tab on your server

The Notes tab is a private notepad for one server. See how it saves, its 3,000 character limit, and who can open it.

Updated 2 Nov 20263 min read