Survival · Lightweight
Host an Unturned Server in Staging (Staging)
Staging: awaiting manual game-client validation. Player connections are not yet verified. Evaluate this server before inviting players.
Host Unturned on your own Windows 10/11 or Linux computer. Swarm Hosts gives you a browser control panel to start, stop, monitor, and back up your server.
- Backups
Staging · client validation pending
Hardware and runtime
What Unturned needs
Minimum requirements are a starting point. World size, player count, content, and game settings can require more resources.
- CPU
- 2+ cores
- Memory
- 2 GiB minimum
- Player traffic
- UDP
- Backup coverage
- 1 saved data location
Start with 2 CPU cores and 2 GiB memory for a small evaluation server. Larger maps, players, and plugins need more. Leave free disk space for downloads, worlds, Workshop content, and backups.
Technical overview
The dedicated-server runtime keeps game files, worlds, and configuration in persistent storage. See Staging games before using an existing world.
Launch workflow
From host to running server
This staging template starts in LAN mode with Rocket Mod disabled. Public internet listing is not configured by these defaults. Local client joins and any later internet networking setup still need manual evaluation.
The installed runtime may require a Steam game-server login token for internet listing. Keep any required token private. A successful process start does not confirm public listing or authenticated player joins. See Unturned's official hosting guide. The publisher also warns that the server has no built-in autosave; verify world saving and graceful shutdown before relying on persistence.
- Choose Unturned from Staging and select a suitable host.
- Launch with the fixed vanilla defaults and wait for installation and server initialization in the logs.
- Stop the server before editing its generated configuration through Files & Backups.
Networking
How players connect
For an initial client evaluation, use a computer on the same LAN and Unturned's direct-connect flow with the Swarm Host's LAN address and the assigned gameplay port. Current publisher guidance uses consecutive UDP ports: the configured base port is for queries and the following port is for gameplay. Follow the server's port labels instead of using the query endpoint for joining.
The fixed LAN defaults do not configure internet listing or a game-server login token. A displayed public or relay endpoint does not establish that this LAN server accepts internet clients. Public networking and client joining remain unvalidated. Publisher Server Codes are a separate networking flow; see Unturned's official networking guide.
Managed shared relay when the game, host, and current relay path support it.
Game management tools
Manage your Unturned server
Available tools depend on the game, server status, and your permissions. The game guide explains any setup needed for Server Actions.
Use the settings, files, backups, logs, and server controls available for this game. The complete guide documents any game-specific action prerequisites.
Mods & Content status
Mods and custom content
Unturned mod loaders vary by host setup. Track workshop ids here, then apply them manually through the server data directory or wrapper-specific config.
The content page tracks Workshop identifiers; it does not install or verify content. Rocket Mod is an executable framework, not a managed mod provider; this staging image leaves it disabled. Plugin compatibility and rollback are unverified. Evaluate vanilla before manually applying compatible content.
Know before launch
Before you launch
- Awaiting manual game-client validation. Fresh vanilla LAN-mode startup, five-minute server stability, and generated configuration persistence on restart were tested locally on 2026-10-09. Client connections, public listing, and public networking remain pending.
- Host on Windows 10/11 or Linux with Docker Desktop in Linux-container mode on Windows, or Docker Engine or rootful Podman on Linux.
- Managed shared relay when the game, host, and current relay path support it.
Windows 10/11 + Linux
Ready to host Unturned?
Connect the Windows or Linux computer you already own, then follow the game-specific launch path.