Hytale servers

Multiplayer Hytale runs on servers. These pages cover owning one, renting one, or just finding one worth joining — plus the fixes for when any of it breaks.

Running a server

• Server guideThe owner's manual: setup, config, ports, players, updates.
• How to host a Hytale serverSelf-hosting on your own machine, start to invite.
• Server jarThe server software: download, run, update.
• Dedicated servers24/7 worlds and the hardware they run on.
• Server hosting servicesWhen renting beats self-hosting, and how to compare providers.

Joining servers

• Finding public serversWhere to look and the five checks before committing.
• SMP serversSurvival multiplayer — the default community format.
• PvP serversArena, faction and open-world combat, and their rulesets.
• Multiplayer overviewAll the ways to play together.

When servers misbehave

• Failed to connect to serverThe player-side checklist, in order of likelihood.
• Server failed to bootThe owner-side checklist, in order of likelihood.
• Firewall errorWindows, antivirus and router layers.
• Multiplayer not workingVersion, NAT and invite problems between friends.