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Craftopia Server Hosting
Farm, fight, automate and fly with friends across a world that does a bit of everything while the AI copilot keeps it running.
What do you need for Craftopia dedicated server hosting?
Craftopia dedicated server hosting needs 4–6 GB of RAM, the Craftopia Dedicated Server tool (SteamCMD app 1670340), UDP port 6587 reachable and a ServerSetting.ini with your world name, difficulty, player cap and PIN. You can host a Craftopia server on a spare PC, or rent one that comes ready to play. On GameTeam you pay per GB of RAM, from $0.49/GB a week, never per slot, and the AI copilot edits the settings file, reads the log and makes backups when you ask.
Run your Craftopia server by just asking.
A Craftopia server is one small .ini file and a console that only answers typed commands. Say what the group needs: the copilot changes the file, runs the console command and reads the log when the factory brings everything to a halt.
A World That Keeps Running
Your farms and factories are still going when you log back in.
Settings by Description
Rates, difficulty, world rules — say what you want and the copilot sets it.
Server Outlives the Game
When Craftopia is done, this server hosts whatever comes next.
Craftopia with friends
An open-world game that refuses to pick a genre: farming, dungeon-crawling, crafting, automation, vehicles and creature-taming all in one. Together it becomes a shared project — one player automating a factory while another clears dungeons for the loot to feed it.
Craftopia server RAM requirements
4-6 GB, rising with base size and world age.
| Your server | Starting RAM | From (Budget, weekly) |
|---|---|---|
| 2–6 players, a young world with a few farms | 4 GB | $1.96 / week |
| 6+ players, automated factories and a big map explored | 6 GB | $2.94 / week |
Craftopia memory use follows what you have built and how far the world has been explored, not only who is online: conveyor lines, machines and a big explored map all stay loaded. Start at 4 GB and add RAM in one click when the factory grows; the world stays as it is. Player limit: 4-30 depending on world settings.
How to set up a Craftopia server on GameTeam
Pick RAM and a location
4 GB suits a small group. Pick the location closest to most of your players from 25+ across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Decide the world first
World name, difficulty, normal or creative mode, player cap and PIN: tell the copilot or edit ServerSetting.ini in the file manager. Do it before anyone plays, because difficulty is baked in when the world is generated.
Send friends the address
Copy the IP and port from the panel. In Craftopia, open Multiplayer, pick a character, choose to join by IP, paste the address and enter the PIN if you set one.
Good to know before you start
World settings are applied at generation time, so difficulty and rate changes made later do not affect the existing world.
Craftopia server settings explained
The server writes ServerSetting.ini next to Craftopia.exe (or Craftopia.x86_64 on Linux) the first time it starts, and never overwrites it after that. It also writes a fresh DefaultServerSetting.ini on every launch, so edits made there are lost: change ServerSetting.ini. These are the keys that matter:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
name | The world name. |
difficulty | 0 Easy, 1 Normal (default), 2 Hard, 3 Very Hard. |
gameMode | Under [GameWorld]: 1 normal world, 2 creative build mode, 3 creative play mode. |
port | The port players connect to, 6587 by default. |
maxPlayerNumber | How many players can join at once, from 1 to 127. |
usePassword | 1 to require a password, 0 for an open server. |
serverPassword | The password itself: a number PIN of up to 8 digits, not a word. |
autoSaveSec | Seconds between autosaves (300 by default). -1 turns it off, which we would not recommend. |
autoSavePerHour | 1 keeps an extra hourly autosave. |
savePath | Where the world is saved, relative to the ini file or as a full path. |
Creative mode options | With creative mode on, extra keys cover quick crafting, no hunger, no damage, a fixed time of day and starting stats. |
Craftopia server commands
The Craftopia dedicated server takes commands in its console window, not in game chat. Type help there for the full list on your build. The copilot runs these from the panel when you ask.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
help | Lists every console command the server supports. |
say <message> | Sends a message to everyone on the server. |
ban <IP> | Blocks an IP address and writes it to BanList.txt. |
accept <IP> | Pocketpair lists it next to ban; its changes are also written to BanList.txt. |
version | Shows which Craftopia version the server is running, handy after a patch. |
Can I add mods to a Craftopia server?
Craftopia does not provide official dedicated-server mod support.
Craftopia mods come from the Steam Workshop and load through the Craftopia Mod Loader (BepInEx), managed from Mod Management on the title screen. That is a client-side system. Pocketpair notes that Workshop mods are made by volunteers and can break after updates, so a vanilla server is the stable choice.
Craftopia server ports
The server binds to 0.0.0.0 and only speaks IPv4, so give friends the IPv4 address. On GameTeam there is nothing to forward: the panel shows your exact address and port, which may differ from the default.
Pay per GB of RAM. Never per slot.
You pay for memory, not seats, and the weekly plan lets you start with a single week. Change RAM in one click, or switch the same server to another game. The AI copilot is included on every plan.
- ✓ AI copilot included on every plan
- ✓ Unlimited player slots — we never charge per slot
- ✓ Ryzen 9 7950X · NVMe storage
- ✓ DDoS protection included
- ✓ Switch to another game anytime
- ✓ 25 GB NVMe storage · 160 Gbps DDoS protection
- ✓ AI copilot included on every plan
- ✓ Unlimited player slots — we never charge per slot
- ✓ Ryzen 9 7950X · Unlimited NVMe storage
- ✓ 480 Gbps DDoS protection
- ✓ Switch to another game anytime
- ✓ Dedicated threads
- ✓ Automatic backups
- ✓ Priority support
Hardware & network
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What server owners say
"Honestly didn't expect much from an 'AI manager', but it's how I run my server now. I'll type something like 'why did the server crash last night' and it actually reads the logs and tells me."
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"I'd been on two other hosts before this. What sold me was the AI manager catching a memory leak in one of my mods and naming the exact one — something I'd been chasing for weeks."
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"I'm not very technical and setting up servers always stressed me out. Now I just ask the assistant to fix a config, and it either walks me through it or does it for me."
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Craftopia server hosting FAQ
How much does Craftopia server hosting cost?
You pay per GB of RAM: $0.49/GB a week on Budget, or $1.99/GB billed monthly. A 4 GB server is $1.96 a week and 6 GB is $2.94 a week, with every slot included and the AI copilot on every plan.
How many players can join a Craftopia dedicated server?
Up to 127, set with maxPlayerNumber in ServerSetting.ini. That cap comes from Craftopia itself; GameTeam never charges per slot. In practice, a big group running factories needs RAM long before it needs more slots.
How do I join a Craftopia server?
Open Multiplayer, create or pick a character, choose to join by IP and paste the address and port shown in your GameTeam panel. The dedicated server is not joined through Steam friends or a Steam lobby, so share the IP.
Why won't my Craftopia server accept my password?
The server password is a number PIN of up to 8 digits. A word or a mix of letters will not work. Set usePassword=1 and a numeric serverPassword, then restart, or ask the copilot to set both.
Can I change the difficulty on an existing world?
Not really. Craftopia applies difficulty and world rules when the world is generated, so changing difficulty later does not rework the world you already have. Pick it before your group starts, or start a new world with the new setting.
Should I host a Craftopia server myself or rent one?
Hosting on your own PC costs nothing extra, but that machine has to stay on, keep UDP 6587 forwarded and run the server next to whatever else you do. A rented server stays up around the clock on a Ryzen 9 7950X with NVMe storage and DDoS protection included, and the copilot handles the ini file and the console.
How do I update my Craftopia server?
Stop it and start it again from the GameTeam panel and it updates to the latest Craftopia Dedicated Server build. Craftopia patches often while it heads for its 1.0 release in 2027, so if friends cannot connect after a patch, restart the server; the version command confirms which build it runs.
Can I run creative mode on a Craftopia server?
Yes. Set gameMode=2 for creative build or 3 for creative play under [GameWorld], and the creative options in the same file control quick crafting, damage, hunger and time of day. Normal survival is gameMode=1.
Same server, any game.
Your farms keep growing while everyone is offline.
Deploy a server, tell the copilot how the world should play, and send the group your IP and PIN.
Deploy your Craftopia server