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Don't Starve Together: Connecting to and setting up your server

How to connect to your Don't Starve Together server and adjust the name, game mode and player count.

Here you'll learn how to find and set up your Don't Starve Together server.

Connecting

  1. Start the server on the server page with Start.
  2. Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console tab.
  3. In the game, choose “Play” → “Browse” and search for your cluster name.

Important settings

  • Cluster name (CLUSTER_NAME) – the name in the server browser.
  • Cluster description (CLUSTER_DESC) – text in the server details.
  • Max. players (MAX_PLAYERS) – overrides the value in cluster.ini.
  • Game mode (GAME_MODE) – survival, endless or wilderness.
  • Server token (SERVER_TOKEN) – your cluster token from Klei.

You'll find further settings in the Files tab: DoNotStarveTogether/config/server/cluster.ini as well as server.ini in the Master and Caves folders.

Changes to the Startup variables take effect on the next restart.

Good to know

  • You enter the cluster token when ordering and can change it later under Startup variables. How to get the token is explained in the article “Don't Starve Together: Creating a cluster token”.
  • The server starts an overworld and a cave. Starting can therefore take a little longer.
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