Mindustry: Connecting to and setting up your server

Here you’ll learn how to connect to your Mindustry server and change the most important settings.

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.
3. In the game, choose “Join Game”, add a server with the address from the server page and connect.
4. The address (IP:Port) is shown at the top of your server page.

Important settings

You change these values in the Startup variables tab. Changes take effect on the next restart.

• Server name (SERVER_NAME) – the name in the server list.
• Map (MAPNAME) – the starting map, e.g. Ancient Caldera, Fork, Fortress, Glacier, Islands, Labyrinth, Maze, Shattered, Tendrils, Triad, Veins or Wasteland.
• Version (VERSION) – which server version is loaded, e.g. v96. The default is latest.

Good to know

• The server and the game must have the same version. If you set an older version, your game needs that version too.