SCUM Server Hosting
SCUM server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
A private island for a small squad, with puppet density and safe sectors set your way.
- RAM
- 12 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 1.5 vCores
Standard
A public server with the traders busy and enough people to make the sectors dangerous.
- RAM
- 16 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
High puppet and animal density on a full server, with the flag limits raised to match.
- RAM
- 20 GB
- NVMe
- 60 GB
- CPU
- 3 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 17% with longer billing periods
Built for SCUM: the density dials, the right port, and admin that answers
SCUM's island is a simulation with published dials on it, and the numbers Gamepires turn themselves are the ones you turn here. Two other things settle whether anybody reaches it.
The settings Gamepires turn are the settings you turn
Free-roaming animals were removed from SCUM for performance and brought back behind explicit density settings — a global multiplier, and a cap on how many exist as real actors. Three weeks later Gamepires halved both themselves, 1.0 to 0.5 and 800 to 500. SCUM admin commands and AdminUsers.ini setup
The address you hand out is the one players actually use
SCUM is the one game here where players connect on the Steam query port and never type the game port, which is behind a large share of "nobody can connect" elsewhere. Both are allocated together, the query port gets a Steam-query firewall profile, and its value is a field. SCUM admin commands and AdminUsers.ini setup
Your admin access is set before you join, because there is no console
SCUM has no RCON and no server-console equivalent: you put your Steam64 ID into AdminUsers.ini, join, and type # commands into chat. The file is read at startup, so it is an edit made stopped — and typing # autocompletes the commands for your build. SCUM admin commands and AdminUsers.ini setup
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Powerful Server Management
Every server comes with our feature-rich game panel — manage your server from anywhere with no technical expertise required.
Live Server Console
Monitor your server in real time with a built-in console, live CPU, memory, and network graphs, plus one-click start, restart, and stop controls.
Full File Manager
Browse, upload, edit, and manage all your server files directly from the panel — no FTP client needed. Drag and drop uploads, bulk actions, and more.
Startup Configuration
Fine-tune every aspect of your server with an intuitive variable editor. Selects, toggles, and validated inputs replace fragile command-line flags.
One-Click Backups
Create on-demand or scheduled backups with one click. Lock critical snapshots, download them for offsite storage, or restore any of them yourself.
Network & Allocations
Every server gets a dedicated port allocation behind always-on DDoS filtering. Ports are assigned when the server is built and matched to our firewall rules, so the ones your server needs are open before you log in.
Global Server Network
Pick a data center close to your players. The times below are measured live from your own connection, not quoted from ours. View all locations.
SCUM servers deploy from four locations. Dallas sits in the middle of North America and is the usual default for a community spread across the United States. Ashburn covers the East Coast and is the shorter hop for players in the eastern states and eastern Canada. London serves the UK, Ireland and the western edge of Europe, and Frankfurt sits central for Germany, the Nordics, the Benelux countries and most of Eastern Europe. Between them the four cover North America and Europe end to end.
The figures beside each city were measured by your own browser a moment ago, so read them as a fair guide to what players near you will see rather than a number we picked. If you choose the wrong one, moving is free: open a ticket and support migrates your server files to any available location at no charge.
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SCUM dedicated servers — a full island at full population
A dedicated machine is what a large-population SCUM server wants at peak. The island stays simulated — vehicles, bases and squads — whether or not anyone is logged in, and at a full player count that is the whole box's worth of work: every core, all the RAM, and no other tenant competing for the same schedule.
A normal community does not need that. A shared plan is a whole server, and file validation can stay on at boot without you thinking about who else is on the disk.
Run it on our game panel
Hand us the machine and we deploy it onto the same GameServerKings panel you already know — one-click installs, mods, backups, and 24/7 support, managed on your behalf.
Or manage it yourself
Prefer full control? Take root access and run it your way. The box is yours end to end — we just keep the hardware and network humming underneath.
SCUM Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your SCUM server.
SCUM
Get admin working the first time, and know why nothing you type into the server console will ever do anything.
ExclusiveUsers.ini is SCUM's whitelist; WhitelistedUsers.ini is priority slots. The difference, plus bans and admin access.
Configuring SCUM traders with EconomyOverride.json: prices, restock, trader funds and the fame gate.
Changing what spawns on a SCUM server: the Loot folder, export commands, and why only the Override folder does anything.
How SCUM's ServerSettings.ini is structured, the scum. prefix, its value conventions, and what 2026 added and removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about SCUM server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run a SCUM server?
A SCUM server here starts at $21.40 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1.5 vCores · 12 GB RAM · 30 GB storage
- $21.40/mo
- Fully loaded
- 3 vCores · 20 GB RAM · 60 GB storage
- $54.00/mo
- Dedicated IPv4
- Optional add-on
- +$5.00/mo
- Longer terms
- Paid annually or up front
- 5–17% off
How quickly will my server be ready?
Your SCUM server is provisioned automatically within about a minute of payment. You'll receive login credentials to your inbox so you can connect straight away.
Do game updates install automatically?
Yes. Your SCUM server is kept on the current game build automatically — you don't need to patch it by hand or open a ticket when the game updates.
Can I install mods and plugins?
Absolutely. You have full file access via our control panel and FTP/SFTP. Install any mods, plugins, or custom configurations — we don't restrict what you run on your server.
What if I need to upgrade my resources?
Upgrading is instant. You can change your memory, storage, or CPU priority from your client area at any time without any downtime or server migration.
Is DDoS protection included?
Yes. Every SCUM server includes enterprise-grade DDoS mitigation at no extra charge. We absorb attacks at the network edge — your players won't notice a thing.
Are backups included?
Yes, and in two ways. Your SCUM server is backed up automatically every 24 hours to off-site storage, so there is a recent copy to fall back on if the machine itself fails — you do not have to set anything up for that. On top of it, every plan includes five backup slots in the control panel that are yours to use: take one with a single click before a wipe, an update or a mod install, or set a schedule so they run on their own, and restore or download any of those five whenever you like. Neither costs extra.
Do I need a dedicated IP?
Only if you want one. A dedicated IPv4 address gives your SCUM server its own entry in the in-game server browser and puts it on the game's default port, so players can connect by typing just the IP address. Without one your server shares an IP with other servers and uses its own port instead — it runs exactly the same and your friends can still join, they just need the IP and the port together. It costs $5.00 a month if you decide you want it.
Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
We offer a 72-hour money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied for any reason within the first 72 hours, contact us and we'll issue a full refund — no questions asked.
Can I switch server locations?
Yes. Contact our support team and we'll help you migrate your server data to any of our available locations at no charge.
Still have questions?
Our support team is available 24/7 and typically responds in under 5 minutes.
Open a support ticketDeploy Your SCUM Server.
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