Sons Of The Forest Server Hosting
Sons Of The Forest server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
A small group on the island, with the save held in a server slot rather than on someone's PC.
- RAM
- 8 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- CPU
- 1 vCore
Standard
A full team on custom mode, with enemy aggression and search parties turned up.
- RAM
- 12 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
Long-running islands with heavy building, on hardsurvival settings that keep the pressure on.
- RAM
- 18 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 3 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 17% with longer billing periods
Built for Sons of the Forest: three ports open, and a save that survives a reboot
Endnight's server tests its own network before it will boot at all, and it bakes custom difficulty in exactly once. A host either handles both for you or lets you find them.
The boot-time port test is one you never have to meet
Sons of the Forest wants three UDP ports — game, query, and the BlobSync channel Endnight describe as how the server initialises game systems and exchanges data — and it checks each one at boot, stopping on any failure. All three arrive open together. Getting started with your Sons of the Forest server
The island you designed is the island you keep
Custom mode unlocks 25 named settings — enemy aggression, search parties, starting season, day length, building resistance — and Endnight are explicit that they are set once upon save creation and ignored on every load after. The file is in the panel's editor.
A restart reloads your world instead of replacing it
Endnight's SaveMode carries a trap: on “new”, in their own words, the previous save will be overwritten for as long as the mode is set to new — so every reboot restarts the island. Your save slot is a Startup-tab field, and an existing save uploads into it. Save slots, save modes and first boot
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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.
Sons Of The Forest 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.
What our customers say
“Extremly fast responds time. They always are willing to help and go beyond if a problem do appear. I highly recommend this hosting provider”
Galanor
CEO, Galanor LLC
“This is the first time in my life that someone actually tried to help around this world of VPS/dedicated servers. Rene isn't good, he is amazing! Gave total attention, made recommendations. I am looking forward to migrate my services to GameServerKings because of Rene. I appreciate the attention once again.”
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“I've been with GSK and Cosmic guard for nearly 2 years now, They are very professional, helpful and quick to fix any issues. They normally can get a tech in same day to fix and hardware issues. We've had 2 cpu's burn out and they replaced them (after diagnosing the issue) Fast and free Extra big should out to Alexander hes the goat <3”
Josh from flowstate
Sons Of The Forest dedicated servers — control, not capacity
Capped at eight players, this is not a size problem — it is a control one. A dedicated machine is where you keep a normal world, a hardsurvival one and whatever else you host all live at once, on hardware you hold the root to.
For a single eight-player save, a shared plan is the right size and costs a fraction of a machine.
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.
Sons Of The Forest Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Sons Of The Forest server.
Sons of the Forest
Type cheatstick, then press F1. The full command list, plus why the cheats do nothing on a dedicated server and what to change in dedicatedserver.cfg.
Pick the rules your group wants, move a single-player save across, and get the server showing up for friends.
Sons of the Forest is PC only, so there is no second platform to cross to. What that means, and how PC groups should actually host it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Sons Of The Forest server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run a Sons Of The Forest server?
A Sons Of The Forest server here starts at $12.60 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1 vCore · 8 GB RAM · 20 GB storage
- $12.60/mo
- Fully loaded
- 3 vCores · 18 GB RAM · 40 GB storage
- $47.00/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 Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest Server.
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