Unturned Server Hosting
Unturned server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
- RAM
- 8 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- CPU
- 1.5 vCores
Standard
- RAM
- 14 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
- RAM
- 18 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 3 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 15% with longer billing periods
Built for Unturned: Workshop maps that install themselves, RocketMod, and getting listed
Unturned asks little of a machine and a lot of whoever runs it. Three things decide whether people come back: whether your map arrives by itself, whether it saves, and whether they can find it.
The map is a download your players never think about
Smartly Dressed Games are blunt: put a Workshop File ID in WorkshopDownloadConfig.json and "players attempting to join your server will automatically download any mods configured in this file". The server fetches the item and its dependencies at startup; the client fetches them while connecting. Switching to A6 Polaris, Elver or Carpat is a restart. Workshop mods and changing maps
There is no autosave
That is Smartly Dressed Games' own sentence: there is no built-in autosave feature, and the server writes when you run Save or close it with Shutdown. At no other time. A server killed rather than stopped loses everything since the last write. Both are scheduled tasks in the panel here. The Save and Shutdown commands · Manage and troubleshoot a server
RocketMod ships inside the server; OpenMod runs beside it
Smartly Dressed Games maintain the RocketMod fork themselves — Legally Distinct Missile — and it ships in the dedicated server's own Extras folder, so installing it is a copy into Modules rather than a download. OpenMod is not the replacement people assume: SDG say it installs side by side and does not replace it. Install RocketMod and OpenMod
What running one actually asks of you
The dedicated server is a free anonymous SteamCMD download (App ID 1110390). What catches people out is visibility: SDG state a server without a Game Server Login Token counts as anonymous and is hidden from the internet server list. That token is yours, generated against Unturned's app ID 304930. Is Unturned cross-platform?
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. Add extra ports for query, RCON or mods without touching a config file.
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.
Unturned 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
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Outgrowing a shared Unturned server?
For larger Unturned communities — or when you're running a fleet of high-performance instances — a dedicated machine gives you the whole box: every core, all the RAM, and no noisy neighbors. You decide how it's run.
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.
Unturned Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Unturned server.
Unturned
RocketMod and OpenMod run side by side. Covers plugin folder locations, Linux case-sensitivity, and uEssentials/Uconomy.
Distinguishes Commands.dat startup commands from runtime ones like Save and Kick, plus the Cheats flag requirement.
Walks through the free Dedicated Server tool, inviting friends via Steam or Server Code, passwords, and whitelisting.
Covers WorkshopDownloadConfig.json's File_IDs list for maps and mods, and flags Hawaii's separate asset-pack dependency.
Notes Unturned's lack of autosave and ranks connection failures: LAN visibility, version mismatch, broken BattlEye.
Explains Commands.dat (how it runs) vs Config.txt (how it plays). Notes Config.txt replaced Config.json after 3.25.8.0.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Unturned server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run an Unturned server?
An Unturned server here starts at $9.00 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1.5 vCores · 8 GB RAM · 20 GB storage
- $9.00/mo
- Fully loaded
- 3 vCores · 18 GB RAM · 40 GB storage
- $49.00/mo
- Dedicated IPv4
- Optional add-on
- +$5.00/mo
- Longer terms
- Paid annually or up front
- 5–15% off
How quickly will my server be ready?
Your Unturned 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 Unturned 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 Unturned 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 Unturned 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 Unturned 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.
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