Vintage Story Server Hosting
Vintage Story server plans
Pick the plan that fits your community. Every plan deploys instantly and can be resized later from the control panel.
Starter
A few players at a modest chunk radius, with build rights and land claims set from the first login.
- RAM
- 2 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- CPU
- 1 vCore
Standard
A larger group at a higher view distance - Vintage Story's chunk radius costs RAM per player.
- RAM
- 6GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- CPU
- 2 vCores
Ultimate
A public server at the default 16 clients and a generous chunk radius, mods and all.
- RAM
- 10 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- CPU
- 3 vCores
Included with every plan
Save up to 17% with longer billing periods
Built for Vintage Story: the RAM dial in your hands, and a world that defragments
Vintage Story keeps almost everything worth changing in one JSON file, including the single setting that decides what a world costs to run. Here is what we do with the rest.
The dial that decides what your world costs is yours
Vintage Story loads chunks around each player, so a world's cost scales with view distance times headcount rather than with map size. The wiki is blunt about direction: MaxChunkRadius is “the highest view distance a player may have.” It ships at 12. Server settings and world config
Your world can defragment without falling over
A Vintage Story save is one .vcdbs SQLite database, and the /db vacuum command rebuilds it through a temporary directory — which on a container whose /tmp is a small in-memory mount simply fails. Ours points SQLite at real disk, so vacuuming finishes. Getting started with your Vintage Story server
Your players get your exact mod versions without hunting
Since 1.16 a joining player's game “will automatically set up the mods correctly for that server on the player's side”. What it will not forgive is version numbers — so the release branch and the exact build are Startup fields here. How to install mods for Vintage Story · Server commands and privileges
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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.
Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story server?
For larger Vintage Story 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.
Vintage Story Knowledge Base
Guides for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting your Vintage Story server.
Vintage Story
Find out why an edit vanished, where land-claim limits really live, and which dial to turn when players lag.
Add mods from the official mod database and keep everyone able to join, since a wrong version reads as a mismatch.
Nobody is admin here by default, so start from the console, then find the command and the privilege behind it.
Boot a fresh world in minutes, connect by IP, and pick up the handful of commands you need on day one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Vintage Story server hosting with GameServerKings
How much does it cost to run a Vintage Story server?
A Vintage Story server here starts at $4.90 a month. The price tracks the resources you pick:
- Starting
- 1 vCore · 2 GB RAM · 20 GB storage
- $4.90/mo
- Fully loaded
- 3 vCores · 10 GB RAM · 40 GB storage
- $27.00/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 Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story 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 Vintage Story Server.
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