First Boot

1. Open your Vintage Story server in the panel.
2. Click Start.
3. First boot pulls the server files (about 500 MB; very small). 3 to 5 minutes.
4. The console shows Server program version: x.x.x followed by Server entering RUNNING state.

To connect: in Vintage Story, Multiplayer > Direct Connect, enter IP and port (default 42420).

In-Game Admin Commands

/time set day
/time set night
/weather set sunny
/weather set rain
/tp <player>
/tpp <player1> <player2>     Teleport one player to another
/gamemode 0/1/2              0=survival, 1=creative, 2=spectator
/give <item> <count>
/spawn                       Teleport to spawn
/setspawn                    Set spawn at your location
/clear                       Clear chat
/savemap                     Save the world
/stop                        Shut down the server
/kick <player>
/ban <player>
/unban <player>

World Management

Worlds are at Saves/ in the data folder. Each world is a .vcdbs (SQLite) file plus folders for chunks and player data.

To wipe:

1. Stop the server.
2. Delete or rename the world file.
3. Restart. A new world generates with the seed from serverconfig.json.

To upload a single-player save:

1. Find your local save at %AppData%\VintagestoryData\Saves\.
2. Upload to the server's Saves/.
3. Update serverconfig.json's WorldName field.

Backups

World saves are small (50 MB to 2 GB even for long-running servers). Daily panel Backups are very cheap.

Vintage Story also creates in-engine backups in Backups/ automatically every few hours.

Performance Tips

• Lower MaxChunkRadius if you see chunk-load lag (12 is a good compromise)
• Schedule a daily restart to clear cached chunk memory
• Watch the console for chunk save messages; if they take longer than 5 seconds, your disk I/O is the bottleneck

Common Issues

• Server not in public list: Confirm AdvertiseServer: true. The list also takes a few minutes to populate on first boot.
• Mods fail to load: Check the console log for the failure reason. Usually a missing dependency like CommonLib.
• Cannot connect with "version mismatch": Player is on a different VS version. Game updates frequently; restart the server to pull the latest version.
• World load slow: Normal for older saves with many explored chunks. 30-60 seconds is typical for a year-old save.

What to Read Next

• Vintage Story Configuration
• Vintage Story Admin Setup
• Installing Mods on Vintage Story