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Romestead server guides
Everything you need to run a Romestead server with friends: setting it up, getting everyone in, configs, mods, backups and fixes for common errors. Written by the Wilderack Crew and checked against Beartwigs / Three Friends’s own documentation.
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- Getting started
How to make a Romestead server
Create a Romestead dedicated server, pick a plan for your group, start your first world, use the console for admin jobs and invite your friends.
- How to connect
How to connect to your Romestead server
Join your Romestead dedicated server by address and port, use the server password, wake a sleeping server and fix it when it won't connect.
- Config reference
Romestead server config reference
Every setting in a Romestead server's config.json in plain words, the console commands for admin jobs, and which changes need a restart.
- Mods and plugins
Romestead server mods
What modding looks like for Romestead today, why community mods are mostly for your own PC, what our Mods tab offers, and what you can change instead.
- Backups and your world
Back up and move your Romestead world
How Romestead backups work on Wilderack, where your world lives on the server and on your PC, and how to bring a single-player world over.
- Performance tips
Romestead server performance and RAM guide
How much RAM a Romestead server needs for your group and world size, why the RAM graph looks high, and the one setting that changes CPU use.
- Common errors
Fix common Romestead server errors
Fixes for the Romestead server problems players really hit, from version mismatches and timeouts to new empty worlds, broken saves and config typos.
Run your Romestead server on Wilderack
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