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- 2 GB RAM
- 2 CPU
- 15 GB NVMe
- Unlimited Slots
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Your Constant online 24/7: unlimited slots, Workshop mods and DDoS protection, ready in about 60 seconds at locations worldwide.
American ExpressAbout the game
Don't Starve Together is Klei Entertainment's co-op survival game: you and your friends are dropped into the Constant, a hand-drawn wilderness where you gather, craft, build a base and fight hunger, sanity and the seasons, plus bosses like Deerclops and Bee Queen. Every season brings new threats, from Bearger in autumn to Dragonfly in her desert. With Don't Starve Together server hosting your group gets its own world that stays online 24/7, even after the person who used to host has logged off.
On your own DST dedicated server you skip SteamCMD and forwarding UDP port 10999: the world keeps running while your PC is off, slots are unlimited so you can grow past the in-game limit of 6, and a whitelist keeps strangers out. Add Steam Workshop mods, switch on the caves in the panel, type admin commands into the live console and choose the location closest to your group from locations worldwide.

Locations worldwide
8 data centers worldwide — choose the location closest to your community.
ZapX Panel
Check RAM use, read the console, edit cluster settings and restore Backups with the ZapX Pass in one panel — the ZapX AI Agent explains anything that's unclear.

Don't Starve Together Game Server – Overview
Overview of the Don't Starve Together game server in the ZapX customer panel.
Benchmark
Comparable figures from our own infrastructure, with method and measurement date — no made-up competitor numbers.
High-performance VPS, CPU model depends on the location
Typical VPS plans without a published host CPU
confirmed 2026-07-01
Typical DST setups
From a private friends-only world to a full endless run through the seasons: these setups show when unlimited slots, whitelists or Backups matter most.
Get started
Start your DST world in about 60 seconds.
Impressionen
A glimpse into the game world—its atmosphere, exploration, and the moments your community will experience on the server.
Start your Don't Starve Together server now — unlimited slots, Workshop mods and online in about 60 seconds.
No setup. No risk. Online in seconds.
Everything included
Unlimited slots, whitelist, live console and Backups come with every package — no add-ons to unlock.
Change game mode, PvP, password, player cap and caves right in your browser.
Bring the whole group — your RAM package, not a slot count, sets the limit.
Only invited friends get in, with password, whitelist and admin list support.
Save, announce or roll back with ZapX Pass right from the panel — no remote desktop needed.
Restore a world save with the ZapX Pass when one bad night threatens hundreds of days of progress.
Your server sets itself up after ordering — no SteamCMD, no port forwarding.
Reviews
Real feedback on support and setup.
FAQ
Answers to the most important questions before you start.
Price by package, term and location, never per player slot.
The price depends on package, term and location; current prices load live in the package section above. Every package includes unlimited player slots, DDoS protection and the full panel, so you never pay per player. Small friend groups need fewer resources; more mods or more survivors need more RAM, which you can add later. Choose 3, 30, 90 or 180 days or a year; cancel anytime, effective at term end.
It depends on players, mods, caves and world age.
There's no one-size answer: RAM use grows with the number of players, how many Workshop mods you run and how big your base gets over hundreds of days. Caves add a second world that runs alongside the forest, so plan for more memory when you switch them on. Watch real usage in the panel statistics. As a guideline: at least 2 GB, and 4 GB recommended with caves.
Yes — your world runs 24/7, even when nobody is online.
Unlike hosting in-game, a rented server doesn't depend on anyone's PC. The world stays online around the clock, so friends in other time zones can hop in whenever they like. If you'd rather freeze time while nobody plays, DST's pause-when-empty setting stops the clock until the first survivor returns.
Yes — server-side Workshop mods run on your forest world.
Yes. Add the Workshop IDs of your mods to dedicated_server_mods_setup.lua, then enable and configure them in modoverrides.lua. The server downloads them at start and keeps them in a persistent mods folder. World generation settings for your forest world go into worldgenoverride.lua.
Raise the player cap — every package has unlimited slots.
In-game hosting caps you at 6 survivors by default. On your own server, slots are unlimited: set the maximum player count in your server settings and invite the whole group. How many players run smoothly depends on your RAM package, especially with many mods enabled, so keep an eye on the statistics as your group grows.
Yes — use a server password, a whitelist or both.
Set a password so only people you share it with can join, or go further with a whitelist that reserves spots for specific Klei user IDs. Admins are set via the admin list, and troublemakers can be blocked. The Help Center explains the whitelist setup in detail. See the whitelist guide
No — DST dedicated servers are for the PC version only.
Klei only supports dedicated servers for Don't Starve Together on PC, so console players on PlayStation or Xbox can't connect to a rented server. Your PC friends join through the in-game server browser or by direct connect, and our connection guide shows both ways. How to connect to your server
Yes — switch caves on in the panel, no second server needed.
Yes. Turn on the caves option in your server settings in the panel. The caves then run as a second shard on the same server, so you don't need a second server, and the extra port is created automatically. The change takes effect the next time your server starts. Because two worlds run at once, we recommend 4 GB of RAM with caves. Read the caves guide
Any more questions?
Contact SupportThe ZapX AI Agent knows your server's context and helps with Workshop mods, player caps, whitelists and log errors — it explains the next step, you stay in control.
The ZapX AI Agent is part of ZapX Pass and works account-wide across all supported services.
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Mobile appComing soon
Manage your Don't Starve Together server from anywhere with the ZapX app — check status, restart after an update and read logs on the go.
Discord management
Check status, start, stop, and restart via slash command — without leaving your community Discord.
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Benefit
We don't artificially limit player Slots. Hardware determines capacity.
Scale based on Mods, scripts, and player load instead of paying for a fixed number of Slots.
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