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This guide covers that first, then the rest: passwords, difficulty, admin access, the Steam token for player progress, and the extra config toggles.\n\n![The DoomHosting panel dashboard for a The Forest server](https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fthe-forest\u002Fforest-dashboard.webp)\n\n## The one setting that matters: Init Type\n\nIn the panel's **Startup** tab you will find **Init Type** with two values:\n\n- **New**: the server generates a fresh world when it boots.\n- **Continue**: the server loads the existing save.\n\nYour server ships set to **New** so the first boot creates a world. After that first session, switch Init Type to **Continue** and restart. If you leave it on New, every restart starts the world over. Nothing is deleted (saves live in slots), but the server will not load your progress until the setting says Continue.\n\n## Basic settings\n\nAll of these live in the **Startup** tab and are written into the server config on every boot:\n\n- **Server Name**: what players see in the dedicated server browser.\n- **Max Players**: co-op in The Forest is at its best with a handful of players; the engine strains on very high counts.\n- **Server Password**: set one to keep the peninsula private. Players are prompted when joining.\n- **Admin Password**: change the default before your first session. Anyone with this password can run admin commands in-game.\n- **Difficulty**: Peaceful, Normal, or Hard. This applies when a NEW world is created.\n\n## Ports: already handled\n\nThe Forest uses a game port, a query port, and a Steam port. All three are allocated and opened automatically when your server is created; you can see them in the **Network** tab. No port forwarding, no firewall rules.\n\n## Save player progress between sessions: the Steam token\n\nWithout a Steam game server token, The Forest treats returning players as new arrivals: position and inventory reset between sessions. The token is free and takes two minutes:\n\n1. Open [Steam's game server account page](https:\u002F\u002Fsteamcommunity.com\u002Fdev\u002Fmanagegameservers) and log in.\n2. Create a token with App ID **242760** (The Forest's client app ID).\n3. Paste the token into the **Steam Account Token** field in the Startup tab and restart.\n\nThis is the single most common \"why did my stuff disappear\" cause on The Forest servers, worth doing before your group's first real session.\n\n![The Startup tab with Init Type and the Steam token field](https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fthe-forest\u002Fforest-startup-tab.webp)\n\n## Extra world toggles\n\nA few settings have no Startup field but live in the config file. Stop the server, open **Files** and edit `TheForestDedicatedServer_Data\u002Fforest\u002Fconfig\u002Fconfig.cfg`, then start again:\n\n```\nveganMode off\nvegetarianMode off\ntreeRegrowMode off\nallowBuildingDestruction on\nserverAutoSaveInterval 15\n```\n\n`veganMode` removes all enemies, `vegetarianMode` removes them during the day, `treeRegrowMode` regrows 10 percent of cut trees while you sleep, and the autosave interval is in minutes. Edit only these lines; the panel manages the name, ports, and password lines automatically and rewrites them on boot.\n\n## Becoming admin in-game\n\nJoin your server and open the chat. Type the admin password like this:\n\n```\n\u002Fadmin YourAdminPassword\n```\n\nYou then have access to the built-in commands (kick, ban, save and more). Type `\u002Fhelp` for the list.\n\n## Common issues\n\n**World reset after a restart**: Init Type was still on New. Switch it to Continue in the Startup tab and restart; your save slots are still there and the newest one loads.\n\n**Players lose their inventory between sessions**: no Steam token set. Follow the token steps above.\n\n**Server not in the in-game list**: the dedicated browser can lag behind. Search by name with filters cleared, or add the server's query port address to Steam favorites, covered in [how to join a The Forest server](\u002Fhelp\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-join-the-forest-server).\n\nYour server is live around the clock, so the group can play without you online. If anything acts up, support is one click away in your [DoomHosting panel](\u002Fpanel).","Magnus","Game Server Expert","2026-07-12T10:49:05+00:00",{"da":78,"de":79,"en":69,"pl":80,"sv":81},"kom-i-gang-the-forest-server","the-forest-server-einrichten","jak-skonfigurowac-serwer-the-forest","kom-igang-the-forest-server",{"name":74,"role":75},"2026-07-13T09:00:49.671178+00:00",{"slug":68,"name":85},"The Forest","Jul 12, 2026","Jul 13, 2026",{"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fthe-forest\u002Fforest-dashboard.webp":89,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fthe-forest\u002Fforest-startup-tab.webp":92},{"width":90,"height":91},1600,1059,{"width":90,"height":91},{"slug":68,"name":85,"icon":94,"cardImage":95,"description":96,"status":97},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Ficons\u002Fthe-forest.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.doomhosting.com\u002Fgames\u002Fthe-forest.webp","The Forest drops you on a cannibal-infested peninsula after a plane crash, where every log you cut and every wall you raise matters when night falls. On a dedicated server your base, your traps, and the mutants in the caves persist while you are offline. 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