Getting Started with Your V Rising Server

Your V Rising dedicated server is provisioned and ready. This guide covers the first 10 minutes: connecting, tuning ServerHostSettings.json, and dropping your first BepInEx mod in.

1. Find your server address

In the DoomHosting panel, click your V Rising server. The address sits at the top — typically vr-eu-01.doomhosting.com:9876 (default V Rising game port is 9876, query port 9877).

Copy the full hostname:port.

2. Connect from V Rising

1. Launch V Rising.
2. Click Play Online → Direct Connect (server browser tab).
3. Paste the address and click Connect.

If you set a password in ServerHostSettings.json (key Password), the game will prompt for it.

3. Tune ServerHostSettings.json

Most of what you care about lives in ServerHostSettings.json in your server root. Key fields:

• Name — server name shown in the public browser
• Description — short blurb
• Port / QueryPort — usually 9876 / 9877, leave default unless conflicting
• MaxConnectedUsers — default 40, configurable up to 128
• MaxConnectedAdmins — admins that can still join when full (default 4)
• GameSettingsPreset — StandardPvP, StandardPvE, Hardcore, etc.
• Password — leave empty for public, set string for private

Edit through File Manager in the panel, save, click Restart.

Whitelist + Adminlist: edit adminlist.txt and banlist.txt (one SteamID per line) in the same folder. Format is plain 17-digit SteamID64 — no quotes, no commas.

4. Install a BepInEx mod from Steam Workshop

V Rising mods run through BepInEx. The DoomHosting panel handles the BepInEx install for you — you just drop mod .dll files in.

Option A: One-click Steam Workshop (recommended)

1. In the panel, open Mods → search the Workshop catalogue.
2. Click Install on the mod, restart the server.

Option B: Manual install

1. Download the mod .zip from thunderstore.io/c/v-rising or the author's GitHub.
2. Extract the .dll files.
3. Open File Manager → BepInEx/plugins/ (create the folder if missing).
4. Upload the .dll files.
5. Restart the server.

All connecting players must have the same mods installed locally. V Rising does not auto-sync client mods.

5. Back up before risky changes

Before applying major mod packs or testing castle-decay settings, take a backup from the panel's Backups tab. Restore is one click.

What's next

• V Rising RAM Calculator — size your server for the player count and mod load
• Open a support ticket from the panel if anything misbehaves — we answer 24/7