V Rising has a highly customizable multiplayer system where players can set up their own private servers or play on public servers. In this guide, we will explain how to setup V Rising Dedicated Server, Configure Settings and Commands List.
As the game is meant to be enjoyed in a multiplayer setting, having your own dedicated server to play on with your friends sounds really interesting.
How to Setup V Rising Dedicated Server
In V Rising, you can either set up a dedicated private server locally or host it on a third-party service as well. V Rising has two PvP modes, one for 4 players and one for 2.
You can choose the mode according to your liking. However, on private servers, the clan sizes and max player sizes can be changed as per your liking.
Below we have listed all the steps on How to Setup V Rising Dedicated Server.
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- V Rising Server Files Download
- V Rising Server Requirements
- How to Create V Rising Server
- How to Start V Rising Server
- How to Configure V Rising Server
- How to Join a V Rising Server
- How to Protect Your V Rising Server Using Backups
Server Files Download
You can download a dedicated Server application for V Rising from Steam. It is freely available to anyone so you can download it without much trouble. Head to the Tool section of your Steam library and you can download it by simply clicking over it.
Currently, you will only find the Windows version of the dedicated server. In case you are using the SteamCMD for downloading the dedicated server, use the 1829350 Steam AppID and the remaining process is explained below.
Server Requirements
You will require the following system specifications to setup a V Rising Server.
- Running Windows 10 or Server 2016+ and 64-Bit
- 5 GB disk space for game files.
- Quad Core Processor with at least 2 full/physical cores.
- 16 GB memory
How to Create V Rising Server
First, create a folder ‘C:\VRisingServer’. After that, download SteamCMD for Windows and extract the contents of the SteamCMD download to the VRisngServer folder that was created earlier. Create a file called ‘FetchServerFiles.bat’ and paste the following lines in there:
@echo off
start “” steamcmd.exe +login USER PASS
+force_install_dir “C:\VRisingServer” +app_update
1829350 validate +quit
Save and then run the file to get the server files from Steam.
How to Start Server
Once you have complete the creation steps, you can go ahead and start the server. In order to do that, create a file called ‘StartServer.bat’ and paste the following line in that file.
start “” VRisingServer.exe -log
Save and then run the file. It will take some time to load it when running for the first time.
How to Configure Server
Once your V Rising dedicated server is up and running, you can configure it according to your needs. The config changes are kept in a file called ‘ServerHostSettings.json’ in which there are the following settings:
{
“Name” : “My V Rising Server”,
“Description” : “This is a role playing server”,
“Port” : 27015,
“QueryPort” : 27016,
“MaxConnectedUsers” : 10,
“MaxConnectedAdmins” : 4,
“SaveName” : “world1”,
“Password” : “SuperSecret”,
“ListOnMasterServer” : true,
“AutoSaveCount” : 40,
“AutoSaveInterval” : 120,
“GameSettingsPreset” : “StandardPvP”
}
You can change the max users, admins, passwords and other settings from this config file by opening it up in notepad.
How to Join a V Rising Server
After configuring the server, you are almost there! Now launch your game and head to the play section. From there, choose the ‘Online Play’ section, where there is an option to ‘Find Server’. Search your server by the name and then join and enjoy!
How to Protect Your Server Using Backups
Make sure to keep backup of save games of your server so that in case of any type of event, you do not use the progress of your server. In order to access your save file, head to the following location on your computer.
%YourProfile%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Saves
And backup the Saves folder frequently at a different location on your computer.
Server Game Settings File Location
The V Rising Server Game Settings file is located at the following path:
Steam\steamapps\common\VRising\VRising_Server\VRisingServer_Data\StreamingAssets\Settings
How to Edit Server Settings
In order to edit your private server settings, head to the path mentioned above and look for the ‘ServerGameSettings.json’ file.
This file contains all the relevant info related to the server settings. However, before editing this settings file, make sure that no one currently on the server as changing the file while someone is one the server may corrupt files for them.
Once the server is empty, right click the ‘ServerGameSettings.json’ file and open it in Notepad or Notepad++. Now make your desired changes and save it. Next time you run the server, it will run on updated settings!
V Rising Dedicated Server Hosting
If the above mentioned steps of hosting you own server are too difficult for you, you always have the option to go for a rental service that will let you host a dedicated server for V Rising on their virtual servers.
The process of getting a dedicated server hosting service isn’t too difficult, provided you have the money to pay for the costs, and there are a number of websites that offer hosting services.
V Rising Dedicated Server Cost: How to Rent
Here we will tell about the cost of renting a server through different services and our recommendations.
How to Host through Survival Servers
The first rental server available for the V Rising is Survival Server. This server comes in with a game panel that you can use for customizing and configuring your V Rising server.
In this, you can change most of the settings with simply a one-click form.
You will get a custom panel that you can use for joining the server and playing with your friends. One server from the Survival Server with 10 slots will cost you $13.20 per month.
How to Host through G-Portal
The next service from which you can rent a server which is also considered to be one of the best is G-Portal. This server comes with a game cloud which makes it switching between games a lot easier for you.
This service offers you Great DDoS protection along with the Backup. You will get up to 50 GB of backup storage for saving games and configurations.
Moreover, G-Portal is also the official hoster of V Rising. Its basic plan for 30 days with 10 slots will cost you $14 which is not a bad deal.
How to Host through Zap Hosting
Zap Hosting is another cloud server that you can rent and buy if you don’t want to pay a monthly or annual fee. This server came with an auto-setup and other features of protection like DDoS.
You can also switch between games on this server quite easily. This server offers you an InGame console, which will help you in sending commands and more.
Other basic server things are just like other available servers. Its basic plan will offer you 10 Slots for 6.90 € per month.
How to Host through Nitrado
This rent server service comes with an easy-to-use and really fast interface. Setting it up is quite easy and you go online instantly because of its prepay system.
You can switch between different servers at any time. All these services can be managed from a single account so it will also decrease the complexity. The custom game panel and customer support it offers makes it one of the best servers available.
You can get its Medium Town Plan at $16.90 for one month. It has space for 16 players and you can install up to 5 games at a time. For new games, you can also get some promotional offers that will reduce the price.
How to Host through 4netplayers
4netplayers is one of the cheapest rental server services available. This server offer lot of services like Mod System in which mods can be installed very easily if your game supports them.
Other than that, all the services like customer support, protection, and instant setup are available.
You can get 16 slots for one month for just $6.15 which is the cheapest of the available ones.
What we will recommend from the listed servers is G-Portal. The biggest reason behind choosing this service is it is the official Hoster of the V Rising game. Hosting your game on the official Hoster will help you a lot in terms of speed and customer support service.
You wouldn’t be facing any issues while hosting this game with the G-Portal.
Private Server Settings
All the server settings that you can change for your private server are given below. If you are using one of the rental services above, they will probably have a dedicated portal that will let you tweak these values.
For those who are hosting their own private server, refer to the settings options mentioned above as you will have to tweak the serversettings.json file
GameModeType
- PvP
- PvE
This can be used for changing the mode of the game.
CastleDamageMode
- Always
- Never
- TimeRestricted
With this setting, you can select the time when Castle will take damage.
SiegeWeaponHealth
In this setting, you can set the health of Siege weapons in V Rising.
PlayerDamageMode
- Always
- TimeRestricted
Can be used to determine whether you want a player to take damage or not.
CastleHeartDamageMode
- CanBeDestroyedOnlyWhenDecaying
- CanBeDestroyedByPlayers
- CanBeSeizedOrDestroyedByPlayers
This will set when and how Castle Hearts can be seized or destroyed in V Rising.
DeathContainerPermission
- Anyone
- ClanMembers
This will determine who can loot your dropped items after death.
RelicSpawnType
- Unique
- Plentiful
This will determine whether there will be more than one type of Soul Shards or just one.
CanLootEnemyContainers
- True
- False
This can be used to set whether you can loot the chests of other players or not.
BloodBoundEquipment
- True
- False
You can select whether you want to keep your equipment after death or not.
TeleportBoundItems
- True
- False
This can be used to set whether items can block you from teleporting through the Vampire Waygate or not.
AllowGlobalChat
- True
- False
This can be used for turning on/off global chat.
AllWaypointsUnlocked
- True
- False
This will determine whether in the new world Vampire Waygates are active or not.
FreeCastleClaim
- True
- False
This can be used to set whether you can or not claim the castle at no resource cost.
FreeCastleDestroy
- True
- False
This can be used to set whether you can or not destroy the castle at no resource cost.
InactivityKillEnabled
- True
- False
Its function is not known yet
InactivityKillTimeMin
- Default: 3600
Its function is not known yet
InactivityKillTimeMax
- Default: 604800
Its function is not known yet
InactivityKillSafeTimeAddition
- Default: 172800
Its function is not known yet
InactivityKillTimerMaxItemLevel
- Default: 84
Its function is not known yet
DisableDisconnectedDeadEnabled
- True
- False
Its function is not known yet
DisableDisconnectedDeadTimer
- Default: 60
Its function is not known yet
InventoryStacksModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the inventory stacks size in V Rising
DropTableModifier_General
- Default: 1.0
This will change the amount of loot dropped by the enemies.
DropTableModifier_Missions
- Default: 1.0
This will change the amount of loot dropped by the chests.
MaterialYieldModifier_Global
- Default: 1.0
This will change the amount of loot dropped by mining a resource node.
BloodEssenceYieldModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the amount of Blood Essence you got from the enemies.
JournalVBloodSourceUnitMaxDistance
- Default: 25.0
Its function is not known yet
PvPVampireRespawnModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the time to respawn after getting killed in PvP.
CastleMinimumDistanceInFloors
- Default: 2
This will change the minimum distance between castles which you can measure in floor squares.
ClanSize
- Default: 4
Can be used to change the max size of your clan.
BloodDrainModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change how your blood level drains in V Rising.
DurabilityDrainModifier
- Default: 1.0
Can be sued for determining how the durability of the player drains.
GarlicAreaStrengthModifier
- Default: 1.0
This can be used for modifying the strength of Garlic areas.
HolyAreaStrengthModifier
- Default: 1.0
This can be used for modifying the strength of Holy areas.
SilverStrengthModifier
- Default: 1.0
For modifying the Silver debuff strength
SunDamageModifier
- Default: 1.0
For modifying the Sun debuff strength
CastleDecayRateModifier
- Default: 1.0
For modifying the decay rate of Castle
CastleBloodEssenceDrainModifier
- Default: 1.0
This can be used to change the rate at which the castle drains the Blood Essence.
CastleSiegeTimer
- Default: 420.0
This will change how long another player can siege the Castle.
CastleUnderAttackTimer
- Default: 60.0
This will change how much time a castle can be attacked.
AnnounceSiegeWeaponSpawn
- True
- False
This will check whether a Siege weapon deployed is announced on a server or not
ShowSiegeWeaponMapIcon
- True
- False
This will check whether a Siege weapon deployed is shown on a map or not
BuildCostModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the cost for buildings in V Rising
RecipeCostModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the cost of crafting in V Rising
CraftRateModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the speed of crafting in V Rising
ResearchCostModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the cost of Research in V Rising
RefinementCostModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the cost of refining in V Rising
RefinementRateModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the speed of refining in V Rising
ResearchTimeModifier
- Default: 1.0
This will change the speed of research in V Rising
DismantleResourceModifier
- Default 0.75
This will determine the number of resources you get back after dismantling a building in V Rising
ServantConvertRateModifier
- Default 1.0
It will change the time taken to convert a servant in V Rising
RepairCostModifier
- Default 1.0
This will change the damaged building repair cost.
Death_DurabilityFactorLoss
- Default: 0.25
The amount of durability you can lose on death in V Rising
Death_DurabilityLossFactorAsResources
- Default: 1.0
This will determine the number of resources you will drop in PvP. It is based on your durability.
StarterEquipmentId
- Default: 0
- Gear Level 30: -376135143
- Gear Level 50: -1613823352
- Gear Level 70: -255898606
- Gear Level 80:
Use the ID to specify the starting equipment of the players in V Rising
StarterResourcesId
- Default: 0
- Gear Level 30: -696202180
- Gear Level 50: 481718792
- Gear Level 70: -766909665
Use the ID to specify the starting resources of the players in V Rising
VBloodUnitSettings
Its function is not known yet
UnlockedAchievements
This will help you to determine which achievements for the server are unlocked
UnlockedResearchs
This will help you to determine which research item for the server are unlocked
GameTimeModifiers
- DayDurationInSeconds – Default: 1080.0
- DayStartHour – Default: 9
- DayStartMinute – Default: 0
- DayEndHour – Default: 17
- DayEndMinute – Default: 0
- BloodMoonFrequency_Min – Default: 10
- BloodMoonFrequency_Max – Default: 18
- BloodMoonBuff – Default: 0.2
This can be used for selecting the length of the day.
VampireStatModifiers
- MaxHealthModifier – Default: 1.0,
- MaxEnergyModifier – Default: 1.0
- PhysicalPowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- SpellPowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- ResourcePowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- SiegePowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- DamageReceivedModifier – Default: 1.0
- ReviveCancelDelay – Default: 5.0
This can be used for modifying the core stats of a Vampire.
UnitStatModifiers_Global
- MaxHealthModifier – Default: 1.0
- PowerModifier – Default: 1.0
This will change the core stats of regular units in V Rising.
UnitStatModifiers_VBlood
- MaxHealthModifier – Default: 1.0
- PowerModifier – Default: 1.0
This will change the core stats of V Blood Bosses in V Rising.
EquipmentStatModifiers_Global
- MaxEnergyModifier – Default: 1.0
- MaxHealthModifier – Default: 1.0
- ResourceYieldModifier – Default: 1.0
- PhysicalPowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- SpellPowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- SiegePowerModifier – Default: 1.0
- MovementSpeedModifier – Default: 1.0
This can be used for changing the amount of buff you get form the equipment in V Rising
CastleStatModifiers_Global
- TickPeriod – Default: 5.0,
- DamageResistance – Default: 0.0,
- SafetyBoxLimit – Default: 1,
- TombLimit – Default: 12
- VerminNestLimit – Default: 4,
- CastleLimit – Default: 2
This will modify the stats of your Castle in V Rising
Timezone
- Local
- UTC
- PST
- EST
- CET
- CST
Can be used for setting the server timezone
VSPlayerWeekdayTime
This will change when PvP server time ends and start on weekdays
VSPlayerWeekendTime
This will set when PvP time ends and start on weekends
VSCastleWeekdayTime
This will change when Siege time ends and start on weekdays
VSCastleWeekendTime
This will change when Siege time ends and start on weekends
Server Not Showing Up
Some players are facing an issue that the server is not Showing Up and to fox that out one of the possible solutions is forwarding the query port and server port.
You need to forward both TCP and UDP ports 9876-9877. This has fixed the issue for most of the players whose servers were not showing up.
How to Wipe Your Server
Wiping out your server in V Rising is a pretty easy job if follow these steps properly.
- The first thing that you have to do is, log in to the game panel and select the turn off server option.
- Once done click the File Manager tab and select all files there and hit the delete button below. This will completely remove the server.
- Now you can head to the Settings tab and click the reinstall server button there.
This will install a new and fresh copy of the server for you.
Change Server Settings After Creation
Once your V Rising dedicated server is up and running, you can configure it according to your needs. The config changes are kept in a file called ‘ServerHostSettings.json’ in which there are the following settings:
{
“Name” : “My V Rising Server”,
“Description” : “This is a role playing server”,
“Port” : 27015,
“QueryPort” : 27016,
“MaxConnectedUsers” : 10,
“MaxConnectedAdmins” : 4,
“SaveName” : “world1”,
“Password” : “SuperSecret”,
“ListOnMasterServer” : true,
“AutoSaveCount” : 40,
“AutoSaveInterval” : 120,
“GameSettingsPreset” : “StandardPvP”
}
You can change the max users, admins, passwords and other settings from this config file by opening it up in notepad. You can also learn how to play V Rising in offline mode by going through our dedicated guide.
