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How to Setup Your Own V Rising Server

  • February 29, 2024

This guide will let you know how to set up your own V Rising server. First, you will need to download and install Steamcmd and then download the Vrising server. After that, create a start server script, open ports in Firewall and create an update Script

Download SteamCMD

In this section, we will take you through the steps to download SteamCMD on your PC. By following the steps below, you will be able to download the Windows version of SteamCMD.

  • First, you will need to do is open up the web browser on your PC and download SteamCMD. Once you reach the web page, click on Windows.
    This will take you to a new page.
  • On the new page, look for the download button that corresponds to the “Download SteamCMD for Windows” option and press it.
    The browser will start downloading the SteamCMD file in a zip format.

Install Steamcmd

This section describes how to install Steamcmd on your PC after successfully downloading it.

  • Locate the downloaded Zip file on your computer and right-click on it.
  • From the context menu that appears, select the option to “Extract” option to extract the contents of the file. After that, copy the extracted folder.
  • Open the File Explorer on your computer and navigate to the C drive.
  • Right-click inside the C drive and select “New” from the context menu. Create a new folder and name the folder “servers“.
  • Double-click on the “servers” folder to open it and paste the extracted steamcmd folder inside it.
  • Open up the steamcmd folder and double-click on the Steamcmd folder.
  • After that, run the Steamcmd application.
    It will automatically install Steam cmd.

Download Vrising server

This section will take you through the steps to download the Vrising server. By following the steps below, you will be able to input some commands in Steamcmd to download it.

  • Now go back to the server folder. At the top of the file management tool, click on the address bar to select the entire address and copy it.
  • Navigate to the Steamcmd application, type “force_install_dir (copied address)\vrising” and press enter.
  • Type the login anonymous command and then input app_update (app id).
    It will create a vrising folder inside the server’s folder with all the necessary files in it.

Start server Script

This section describes how to create a Startup Script. The start-server script will help you to start the server instantly.

  • Head to the vrising folder inside the servers folder and right-click on the start_server_example file.
  • Select the Edit option from the drop-down menu and copy all the text inside that file.
  • After that, right-click anywhere in the folder, create a new text document and name it “start_server“. Change the extension from txt to “bat“.
  • After that, right-click on that file, and select the Edit option from the drop-down menu.
  • Once the file opens up, paste the copied file inside it and press the enter button.
  • Delete the second line that starts with “REM Copy this script.” Change the server name and other parameters if you want.
  • Press the Control and S keys on your keyboard to save it. After that, close the file.
    Now it will make it a start server script.
  • Open up the VRisingServer_Data folder inside the vrising folder and navigate to StreamingAssets.
  • Go to the Settings folder and right-click on the ServerHostSettings file.
  • You need to open this file with your preferred file editor.
    You will find your host settings there including query port, game port and more.
  • After that, open up the ServerHostSettings file with your preferred server and review all the settings out there.
  • Make sure everything is set perfectly.

Open ports in Firewall

This section will take you through the steps to set port forwarding and allow other players to join your server. By following the steps below, you will be able to set the ports manually.

  • You will need to search Windows firewall in the search bar and navigate to Advanced security settings.
  • Go to Inbound Rules and tap on New Rule on the right side of the window.
  • Select the Port option, and then click on Next.
  • On the next window, select TCP and input the 9876-9877 port in the text box.
  • Click on Next, then tap on Allow and input “V Rising TCP” as the name.
  • After that, hit the Finish button.
  • You need to do the same thing again but select UDP instead of TCP this time.
  • Input the 9876-9877 port in the text box. Set the name as “V Rising UDP“ and press Finish.
    It will open up the required ports on your computer.
  • After that, go to your internet router and port forward these two ports to allow connections.

Create Update Script

This section describes how to create a Startup Script.

  • Head to the vrising folder inside the servers folder and right-click anywhere in the folder.
  • Create a new text document and name it “server update “. Change the extension from txt to “bat“.
  • After that, right-click on that file, and select the Edit option from the drop-down menu.
  • Once the file opens up, type the following commands inside it and press the enter button.
  • Press the Control and S keys on your keyboard to save it. After that, close the file.
    Now it will make it a little easier to run the update process.
@echo off
set “steamcmdpath=C: \servers\steamcmd.exe”
set “serverpatch= C: \servers\vrising”
“%steamcmdpath%”\ steamcmd+login anonymous +force_install_dir “%serverpath%” +app_update 1829350 +quit

Now you can go ahead and start the server.