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Sons of the Forest Server Hosting Guides

Our comprehensive Sons of the Forest server hosting guides cover everything from setting up a dedicated server to configuring gameplay settings and managing your survival community. Whether you’re hosting a cooperative survival experience for friends or managing a large multiplayer server, these tutorials will help you create the perfect Sons of the Forest multiplayer experience. Sons of the Forest is a survival horror simulator where players must survive on a remote island inhabited by cannibalistic mutants. berrybyte provides powerful, budget-friendly Sons of the Forest server hosting with instant setup, NVMe SSD storage, and 24/7 uptime for seamless survival gameplay.

Setup & Installation

Get your Sons of the Forest server up and running with these essential setup guides:

Mods & Plugins

Enhance your Sons of the Forest server with modifications:

Configuration & Optimization

Customize your server settings and optimize performance:

Troubleshooting & FAQs

Resolve common issues and manage your server: Looking for more server management help? Check out these related guides:

With a hosting provider

Creating your own Sons of the Forest server is easy. berrybyte is a budget-friendly and powerful Sons of the Forest server host. Our servers are online 24/7 so you can join in at any time of the day.
  1. Select your desired plan & location
  2. Complete checkout and check your email inbox
  3. Login to the game control panel
  4. Join the server and survive the forest!

Self-hosting a Sons of the Forest dedicated server

You can also alternatively run a server on your own computer/PC with SteamCMD or from Steam library.

System requirements

A single Sons of the Forest server requires at least 8GB RAM, 4 CPU cores, and 10GB of storage.

Installing game server

On Linux: steamcmd +force_install_dir ./sonsoftheforest_server/ +login anonymous +app_update 2465200 +quit On Windows: steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir c:\SteamCMD\sonsoftheforest_server\ +login anonymous +app_update 2465200 +quit

Starting game server

Run the server by launching the SonsOfTheForestDS executable with appropriate parameters. Need some help? Feel free to open a ticket or join our community Discord server.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our servers use the latest and greatest hardware on the market, solely using NVMe SSDs and minimum 1Gbps uplink per server.
  • CPU: Intel or Ryzen 9 processors
  • NVMe SSD in RAID 1 configuration
  • DDR4 ECC RAM
  • 1Gbps Network Port
As soon as you place an order, your server is setup instantly to let you start playing on your Sons of the Forest server within minutes!
Seattle, Washington, (West Coast USA), Dallas, Texas (Central USA), Ashburn, Virginia (East USA), London, United Kingdom (EU), Germany (EU), and Amsterdam (EU).
Yep! To help ease you into our platform, we offer free server migrations from your old host and help you get settled into berrybyte!
Absolutely! You can upgrade and downgrade plans at any time with a few clicks of a button. Head to the client area, select the service, and choose the plan you wish to upgrade to. You’ll only be billed the difference (Prorated) during upgrade.
DDoS protection is included with every server at no extra cost. Protecting and mitigating your servers against DDoS attacks is our specialty!
Create your Sons of the Forest server within minutes at berrybyte.net/sons-of-the-forest-server-hosting.