Your server's address (its IP and port, such as 203.0.113.25:5520) is next to Connect at the top of its page in the control panel. Click it to copy it.
- Open the Hytale launcher and start the game.
- On the main menu, open Servers.
- Choose Add Server (or Direct Connect) and enter your server's address, port included, for example
203.0.113.25:5520. - Join the server. If you set a join password on the Startup tab, players need it to join.
Players don't need to install your server's mods: Hytale sends them what they need when they join.
Before anyone can join, your server must be signed in to a Hytale account once. If its page shows Players can't join yet: this server isn't signed in to Hytale, see How to sign your Hytale server in to Hytale.
Can't join?
- The server isn't signed in: the server's page says so at the top. Click Sign in with Hytale and approve it with your Hytale account.
- Version mismatch: players and the server must be on the same version of Hytale. Your server updates by itself when a new version is out. To check, open the Mods tab and look at Game version, where Update brings it up to date. Players on the pre-release need a server on the pre-release, and the other way round: see How to update your Hytale server and switch to the pre-release.
- Wrong password or not on the whitelist: the join password is on the Startup tab. If the whitelist is on, add the player with
/whitelist add <name>on the Console tab. - The server is still starting: after a restart or an update it can take a minute or two. Check that it says Running at the top of its page.
- It stopped or keeps crashing: check the Console and Troubleshoot tabs. A mod that doesn't work with the current Hytale version is a common cause: switch it off on the Mods tab and restart.
Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.