How many players can play Sons of the Forest?

How many players can play Sons of the Forest? Eight at most on a server, according to the guide from Endnight, the game's studio. This guide shows how to set the number of slots in OuiPanel and how to choose the memory of your plan. It also answers questions about platforms and mods. It assumes you already ordered your server from our Sons of the Forest server hosting.

Understand the 8-player limit

The Sons of the Forest server accepts 1 to 8 players connected at the same time. This is a limit of the game, not of the plan. According to Endnight, a value outside this range makes the startup check fail, and the server does not start.

• The number of slots is the same on all our Sons of the Forest plans.

• The OuiPanel field only accepts a value from 1 to 8.

• No game setting lets you go beyond 8 players.

Set the maximum number of players

The server is delivered with 4 slots. You can go up to 8 in the OuiPanel variables.

1. Open Configuration › Server Settings, in the Environment Variables block.

2. In Maximum players, enter a number from 1 to 8.

3. Confirm with the check mark on the right of the field.

4. Wait for an automatic save of the game, then restart the server from the Console.

At start, the console shows the value in use, on the Max players line. The MaxPlayers key of dedicatedserver.cfg has no effect, because the game follows the variable. We checked it on our servers.

The Restart button does not save the game. Wait for the Autosave complete line in the console, every 10 minutes, before you restart.

Choose the memory of your plan

What changes from one plan to the next is the memory and the processor. The game server runs under Wine and needs a lot of memory, even with no player online. According to the game's community, each extra player and a large base need more.

We have not measured the memory with 8 connected players yet. So watch the memory in use in the Live stats card of the Console. If it stays close to the limit while your friends play, move to the next plan.

Play together on PC

Sons of the Forest only exists on PC, on Windows, through Steam. We found no announcement from Endnight of a version for home consoles. So there is no crossplay with PlayStation or Xbox.

• Each player needs their own copy of the game on Steam.

• The server, on the other hand, downloads without a Steam account or a copy of the game.

• Players join with the server password, set in Server password.

To join the server from the game, follow the guide Sons of the Forest dedicated server setup. To name admins, read the guide Sons of the Forest console commands.

Can you install mods on the server?

Not on our Sons of the Forest servers for now. Endnight does not support mods. The community mod loader, RedLoader, needs a Wine setting that our servers do not offer. As far as we know, no recognized mod goes beyond the 8-player limit either.

Game settings are still possible without mods. According to Endnight, difficulty, seasons or tree regrowth are set in dedicatedserver.cfg. The guide Sons of the Forest dedicated server setup explains this file.

If a player cannot join