The settings
| Setting | Required | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Player ID (OwnerId) | Yes | Names the owner: the only role that can ban and unban whether a player is online or not. The server will not start without it |
| Admin password | Yes | Typed on the in-game Server Management screen to gain admin powers |
| World name | Yes | The world created on first start — and the name players search for in the Public tab |
| Server name | Yes | The server's display name |
| Join password | No | Leave empty for a world anyone who finds it can enter |
| Player cap | Fixed by plan | 2, 4 or 6 depending on the tier. Six is the game's ceiling |
| Port | Fixed | One UDP port. Must be the same inside and outside |
That is the entire list. There are no difficulty multipliers, no resource rates and no PvP toggles to set on the server: Dragonwilds keeps its world rules in the world, not in the server configuration.
Every setting is applied at restart, and that is deliberate
The server keeps its configuration in DedicatedServer.ini, and on servers deployed here that file is REGENERATED from your settings every time the server starts. Change a value, restart, and the file is rewritten to match.
The practical consequence: a settings change needs a restart to take effect, and a restart is quick to ask for from the dashboard. Nothing takes effect live.
Choosing a world name
The world name is not decoration — it is the address. Players find your world by typing it into the Public tab, and the search is case sensitive, so a good name is one that survives being retyped by somebody else.
- Short beats descriptive. It gets typed by hand.
- Avoid leading and trailing spaces. They are invisible and they must be typed too.
- Avoid characters that are awkward on a controller, if anyone in the group plays on console.
- Be aware it is public: anyone can search for it. The join password, not the name, is what keeps strangers out.
Public or private?
A world with no join password is open to anyone who searches its name. A world with one is effectively private, because the name alone gets nobody in. There is no allow-list — the join password is the whole access control, with owner and admin bans on top of it.
Administering the server
Dragonwilds has no remote console and no web admin API. Everything is done from the Server Management screen inside the game, which is why the admin password is a required setting rather than an optional one: without it, nobody can reach that screen, including you.
The owner outranks an admin. The owner can ban and unban anybody at any time, online or not; an admin who has entered the password can ban regular players who are currently connected.
Updates
The server revalidates its game files against Steam every time it starts, so it moves onto the current build on a restart with no image change and no manual patching. That is how a server picks up a release like 1.0 — restart it once the update is out.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Dragonwilds server config file?
DedicatedServer.ini, in the Unreal save tree at RSDragonwilds/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/ (WindowsServer on a Windows host). Its settings live under the [/Script/Dominion.DedicatedServerSettings] section.
Why do my Dragonwilds config edits disappear?
Because the file is regenerated from the server's settings on every start. Change the setting rather than the file, and the file will be rewritten to match on the next restart.
How do I make my Dragonwilds server private?
Set a join password. The world name is public and searchable by anyone, so the password is what actually restricts entry.
How do I become an admin on a Dragonwilds server?
Enter the server's admin password on the Server Management screen in game. The owner — named by the Player ID in the server settings — has stronger powers and does not need to.
Can I change the player limit on my Dragonwilds server?
There is nothing to change: every server we deploy runs the game's own maximum of six, whichever plan it is on. Six cannot be raised by any setting — that part is Jagex's — but no plan of ours holds you below it either.