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Windrose server guides
Everything you need to run a Windrose server with friends: setting it up, getting everyone in, configs, mods, backups and fixes for common errors. Written by the Wilderack team and checked against Kraken Express / Pocketpair Publishing’s own documentation.
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- Getting started
How to make a Windrose server
Create a Windrose dedicated server, pick a plan that fits your crew, start it for the first time and get your friends aboard with the address and port.
- How to connect
How to connect to your Windrose server
Join your Windrose server with Direct IP using the address and port, set a password, wake a sleeping server and fix it when it won't connect.
- Config reference
Windrose server config reference
Every setting in Windrose's ServerDescription.json and WorldDescription.json, with defaults in plain words, where the files live and when changes apply.
- Mods and plugins
Windrose server mods
Can you mod a Windrose dedicated server? What the developers support, why Wilderack has no Windrose mods yet, and what you can change instead.
- Backups and your world
Back up and move your Windrose world
How Windrose backups work on Wilderack, where the server keeps your world, and how to bring a single-player world or one from another host.
- Performance tips
Windrose server performance and RAM guide
How much RAM your Windrose server needs for 2, 4 or 8 players, why crew size matters most, and how to read the graphs when the server feels slow.
- Common errors
Fix common Windrose server errors
Fixes for the Windrose server problems players really hit, from invite codes that find nothing to version mismatches, new empty worlds and broken saves.
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