Setup walkthroughs, tuning guides, and the answers to “wait, how do I…?”, for every game we host, written by the team that builds the LPV5 panel.
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HOMESTEAD Copy a Palworld co-op world to a dedicated server and you spawn as a fresh level-1 character with no pals or base. Here is why the player ID mismatch happens, the community fix that rebinds it, and the save-format wrinkle that trips up old scripts.
Workbench tax was a scrap surcharge Rust added to tech tree purchases, scaling by workbench tier. Here is exactly how it worked, why the tech tree and research table are different, and the important part, that Facepunch removed the tax in the November 2025 update.
Red keycards open the highest-value rooms in Rust. Here is what keycards are, the exact monuments where a red card is found, where you spend one, how the card reader and fuse box work, and the mistakes that cost you a run.
Every Palworld 1.0 dedicated server setting explained: default, range, and a recommended value with a reason. New 1.0 keys flagged, plus preset recipes.
Palworld 1.0 landed on July 10 and pre-1.0 mods have to be deleted, not disabled. Here is the correct removal procedure on a Linux dedicated server, the exact paths, what to keep, and how server-side modding actually works in 1.0.
Edit your Arma 3 server's server.cfg from a grouped form covering identity, players, voting, security, and logging, plus a raw view of the BattlEye RCON config, without hand-editing SQF-style syntax.
Step-by-step guide to host an Arma 3 dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy the server, set up your Steam credentials, configure server.cfg with the panel's Config Editor, load Workshop mods, and connect.
Edit your BeamMP server's ServerConfig.toml from a grouped form with two one-click presets, instead of hand-editing TOML: what it covers, what stays locked, and when to restart.
Host a BeamMP relay server for BeamNG.drive on Loafhosts: get an auth key, deploy in LoafHub, open the right ports, pick a map, and automate restarts and backups.
Edit your Don't Starve Together server's cluster.ini from a grouped form: game mode, max players, PvP, voting, and more, with the network and shard-wiring keys locked because the Startup tab and internal shard setup manage them. BETA.
Host a Don't Starve Together server on Loafhosts: pick a plan, deploy in LoafHub, get your Klei server token, understand the Master/Caves shard model, and use the config editor, backups, and schedules.
Edit your Eco server's Configs/Network.eco and Configs/Localization.eco from a grouped form with presets, locked network keys, and validation, no hand-edited JSON.
How to set up an Eco dedicated server on Loafhosts: the Strange Loop Games account it requires, ports, first boot, and the panel tools that work with it.
Edit your Factorio server's server-settings.json from a grouped form with inline tips and universal search, without hand-editing JSON. Covers locked fields, presets, and when a change needs a restart.
Step-by-step guide to host a Factorio dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy a server, set your save and listing options from the Startup tab, tune server-settings.json with the built-in Config Editor, and connect.
Edit your FiveM server's server.cfg from the panel instead of SFTP: what it opens, why it stays a raw text view, which lines are locked, and when a change needs a restart. BETA.
How to set up a FiveM roleplay server on Loafhosts: getting a license key, configuring your Custom server, first boot, server.cfg essentials, resources, and the panel tools that work with it.
Edit your Garry's Mod server's server.cfg from a grouped form with Server, Network, and Sandbox Limits sections, three one-click prop and NPC presets, and learn which keys are locked and why.
A complete walkthrough for hosting a Garry's Mod server on Loafhosts: pick a plan, deploy on LoafHub, set the map, gamemode, GSLT and Workshop fields, connect players, and use the panel's Config Editor, backups, schedules and auto-restart.
Edit your Palworld server's PalWorldSettings.ini from a grouped form with validated fields and four one-click presets, instead of hand-editing one dense OptionSettings line.
Host a Palworld dedicated server on Loafhosts: pick a plan sized for Palworld's RAM needs, deploy on LPV5, set your startup variables, tune PalWorldSettings.ini with the Config Editor, and connect Steam and Xbox players.
How the Space Engineers Config Editor works: which XML files it edits, what World, Server, and Network settings cover, which keys are locked, and when a change needs a restart.
Step-by-step guide to hosting a Space Engineers dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy, configure game mode and save settings, connect, and use backups, schedules, and the Config Editor.
Edit your tModLoader server's serverconfig.txt from a grouped form with inline tips and two one-click presets, without hand-editing a key-value text file. BETA feature.
Host a tModLoader (modded Terraria) dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy on LPV5, set your world and difficulty on the Startup tab, tune serverconfig.txt with the Config Editor, and load .tmod mods.
Edit your Unturned server's Commands.dat from a grouped form with two one-click presets, and manage Workshop map and mod IDs, without hand-editing the file. Currently a BETA feature.
Host an Unturned dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy on LPV5, set your GSLT and server name from the Startup tab, tune Commands.dat with the Config Editor, add Steam Workshop maps and mods, and connect.
Edit your V Rising server's ServerHostSettings.json and ServerGameSettings.json from a grouped form instead of hand-editing raw JSON, with locked network and RCON fields and clear restart guidance. Currently in beta.
Step-by-step guide to host a V Rising dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy a server, set your name, ports, and RCON on the Startup tab, tune ServerHostSettings.json and ServerGameSettings.json with the Config Editor, then connect.
Edit your VEIN server's Game.ini from a grouped form with public/private presets, a raw editor for Engine.ini, and clear locks on the fields the panel manages for you. BETA feature.
Set up a VEIN dedicated server on Loafhosts: configure your Custom server, set the startup essentials, and use the Config Editor, backups, schedules, and auto-restart.
Edit your Vintage Story server's serverconfig.json from a grouped form covering server identity, world rules, moderation, and performance, with presets for PvE, PvP, and whitelist-only play.
Step-by-step guide to host a Vintage Story dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy a server, set the release branch and max players, tune serverconfig.json with the built-in Config Editor, and connect.
Edit your 7 Days to Die server's serverconfig.xml from a grouped form with inline tips, universal search, and five one-click presets, without hand-editing XML or breaking the file.
Install 7 Days to Die mods on your server: upload a modlet zip, install from an allowlisted URL, or apply a curated modpack preset like Darkness Falls, with EAC modded mode handled for you.
Step-by-step guide to host a 7 Days to Die dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy a server, tune serverconfig.xml with the built-in form editor and one-click presets, and install modlets with the Mods manager.
Set up chat auto-moderation on your Arma Reforger server, Triggers that watch in-game chat and automatically kick or ban on a word, phrase, or pattern, with a log-only dry-run, a master switch, cooldowns, and a circuit breaker so nothing bans by accident.
Send your Arma Reforger killfeed, join and leave notices, up/down/restart alerts, and performance warnings straight to Discord with up to five per-server webhooks.
Master the Loafhosts Arma Reforger Mod Manager, save and swap mod presets, organize mods into folders, set load order, and pin or lock mod versions without hand-editing config.json.
Use LoafPanel's Org Moderation tool to watch player connections across all your Arma Reforger servers, spot alt accounts that share an IP, flag VPN and proxy connections, and ban evaders on every server at once.
Run live BattlEye RCon on your Arma Reforger server from the Loafhosts panel, a parsed online/offline player roster, one-click kick, ban and unban, a persistent ban list, and a raw RCon terminal for admins.
How the Arma Reforger Server Stats dashboard works on Loafhosts, live player/CPU/memory graphs, FPS health bands, a session killfeed, a K/D leaderboard, player sessions, and Discord killfeed and alert webhooks.
How the LoafPanel crash watchdog works, it watches your server console for known crash signatures and restarts automatically, with a configurable cooldown, an optional restart delay, an hourly rate limit, Test mode, and notifications.
How to move a game server you host with Loafhosts to another region using Change Location, eligibility, where to find it, picking a region, what it costs, and what happens to your server during the move.
How to host a Conan Exiles server on Loafhosts: pick a plan with enough RAM, deploy in LoafHub, set the name, password, and ports, run the Enhanced UE5 build, and automate restarts and backups.
Edit your DayZ server's serverDZ.cfg in a form editor with search, plus the mission cfggameplay.json as validated JSON, and learn which keys are locked because the Startup tab manages them.
Host a DayZ server on Loafhosts and configure it in-browser: edit serverDZ.cfg in a form with universal search, tweak the mission cfggameplay.json as validated JSON, and learn which settings live on the Startup tab.
How the Loafhosts Firewall Manager works, allow or block IP addresses and CIDR ranges on your server's game ports, with quick-action presets, an Allow-my-IP chip, plain-English rule previews, pause/resume switches, and live-on-node drift checks.
Add DayZ Steam Workshop mods from the in-panel Steam Workshop Mod Manager, browse and search the Workshop, paste mods in by ID or URL, install a whole collection at once, then apply with a single restart.
LoafDB is the managed database feature built into your Loafhosts panel, create MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL databases, browse tables and rows, run a scoped SQL console, and import or export dumps, all from one page.
Set your Minecraft server-list MOTD, fake player counts and server icon from the LoafHub MOTD Editor, plus distinct messages for when your server is offline, suspended, installing or starting.
Edit a Project Zomboid dedicated server from the panel: a type-aware form for the server INI, the SandboxVars difficulty preset, and a map picker for spawn regions, with one-click bootstrap and no FTP.
Host a Project Zomboid dedicated server on Loafhosts: deploy on LPV5, tune the server with the Config Editor, set zombie and loot rules in SandboxVars, pick your maps, and install Steam Workshop mods and collections.
Moderate your Rust server from the Loafhosts panel, see who is online with Steam avatars, ping and health, then kick, ban, unban, kick-all or broadcast a message over RCON, no console password required.
Edit your Rust server's settings from the panel: a friendly server.cfg form with a universal convar search, raw users.cfg and bans.cfg editing, Oxide and Carbon plugin configs, and the ports and world setup, all in one Config Editor.
A complete walkthrough for hosting a Rust server on Loafhosts, set ports, world size and seed, edit server.cfg, moderate players, install Oxide or Carbon plugins, and schedule automatic wipes, all from the panel.
Browse the uMod (Oxide) catalogue and install Rust plugins straight into your server with no restart. Search, one-click install, hot-reload, and remove Oxide or Carbon .cs plugins from the LoafPanel sidebar.
Set Rust to wipe itself on a schedule, automatic map, blueprint, and full wipes on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or first-Thursday cadence, with optional seed rotation and an in-game RCON wipe warning.
Edit your Satisfactory dedicated server's real config files in-browser, max players, rotating autosaves, connection timeouts and seasonal events, with a friendly form and raw Game.ini / Engine.ini editors. No FTP, no SSH.
Host a Satisfactory dedicated server on Loafhosts and tune it with the built-in Config Editor, max players, rotating autosaves, connection timeouts, and seasonal events, written straight to Game.ini and Engine.ini.
Use the LoafHub Server Splitter to peel RAM, disk, CPU and slots off your Custom server into a brand-new sub-server on the same node, free, with no extra subscription, and fully reversible.
Get a Discord message the moment your Arma Reforger server goes up, down, or restarts. How Loafhosts detects the change on the Server Stats page, how to add a webhook, and what the alerts look like.
Edit your Squad server's config from the panel: a friendly form for Server.cfg and Rcon.cfg with a universal setting search, plus a raw text editor for Admins.cfg, Bans.cfg, and your layer rotation, all in one Server Config page.
Squad server hosting on Loafhosts: edit Server.cfg and Rcon.cfg with a form editor and universal search, manage Admins, Bans and layer rotations, and install Steam Workshop mods with one apply-and-reinstall.
Browse the Steam Workshop, add mods and whole collections by search, ID, or URL, and apply them to your Squad or DayZ server with one reinstall or restart.
Edit ValheimPlus valheim_plus.cfg as a searchable form, apply one-click optimization presets, manage your admin, whitelist and banned lists, and edit raw config files, all in-browser in LoafHub.
Install Valheim mods from Thunderstore in a few clicks: paste a mod's Thunderstore URL or Author/ModName, and the panel downloads it into BepInEx/plugins. Enable, disable, update, and remove mods without touching files.
Host a Valheim dedicated server on Loafhosts and switch between Vanilla, ValheimPlus, and BepInEx in one click, plus the world manager, config editor, optimization presets, and Thunderstore mod installer.
Manage your Valheim worlds from LoafHub: list every save with its size, download a world, snapshot a backup, restore from Valheim's automatic backups, import a world, set the active world, and delete safely, no FTP.
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The best Minecraft server hosting ranked by hardware, tools, and value. Honest comparison of Loafhosts, Shockbyte, Apex, BisectHosting, and more.
Unban a player or IP in Minecraft with the pardon command, from the LPV5 console, in-game as op, or via banned-players.json. Covers banning too.
Loafhosts vs Shockbyte: honest side-by-side on hardware, control panel, DDoS protection, pricing, and who should pick which Minecraft host.
Every Minecraft color and formatting code, the full section-sign and ampersand list, hex colors, and where to use them in your MOTD, signs, and plugins.
Essential Minecraft server commands for admins, op, gamemode, gamerule, whitelist, ban, pardon, time, weather, give, tp, and stopping the server safely.
The best Minecraft plugins by purpose, plus how to install each on Loafhosts with the one-click Plugin Manager or a manual upload to the plugins folder.
How to install EssentialsX on a Loafhosts Java server: homes, warps, kits, /tpa, spawn, and economy. Upload the jar to /plugins and restart.
Install a Minecraft datapack on any Java server: browse CurseForge in the LPV5 datapack manager, drop it into your world, then reload to activate.
Accept the Minecraft EULA in one click with the LoafPanel EULA Helper. It detects a false eula.txt and writes eula=true so your server can start.
Install a Minecraft modpack the easy way: search CurseForge or Modrinth in the LPV5 panel and let it set up the loader, mods, and configs automatically.
Install Minecraft mods on Forge, NeoForge, Fabric or Quilt: search CurseForge in the Content Hub Mods tab and drop server-side mods into your mods folder.
Manage your Minecraft whitelist, ops and bans from the LPV5 player manager. Kick, ban, op and whitelist players with one click, no RCON setup.
Install Minecraft plugins fast: one-click install from the LPV5 plugin manager, or upload any plugin jar manually via the File Manager, then restart.
Use the LPV5 Minecraft config editor to edit server.properties in-browser, plus whitelist, ops and YAML files. No FTP, no SSH.
A complete Minecraft server hosting guide: deploy a Java server on Loafhosts, accept the EULA, pick your version, and add plugins, mods, and modpacks.
Add a Minecraft server icon with the LPV5 panel. Upload a PNG or JPEG, the tool resizes it to 64x64 and writes server-icon.png. Restart to see it.
Change Minecraft server version and software from the LPV5 panel: switch between Vanilla, Paper, Forge, Fabric and more with the right build installed.
Use the LPV5 Minecraft world manager to upload a Minecraft world to your server, download, switch and delete worlds. Dimension-aware, no FTP.
Add Arma Reforger admins by editing the admins array in config.json, then use #login and console commands to manage your server safely.
Full list of official Arma Reforger scenario IDs for Conflict, Game Master, Combat Ops, and more, plus how to set scenarioId in config.json.
Arma Reforger admin guide: set up admin roles, rotate scenarios and layers, and run moderation tooling for a healthy military-sim server.
Arma Reforger config.json explained field by field: server name, scenario IDs, admin password, player count, mods, and game properties.
Fix Arma Reforger server crash issues by reading native .dmp dumps: terminating signal, faulting module, backtrace, and mod attribution.
Arma Reforger server hosting explained: pick a plan, deploy in 60 seconds on LPV5, load Workshop mods, and run Conflict or Game Master.
Arma Reforger writes console.log, script.log, error.log, and crash.log into the profile/logs folder; here is how to read them on LPV5.
Back up your Arma Reforger server in LPV5: snapshot config.json, profile saves, and modlist on demand or on a schedule, lock the ones you want to keep, and restore in one click.
Use #kick and #ban from the Arma Reforger admin chat or LPV5 console to remove problem players, set time-limited bans, and manage your ban list.
Raise or lower your Arma Reforger player cap by editing game.maxPlayers in config.json, then restart. Covers LPV5 panel and the 1-128 limit.
Change your Arma Reforger server name in seconds: edit game.name in config.json from the LPV5 panel and restart so it shows in the browser.
Connect to your Arma Reforger server via the in-game browser or Direct Join by IP on port 2001, enter the password, and favourite it for one-click access.
Grab a mod's 16-character modId from the Reforger Workshop and paste it into your config.json mods array, or use the LPV5 Mod Manager.
Find a player's Arma Reforger identity ID in-game, in the server console, or in logs so you can add them to admin and ban lists.
Step-by-step guide to host an Arma Reforger dedicated server: deploy on LPV5, edit config.json, pick a scenario, and go live in minutes.
Install Arma Reforger mods the easy way: use the LPV5 Mod Manager, add hidden Workshop mods by ID, build shareable presets, and hot-reload.
Restart your Arma Reforger server from the LPV5 console, automatically recover from crashes with Auto-Restart, apply config changes, and verify a clean boot.
Lock down your Arma Reforger server with a join password by setting game.password in config.json from the LPV5 panel, then restart and share safely.
Every guide here runs on the same LPV5 panel you get with a Loafhosts server. Deploy in 60 seconds, no setup fee.
